2015 Tennessee State University Football Media Guide by TSUTIGERS

In Honor of Wallace Dooley, Jr. Former TSU Sports Information Director and TSU Graduate Wallace Dooley Jr. 1947-2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents......................................................... 3 Quick Facts.................................................................. 4 Ohio Valley Conference............................................... 5 Tennessee State University..................................... 6-9 Dr. Glenda Glover, President.................................... 10 Teresa Phillips, Athletics Director............................ 11 2015 Football Outlook.......................................... 12-14 2015 Preseason 2-Deep Chart.................................. 15 2015 Numerical Roster......................................... 16-17 Head Coach Rod Reed......................................... 18-19 Jeff Parker, Offensive Coordinator.......................... 20 Osita Alaribe, Defensive Coordinator...................... 20 Russ Ehrenfeld, Offensive Line................................ 21 Eric Gallon, Running Backs...................................... 21 Kevin Mashack, Wide Receivers.............................. 22 Antonio Bradford, Tight Ends................................... 22 Ed Sanders, Defensive Backs-Safeties................... 23 Mikhal Kornegay, Defensive Backs-Corners........... 23 Nick Davison, Defensive Ends................................. 24 Dynamite Kuhn, Director of Operations.................. 24 Josh Chance, Director of Strength & Conditioning... 25 Ryan Krach, Head Athletic Trainer........................... 25 Jeremy Taylor, Equipment Manager......................... 25 Seniors................................................................... 26-30 Juniors................................................................... 30-34 Sophomores.......................................................... 34-37

Redshirt Freshman............................................... 37-38 Newcomers............................................................ 38-40 Freshmen............................................................... 40-43 2014 Game Recaps............................................... 44-49 2014 Statistics....................................................... 50-53 Game Day Broadcast................................................. 54 2015 Opponents.................................................... 55-58 Individual Records................................................ 59-67 Team Records....................................................... 68-69 Year-by-Year Leaders........................................... 70-76 Single Game Performances................................. 77-80 Single Season Team Performances.................... 81-82 Preseason All-OVC Selections................................. 83 All-OVC Selections............................................... 84-85 Draft Picks............................................................. 86-87 Tigers in the NFL................................................... 88-90 Tigers in the Super Bowl........................................... 91 All-Time Letterwinners......................................... 92-97 All-Americans........................................................ 98-99 Nissan Stadium................................................. 100-101 Hale Stadium..................................................... 102-103 The Classics...................................................... 104-105 John Merritt and Brown Jug Classic..................... 106 Sgt. York Trophy............................................... 107-108 Homecoming............................................................ 109 Year-by-Year Results........................................ 110-118

CREDITS The 2015 Tennessee State University Football Media Guide was prepared by the Office of Athletic Media Relations. Layout and design by Alex Mitchell and Joseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Garcia. Photographs by Sam Jordan, Nathaniel Perry, and the Tennessee State University Athletic Archives. All rights reserved. Thanks to the TSU Xerox Service. Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents Institution and is an affirmative action institution committed to educating a non-racially identifiable student-body. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons who need assistance with this material may contact TSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Athletic Media Relations Office.

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GENERAL INFORMATION Name of School ............................ Tennessee State University City/Zip .................................................Nashville, Tenn. 37209 Founded ...........................................................................1912 Enrollment .......................................................................9,165 Nickname......................................................................... Tigers School Colors ....................................... Reflex Blue and White Affiliation ..........................................................NCAA Division I Conference .............................. Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Stadium ........................................................ LP Field (69,143) Surface................................................... Tifsport Bermuda Sod Stadium.........................................W.J. Hale Stadium (15,000) Surface................................................................Bermuda Sod President ..................................................... Dr. Glenda Glover Director of Athletics.............................................Teresa Phillips Athletics Department Phone ............................ (615) 963-5034 Ticket Manger................................................. Zellina Anderson Ticket Office Phone.......................................... (615) 963-5841 Web Site........................................................... TSUTigers.com University Web Site...............................................TNState.edu COACHING STAFF Head Coach ................................................................ Rod Reed Alma Mater, Year . .................................. Tennessee State, 1988 TSU Record (Years) ................... 32-27, 17-21 OVC (6th year) Career Record .................................................................Same Offensive Coordinator/QBs.......................................Jeff Parker Alma Mater....................... Bethune-Cookman, 1994 (6th year) Defensive Coordinator...........................................Osita Alaribe Alma Mater, Year..............North Carolina A&T, 2004 (7th year) Offensive Line Coach....................................... Russ Ehrenfeld Alma Mater, Year........................Chattanooga, 1981 (4th year) Running Back Coach .............................................. Eric Gallon Alma Mater, Year ...................... Kansas State, 1999 (1st year) Wide Receiver Coach........................................Kevin Mashack Alma Mater, Year..................Tennessee State, 2007 (1st year) Tight Ends Coach...........................................Antonio Bradford Alma Mater, Year..................... Alabama State, 2005 (1st year) Safeties Coach....................................................... Ed Sanders Alma Mater, Year..................Tennessee State, 2000 (7th year) Corners Coach............................................... Mikhal Kornegay Alma Mater, Year.................................. Florida State (4th year) Defensive Ends....................................................Nick Davison Alma Mater, Year........................ Chattanooga, 2012 (1st year) Director of Operations........................................... Daniel Kuhn Alma Mater, Year......................Nicholls State, 2003 (2nd year) Director of Strength & Conditioning......................Josh Chance Alma Mater, Year............. Central Washington, 2008 (5th year) Equipmet Manager .............................................Jeremy Taylor Alma Mater, Year ...............Jacksonville State, 2005 (5th year) Athletic Trainer . ..................................................... Ryan Krach Alma Mater, Year ................ Central Michigan, 2003 (3rd year)

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TSU FOOTBALL HISTORY First Season......................................................................1912 All-Time Record.......................................................543-274-33 First Year in OVC...............................................................1988 Record in the OVC...........................................................88-99 OVC Championships (Last)......................................... 2 (1999) NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances (Last)....................... 5 (2013) HBCU National Championships (Last).......................14 (2013) Cumulative All-Americans....................................................324 2014 TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Overall Record.............................................................6-6 Home: ..................................................................................3-3 Away: ...................................................................................2-3 Neutral: ................................................................................1-0 2014 OVC Record (Finish).......................................... 3-5 (6th) Home: ..................................................................................1-3 Away: ...................................................................................2-2 Neutral: ............................................................................... N/A Offensive Formation.......................................Spread/Pro Style Defensive Formation............................................................4-3 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost.........................................5/6 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost........................................3/8 Letterwinners Returning/Lost............................................58/29 Newcomers........................................................................... 23 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Jose’ F. Garcia Assistant Director (Football Contact) Phone.............................................615-963-5674 Cell.................................................615-838-4199 E-mail......................................... jgarcia1@tnstate.edu Football, Softball, M&W Golf, M&W Cross Country Zekeya Harrison Director (Credentials) Phone.............................................615-963-1867 Cell.................................................615-828-3603 E-mail................................... zanderson01@tnstate.edu Women’s Basketball, Football (Credentials) Gavin Nevill Coordinator (Secondary Football Contact) Phone............................................ 615-963-5674 Cell................................................ 610-442-3431 E-mail........................................... tnevill@tnstate.edu Men’s Basketball, M&W Outdoor Track and Field

Kat Hollingsworth Assistant Phone.............................................615-963-5674 Cell.................................................214-529-2332 E-mail..............................kat.hollingsworth@tnstate.edu Volleyball, M&W Indoor Track and Field, M&W Tennis

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THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE Now in its 68th year, the Ohio Valley Conference continues to build on the success that has made it the nation’s eighth-oldest NCAA Division I conference. In May 2011 the Conference expanded for the second time in four years, adding Belmont University which began competition in the 2012-13 academic year. The addition of Belmont gave the OVC 12 members, the most the league has had at one time in its illustrious history. The move added a second team in the city of Nashville and was the first addition to the league since Southern Illinois University Edwardsville joined in 2008. Subsequently, the league has shown its stability over the past decade, seeing only one member institution depart over the past 15 years. The 2009-10 school year saw a change in leadership as Beth DeBauche was named the seventh full-time Commissioner in league history on July 28, 2009. The last three commissioners of the OVC have moved onto jobs member Morehead State became one of the first non-traditionally black mid-southern inas the commissioner of the Big Ten, Big 12 stitutions to accept a black student. In 1958 Marshall Banks earned athletically-related aid at Morehead, which signed a second black athlete, Howard Murphy, a year later. In 1961 and the Mid-American Conferences. Murphy earned all-conference recognition as a halfback in football. With racial barriers The OVC’s proud history dates back to 1948, broken, the rest of the institutions in the league began to provide educational and athletic but seeds for the new league were actu- opportunities to African-Americans. ally planted in 1941. It was then that Roy Stewart, the athletics director at Murray State, Charles “Turkey” Hughes, the athletics director at Eastern Kentucky, and Kelly Thompson, the public relations director at Western Kentucky, first broached the idea of forming a new conference. Discussions were put on hold by World War II, but reemerged February 27-28, 1948 at the Kentucky Hotel in Louisville as the three original institutions combined with Morehead State, Louisville and Evansville to form the OVC.

The Ohio Valley Conference sponsors the following sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis and track for men, and basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and volleyball for women. In addition, the OVC also sponsors the combined men’s and women’s sport of rifle.

Now in its seventh decade of competition, the Ohio Valley Conference has grown significantly from its humble beginnings while increasing the number of athletics opportunities it provides for students. Current league representatives include charter members Eastern Kentucky University, Morehead State University and Murray State University, along with Austin Peay State University, Belmont University, Eastern Illinois University, Jacksonville State University, Southeast Missouri State University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Technological University and the University of In the 1950s, the OVC became a pioneer Tennessee at Martin. on a much more significant scale socially. During times of racial segregation, league Tennessee State has been a member of the Ohio Valley Conference since 1986.

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Founded in 1912, Tennessee State University has grown dramatically from a small college to two campuses: the 500-acre main campus and the downtown Avon Williams campus which is located in the heart of Nashville near the State capitol. The diverse student population of more than 8,000 represents 46 states and 45 countries. TSU has been listed for 11 consecutive years in the U.S. News & World Report “Guide to America’s Best Colleges.” Tennessee State University is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational land-grant university offering 45 bachelor degrees and 24 master’s degrees. Doctoral programs include biological sciences, psychology, public administration, computer information systems engineering, administration and supervision, and curriculum and instruction. When you think about Tennessee State University, many things come to mind – a rich heritage and legacy in athletics, academics, entertainment, research and service. Tennessee State University has long been a rising star among universities across the country. It is designated as one of the best public historically black colleges and universities in the nation, and it’s not by accident. Tennessee State University is among the few historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with a chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the oldest and largest freshman honor society in the United States and a Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, the most prestigious honor society comprising all academic disciplines. A great deal of focus has been given to improving the academic environment – strengthening our research reputation, attracting and retaining the best and brightest students, encouraging service-focused programs, engaging and supporting expert faculty in diverse fields, building on our student-centered philosophy and holding steadfast to our motto of “Think. Work. Serve.”

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WORK

Today, Tennessee State University’s student enrollment is more than 9,000. There are more than 400 faculty and more than 1,200 staff who are part of the university’s team. Additionally, the university’s rich strength in embracing diversity is evident with 45 countries and 46 states representative of the student body. The beauty and accessibility of the university’s main campus is a plus with now 65 buildings on more than 450 acres.

SERVE

Complimenting the main campus is a newly renovated downtown campus that features a simulated stock-trading center, a student computer laboratory and continuing education, distance learning and multimedia services. The university is arming students with the intellectual resources to compete in a global environment. In support of that, important partnerships have been established with leading global companies such as Boeing, Raytheon, Dell, IBM and others, in which both funding and service-learning opportunities are currently active.

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The DAVIS BUILDING is topped by its landmark cupola and houses the Department of Languages, Literature and Philosophy and the Thomas E. Poag Auditorium. The building, which once housed the administrative offices, is named after TSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second president Dr. Walter S. Davis. KEAN HALL, a simplified Art Deco style gymnasium erected in 1951 at a cost of $1,500,000 was dedicated Wednesday, November 25, 1953. The structure is located on the south side of the campus at John Merritt Boulevard and 33rd Avenue, North and is named after former TSU Football head coach and Athletic Director, Henry A. Kean. The building contained at the time of its construction: a gymnasium, health, physical education and recreation classrooms, laboratories, staff offices, and facilities for indoor intramural sports, staff and student recreation and physical therapy. The building was vacated in 1980 when the HPER moved to the new Gentry Center Complex. The $300,000 renovation, approved in 1986-1987, connected the building to the Floyd-Payne campus center in 1991. The building became a recreational facility for the general campus population. It also serves as the headquarters for the Air Force ROTC, TSU Athletics and the academic and Hall of Fame.

The PERFORMING ARTS CENTER is located adjacent to the east side of the existing Strange Music Building. The facility houses the Theater, Television, Radio and Music Departments and includes a complete renovation of the Strange Music Building. A performance theater seating for 400 was constructed as part of the new building. Theater department spaces include classrooms, support spaces and offices. Rehearsal and production facilities are provided for television and radio departments, as well as offices and support areas. The music department has new laboratory facilities, practice rooms, classrooms, offices and an expanded band practice room and support facilities. The project included approximately 30,400 sq. ft. of renovated space (the Strange Music Building) and 43,000 sq. ft. of new construction.

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The FLOYD-PAYNE CAMPUS CENTER contains various student and administrative offices, campus bookstore, post office, and dining services. The Center is named after former TSU student and fifth president, Otis L. Floyd, and long-time Dean of Students and Vice-President of Student Affairs, Joseph A. Payne. The BROWN-DANIEL LIBRARY was erected in 1976 and opened for service during the summer of 1977. This present structure has 82,000 square feet of space with special study and research facilities for faculty and graduate students, and a Special Collections Room which houses the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historical archives, theses, dissertations, and other special materials. The library is named in memory of Library Directors, Martha M. Brown and Lois H. Daniel.

The AVERITTE AMPHITHEATER located in the center of campus; landscaped and has permanent seating for 200. The structure is named after Laura M. Averitte, author of Tennessee State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alma mater.

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DR. GLENDA

GLOVER

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

3RD YEAR, TENNESSEE STATE Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover began serving as

past employment also includes positions in

Dr. Glover is the recipient of numerous awards

President of Tennessee State University, on

the corporate sector as Senior Vice President

and honors, is the author of more than one

January 2, 2013. She has advanced a five

and Chief Financial Officer of an engineering

hundred articles and papers, and is regarded

point vision that includes: (1) academic prog-

firm, a tax manager at a major public utility

as one of the nation’s experts on corporate

ress and customer service, (2) fund raising

company, and an accountant with a big four

governance. She is also a consultant with

and partnerships, (3) diversity and inclusion,

CPA firm.

USDA regarding outreach programs to minori-

(4) shared governance, and (5) community

ty farmers and landowners. She is a member

and business outreach. She is a frequently

Dr. Glover is among few women to rise to the

of several professional and civic organizations

sought keynote speaker at churches, national

heights to serve on corporate boards of pub-

including the National Bar Association, the

conventions, professional associations, and

licly traded corporations. These include, Pin-

National Association of Black Accountants,

community groups.

nacle Financial Partners, The Lenox Group,

the Links, the NAACP, and International Vice

Citigroup-Student Loan Corporation and First

President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She

Dr. Glover was formerly the Dean of the Col-

Guaranty Bancshares. She served as Chair

and her husband, Charles, are members of

lege of Business at Jackson State University

of the Audit Committee or Financial Expert on

Cade Chapel Baptist Church in Jackson, MS.

in Jackson, Mississippi where she led the Col-

each Board. Dr. Glover also served as Chair-

lege of Business throughout the accreditation

man of the Board of Commissioners of the

process, and spearheaded the implementa-

Jackson (Mississippi) Airport Authority.

tion of the nation’s only Ph.D. in Business at an HBCU. She is a certified public accountant, an attorney, and is one of two African American women to hold the Ph.D-CPA-JD combination in the nation. Dr. Glover’s educational development began as a student at Tennessee State University, where she majored in mathematics. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree, she pursued the Master of Business Administration from Clark Atlanta University. She then completed her doctorate in business from George Washington University, and later completed her law degree from Georgetown University. Prior to joining Jackson State University, Dr. Glover served as Chairperson of the Department of Accounting at Howard University. Her

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TERESA

PHILLIPS

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

14TH YEAR, VANDERBILT Teresa Lawrence-Phillips became head of the Tennessee State University athletics department in April of 2002. As director, the athletic department has made tremendous strides on the playing field, campus, community and classroom. Some accomplishments under the Phillips’ administration include the launching of the first official website for TSU Athletics in August of 2002, the revitalization of the Big Blue Booster Club, the recognition of Ohio Valley Conference Scholar Athletes, and conference championships in volleyball, women’s track including a PGA minority national championship in men’s golf. Phillips also has the distinction of being the first woman ever to coach an NCAA Division I men’s basketball team en route to being named one of the “101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports” by Sports Illustrated in 2003. She was also named as the Second Most Influential Woman in Sports in Tennessee by The Tennessean newspaper. In addition, she was named USA Today’s National Coach of the Year in 1990 and was a three-time OVC Coach of the Year selection.

cessful season in 1994–95 as the Lady Tigers (22–7, 12–4 OVC) shared the regular season title. TSU claimed its second consecutive tournament title and a trip to the NCAA tournament. She has been invited twice to serve as an assistant coach for USA Basketball (1995 and 1999) and was invited to serve as an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic Festival North Squad. Prior to her stint at TSU, Phillips was head coach at Fisk University for four years. She guided the Bulldogs to WIAC League and Tournament Championships in 1987 and 1988 and was tabbed WIAC Coach of the Year twice (1987, 1988). She compiled a 68-34 overall record with the Bulldogs. She graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics before obtaining a Masters in Education from TSU in 1999. Phillips, who helped recruit six All-Americans and seven All-State players, served as an assistant coach with the Lady Commodores (1981-1984) winning the N.I.T. in 1983. Phillips earned several honors as a three-year

letter winner at Vanderbilt. She was the first recipient of the Lady Commodore Athlete of the Year honor, given to the best all-around female athlete. In addition, she received the Nashville Civitan’s Sportsmanship Award in 1979 and 1980. Community oriented, Phillips has assisted with the National Youth Sports Drug Program and has been appointed to several boards and committees which include: NCAA Basketball Rules, NCAA Championship Cabinet, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Boys’ & Girls’ Club, the Vanderbilt Alumni Advisory Board and the Nashville Sports Council Executive Board. She has held memberships in several organizations, including the Black Coaches Association, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, the NCAA Championship and Competition Cabinet and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is an inaugural member of the Girls’ Preparatory School Sports Hall of Fame and a 2008 inductee of the Lookout Mountain Sports Hall of Fame. She lives in Nashville with her two sons, Micah and Kyle.

No stranger to athletic success, she was head coach of the Lady Tigers basketball program at TSU for 11 seasons from 1989-2000. Phillips guided the 1993–94 squad to the program’s first-ever OVC regular season crown, the Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship, and the team’s first appearance ever in the NCAA tournament. Phillips and her staff enjoyed their most suc-

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2015 SEASON PREVIEW

The 2014 Tennessee State football squad accomplished a feat no other squad had achieved in 18 years. The Tigers completed its third consecutive non-losing season by finishing 6-6 and completed a 24-13 record during the period. Head coach Rod Reed was a member of the Big Blue during the final two seasons of the streak, which ended in 1986. The Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; will look to continue their recent success, but will have to look to the next class of players to do so. After the 2011 campaign, TSU was looking to a youth movement to take over the team with the departure of many veteran players, including Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year, Rico Council. Three years later the class of 2015 left a mark on the Tigers record books and became household names in the Land of Golden Sunshine. The class spawned five All-Americans, two OVC Defensive Players of the Years, a freshman of the Year, eight all-OVC selections and two NFL draft picks. This season, Coach Reed will be looking towards the current group of underclassmen to etch their names into the pages of Tiger greats. Despite the loss of six offensive starters and eight members from one of the

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top defensive teams in the country, Reed will look to his youngsters and key transfers to continue the reemergence of a pride-full program. QUARTERBACKS Four-year starter Mike German completed his career as the alltime leading passer in school history with 8,464 yards and finished third with 65 touchdowns. With his departure, the Tigers will look to junior Ronald Butler and red-shirt freshman Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shay Ackerman-Carter to handle the load under center. Over the past two seasons, Butler took advantage of missed time by

German and garnered 19 games of experience. As a freshman, Butler earned Second Team All-OVC honors as he passed for 1,405 yards and notched 13 touchdowns. When called to duty in his second season, Butler completed 51 percent of his passes for 420 yards and a TD. Ackerman-Carter sat out his first year at TSU, but had a very successful spring and will push for quality time on the field this season. BACKFIELD The Tigers fell into the running back by committee status in 2014, but will look to red-shirt seniors Tom Smith

2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide and Telvin Hooks to shoulder the load in 2015. Smith played in eight games last season, averaging 4.5 yards per carry as he led the team with 85 carries and 385 yards, while crossing the goal line six times. In seven games a year ago, Hooks carried the ball 66 times and rushed for 218 yards, scoring once. Redshirt freshmen Deadrick Mayberry, Marcus Deanes and Breelan McKinney will provide depth along with freshmen Akeem Granger and Andre Knox. Red-shirt sophomore Terrance Harris, II, freshman Andrew Knox and red-shirt senior Sterlin Leveque will be counted on to provide the power from the fullback position. RECEIVERS Despite losing Weldon Garlington and Ryan Mitchell, who combined for 102 catches and over 1,600 yards, the Tigers return a solid receiving corps. Red-shirt junior Isaiah Jeffries-Freeman and junior Chris Sanders-McCollum each turned in their best seasons as a Tiger. Jeffries-Freeman finished with six touchdown receptions, second only to Garlington (7), as he hauled in 32 passes for 391 yards. The 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;5 Sanders-McCollum proved to be a viable target in the air-attack with 22 catches for 301 yards in just nine games a season ago. Hakeem Parker and Patrick Smith look to make an impact in their second season at TSU. Parker was limited

to just four games in his red-shirt junior season, where he caught five passes. The Tigers will count on senior Joe Bowens and redshirt senior Archie Denard at tight end. Bowens has amassed 45 receptions and 533 yards throughout his career and looks to once again produce All-OVC and All-American numbers as he had as a freshman. OFFENSIVE LINE Over the past two seasons the front line has produced four NFL draft picks. Kadeem Edwards (Tampa Bay) and Demetrius Rhaney (St. Louis) were selected in 2014, while Robert Myers (Baltimore) and Anthony Morris (Oakland) were taken in 2015. Even with the loss of Myers

and Morris, the offensive line is the most veteran unit on the squad. Left guard Jessaman Dunker and center Kevin Kenton will look to Iowa State transfer Duaron Williams, James Lewis and DeAndre Haynes to secure the middle of the line. At tackle, Shaq Anthony is expected to handle the left side, while Evan Clay holds the opposite side. The offensive line is currently on a remarkable sack-less streak. Heading into the season, the Tigers have attempted 196 passes without surrendering a sack, a span of four straight games. The last time that a TSU quarterback went down was early in the second quarter way back on October 18, 2014 against UT Martin. DEFENSIVE LINE The defense remained the strength of the team last season and ranked 11th nationally in total defense (306.5 yards/game). But Coach Reed will have to reload with the loss of eight starters on defense, including 2013 OVC Defensive Player of the Year Anthony Bass and OVCAll Conference 1st Team member, Samquan Evans, who helped anchor the line. Senior defensive end Gabe Terry will lead the charge in the trenches after posting 11.5 sacks and two forced fumbles, earning 2nd Team All-OVC honors. After

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appearing in seven games as a redshirt freshman, Clemson transfer Ebenezer Ogundeko hopes to play opposite of Terry. Marvin Maddox, Latrelle Lee and Dell Porter will all be counted on to make an impact on the ends. Dinsdale Jackson and Rodney Edwards also return to clog up the middle. Jackson enters his final season coming off his best as a Tiger where he picked up 39 tackles and two sacks. Edwards comes into his junior campaign looking to build on his 36 tackles, including six for loss, from a year ago. Red-shirt sophomore Roc-M Nesbitt registered three sacks in 2014 and hopes for a breakout season.

rick (56), Mike West (54), De’Ante Saunders (51), Ronnie Vinson (48), Detorrius Shipley (46), and Samquan Evans (44) are all gone. Thrasher, 2012 OVC Defensive Player of the Year, has been the leader of the linebacker unit for the past three seasons and will hand the reigns to Williams. Antonio Justice appeared in all 12 games last season and play opposite of Williams, while Justin North and Chris Collins will occupy the middle. North compiled 16 tackles as he saw time in all 12 games, while Collins registered five tackles and recovered a fumble as he appeared in 11 games as a true freshman.

LINEBACKERS

DEFENSIVE BACKS

As if only returning three starters on defense wasn’t bad enough, the Tigers only welcome back one of their top eight tacklers from 2014. Vann Williams will look to improve in 2015 as he was tied for third on the team with 54 stops a year ago. Nick Thrasher (128), Daniel Fitzpat-

Fitzpatrick, Vinson and Saunders were a large part to a pass defense which allowed 153.3 yards per game, ranking fourth in the nation. Red-shirt senior Bernell Brooks is the lone returning starter and looks to build on his play where he had two interceptions, six breakups

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and 23 tackles. Ezra Robinson returns after seeing significant time in 11 games and comes in with the second most tackles (42) for a returner. Terrell Bonds and red-shirt freshman Ladarius Johnson will be joining Brooks and Robinson on the corners. Bonds was a bright spot as a true freshman in a veteran backfield, as he picked off two passes and forced a fumble in 11 games, establishing himself as a suitable replacement. As a safety, Javon Brandon also stood out as a freshman last season with 40 tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery in just nine games. Joining Brandon as the last line of defense will be Ty Law, who played in eight games in his first season with the Tigers after transferring from Southern Methodist, and red-shirt freshman Laquarius Cook. Another option for TSU is Ole Miss transfer David Kamara, who enters his junior season for the Tigers after playing 14 games for the Rebels. SPECIAL TEAMS Lane Clark entered his freshman year as a back-up, but was thrusted into the spotlight as the main place-kicker early into his career. Clark converted on 8-of-15 field goal attempts and 26-of-28 extra points as he finished the season as the team’s leading scorer with 50 points. Leon Holderhead had a solid senior season forcing 20 fair catches and pinning the opponents back with 22 punts inside the 20-yard line, opposed to just five touchbacks. Freshmen Austin Rowley and Mitchell Boudreaux will battle it out to decide the replacement for Holderhead. Rowley comes to TSU from San Diego, Calif., while Boudreaux hails from New Orleans, La The return game will have some new faces as Saunders, Garlington, Martine Stevenson and Darion Hall handled 98 percent of the touches. Patrick Smith is anticipated to handle the punt return duties and will share the kickoffs with Gabe Scott and Tyler Black.

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PROJECTED TWO-DEEP

OFFENSE TE

# 81 – Joshawn Bowens, 6-5, 230, Jr. # 83 – Archie Denard, 6-4, 255, RSr.

DEFENSE DE

# 48 – Marvin Maddox, 6-3, 245, RFr. # 1 – Ebenezer Ogundeko, 6-3, 255, RSo.

# 70 – Chris Wallace, Jr., 6-6, 270, RFr. # 71 – Shaq Anthony, 6-5, 290, RSr.

# 90 – Dinsdale Jackson, 6-3, 290, RSr. # 94 – Roc-M Nesbitt, 6-3, 255, RSo.

# 66 – Jessamen Dunker, 6-4, 300, RSo. # 67 – Justin Brooks, 6-5, 270, RFr.

Nose # 99 – Rodney Edwards, 6-2, 300, Jr. # 93 – Xavier Davis, 6-3, 315, RSo.

# 74 – Kevin Kenton, 6-2, 300, RJr. # 64 – Thomas Burton, 6-2, 290, RFr.

# 58 – Latrelle Lee, 6-2, 225, So. # 35 – Dell Porter, 6-1, 235, RFr.

RG # 77 – Duaron Williams, 6-3, 315, RJr. # 73 – DeAndre Haynes, 6-4, 285, Sr.

SLB # 42 – Demetro Stephens, Jr., 6-2, 235, Fr. # 52 – Antonio Justice Jr., 6-1,210, RJr.

MLB # 53 – Justin North, 6-2, 230, Jr. # 59 – William Cooper, 6-1, 220, RJr.

# 76 – Evan Clay, 6-5, 315, RSo. # 67 – Justin Brooks, 6-5, 270, RFr.

WR # 88 – Isaiah Jeffires-Freeman, 6-1, 188, RJr. WLB # 32 – Chris Collins, 5-11, 230, So. # 13 – Dantwuan O’Neal, 6-3, 210, Jr. # 11 – Vantavious Williams, 6-1, 215, Jr. WR # 17 – Patrick Smith, 6-0, 190, RSo. # 6 – Hakeem Parker, 6-5, 205, RSr.

# 24 – Bernell Brooks, 6-0, 183, RSr. # 21 – Ezra Robinson, 6-1, 180, RJr.

QB # 2 – O’Shay Ackerman-Carter, 6-2, 215, RFr. FS # 10 – Ronald Butler, 6-1, 185, Jr.

# 26 – Laquarius Cook, 6-0, 175, RFr. # 3 – David Kamara, 5-10, 200, Jr.

# 18 – Telvin Hooks, 5-11, 200, RSr. # 1 – Tom Smith, 5-11, 205, RJr.

# 7 – Javon Brandon, 5-10, 195, So. # 10 – Ty Law, 5-10, 190, Jr.

# 39 - Terence Harris II, 6-1, 242, RSo. # 34 – Sterlin Leveque, 5-8, 250, RJr.

# 5 – Terrell Bonds, 5-9, 176, So. # 23 – Ladarius Johnson, 5-10, 170, RFr.

SPECIALISTS LS # 56 – Aaron Woods, 6-1, 230, RSr. H # 14 – Nate McGill, 6-0, 200, RSr. P # 49 – Austin Rowley, 5-11, 165, Fr. K # 41 – Lane Clark, 5-11, 170, So. KR # 17 – Patrick Smith, 6-0, 190, RSo. PR # 28 – Marcus Deanes, 5-10, 190, RFr.

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Name Tom Smith Ebenezer Ogundeko O’Shay Ackerman-Carter David Kamara Rodney Morris Terrell Bonds Hakeem Parker Javon Brandon Gabe Terry Chris Sanders-McCollum Ronald Butler Ty Law Vantavious Williams Michael Hughes Dantwaun O’Neal Nate McGill Trevion Duncan Tyler Black Quindell Cousin Patrick Smith Telvin Hooks Gabe Scott A.J. Flowers Ezra Robinson LaKhalon Holland Ladarius Johnson Bernell Brooks Greg Harvey, Jr. Laquarius Cook Erick Evans Marcus Deanes Andre Knox Blair Edwards Sebastian Kertchaval Chris Collins Arkeem Granger Sterlin Leveque Cortez Adams Andrew Dale Victor Fletcher Andrew Knox Terrance Harris, II Kevin DeWalt Lane Clark Demetro Stephens, Jr. Mitchell Boudreaux Quintis Maddox Dell Porter EJ Junior, IV Jacob Gray Austin Rowley Joseph Johnson Lamonte Roberts Antonio Justice, Jr.

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Pos. RB DE QB CB TE CB WR SS DE WR QB DB LB QB WR QB SS WR WR WR RB CB SS CB CB CB CB CB SS RB RB RB LB LB LB RB FB CB FS SS FB FB DE K LB K DE LB RB DE P LB LB LB

Ht. 5-11 6-3 6-2 5-10 6-3 5-9 6-5 5-10 6-2 6-5 6-3 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-9 6-0 5-10 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-8 6-0 6-3 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-2 5-5 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-1

Wt. 205 255 215 200 220 176 205 195 215 190 180 190 215 230 210 200 180 180 200 190 200 165 205 180 175 170 183 180 175 185 190 210 195 215 230 220 250 180 210 196 250 242 230 170 235 150 260 235 220 255 165 215 205 225

Yr. R-Sr. R-So. R-Fr. Jr. R-Fr. So. R-Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. R-Jr. Fr. Jr. R-Jr. Fr. Fr. R-So. R-So. R-Sr. Fr. R-Jr. R-Jr. So. R-Fr. R-Sr. Fr. R-Fr. R-So. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. R-So. So. Fr. R-Sr. R-Fr. Sr. R-So. Fr. R-So. R-So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. R-Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. R-Jr.

Hometown (Previous School) Apopka, Fla. (Tennessee) Brooklyn, N.Y. (Clemson) Jacksonville, Fla. (Trinity Christian Academy) Loganville, Ga. (Ole Miss) Alpharetta, Ga. (UAB) Miami, Fla. (Miami Central HS) New Orleans, La. (East Central CC) Ellenwood, Ga. (Stockbridge HS) Palm Beach, Fla. (Copiah-Lincoln CC) Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside HS) Tallahassee, Fla. (Lincoln HS) Orlando, Fla. (Southern Methodist) Cordele, Ga. (Fort Scott CC) Nashville, Tenn. (Hillsboro HS) DeLand, Fla. (DeLand HS) Cincinnati, Ohio (Princeton HS) Houston, Texas (Lamar HS) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Blackman HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS) Edgewater, Fla. (New Smyrna Beach HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Trezevant HS) Miami, Fla. (College of the Siskiyous) Sarasota, Fla. (Michigan State) Jacksonville, Fla (Ribault HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Hillwood HS) New Orleans, La. (Clark HS) Cordova, Tenn. (Cordova HS) Birmingham, Ala. (Wenonah HS) Dallas, Texas (North Texas) Memphis, Tenn. (Southwind HS) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Siegel HS) Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Whites Creek HS) Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside HS) Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Flanagan HS) Smyrna, Tenn. (Smyrna HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Maplewood HS) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Riverdale HS) Madison, Tenn. (Hunters Lane HS) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Siegel HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Montgomery Bell Academy) Cincinnati, Ohio (Kent State) Hays, Kan. (Hays HS) Lithonia, Ga. (Arabia Mountain HS) Slidell, La. (Brother Martin HS) Conyers, Ga. (Salem HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Melrose HS) Middletown, Ohio (Cincinnati) Bolivar, Tenn. (Bolivar HS) San Diego, Calif. (Helix Charter HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy) Antioch, Tenn. (Antioch HS) Montgomery, Ala. (St. Jude Educational Institute)

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Justin North Dante’ Ferguson, Jr. Robert Crawford Aaron Woods Lee Smith Latrelle Lee William Cooper Lachavious Simmons Tyrell Doss Julian Robinson Thomas Burton Jessaman Dunker Justin Brooks Kevin Oliver Chris Wallace, Jr. Shaq Anthony Camren Jones DeAndre Haynes Kevin Kenton James Lewis Evan Clay Duaron Williams Mahlon Medley Joshawn Bowens Patrick Hill Archie Denard Larry Haralson II Alex Hale Mazio Rhodes Isaiah Jeffries-Freeman Andrew Bather Dinsdale Jackson Marvin Maddox Jason Morrow Xavier Davis Roc-M Nesbitt Igor Misigaro Myles Chalmers Rodney Edwards

LB LB DT LS LB DE LB OT OG OG OC OT OL OT OL OL OG OT OG OG OT OG TE TE WR TE WR LS WR WR WR DT DE DT DT DT DT DT DT

6-2 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-5 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-5 6-5 6-6 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-2 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-4 5-11 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-2

230 Jr. 220 Fr. 265 Fr. 215 R-Sr. 220 R-Fr. 225 So. 220 R-So. 290 Fr. 290 R-Fr. 300 R-Fr. 290 R-Fr. 290 R-Jr. 270 R-Fr. 340 R-Sr. 270 R-Fr. 290 R-Sr. 290 Fr. 285 Sr. 300 R-Jr. 325 R-Sr. 315 R-So. 315 R-Jr. 225 Fr. 240 Sr. 180 R-Fr. 255 R-Sr. 215 R-Fr. 220 Fr. 165 R-So. 188 R-Jr. 170 R-Sr. 290 R-Sr. 245 R-Fr. 285 R-So. 315 R-So. 255 R-So. 300 Fr. 320 Fr. 305 Jr.

Orlando, Fla. (Freedom HS) Lithonia, Ga. (Arabia Mountain HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Father Ryan HS) Knoxville, Tenn. (Halls HS) Chicago, Ill. (Lindblom Math & Sci. Academy) Dothan, Ala. (Dothan HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Austin Peay) Selma, Ala. (Selma HS) Dyersburg, Tenn. (Dyersburg HS) Baltimore, Md. (Cantonsville HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS) Boynton Beach, Fla. (Florida) Memphis, Tenn. (Melrose HS) LaVergne, Tenn. (LaVergne HS) Springfield, Ill. (Lanphier HS) Piedmont, S.C. (Clemson) Memphis, Tenn. (Ridgeway HS) Richmond, Calif. (Contra Costa CC) West Palm Beach, Fla. (Palm Beach Lakes HS) Arlington, Tenn. (Vanderbilt) Tucker, Ga. (Tucker HS) Orlando, Fla. (Iowa State) Charlotte, NC (Mallard Creek HS) Greenville, S.C. (Greenville HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Sheffield HS) Hollandale, Miss. (Itawamba CC) Smyrna, Tenn. (Smyrna HS) Whitwell, Tenn. (Whitwell HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Hunters Lane HS) Kansas City, Mo. (Rockhurst HS) LaVergne, Tenn. (LaVergne HS) Miami Gardens, Fla. (American Heritage HS) Jacksonville, Fla. (Ribault HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Glencliff HS) Atlanta, Ga. (Buffalo) Atlanta, Ga. (Carver HS) Antioch, Tenn. (Antioch HS) Memphis, Tenn. (White Haven HS) Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City HS)

Coaching Staff: Head Coach: Rod Reed (Tennessee State, 1988), Sixth Season Assistant Coaches: Jeff Parker (Bethune-Cookman, 1994), Assistant Head/Offensive Coordinator/QB’s, Sixth Season Eric Gallon (Kansas State, 1999), Running Backs Coach, First Season Kevin Mashack (Tennessee State, 2007), Wide Receivers Coach, First Season Russ Ehrenfeld (Chattanooga, 1981), Offensive Line Coach, Fourth Season Antonio Bradford (Alabama State, 2005), Tight Ends Coach, First Season Osita Alaribe (North Carolina A&T, 2004), Defensive Coordinator, Seventh Season Nick Davison (Chattanooga, 2012), Defensive Line Coach, First Season Ed Sanders (Tennessee State, 2000), Safeties Coach/Special Teams Coordinator, Sixth Season Mikhal Kornegay (Florida State, 2006), Corners Coach, Fourth Season Daniel Kuhn (Nichols State, 2003), Director of Operations, Second Season Josh Chance (Central Washington, 2008), Director of Strength & Conditioning, Fifth Season Ryan Krach (Central Michigan, 2003), Head Athletic Trainer, Third Season Jeremy Taylor (Jacksonville State, 2005), Equipment Manager, Fifth Season

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ROD

REED

HEAD COACH

6TH YEAR, TENNESSEE STATE â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;88 Rod Reed enters his sixth season at the helm of the Tennessee State football program, having just turned in his third straight non-losing season, a feat that had not been done at TSU since 198486. He was named head coach on December 18, 2009 to guide the TSU program. He served as the associate head coach and defensive coordinator during the 2009 season. Reed experienced immediate success as a head coach, leading the Tigers to a win in his debut game, 27-14, over Alabama A&M on Sept. 4, 2010 in the John Merritt Classic. He also broke an eight-game losing streak to Florida A&M, downing the Rattlers, 29-18, in the Atlanta Classic. Reed coached six players to All-OVC Teams including safety Eugene Clifford who also was a Sports Network, Phil Steele and BOXTOROW All-American. The Tigers increased their win total in their second season under Reed and finished the 2011 season on a hot streak, winning four of their last six games. The stretch included a, 42-40, upset win at No. 19 ranked Tennessee Tech on Oct. 15. Reed produced even more All-OVC players in year two, as seven made postseason squads. Two more defenders garnered All-American honors under Reedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tutelage in linebacker Rico Council and Joseph Wylie. He also helped Lamar Divens and Sidney Tarver ink NFL contracts. Big Blue continued its success in 2012 by rattling off seven straight victories to open the season. The Tigers finished the year with an 8-3 record, its best since 2001. The performance earned TSU

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HBCU Program of the Year honors by HBCU Huddle. Several players earned postseason accolades including running back Trabis Ward who was named to the

College Sports All-American Team after running for 1,460 yards and 15 touchdowns. Three more Tigers were Sheridan All-Americans including Sherman

THE ROD REED FILE Tennessee State (12 Years) Head Coach............................................................................... 2010 - Present Assistant Coach............................................................................. 2003 - 2009 East Texas Baptist (Three Years) Defensive Coordinator..............................................................2000 - 2003 Seabreeze HS (Four Years) Defensive Coordinator.............................................................. 1996 - 2000 Bethune-Cookman (Five Years) Linebackers Coach................................................................... 1992 - 1996 Prairie View A&M (One Year) Linebackers Coach...............................................................................1991 Tennessee State Year-by-Year Results

Year Overall Pct. OVC Pct. 2014................................. 6-6........................ .500........................ 3-5................375 2013............................... 10-4........................ .715........................ 6-2................750 2012................................. 8-3........................ .727........................ 4-3................571 2011................................. 5-6........................ .455........................ 4-4................500 2010................................. 3-8........................ .273........................ 0-7................000 Head Coach................. 32-27........................ .542.................... 14-16................464 2009................................. 4-7........................ .364........................ 3-4................429 2008................................. 8-4........................ .667........................ 5-3................625 2007................................. 5-6........................ .455........................ 4-3................571 2006................................. 6-5........................ .545........................ 5-2................714 2005................................. 2-9........................ .182........................ 1-6................143 2004................................. 4-7........................ .364........................ 2-5................286 2003................................. 7-5........................ .583........................ 5-3................625 Assistant Coach........... 36-43........................ .456.................... 25-26................490 TSU Total..................... 68-70........................ .493.................... 42-47................472

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Carter who signed an NFL deal with fellow offensive lineman Rogers Gaines following suit. Reed turned in his finest season to date in 2013, as the Tigers finished 10-4 and won a FCS Playoff Game for the first time since 1986. It capped an impressive run in which Reed improved his club’s win total by at least two in each of his first four campaigns. TSU won its first HBCU National Championship since 1982 and the team’s shutout win over Butler in the first round of the playoffs was the first victory for the OVC in postseason play in nearly 30 years. A school record 12 Tigers were chosen to the league’s all-conference teams at season’s end and Kadeem Edwards (143rd) and Demetrius Rhaney (250th) were selected in the NFL Draft. Last season, Reed’s defense ranked inside the top-10 for the third straight season. Middle linebacker Nick Thrasher tallied 128 stops on the season, which was sixth-most in a single-season in school history and the highest total for a Tiger since 1991. Thrasher also moved up to second-place in tackles in the TSU record book over the course of the season, finishing with 358. Quarterback Mike German threw for 2,846 yards on the year, helping him break the 34 year old school-mark with 8,664 career yards. Reed has coached a total of 22 All-Americans and 49 All-OVC Players

in his five seasons as a head coach and has staked a 32-27 record. He began coaching at TSU in 2003 and served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. At the conclusion of the season in which Reed returned to the TSU sideline, the Tigers led the OVC in total defense for the first time in school history. The defense accomplished the same feat in 2008 finishing at the top of the OVC in total defense. A keen recruiter as an assistant, Reed was responsible for bringing several notable key players into the TSU program. Reed is noted for recruiting Javarris Williams (2009 seven-round draft pick, Kansas City Chiefs), Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (2008 first-round draft pick, Arizona Cardinals), Shaun Richardson, Lamar Divens (Baltimore Ravens, 2008) and Corneilus Lewis. He has also coached All-America and professional player, Jamie Landrom (Jacksonville Jaguars). Reed was a four-year letter winner for the TSU Tigers from 1984 - 1988. He capped off his career by being named Sheridan All-America his senior season. He set the Tiger record for career tackles from his linebacker slot and in 1987, he set the single season record for tackles with 197. He helped lead the Tigers to the second round of the 1986 Division I-AA playoffs and was selected as Defensive MVP in 1987 and 1988.

Following completion of his bachelor’s degree, Reed entered the coaching profession. He held positions at Prairie View A&M (Linebackers, 2001), Bethune-Cookman University (Linebackers, 92-96), and Seabreeze High School (DC, 96-00) in Daytona Beach, Fla. Within those positions he coached five first-team all-conference linebackers and a pair of All-Americans. Before coming to TSU, Reed previously coached at East Texas Baptist College (00-03) in his hometown of Marshall, Texas. He served as defensive coordinator for East Texas Baptist, which launched its football program during the 2000 season. The 2002 Texas Baptist defense ranked second in their conference in scoring defense and third in rushing defense. The team did not allow points in either the first or third periods through the first eight games in 2002. Reed is the son of Robert Reed, Jr., an All-America offensive guard for the Tigers in 1963 and 1964 who later played professionally for the Washington Redskins. Reed is the university’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes representative and in 2009 he participated in the NCAA Football Coaches Academy. He and his wife, Tamika, are the parents of four children, Terry, Takara, Briah, and Marcel.

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JEFF

OSITA

6TH YEAR

7TH YEAR

PARKER OC/QBs Jeff Parker joined the Tennessee State University Football staff in spring of 2010 as the pass game coordinator, quarterback coach. He was named assistant head coach at the start of the 2012 season and offensive coordinator in 2015. Under Parker’s guidance, redshirt freshman quarterback Michael German had just seven starts in 2011, but earned the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year honors and was picked as the Newcomer of the Week four times. German was also a finalist for the Sports Network’s Jerry Rice Award which honors the freshman of the year in the Football Championshiup Subdivision. Parker spent the previous five seasons serving as wide receivers, quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at Norfolk State. Under Parker’s guidance, two Spartan quarterbacks threw for more than 2,000 yards in a single season.

ALARIBE DC/DTs Osita Alaribe enters his seventh season as defensive line coach for Tennessee State Tigers football. Alaribe also has the duties of defensive coordinator. 2013 proved to be one of the best defensive years in TSU history. The Tigers defense ranked 1st in the country in Total Defense for eight straight weeks, finally finishing at 6th in the nation. In Scoring Defense they finished 7th in the nation and in Opponents 3rd Down Conversions the Tigers ranked 3rd in the nation. The Tigers stout defense was ranked #1 in every major Defensive category in the OVC which helped produce a 10-4 record and first playoff appearance since 1999.

Two of his All-MEAC players, quarterback Casey Hansen (Philadelphia Eagles) and wide receiver Chris Bell (New Orleans Saints) went on to sign free agent contracts in the NFL.

The defense was led by junior defensive end Anthony Bass who was named OVC Defensive Player of the Year, FCS All-American and 1st Team All-OVC. Bass finished with 10 sacks and 14.5 TFL’s. Another defensive lineman that was mentored by Alaribe was three time AllOVC senior defensive end Antonio Harper who finished with seven sacks and 13 TFL’s. The defense finished with (37) total sacks for the season which ranks 21st in the nation and (111) tackles for loss with ranked 5th in the nation.

Parker has extensive experience coaching on the offensive side of the ball. He served as an assistant and offensive coordinator alongside current TSU head coach Rod Reed at Seabreeze (Fla.) HS from 19932001. His offense went on to set Florida high school’s all-time record for passing yards completions and touchdowns.

In 2012, Alaribe helped develop a Tigers defense that ranked first in Total Defense only giving up 361.6 yards per game and ranked second in Scoring Defense allowing 22.8 points per game. Alaribe also was selected to participate in the Bill Walsh NFL Internship with the Oakland Raiders for their 2012 fall training camp.

Parker then followed with a short stint as head coach at Spruce Creek (Fla.) HS in the spring and summer of 2002 before joining the staff at Bethune-Cookman College.

As recruiting coordinator, Alaribe has helped produce the #1 2013 and 2012 recruiting classes and the #3 2011 class among FCS HBCU’s according to Boxtorow’s annual rankings.

As a player, Parker played two seasons at TSU before finishing his eligibility at Bethune-Cookman College, now University. In just two seasons with the Wildcats, Parker caught 125 passes for 1,765 yards, and earned a share of the Wildcats’ all-time reception record (125). Parker led the conference in receptions in 1990 with 58 and broke the Wildcats’ single season record with 67 catches in 1991. He received first-team All-MEAC honors in each of those seasons. He capped his career by receiving first-team All-America honors in 1991.

Alaribe arrived at TSU after a three-year term as the defensive line and outside linebackers coach with Ouachita Baptist University.

After college, Parker played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL (1992), the Charlotte Rage (1994), Orlando Predators (1995-98) of the Arena Football League, and the Rhine Fire of the World Football League (1995). In 2008, he was selected to participate in the NCAA’s Coaches Academy, which is designed to identify and nurture minority coaches. Parker, a native of Daytona Beach, Fla. earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and recreation from Bethune-Cookman in 1994. He and his wife, Onya, are the parents of two children daughters, Jai and son Jayce (JD).

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While at OBU, Alaribe tutored two all-conference players and was part of a team that had its first winning season in 25 years. Before OBU, Alaribe spent two seasons as defensive line coach at Dudley High School in Greensboro, N.C. help winning the Eastern North Carolina Division Championship leading to the North Carolina 3AA State Championship. The Raleigh, NC native played collegiately at North Carolina A&T State University as a defensive lineman and was a team captain. He helped lead the Aggies to two MEAC Championship titles (1999 and 2003) and one HBCU National Championship (1999). Alaribe earned his bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism and Mass Communication from NCA&T in 2004 before receiving his master’s degree in Sports Administration from Henderson State in 2008. He and his wife, Uzo, have one daughter, Ogechi and reside in Nashville, Tenn.

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ERIC

4TH YEAR

1ST YEAR

EHRENFELD OL

GALLON RBs

It’s a homecoming of sorts for Russ Ehrenfeld after spending three seasons at Chattanooga.

Eric Gallon enters his first season with the Big Blue and will serve as running backs coach. Gallon comes to TSU after two seasons at Youngstown State.

Ehrenfeld replaces Steven Smith, who accepted an assistant offensive line positing with the Kansas City Chiefs. Returning to Tennessee State in March 2012, Ehrenfeld brought an immediate impact to UTC in his first season.

With the Penguins, the running corps piled up 4,241 yards on 746 carries while scoring 47 touchdowns in 24 games. YSU averaged 5.7 yards per rushing attempt, 176.7 yards per game and nearly two touchdowns per contest during his stay.

He helped the Mocs allow only nine sacks in 2009, tied for fewest in the Southern Conference and third lowest in the nation. UTC did not allow a sack for the last four games of the season, including a trip to FBS National Champion Alabama in the season finale.

Under the tutelage of Gallon in 2014, Martin Ruiz had his second straight 1,000-yard campaign finishing with 1,320 yards while earning second-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors. Ruiz was named the Valley’s Newcomer and Freshman of the Year while being named second-team all-conference.

In 2010, he turned his attention to the centers and guards, helping T.J. Hurless earn a spot on the All-SoCon second team. Add in Chris Harr and Ehrenfeld has guided two Mocs to all-league honors in his two years at UTC.

Ruiz was one of three FCS freshmen to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark and finished tied for third in the voting for the Jerry Rice Award, which goes to the top freshman in the FCS.

In 2011, Ehrenfeld coached tight ends, helping the Mocs to a 5-6 overall record, including a 38-17 win at then ranked No. 10 Jacksonville State on Sept. 10. Faysal Shaffat was a 2011 All-Southern Conference freshman tight end for the Mocs. In his first stop at TSU, Ehrenfeld’s offensive line set the tone for the No. 1 rushing offense in the Ohio Valley Conference while allowing just the second fewest number of sacks in the league. All totaled, he has coached more than ten offensive lineman that have gone on to play professionally. Ehrenfeld previously coached the offensive line at TSU for three seasons (1997-99), helping the Tigers capture back-to-back OVC championships in 1998 and 1999. Notably, four linemen from the 1999 team went on to play in the NFL. A native of Hillside, N.J., Ehrenfeld played four seasons at Chattanooga, helping the Mocs claim three SoCon titles as a starting offensive guard. He earned his bachelor’s degree in secondary education-history in 1981. Following graduation, Ehrenfeld’s first coaching position was at TMI Academy as the offensive line coach. His first collegiate position was as a graduate assistant at the University of South Carolina, where he had the opportunity to coach the Gamecocks in the 1984 Gator Bowl. Since then, he has also coached at Austin Peay (1985-87, 95-96), Itawamba Community College (1988-89), Southeast Missouri State (1990-92), Eastern Michigan (1993-94), Alabama State (2000) and Bucknell (2001-02).

Prior to moving up to the collegiate ranks, Gallon served as the head coach at George Jenkins High School in Lakeland, Fla. Gallon was the head coach of the Eagles in 2012 after spending the previous four seasons as the offensive coordinator on the staff. As the head coach, GJHS won four games, quite a turnaround following a winless campaign the year prior. The Lakeland, Fla., native was a standout running back for the Kansas State and Coach Bill Snyder from 1989-92. Gallon was a three-year letter-winner (1989, 1991 and 1992) and served as a team captain his senior season. He rushed for 1,960 yards on 447 carries while totaling 2,476 all-purpose yards during his Wildcat career. Gallon had seven 100-plus yard rushing performances in his KSU career, including five as a junior. Gallon had a brief stint with the New England Patriots following his collegiate career. Following his playing career, he returned to his home state where he spent time working with at-risk youths before getting involved with coaching at the high-school level. He was the founder, President and CEO of Global Youth Services, Inc., from 2004-12, which is located in Tampa, Fla. The service is responsible for relationships with the state and local officials regarding the welfare of youth, management and implementation of policies and procedures. Prior to starting his own company, Gallon spent 11 years with Correctional Services Corporation. He was a Vice President of Operations in the Juvenile Division after serving as a program and regional director for the organization. He worked in Bartow and Sarasota, Fla., while employed by CSC. A graduate of Kathleen High School in Lakeland, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Kansas State in 1999. He was a standout basketball and football player as a prep student-athlete.

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ANTONIO

1ST YEAR

MASHACK WRs

BRADFORD TEs

Kevin Mashack returns to Tennessee State after spending three years in the player personnel department for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Mashak will work closely with the Tigers’ wide receivers.

Antonio Bradford joined the TSU staff after spending ten seasons as an assistant coach at his Alma Mater, Alabama State University. He will work with the tight ends with the Big Blue.

Mashack was added to the Jaguars staff as a scouting assistant in May 2013. Mashack is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the player personnel department, watching and grading film and attending pro days to scout and evaluate players prior to the NFL Draft.

Working with the offensive line, Bradford’s unit opened the hole for the Hornet runners for a SWAC-leading 231.5 yards per game, good enough for 14th among the Football Championship Series (FCS) schools. He also served as the video coordinator for ASU.

Mashack served two seasons (2011-12) as the running backs coach at Tennessee State University, where he previously acted as the video coordinator after beginning as a student assistant in 2003. Mashack acted as the pro liaison, performed daily video responsibilities and was instrumental in recruiting purposes.

The former Hornet was a three-year starter at left guard from 2002 to 2004. His teams won back-to-back Eastern Division titles in 2003 and 2004, and won the ASU’s second SWAC football championship in 2004.

Mashack is a native of Miami, Florida and graduated from Tennessee State in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts and Science and a Masters in Sports Administration.

Bradford was a member of an offense that was the most prolific in America and featured – among others – former Alabama State standout Tarvaris Jackson, who went on to be drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round in 2006, and current member of Super Bowl XLVIII champion Seattle Seahawks. Bradford, who began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at ASU, holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s degree in general counseling. He is married to his wonderful wife, Faith.

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MIKHAL

4TH YEAR

7TH YEAR

KORNEGAY CBs

SANDERS DBs

Mikhal Kornegay came to TSU in March 2012, taking the place of Anthony Blevins, who is now the defensive backs coach at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Ed Sanders, a native of Nashville, Tennessee and Maplewood High School, joins the Tennessee State coaching after four years at Delaware State of the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

Kornegay, a native of Greenville, Fla., comes to Tennessee State after spending seven cumulative seasons with the Seminoles under legendary head coach Bobby Bowden and current coach Jimbo Fisher.

A four-year letter winner at Tennessee State, he helped lead the Tigers to back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference championships in 1998 and ’99. During the 1999 season, TSU posted an 11-0 regular season record and No. 1 Division I-AA and Black College final regular season national rankings. That season, Sanders was an All-Ohio Valley Conference Second Team selection and All-America candidate. He also earned the Alvin “Cat” Coleman Award as the team’s Most Outstanding Defensive Back. During the 1999 season, Sanders led the team in tackles with 100 which is third-best in TSU history (since 1987).

He served as Graduate Assistant/Quality Control coach for the Seminoles since the 2008 season. While in that capacity, Kornegay assisted coaches Mickey Andrews and Mark Stoops with instructing the defensive backfield. There he helped implement a major base defensive from heavy coverage for the Seminoles. Kornegay also coached two NFL draft picks in 2010 with Patrick Robinson being selected in the first round to New Orleans and Myron Rolle by Tennessee in the sixth round. Prior to joining FSU as a graduate assistant, Kornegay served one season as an assistant coach at Madison County High School in Florida. He also served as a speed and strength coach at Titus Sports Academy in 2007. A three-year starter on special teams for the Seminoles, Kornegay served as team captain in 2006. He helped FSU to two Atlantic Coast Conference championships and saw an appearance in the 2006 Orange Bowl. Kornegay obtained his bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences in 2006 and earned his master’s in Sports Administration in April 2010.

In 2008, at Delaware State, his unit helped lead the Hornets to a No. 2 MEAC ranking in pass efficiency defense (79.5 rating). The ’08 Hornets were also third in the league in pass defense, allowing 144.1 yards-per-game. During DSU’s 2007 MEAC championship season, his unit helped the Hornets earn a No. 9 national ranking in pass efficiency defense with a 105.33 rating. DSU was 13th in the country in scoring defense (18.4 ppg) in 2007. His ’07 secondary also featured All-MEAC First Team selection Akeem Green, among the league leaders in interceptions and defended passes. Before joining the Hornets, Sanders was an assistant coach at two Dekalb County (Ga.) high schools. In 2002, he was a member of the Canadian Football League Saskatchewan Rough Riders. Sanders began his coaching career as a graduate assistant (secondary) at Tennessee State University in 2000. Sanders earned a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Tennessee State in 2000. He and his wife Wajehah have two daughters, Khalia and Kaden, and a son, Omarii.

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DAVISON DEs 1ST YEAR Nick Davison returned to the Tennessee State football coaching staff in the spring of 2015 as the team’s defensive ends coach and recruiting coordinator. Prior to his arrival on campus, Davison spent 2013 as a graduate assistant on the Tiger staff. “We were really impressed with the job Davison did in 2013,” Reed said. “So we are excited to bring him back in a larger role. He is a young coach that brings enthusiasm and the ability to recruit south Ga. to the table.” While at TSU, Davison helped guide Big Blue to a 10-4 record and top10 nationally ranked defense. Davison coached five All-OVC players on the defensive front, including end Anthony Bass who was named the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year after recording 14.5 sacks. In addition, the Tennessee State defense ranked as one of the best in the country, only allowing 296 total yards per game. The unit also forced 32 turnovers and gave up just 18.1 points per contest. Prior to arriving at TSU, Davison worked as the defensive tackle coach at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga in 2012 after an accomplished playing career. Davison played his first two years at the University of Alabama-Birmingham where he notched 33 tackles and saw action in all 24 games for the Blazers. He then transferred to UTC and was named Preseason 2nd Team All-SoCon as a senior. Davison currently resides in Nashville, Tenn. with his dog “Bear”.

DANIEL

KUHN

OPERATIONS 2ND YEAR Daniel Kuhn, dubbed Dynamite, joined the Tennessee State Tigers in July of 2014. His duties are varied but he will spearhead team travel, video exchange, and assist with the day-to-day business logistics for the football program. Most recently he was the Executive Assistant to the Head Coach at Georgia Southern University handling external football operations, including construction oversight of an endzone complex, advancing for road games, and assisting with their transition from FCS to FBS under the direction of two different coaching staff regimes. Prior to his time in Statesboro, GA he served as loyal aide de camp for former Oilers/Falcons NFL head coach Jerry Glanville in various capacities. As part of the 2013 and 2014 East-West Shrine Game, he helped the football operations staff administer the longest running annual College All-Star Game through playbook implementation, travel logistics and video operations with an NFL video staff. In 2011, he began working for the Hartford, CT Colonials of the United Football League, serving as de facto chief of staff for Coach Glanville, assisting the personnel department with the UFL college draft, signing of free agents and open tryouts in Houston, Atlanta, and Hartford. Prior to the UFL, Dynamite worked for Coach Glanville at Portland State University as Director of Football Operations in 2009. He arrived in Portland, Oregon after three seasons, 2006-2009, in the Ivy League at the University of Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia he helped orchestrate official visits, national-scale recruiting and summer football camps. As Director of Operations for the Austin, TX Wranglers of the Arena Football League from 2003-2006, he spent his first season assisting the then expansion franchise in football operations before being elevated to oversee all aspects of game day operations, in-game entertainment, team housing, and air transportation negotiations. A 2003 graduate in business administration from Nicholls State University, the Zachary, Louisiana native served as an undergraduate student football assistant. He began his football career in the summer of 2001 as a training camp operations intern with the Buffalo Bills.

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CHANCE STRENGTH 5TH YEAR Joshua Chance joined the staff at Tennessee State University in August 2011 as the assistant strength and conditioning coordinator. He primarily works with football, women’s basketball and volleyball. Before coming to TSU, Chance attended The University of Georgia from 2009-2011, where he served as the graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach with the football program under Dave Van Halanger (MSCCC). While there, he received his master ‘s degree in Adult Education. Chance is a certified strength and conditioning coach (CSCCa). Prior his tenure at Georgia, Chance served under Joey Batson (MSCCC), assisting with football and Olympic sports in the Strength and Conditioning Department. As an undergraduate, Chance started four years with the Central Washington University football team. He played defensive tackle for the Wildcats and earned 1st team All-GNAC honors in 2005. A native of Battle Ground, Wash., Chance graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology from Central Washington University.

RYAN

KRACH SPORTS MEDICINE

3RD YEAR Ryan Krach was named Head Athletic Trainer for Tennessee State prior to the 2013-14 year. Krach oversees the athletic sports medicine department and is the primary trainer for football. Krach came to TSU from Elon University where he served as the head football athletic trainer from 2012-13. His duties included care for the golf program, as well as supervision of assistant football athletic trainers, athletic training students and student managers. Prior to Elon, Krach served as an athletic trainer at Towson University from 2010-2012 where he handled football, baseball, women’s tennis and cheerleading. He also taught as an approved clinical instructor in the College of Health Professions.

gree in Athletic Training/Sports Medicine. He spent 2004 at Division II Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C. working with men’s and women’s basketball. In late 2004, Krach worked as a sports medicine graduate assistant for football at the University of Michigan, where he received his Masters in Kinesiology. While at UM, he taught as a graduate student instructor in the Division of Kinesiology; teaching labs for Introduction to Athletic Training and Therapeutic Modalities. The Michigan native received his first head job for football at Wingate University. Krach remained at Wingate from 2006-09, where he also worked as an adjunct lecturer for the School of Sports Science, before returning to the University of Michigan to work with swimming and diving from 2009-10. Krach has been a presenter for the South Atlantic Conference Annual Meeting in 2008 and the National Athletic Trainers Association Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium in Atlanta, Ga. in 2006. Krach is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA), North Carolina Athletic Trainers Association (NCATA) and the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers Association (MAATA).

JEREMY

TAYLOR EQUIPMENT 5TH YEAR In the summer of 2011, Jeremy Taylor was named equipment manager at Tennessee State University. Taylor’s duties include managing purchases and maintaining logs. He joins the staff after spending three years at Northwestern State (La.). Prior to his arrival at NSU in the summer of 2008, Taylor served as head equipment manager from 2005-2007 at Jacksonville State. While working on his undergraduate degree, Taylor worked as a student manager at Jacksonville State from 2001-04. He was also a student manager at Snead State Community College from 1998-2001, while working on his associates degree. Outside of athletics, Taylor served as a Communications Officer and Jailor for the Collinsville (Ala.) Police Department and a volunteer firefighter for the city. In addition, he also worked in the same capacityat the Black Creek Fire Department. Taylor has achieved certifications in: Basic First Aid; CPR/AED; AirEvac and MedFlight Landing Zone Operations; National Incident Management Systems; and HAZMAT Emergency Operations. Taylor has been a member of the American Equipment Managers Association since 2004, AEMA Certified in 2006, and recertified in 2009. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and minors in both physical education and recreational management from Jacksonville State in 2005.

Krach is a 2003 graduate of Central Michigan University with a de-

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ANTHONY

R-Sr. • OL 6-5 • 290

PIEDMONT, S.C. DIXIE COUNTY HS 2014 - Junior Season Played in 11 games, starting in six after transferring from Clemson just prior to the start of the season… Started at both left guard and left tackle… Anchored a unit that did not allow a sack during the last four ballgames… Helped protect a quarterback duo that threw for 3,268 yards and 23 touchdowns… Led the unit to a No. 18 ranking in FCS, giving up only 1.17 sacks per game

2012 - Redshirt Freshman Season Appeared in 10 contests for the Tigers, every one except for the John Merritt Classic... Caught two passes at Murray State for 28 yards (11/3)... Notched a pair of solo tackles and one assist... 2011 - Freshman Redshirted during the 2011 season.

Greenville HS Played as a versatile wideout/tight end and cornerback for Coach Phil Magdic...Had 3,856 career receiving yards at Greenville...His career longest is a 73-yard reception...A strong special teams player, he had a field goal block and five PAT blocks...Had 10 knockdowns as a defensive back.

LaVergne HS Played four years of varsity football for the LaVergne Wolverines. Personal Son of Garfield Bather and Andrea Jarmon.

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ANDREW BATHER

R-Sr. • WR 5-10 • 170

LAVERGNE, TENN. LAVERGNE HS 2014 - Redshirt Junior Season Saw action in 10 contests… Caught 13 passes for 76 yards… Made two stops on special teams… Tallied a career-high six receptions for 32 yards against Jacksonville State (Oct. 11)… Had a long of 17 yards at Eastern Illinois (Oct. 25)… Caught the first touchdown of his career at Murray State (Nov. 8)… Helped Mike German break the school record for career passing yards (8,664)… 2013 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in 10 games for the Tigers… Tallied his only reception of the season at Eastern Kentucky (11/2), gaining eight yards… Recorded tackles on special teams versus Jackson State (9/14) and at Tennessee Tech (9/21)… Blocked a punt against Central State (9/28)…

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Sr. • TE 6-5 • 231

GREENVILLE, S.C. GREENVILLE HS 2014 - Junior Season Saw action in all 12 games, making eight starts… Caught 10 passes for 91 yards… Tallied a 26-yard reception at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)… Helped Mike German break the school record for career passing yards (8,664)… 2013 - Sophomore Season Played in all 14 games, making two starts… Made seven catches for 94 yards on the year… Had a 30-yard reception against Central State (9/29)… Caught a season-high two passes for 14 yards at Eastern Kentucky (11/2)… 2012 - Freshman Season Appeared in nine games, starting three including Florida A&M, Jackson State and UT Martin... Caught 28 passes for 348 yards and two touchdowns on the year... Had a season-long grab of 58 yards against Eastern Kentucky (10/5)... Recorded a career-best seven catches for 84 yards in the season-finale at UT Martin (11/17)... Also tallied three tackles on the season

BROOKS

R-Sr. • CB 6-0 • 183

NEW ORLEAN, LA.

JOE

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BERNELL

CLARK HS

Major: Business 2014 - Redshirt Junior Season Started all 12 games for TSU at cornerback… Made 23 tackles (17 solo)… Recorded two interceptions and broke up six passes… Notched his first pick in the opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30) and his second versus Tennessee Tech (Sept. 20)… Had a season-high five tackles at Alabama State (Sept. 6)… Contributed to the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)… 2013 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played cornerback in all 14 contests, making 10 starts… Made 21 tackles on the year, 18 solo… Recorded two interceptions, one at Jacksonville State (10/12) and another versus Eastern Illinois (10/26)… Tallied three tackles in the opener versus Bethune-Cookman (9/1)… Had a season-high six tackles against the Panthers… Broke up his only pass of the season at UT Martin (10/19)… 2012 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in nine contests for TSU and started against Murray State (11/3)... Tallied five solo tackles and three assists for a total of eight stops... Broke up two passes... Had a career-high four tackles versus the Racers... 2011 - Freshman Sat out the 2011 season due to a redshirt.

2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide Clark HS Was a versatile athlete at Clark High School in New Orleans...Played quarterback and defensive back at Clark...Garnered All-District honors in 2010 and 2009...Was the Basketball MVP during the 2007 season.

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DEANDRE

HAYNES

Sr. • OL 6-4 • 285

Personal Son of Kicha Brooks...Born on Oct. 14, 1992 in New Orleans, La.

RICHMOND, CAL. CONTRA COSTA CC Major: Sociology

BROOKS

2014 - Junior Season Did not appear in any game…

ARCHIE

DENNARD

R-Sr. • TE 6-4 • 235

Contra Costa Led his team to a Bay Valley Conference title and an appearance in the Living Breath Foundation Bowl… Named Most Improved Offensive Player of the Year… Honorable Mention Bay Valley Conference

HAYNES

HOLLANDALE MISS.

ITAWAMBA CC

ANDREW DALE

Sr. • S 6-3 • 210

MURFREESBORO, TENN.

RIVERDALE HS

2014 - Junior Season Saw action in 10 games… Recorded two tackles on the year (one solo)… Made his first stop in the opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Tallied his second at Alabama State (Sept. 6)… 2013 - Sophomore Season Had one tackle in only appearance of the season at Butler (11/30)... 2012 - Freshman Season Saw action in eight contests for TSU... Made two tackles on the year, both coming on homecoming against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/29)... Recovered a fumble at home versus Eastern Kentucky (10/5)... Riverdale HS Was a star for powerhouse Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro...Named preseason All-State for the Warriors prior to the 2011 season. Personal Son of Shelia Dale... Born on March 29, 1994.

2014 - Junior Season Saw action in nine games during his first year at TSU… Caught six passes for 64 yards… Made his first career reception in the season opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Hauled in a career-high two passes for 26 yards against Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Helped Mike German break the school record for career passing yards (8,664)… Itawamba CC Committed on JUCO Signing Day on Dec. 18… Appeared in nine games… Made two catches for 23 yards in his very first collegiate contest… Averaged 11.5 yards per reception… Helped lead Itawamba to a 6-4 record in 2013… Simmons HS Starred at Simmons High School playing both defensive end and tight end… Totaled 134 stops (122 solo), 13 quarterback sacks and two forced fumbles…Named Best Defensive Lineman in 2011 and 2012… Selected MVP and First-Team All-State for the baseball team in 2012…

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TELVIN HOOKS

R-Sr. • RB 5-11 • 200

EDGEWATER, FLA.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH HS

2014 - Redshirt Junior Season Played in seven games, making four starts… Carried the ball 66 times for 218 yards… Scored one touchdown against Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Caught 10 passes for 54 yards… Tallied 272 all-purpose yards… Ran for a season-high 87 yards at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 4)… Had a long run of 42 yards against the Redhawks… Picked up a season-best 21 carries versus Jacksonville State (Oct. 11)… 2013 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in 12 contests, making five starts… Carried the ball 146 times for 688 yards… Scored five touchdowns… Had two games with more than 100 yards rushing… Rushed 25 times for a season-high 159 yards against Southeast

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2013 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Started all 14 games for the Tigers… Made 27 stops, 15 solo… Recorded 3.5 tackles for loss… Tallied a season-high five stops against Eastern Illinois in the Second Round of the NCAA Playoffs (12/7)… Had a tackle for loss at Florida A&M (9/7)… 2012 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in 10 contests, starting nine... Recorded six solo tackles and assisted on six more for 12 tackles on the year... Had three stops at Jacksonville State (10/20) 2011 - Freshman Season Took a redshirt during the 2011 season. American Heritage HS Lettered in football at American Heritage High School.

Personal Son of Kelvin Davis...Born in Edgewater Fla., on Oct. 14, 1991.

STERLIN LEVEQUE

R-Sr. • FB 5-8 • 250

SMYRNA, TENN.

JACKSON

R-Sr. • DT 6-3 • 290

MIAMI, FLA.

AMERICAN HERITAGE HS

2014 - Redshirt Junior Season Started all 12 games for Big Blue… Notched 39 stops (15 solo)… Tallied 3.5 tackles for loss… Grabbed a pair of sacks… Notched three quarterback hurries… Recorded a season-high seven tackles against Florida A&M (Sept. 20)… Had only full sack versus the Rattlers… Anchored the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)… Helped TSU to a No. 4 FCS ranking in sacks per game (3.58)…

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ARLINGTON, TENN.

VANDERBILT

2014 - Redshirt Junior Season Played in eight contests, starting the opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Contributed to a unit that did not allow a sack during the last four ballgames… Helped protect a quarterback duo that threw for 3,268 yards and 23 touchdowns… Led the unit to a No. 18 ranking in FCS, giving up only 1.17 sacks per game… 2013 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in 12 contests on the offensive line… Blocked for Tim Broughton who rushed for 1,146 yards (25th-most nationally) and six touchdowns… Protected a quarterback duo that combined for 26 passes touchdowns and only four interceptions..

2011 - At Vanderbilt Lewis did not play during his first season on campus.

JACKSON

DINSDALE

JAMES LEWIS

2012 - At Vanderbilt Has seen limited action, participating in four games on the offensive line.

HOOKS

SMYRNA HS

2014 - Redshirt Junior Season Appeared in three games at fullback…

Arlington HS Senior captain... Three-year starter at OT for school near Memphis... As senior, helped Arlington to 8-3 record and first round of 6A state playoffs... Played in two postseason games: Tennessee East-West Game and inaugural All-World Gridiron Classic in Charleston, S.C... Three-time All-District recipient and named to Commercial-Appeal’s Best of Preps squad... As junior, helped squad to district title and 10-0 regular season, just one year after a 1-9 campaign... Also played on basketball squad. Personal James Edward Lewis... Son of Bryan and Endia Lewis... Born December 4, 1992... Dad is senior account manager; mom is early intervention specialist... Has a younger brother, Bryan II... An uncle, Darren Hughes, played in NFL... Served as youth coach at summer camps... Plays the tuba.

2013 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Joined the football team in the spring Smyrna HS Made the All-District Team as a junior and senior… Named Second Team All-State as a senior… Led his team to a Runner-Up finish in the 6A State Championship Major: Exercise Science Personal: Born July 13, 1993

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R-Sr. • OL 6-5• 340

yards per grab… Caught six touchdowns as a senior… Personal: Born April 15, 1993… Son of Norma Young Major: Criminal Justice

LAVERGNE, TENN.

LAVERGNE HS

2014 - Redshirt Junior Season Game at Alabama State was lone appearence Lavergne HS Was a Senior Honor Roll Student…Teens Loving Christ Member and Volunteer Growing with Christ Mentor and Volunteer Personal: Born Dec. 27, 1993… Son of Hope and Kevin Oliver Major: Communications

OLIVER

PARKER 1

Apopka HS Rated a three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout and ESPN… As a senior in 2010, honored as First Team All-County and All-Central Florida by the Orlando Sentinel… Named the No. 4 downhill runner by Rivals.com… As a junior in 2009, selected as Third Team Class 6A All-State and First Team All-Central Florida by the Orlando Sentinel… As a senior, averaged 7.2 yardsper-carry for 1,253 yards and 17 touchdowns… Also caught 22 passes for 108 yards and a pair of TDs… Notched more than 300 yards on kickoff returns and a pair of scores… As a junior, ran for 1,651 yards and 24 touchdowns… Also tallied five catches for 62 yards and a TD… Averaged 15 yards per kickoff return, while adding a TD during junior season… As a sophomore in 2008, registered 102 carries for 811 yards and nine touchdowns … Also caught 10 passes for more than 200 yards and three touchdowns… Coach at Apopka High School: Rick Darlington Personal Full Name: Thomas Franklin Smith… Born: September 21, 1993… Son of Thomas and Shantinette Smith… Majoring in Sociology

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TOM SMITH

R-Sr. • RB 5-11 • 205

APOPKA, FLA.

TENNESSEE

HAKEEM PARKER

R-Sr. • WR 6-5• 205

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

EAST CENTRAL CC

2014 - Redshirt Junior Season Saw action in four games… Caught five passes for 64 yards… Averaged 12.8 yards per reception… Hauled in three passes for 42 yards against Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Tallied two catches for 22 yards at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 4)… Helped Mike German break the school record for career passing yards (8,664)… East Central CC Played in seven contests… Caught 14 passes for 163 yards in 2013… Averaged 11.6 yards per reception… Hauled in a 61-yard touchdown against Itawamba CC in the season opener… Clark HS Played in nine games a senior… Made 45 reception for 784 yards in 2009… Averaged 17.4

2014 - Redshirt Junior Season Played in eight contests, making five starts… Carried the ball 86 times for a team-best 385 yards… Averaged 4.5 yards per rush… Scored six touchdowns… Caught nine passes for 53 yards… Was fourth on the team with 385 all-purpose yards… Had 12 carries for a season-high 151 yards and four touchdowns in the season opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Snagged three passes for 29 yards at Alabama State (Sept. 6)… Scored a pair of touchdowns versus Jackson State (Sept. 13)… Named OVC Newcomer on Aug. 31… 2013 – Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in 10 games… Had 24 carries for 95 yards… Played on special teams making six tackles in 2013 with one in each of first three games… 10 rushing yards and a catch for three yards and a special teams tackle at #1 Alabama (10/26)… Two tackles on special teams in win over South Carolina (10/19)… Ran for 27 yards on three totes vs. South Alabama (9/28)… Ran for 29 yards on nine carries in 2013 opener 2012 – Sophomore Season Redshirted 2011– Freshman Season Played in three contests… One of 16 true freshmen to play during the season… Had 34 rushing yards on 13 carries… Carried 10 times for 28 yards vs. Buffalo (10/1)… One of 12 true freshmen to play vs. Montana (9/3), rushed three times for six yards

GABE TERRY

Sr. • LB 6-2 • 215

MIAMI, FLA.

COPIAH-LINCOLN CC

2014 All-OVC Second Team 2014 OVC All-Newcomer Team 2014 - Junior Season Played in all 12 games, making one start against UT Martin (Oct. 18)… Made 24 stops (15 solo)… Notched 11.0 tackles for loss… Had 11.5 sacks… Forced a pair of fumbles, one versus Jacksonville State (Oct. 11) and Murray State (Nov. 22)… Recovered a fumble against the Racers... Tallied a quarterback hurry at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)… Notched five tackles and three sacks against Florida A&M (Sept. 27) and at Murray State (Nov. 22)… Anchored the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game)

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AARON WOODS

R-Sr. • LS 6-0 • 215

KNOXVILLE, TENN.

HALLS HS

2014 - Redshirt Junior Season Was the team’s long snapper... Played in all 12 contests… 2013 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in all 14 games at long snapper 2012 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in eight games for the Tigers as a redshirt freshman 2011 - Freshman Season Took a redshirt during the 2011 season. Halls HS Lettered in football at Halls High School in Knoxville. Major: Communications

against Jackson State (Sept. 13)… Notched a season-high 151 yards passing versus the Rattlers… 2013 - Freshman Season Named Second Team All-Ohio Valley Conference… Chosen to Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team… Started ten games under center, and saw action in the other four… Completed 135-of-230 pass attempts for 1,405 yards… Threw 13 touchdowns and only four interceptions… Recorded at least one passing touchdown in six straight contests… Made first career start against Bethune-Cookman (9/1)… Had career-high three passing touchdowns and 43 rushing yards against Central State (9/29)… Threw a season-long 61 yard touchdown pass at UT Martin (10/19)… Completed a personal-best 24 passes on 45 attempts for 212 yards and two scores versus Eastern Illinois (10/26)… Threw two touchdown passes at home against Austin Peay (11/9)… Lincoln HS Ranked as the 89th best quarterback by Scout.com...Had offers from Jacksonville State, UNLV and Southern Miss...Named team offensive MVP for Tallahassee’s Lincoln High School...Helped Coach Yusuf Shakir’s and the Trojans to a Class 4-A State Championship title in 2010...Threw 27 touchdowns and only five interceptions his senior season... Named All-Florida honorable mention for the 2011 season. Personal Son of Ronald Butler and Daphne Williams.

Personal: Born Aug. 29, 1993… Son of Michelle and Clarence Terry Major: Communications

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RONALD BUTLER

Jr. • QB 6-3 • 180

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. LINCOLN HS 2013 All-OVC Second Team 2013 OVC All-Newcomer Team 2014 - Sophomore Season Appeared in six games, making starts against Tennessee Tech (Sept. 20) and Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Completed 40-of-77 passes for 420 yards… Tossed one touchdown and three interceptions… Rushed 28 times for 29 yards… Threw for 125 yards and a touchdown

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JESSAMEN DUNKER

Jr. • OL 6-5 • 290

BOYNTON BEACH, FLA.

FLORIDA

2014 - Sophomore Season Appeared in all 12 games, making 11 starts… Started at both left guard and left tackle… Anchored a unit that did not allow a sack

2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide during the last four ballgames… Helped protect a quarterback duo that threw for 3,268 yards and 23 touchdowns… Led the unit to a No. 18 ranking in FCS, giving up only 1.17 sacks per game… 2013 - Redshirt Freshman Season Started 13 games for TSU at left tackle… Blocked for Tim Broughton who rushed for 1,146 yards (25th-most nationally) and six touchdowns… Protected a quarterback duo that combined for 26 passes touchdowns and only four interceptions 2012 - at Florida: Did not see game action and redshirted… Named Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week after the Tennessee game. Boynton Beach HS Consensus four-star recruit…Selected as the No. 46 recruit in the ESPN 150…Ranked the No. 4 offensive guard in the country by ESPN… Listed as the No. 20 recruit in the state of Florida by Rivals.com…Named a PARADE High School All-American and 2011 Under Armour All-American…Named to the Press-Register’s 120 List…Selected to play in the 2011 FACA All-State Game…Selected to the AP Class 5A All-State First Team…Transferred to Boynton Beach High School as a junior after moving to Florida from Georgia…Did not play football until his junior year of high school…

to the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)… 2013 - Freshman Season Saw action in 13 games… Had 21 stops on the year, 13 solo… Recorded 3.5 tackles for loss… Hurried the quarterback on two occasions… Forced a fumble versus Central State (9/29)… Made one sack against Murray State (11/16)… Tallied a season-high three tackles four times… Recorded 1.5 tackles for loss versus Austin Peay (11/9)… Gadsden City HS Was the team captain on defense for Gadsden City … named first team All-State and All-County … named the most outstanding defensive lineman during his senior season while making 53 tackles and 8.5 stops for a loss …played in the 26th annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Game on Dec. 15… had offers from Colorado State, Middle Tennessee State, Murray State, Southern Miss and UAB

GADSDEN, ALA. GADSDEN CITY HS 2014 - Sophomore Season Saw action in all 12 contests… Made 36 stops (16 solo)… Recorded 6.0 tackles for loss… Tallied 1.0 sack… Broke up a pass against Jackson State (Sept. 13)… Had 1.5 tackles for loss versus Edward Waters (Aug. 30) and Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Logged a career-high seven tackles at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)… Contributed

JUSTICE JR.

2014 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in all 12 games for TSU… Notched three stops (two solo)… Tallied a tackle against Edward Waters in the opener (Aug. 30)… Recorded a tackle in the homecoming game versus Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Assisted on a tackle in the finale at Murray State (Nov. 22)…

ISAIAH

JEFFRIES-FREEMAN

R-Jr. • WR 6-1 • 200

Jr. • DL 6-2 • 305

ANTONIO

HOOVER, ALA. ST. JUDE’S HS

EDWARDS

JEFFRIES-FREEMAN R-Jr. • LB 6-1 • 225

EDWARDS

RODNEY

Major: Electrical Engineering

DUNKER

Personal: Born May 14, 1993... Son of Tamra and Marvin Jeffery Freeman

KANSAS CITY, MO. ROCKHURST HS 2014 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Saw action in all 12 games, starting six… Caught 32 passes for 391 yards… Tallied six touchdowns… Had a 40-yard reception in the opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Set new career-highs with seven catches for 98 yards and three touchdowns versus Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 1)… Started the last three games of the season, making 18 receptions for 229 yards and six scores… Helped Mike German break the school record for career passing yards (8,664)…

2013 - Redshirt Freshman Season Saw limited playing time in all 14 contests… Made seven stops on the year and all were solo… Had three wrap-ups, one tackle for loss and blocked a kick against Central State (9/28)… Recorded one tackle at Jacksonville State (10/12) and versus Eastern Illinois (10/26)… 2012 - Freshman Redshirted St. Jude Educational Institute Helped St. Jude to an 8-2 record as a senior... Averaged 16.4 tackles per game and recorded six sacks...A two-time selection to the Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State team... Named as a Max Preps Player of the Week on 10-2-11...Garnered the rating of a 2-star recruit...Offered by Arkansas State, UAB, Alabama St. and Troy.

2013 - Redshirt Freshman Season Saw action in 12 games… Tallied six tackles on special teams… Caught only pass of the season against Murray State for 12 yards (11/16)…

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2014 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Saw action in eight games… Made three tackles on the year (two solo)… Notched a stop against Florida A&M (Sept. 27), Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 1) and Murray State (Nov. 22)…

2013 - Redshirt Freshman Season Joined the football team in the spring

2013 - at SMU Played in one game at Houston

Major: Communications

Lake Highland Prep A three-star Rivals and Scout prospect... Rated the nation’s No. 52 corner by ESPN... Ranked No. 54 on the Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida Super60... Had two picks - one returned for a TD - and two punt return TDs... Had offers from West Virginia, N.C. State, Washington State and Memphis, among others.

KENTON

R-Jr. • OL 6-2• 300

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.

2014 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Appeared in eight contests, starting four… Started the final three contests at center… Anchored a unit that did not allow a sack during the last four ballgames… Helped protect a quarterback duo that threw for 3,268 yards and 23 touchdowns… Led the unit to a No. 18 ranking in FCS, giving up only 1.17 sacks per game…

LAW

2013 - Redshirt Freshman Season Appeared in two contests on the offensive line... 2012 - Freshman Season Redshirted Palm Beach Lakes HS An All-Star Team selection for Coach Alonzo Jefferson...Registered 35 Pancakes while playing center and left tackle...Had three sacks and 52 tackles as a defensive tackle...Recorded five tackles in Senior All-Star game...Qualified for regionals in the discuss as a junior.

LAW

Jr. • CB 5-10 • 190

ORLANDO, FLA.

SOUTHERN METHODIST

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JUSTIN NORTH

Jr. • LB 6-1 • 230

ORLANDO, FLA.

FREEDOM HS

2013 - Freshman Season Played in all 14 games… Made nine tackles, seven solo… Set season-highs with five stops, two tackles for loss and one sack against Central State (9/28)…

PALM BEACH LAKES HS

2014 - Sophomore Season Saw action in 12 games, making seven starts at linebacker… Tallied 16 stops on the year (eight solo)… Notched one tackle for loss… Recorded a season-high six stops at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)… Contributed to the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)…

KEVIN

Personal Son of Sephlin Kenton and Sylvester Kenton... Born on Sept. 9, 1993...Plans on majoring in Civil Engineering...Recruited by Marshall, Bethune-Cookman, and FIU.

Personal: Son of Sabrina and Ricardo McGill… Born: Nov. 26, 1993

Freedom HS Nationalunderclassmen.com said that he finds himself around the football and the natural athleticism he displayed in both pass coverage and stopping the run. North plays with an aggressive attitude and loves getting physical at the point of attack. North could either line up on the inside or play on the outside of any line backing corps. North has good speed and the ability to play sideline to sideline. He takes good angles towards making the tackle and has good instincts when finding the football… the NUC Florida 5 Star Showcase in Orlando… runs a 4.7, 40 … had offers from Bowling Green, UMass and Memphis

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NATHANIEL MCGILL

R-Jr. • QB 5-10• 200

CINCINATTI, OHIO

PRINCETON HS

2014 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Saw action in the opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30) and versus Jackson State (Sept. 27)…

NORTH

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DANTWAUN O’NEAL

Jr. • WR 6-3 • 210

DELTONA, FLA. DELAND HS 2014 - Sophomore Season Played in 11 contests, starting six games… Caught 12 passes for 194 yards… Averaged 16.2 yards per reception… Hauled in a touchdown in the Southern Heritage Classic against Jackson State (Sept. 13)… Tallied a season-long grab of 34 yards versus Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Recorded a season-high five receptions for 64 yards against Jacksonville State (Oct. 11)… Helped Mike German break the school record for career passing yards (8,664)… 2013 - Freshman Season Saw action in 10 games… Caught seven passes for 55 yards and one touchdown… Had 17 yards in three contests… Made one grab for 17 yards and a score against Eastern Illinois (10/26)… DeLand HS Caught 41 passes from 753 yards and three touchdowns last season as a senior … ranked #97 on the Florida Top 100 list and #29 in Central Florida … a three star recruit from ESPN … has good hands, a knack for getting open and a desire to block … O’Neal told the Daytona Beach News Journal that he chose TSU, in part, because it recruited him the hardest. “The visit was nice,” he said. “The head coach (Rod Reed) was cool, and I felt like I had a good bond with him.” He said Tennessee State coaches told him they viewed him as a potential deep threat. “We went over film, and I asked a lot of questions,” O’Neal said. “They are going to be running a multiple offense, and I think I will fit in perfectly.” … was offered by Georgia Tech, Bethune-Cookman, Florida International, Georgia State, Memphis, Toldeo, Miami (OH), Middle Tennessee State, Robert Morris and South Alabama.

EZRA

ROBINSON

R-Jr. • CB 6-1 • 180

SARASOTA, FLA. MICHIGAN ST. 2014 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Appeared in 11 contests, making one start versus Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Notched 42 stops (29 solo)… Tallied 5.5 tackles for loss… Recorded two sacks… Had 1.5 tackles for loss against Jackson State (Sept. 13)… Notched a season-high 10 tackles versus UT Martin (Oct. 18)… Logged a quarterback hurry and pass breakup against the Skyhawks… Contributed to the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)… Helped TSU to a No. 4 FCS ranking in sacks per game (3.58)… 2013 - at Michigan State Appeared in 12 games, primarily on special teams, to earn his first letter . . . recorded one tackle each vs. Illinois and Indiana . . . recovered a fumble against Youngstown State . . . named Scout Team Special Teams Co-Player of the Week vs. Nebraska . . . recorded an interception, broke up a pass, and had two tackles in the Green-White spring game. 2012 - at Michigan State Redshirted . . . named Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week vs. Indiana. Booker HS Ranked among the nation’s top cornerbacks by Rivals.com (No. 52) and ESPN.com (No. 72)... selected to play in the Police Athletic League Bowl... four-year starter for Coach Fred Gilmore at Booker High School in Sarasota, Fla... 2011 Class 4A first-team all-state selection by The Associated Press and Sarasota Herald-Tribune... led the Tornadoes in passes defended (7) and interceptions (2) as a senior... recorded 90 tackles, including three sacks, in 2011... accounted for more than 1,000 kickoff return yards and returned two for scores as a senior... returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown vs. Gateway Charter... participated in 2010 IMG Madden Football Academy... earned all-area honors as a senior after placing sixth in the high jump (6-2) in the Class 2A state meet... also competed in the triple jump and ran the 200... finished fourth in the 2011 Class 2A high jump with a personal-best leap of 6-6... also set Sarasota County meet record in the triple jump (44-4) as a junior... also lettered in basketball... son of Charles and Vanesa Robinson... born Feb. 19, 1994... majoring in marketing.

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CHRIS SANDERS-MCCOLLUM

Jr. • WR 6-5 • 195

FAIRBURN, GA. CREEKSIDE HS 2014 - Sophomore Season Saw action in nine games, making six starts… Caught 22 passes for 301 yards… Recorded one touchdown… Hauled in five receptions for 102 yards, including a season-long 45-yarder versus Jackson State (Sept. 13)… Had a career-high nine catches for 104 yards and a score at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 4)… Helped Mike German break the school record for career passing yards (8,664)… 2013 - Freshman Season Appeared in 11 games, making four starts… Had seven catches for 80 yards and two touchdowns… Made his first career catch against Central State (9/28), a 12-yard touchdown… Recorded a season-high two receptions for 35 yards and a score versus Austin Peay (11/9)… Creekside HS A three star recruit on ESPN … as a high school freshman, Chris played Varsity, JV and 9th grade football (Team Captain) and was an MVP that season … was a captain on the varsity during his junior and senior seasons … played four years of basketball on the varsity and was a captain on the varsity during his junior and senior seasons … also ran track in high school …selected to play in the 2011 Rising Seniors Junior Bowl(Top 100 Football Players in Georgia) and the 2012 David Scott Jr. Senior Bowl … received offers from Auburn, Cincinnati, Tulane, Middle Tennessee, Ohio and Pittsburgh … is an Honor Student and a member of the FCA, the FCCLA and the Friendship Community Church Sports Ministry

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2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Had a season-high 10 tackles at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 4)… Recovered a fumble versus Jacksonville State (Oct. 11)… Contributed to the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)…

WILLIAMS

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WILLIAMS

TERRELL BONDS

R-Jr. • LB 6-1 • 215

So. • CB 5-9• 176

FORT SCOTT CC

MIAMI CENTRAL HS

CORDELE, GA.

2014 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in 12 contests, making 11 starts… Tallied 54 stops (34 solo)… Had 7.0 tackles for loss… Recovered a fumble in the opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Notched nine tackles versus Tennessee Tech (Sept. 20)… Had a season-high 2.5 tackles for loss against Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Broke up a pass at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 4)… Got a quarterback hurry versus Jacksonville State (Oct. 11)… Tallied a season-high 11 tackles at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)… Contributed to the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)… 2013- at Scott CC Played safety for two seasons at Fort Scott CC… Appeared in six contests as a sophomore… Amassed 33 stops in 2013 (24 solo)… Made nine tackles for loss, totaling minus-47 yards… Picked off one pass and returned it 10 yards… Recorded one pass break up… Returned one kickoff for 48 yards… Received offers from UAB, Southern Illinois and Temple… Rated a two-star prospect by Scout.com… Garnered a 78 rating by 247sports.com… Personal: Born Aug. 16, 1992… Son of Shaunda Harris Jackson and Kenneth Jackson Major: Sociology

MIAMI, FLA.

2014 - Freshman Season Appeared in 11 contests as a true freshman… Tallied 18 tackles (12 solo)… Intercepted two passes… Forced a fumble against Tennessee Tech (Sept. 20)… Picked off the first pass of his career in the homecoming game against Florida A&M (Sept. 27), returning it 43 yards for a touchdown… Broke up a pass versus the Rattlers… Made his second interception against Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 1)… Recorded a career-high five tackles in the season finale at Murray State (Nov. 22)… Helped lead the OVC’s top pass defense (153.3 yards per game)…

BRANDON

Miami Central HS Starred at cornerback for Miami Central Sr. High School… Led his team to a 13-1 record as a senior, a No.8 national ranking and a second-place finish in State… Received a two-star grade from Rivals… Garnered interest from Appalachian State, Georgia Tech, NC State and West Virginia… Had an offer from Alabama State… Is the brother of former TSU wide-out Tyrone Butterfield… Intends to major in Communications…

JAVON

BONDS

BRANDON

So. • SS 5-10• 195

ELLENWOOD, GA. STOCKBRIDGE HS 2014 - Freshman Season Appeared in nine game, starting six as a true freshman… Tallied 40 stops (24 solo)… Notched a pair of tackles for loss… Made his first career interception in his first game against

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Stockbridge HS Was the starting quarterback and safety for Stockbridge High School… Was named Male Athlete of the Week by Neighbor Newspapers on Nov. 26… Received interest from Georgia State, Vanderbilt, Southern Illinois, Old Dominion, Chattanooga, Furman and Louisiana Lafayette… Can squat 500 pounds… Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds… Was the 2012 Southern Cresent Defensive Player of the Year… Was AP All-State during his senior year… Selected first team All-County and All-Region his last two seasons… Plans to major in Health, Performance and Sports Sciences…

LANE

CLARK

So. • K 5-11• 155 HAYS, KAN.

HAYS HS

2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide 2014 - Freshman Season Kicked in 12 games… Was 8-of-15 on field goals… Made 26-of-28 extra points… Led team with 50 points… Kicked off 62 times for 3,342 yards, a 53.9 average… Booted 12 kicks out of the end zone for touchbacks… Notched a career-long 46-yard field goal against Jacksonville State (Oct. 11)… Hays HS Attended the Winter 2013 College-Prep Showcase... Was MVP of the KCKicking Camp... Won the Last Man Standing Competition, Punt Championship and Kick-Off Championship... During Clark’s junior season he made 33 of 38 PATs and was 4-4 on field goals hitting from 27 yards twice, 33 yards and 37 yards...His senior year Clark missed just one PAT making 30 of 31 and was 7-9 of FG. He converted from 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 38, and 48 yards. His only misses in two years were from 47 and 50 yards. Clark also played wide receiver and defensive back during his senior season.

Tucker HS: Was a member of the Class 4A State Championship team as a junior … also participated in track throwing the discus and shot put … received offers from Buffalo and Southern Miss. … plans to major in Business of Communications

2013 - Freshman Season Redshirted

CLAY

Personal: Born Dec. 26, 1995… Son of Dina and Wes Clark Major: Biology

CLARK

2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Appeared in six contests for Big Blue… Caught two passes for 14 yards… Recorded one touchdown… Hauled in one pass for nine yards against Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Snagged his second versus Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 1) for a nine-yard touchdown… Helped Mike German break the school record for career passing yards (8,664)…

CHRIS

Oakland HS: Caught 26 passes for 494 yards to lead the Blaze in his second season of playing varsity football. He also had three TD catches. … named to the 7AAA All-District Team as a senior … also played basketball at Blackman … Cousin told the Murfressboro News that the opportunity to play close to home was something he couldn’t pass up.”I’m a hometown kid,” Cousin said. “They were the school that was consistent in contacting me. Plus, they have a new indoor facility and their coaching staff is great.” Was recruited by Austin Peay, Colorado State, Howard, Tennessee Tech, UT-Chattanooga and UT-Martin.

COLLINS

So. • LB 5-11 • 205

FAIRBURN, GA. CREEKSIDE HS 2014 - Freshman Season Saw action in 11 games, starting one at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)… Notched five tackles (four solo)… Tallied a season-high three tackles against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Recovered a fumble versus the Tigers…

EVAN CLAY

R-So. • OL 6-5 • 315 TUCKER, GA.

TUCKER HS

2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Appeared in six contests, and started against Jackson State (Sept. 13) and UT Martin (Oct. 18)… Anchored a unit that did not allow a sack during the last four ballgames… Helped protect a quarterback duo that threw for 3,268 yards and 23 touchdowns… Led the unit to a No. 18 ranking in FCS, giving up only 1.17 sacks per game… 2013 - Freshman Season Redshirted

Creekside HS Started at middle linebacker for three seasons at Creekside High School in Fairburn, Ga… Recorded 130 tackles as a senior… Picked off five passes in his career… Tallied seven sacks and 29 tackles for loss during his final two seasons… Bench presses 325 pounds… Squats 455 pounds… Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds… Captain of his team during his senior season... Helped his team win the State Championship in Class 5A... Voted Defensive Player of the year for region 4 AAAAA... Was an all-region honorable mention as a junior… Selected All-Region and All-State following his senior season… Is a member of the National Honor Society… Plans to major in Business…

COUSIN

QUINDELL COUSIN

R-So. • WR 6-2 • 200

MURFREESBORO, TENN.

COLLINS

BLACKMAN HS

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2014 - Freshman Season Played in seven contests… Made five tackles on the year (four solo)… Notched a career-high two stops in the season opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)…

TERENCE HARRIS II

R-So. • FB 6-1 • 242

NASHVILLE, TENN. MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY

2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in one game at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)… 2013 - Freshman Season Redshirted Personal: Born on April 7, 1995… Son of Tina and Terrance Harris Major: Undecided

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JOSEPH

Dothan HS Started at defensive end for Dothan High School… Made 87 stops and 16 tackles for loss during his senior year… Recorded 13 sacks in his career… Tallied 93 wrap-ups as a junior… Named team Most Valuable Defensive Lineman in 2013… Had an offer from Alabama State… Can bench press 315 pounds and squat 405… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds… Led his team to a 6-4 record as a senior… Attended the same high school as fellow 2014 recruit Josh Bighems… Son of Phillip and Betty Lee… Plans to major in Sports Medicine…

JOHNSON

So. • LB 6-1 • 205

NASHVILLE, TENN. BRENTWOOD ACADEMY 2014 - Freshman Season Played in four games… Brentwood Academy Led his team to the semi-finals of the State Championship

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Personal: Born Sept. 5, 1996… Son of Vanessa and Cordele Johnson

LAKHALON

Major: Finance

HOLLAND

Lee

JOHNSON

So. • CB 5-10 • 175

NASHVILLE, TENN. GLENCLIFF HS

RIBAULT HS

2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Saw action in six contests… Notched three tackles (two solos)… Had an assist in the season opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Tallied a pair of stops in the finale at Murray State (Nov. 22)…

2014 - Freshman Season Appeared in nine games as a freshman… Tallied 10 tackles (six solo)… Notched a season-best three stops at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 4)… Contributed to the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)…

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MORROW

R-So. • DE 6-2 • 285

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

Ribault HS Played running back and defensive back for Ribault Sr. High School in Jacksonville, Fla… Had offers from Jacksonville, Bethune-Cookman and Charleston Southern… Runs the 40yard dash in 4.4 seconds… Attended the same high school as fellow 2014 recruit Marvin Maddox… Helped lead team to a 7-4 overall record and a 6-1 league mark during his senior season… Was a member of Ribault’s basketball team… Plans to major in Business…

JASON

Major: Psychology Personal: Son of Jolleen and Jason Morrow Sr…. Born Dec. 14, 1994

LATRELLE LEE

So. • DE 6-2 • 225

DOTHAN, ALA. DOTHAN HS

ROC-M

NESBITT

R-So. • DL 6-3 • 255

ATLANTA, GA. CARVER HS

2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide 2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in 11 contests, making two starts at defensive end… Tallied 12 stops (eight solo)… Notched three sacks for losses of 13 total yards… Had 1.5 sacks versus Tennessee Tech (Sept. 20)… Recorded a season-high four tackles against Florida A&M (Sept. 27)… Had 1.5 sacks and forced a fumble versus the Rattlers… Broke up a pass against UT Martin (Oct. 18)… Contributed to the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)… Helped TSU to a No. 4 FCS ranking in sacks per game (3.58)…

2013 - Freshman Season Redshirted Personal: Born on Jan. 28, 1995… Son of Carla Woods and Michael Allen Rhodes

R-So. • WR 6-0 • 190

MEMPHIS, TENN. WHITEHAVEN HS 2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Served as scout team quarterback 2013 - Freshman Season Redshirted White Haven HS Smith manned the quarterback position as a junior and had a strong season under center as a senior as the quarterback of the state champions Whitehaven … ranked 25th overall in Tennessee by ESPN … coached by Rodney Sawsberry … had offers from Arkansas State, Austin Peay, Memphis and Mississippi State.

R-Fr. • QB 6-2 • 215

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. GA PREP ACADEMY 2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted

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MAZIO

RHODES

R-So • WR 6-0 • 165

GOODLETSVILLE, TENN

HUNTERS LANE HS

2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in six games on special teams… Made a tackle at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)

2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Whitehaven HS Played on the offensive line for Whitehaven High School… Led the Tigers to a 9-3 record and a 5-1 mark in the region…Received an offer from UT Martin… Selected Offensive Player of the Game following a win against Mitchell on Aug. 24, 2013… Named to the 16-AAA All-Region Team as a senior… Was chosen as a team-captain as a senior… Intends on majoring in Engineering… Son of Sherman and Toleda Brown…

Trinity HS Spent one season at Georgia Prep Sports Academy in 2013… Played two years for Trinity Christian HS in Jacksonville, Fla… Threw for 2,607 yards during his junior and senior campaigns… Completed 58.1 percent of his passes … Tossed 36 touchdowns and only 14 interceptions in 2011 and 2012… Had a 22 to 4 touchdown to interception ratio as a senior… Carried the ball 120 times in his career for 415 yards and seven scores… Punted 49 times, averaging 37.4 yards per boot… Had a long of 74 yards and nine punts were downed inside the 20-yard line… Received offers from Georgia State, Florida A&M, Florida International, Rice and UCF… Rated a two-star prospect by Scout.com…

LAQUARIUS COOK

R-Fr. • SS 6-0 • 175

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

O’SHAY

ACKERMAN-CARTER

BURTON

MEMPHIS, TENN. WHITEHAVEN HS

PATRICK SMITH

THOMAS R-Fr. • OL 6-2 • 290

Major: Biology

2013 - Freshman Season Redshirted Carver HS Named first-team All-State by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the Georgia Sports Writers Association … selected at Region 6B-AAAA Defensive Player of the year … recorded 10 sacks, 63 tackles and six tackles for loss during his senior season … named to the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Preseason All-State Watch List. … finished first in the shot put in the Atlanta Public Schools Middle School Track & Field Championships with a throw of 42 feet, 6 inches … City of Atlanta Champion in both the discus and shot put as a sophomore … named the Male Most Outstanding Track & Field Athlete at the City of Atlanta Track & Field Champtionships as a sophomore … placed second in the discus and shot put at the Region 6 AAAA meet and qualified for state in both events as a sophomore … plans to major in Sports Medicine

WENONAH HS

2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Wenonah HS Played strong safety at Wenonah High School in Birmingham, Ala… Registered 110 tackles in his four-year career… Picked off seven passes including five during his senior season, returning one for a touchdown… Forced one fumble and recovered three… Tallied one sack… Was coached by Ronald Cheatham… Helped lead team to a 10-2 mark during his junior season… Chosen to the West Sqaud of the Pre-season All-Star Team… Received offers from Alabama State, Southern Illinois and Murray State… Plans to major in Engineering or Sports Medicine…

MARCUS DEANES

R-Fr. • RB 5-10 • 190

MEMPHIS, TENN. SOUTHWIND HS 2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Southwind HS Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds and can squat 420 lbs… Was named All-District and to

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2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide the Shelby Metro Team… Played in the Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game… Was named Team MVP as a senior… Had over 700 kickoff return yards and 12 touchdowns… Ran for approximately 400 yards as a senior Personal: Born May 29, 1996… Son of Angela and Virgil Deanes Major: Computer Science

TYRELL DOSS

R-Fr. • OL 6-2 • 290

DYERSBURG, TENN.

Ribault HS Played defensive end at Jean Ribault High School in Jacksonville, Fla… Tallied 41 tackles in 2013… Recorded 14 sacks as a senior… Helped lead team to a 7-4 overall record and a 6-1 league mark during his senior season… Can bench press 325 pounds… Runs the 40yard dash in 4.7 seconds… Showed interest in Iowa State, North Carolina, Charleston Southern and Savannah State… Attended camp at Louisville and Vanderbilt… Named to the AllFirst Coast Football Third Team by the Florida Times-Union… Selected to the Miami Herald Watch List… Plans to major in Business...

DYERSBURG HS

2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Personal: Born on Dec. 11, 1995… Son of Latania and Wallace Doss Major: Agricultural Business Dyersburg HS First Team All-Region… Preseason AllState… Played in the All-Star Game

LARRY

HARALSON II

R-Fr. • WR 6-4 • 190

SMYRNA, TENN.

SMYRNA HS

2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Smyrna HS Stared for the Smryna High School from the wide receiver slot…. Hauled in 17 receptions for 366 yards and five touchdowns for the 6-5 Bulldogs…Recorded five receptions for 44 yards and a touchdown as a junior… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds and benches 275 pounds… Tabbed as a two-star prospect by Rivals… Picked Tennessee State over Appalachian State and Indiana State…

MARVIN MADDOX

R-Fr. • DE 6-3 • 245

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

RIBAULT HS

2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted

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LEE

SMITH

R-Fr. • LB 6-1 • 205

CHICAGO, ILL.

LINDBLOM ACADEMY

2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted

DELL

Lindblom Academy Was All-Region following junior and senior seasons… Ran track in high school… Forced five fumbles as a senior

R-Fr. • LB 6-1 • 235

Major: Political Science

PORTER

MEMPHIS, TENN.

MELROSE HS

2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Melrose HS Started at linebacker for Melrose High School in Memphis, Tenn… Tallied 59 tackles during his senior year… Recorded six sacks in 2013… Forced three fumbles and recovered four others… Selected defensive MVP of his high school following his last two seasons… Ran the 800 meter dash for his high school track team… Helped lead his team to an 8-4 record during his senior season… Played on the same team as fellow TSU commit Justin Brooks… Named Second Team All-District as a defensive end / outside linebacker…Coached by Eddie Woods… Plans to major in Criminal Justice or Business… Son of Tamara Porter… Born April 29, 1996…

JULIAN

ROBINSON

R-Fr. • OL 6-2 • 300

BALTIMORE, MD. CANTONSVILLE HS 2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Cantonsville HS Second Team All-Division… Selected to the Baltimore City Versus County All-Star Game… Nominated for the Baltimore Touchdown Club… Won the Character Award at the Commitment for Change Football Camp… Is an Eagle Scout Personal: Born on March 1, 1996… Son of Robbie and Charles Robinson Major: Computer Science

Personal: Born Oct. 27, 1995… Son of Antoinette and Lee Smith

CHRIS

WALLACE JR.

R-Fr. • TE 6-6 • 250

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. LANPHIER HS 2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Lanphier HS Played tight end for Lanphier High School in Springfield, Ill… Was a 2011 All-Conference Honorable Mention… Is a member of the National Honor Society and Junior Frontiers… Named Academic All-Conference as a senior… Can bench press 255 pounds… Also played basketball in high school… Intends to major in Education or Communications… Son of Makeda Joseph and Chris Wallace Sr…

A.J.

FLOWERS

R-Jr. • SS 6-1 • 205

MIAMI, FLA.

COLLEGE of the SISKIYOUS

2014 - at College of the Siskiyous Played in the secondary at College of Siskiyous in California… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.53 seconds… Can squat 400lbs… Picked off three passes as a JUCO… Forced and recovered one fumble… Notched 38 stops… Had three tackles for loss… Broke up three passes… Attended La Salle HS in Florida… Named Second Team All-Dade County… Participated in an All-Star Game showcasing Public and Private School Athletes… Played

2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide under Coach Roche… Son of Andrea Riley and Amp Flowers…Born Feb. 21, 1993…Plans on majoring in communications…

WILLIAM

NASHVILLE, TENN. AUSTIN PEAY 2013 - at Austin Peay Walk-on hopes to bounce back after offseason shoulder surgery...proved to be valuable performer both on special teams and linebacker reserve in 2012...appeared in five games as freshman, making four tackles… made a solo stop in the opener at Western Kentucky… assisted on two stops at Virginia Tech, including a tackle for loss… also had a solo stop against Tennessee State. Hillsboro HS Linebacker/Running Back for Dennis Moreno at Hillsboro High School...Hume Award finalist... All-District...All-City...Senior year had 127 total tackles, 2 sacks...broke school’s single game tackle record with 25 tackles... honor role...received Sponsors Scholarship. Personal: Undecided on college major… son of William Sr. and Sonia Fitzgerald-Cooper… .born Sept. 14, 1993...

JUNIOR, IV

R-Jr. • RB 6-0 • 220

MIDDLETON, OHIO CINCINNATI 2014 - at Cincinnati Appeared in seven games... had one carry for three yards... 2013 - at Cincinnati Did not see action. 2012 - at Cincinnati Redshirted. Middleton HS Ranked as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com and a two-star recruit by Scout.com... rushed for 859 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior at Middletown High School... tallied a 30-5 record as a prep... given name is Ester James Junior IV... son of Yolanda Junior and EJ Junior III ... father played college football at Alabama, earning Consensus All-America honors in 1979... played 13 years in the NFL and was a two-time Pro Bowl selection... father is the current head football coach at Central State University... intends to major in engineering... coached by Troy Everhart

DAVID

KAMARA

XAVIER

DAVIS

R-So. • DT 6-3 • 315

Jr. • SS 5-10 • 220

COOPER

R-Jr. • LB 6-1 • 220

ATLANTA, GA. BUFFALO

LOGANVILLE, GA. MISSISSIPPI Ole Miss Spent the two seasons at Ole Miss… Played in 10 games in 2014… 2013: Played in four games on special teams ... Posted a solo tackle in college debut… Grayson HS Selected as a Semper Fidelis All-American ... Rated the No. 70 cornerback in the nation by Rivals.com and No. 85 by ESPN.com ... A 3-star recruit according to Rivals.com, Scout. com and ESPN.com ... Named to the Gwinnett Daily Post All-County third team as a senior after helping Grayson win the Region 8-6A championship ... Helped Grayson win the Class 5A state title and compile a 15-0 record en route to a No. 4 ranking by USA Today his junior season when he posted 59 tackles and four interceptions ... Coached in high school by Mickey Conn…

2014 - at Buffalo Recorded a tackle versus Akron... 2013 - at Buffalo Redshirted The New Schools at Carver Davis was a two-year varsity captain for The New Schools at Carver football team... Davis was a multi-purpose standout in high school... As a senior, he had 39 tackles and five sacks on defense and 31 pancake blocks as an offensive lineman... Davis was an All-Region and All-State Second Team member, and also threw shot put and discus for the school’s track and field team.

KEVIN

DeWALT

R-So. • DE 6-2 • 230

Personal Son of Sorie and Alice Kamara ... Born: Oct. 3, 1994 ...

DUARON

WILLIAMS

R-Jr. • OG 6-3 • 315

ORLANDO, FLA. IOWA STATE 2014 - at Iowa State Spent the three seasons at Iowa State, including redshirting in 2012… Was a three-star recruit according to Rivals.com … Ranked No. 29 among projected offensive guards in the class of 2012 by Rivals.com … No. 10 among prospects ranked in the Orlando Sentinel Central Florida Class of 2012 “Super 60”… 2010 second-team All-Orange County selection by Orlando Sentinel … Helped the Tigers earn a 10-2 record in his junior season … Played at left tackle for Jones in the 2010 season … Named top offensive lineman at the National Underclassmen Combine … coached in high school by Kenard Lang, who played 10 seasons in the NFL for Cleveland, Denver and Washington… Born Sept. 17, 1993 … Son of Angela Williams

CINCINNATI, OHIO KENT STATE 2014 - at Kent State Did not accumilate any stats 2013 - at Kent State Redshirted Walnut Hills HS Earned second team all-conference honors... Helped Walnut Hills to first postseason appearance in program history

ERICK

EVANS

R-So. • RB 5-10 • 185

DALLAS, TEXAS NORTH TEXAS 2014 - at North Texas Saw action in six games... Ran for 207 yards and three touchdowns... Took his first collegiate carry 53 yards for a touchdown against SMU... Led team with nine carries for 40 yards and a touchdown versus Louisiana Tech... Notched his third career touchdown and rushed for a career-high 57 yards against Nicholls State... Ran the ball five times for 47 yards at UAB... 2013 - at North Texas Redshirted

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2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide Seagoville HS Was a three-time letterwinner at SHS... Was named first-team all-district his senior year... Carried 108 times for 962 yards and 20 touchdowns as well as 11 receptions for 208 yards and three touchdowns...

FLETCHER

MADISON, TENN. HUNTERS LANE HS

2013 - at Clemson Redshirted

VICTOR

2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Did not play

SEBASTIAN

KERTCHAVAL

R-So. • LB 6-0 • 215

NASHVILLE, TENN. WHITES CREEK HS 2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Did not play Personal: Has one sister, Sadonia... Guardian is Cecil Morris...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. CLEMSON 2014 - at Clemson Had five tackles in 16 snaps over seven games ... played eight snaps against NC State on Oct. 4; it was his first career game ... had four tackles in four snaps against Georgia State on Nov. 22 ... played three snaps against No. 24 Oklahoma in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 29.

R-So. • SS 5-9 • 196

OGUNDEKO

R-So. • DE 6-3 • 255

Personal: Son of Zed and Pamela Evans... Majoring in mechanical engineering... Born on May 7, 1993.

EBENEZER

Thomas Jefferson HS Played in the Under Armour All-American game... No. 126 player in the nation and No. 1 defensive end in New York by ESPN... No. 212 player in the nation by Rivals.com... No. 21 strongside defensive end in the nation and No. 4 player in New York by 247Sports.com... had 71 tackles and 16 sacks as a senior... had 79 tackles and 12 sacks as a junior... top300 All-American by PrepStar... coached by Stephen Edwards at Thomas Jefferson High School... Personal: Majoring in communication studies ... born Oct. 12, 1995.

2014 - at UAB Did not record any stats 2013 - at UAB Redshirted Alpharetta HS Played senior season at Alpharetta High School after attending 9th-11th years at Wesleyan High... Saw action at wide receiver, tight end, linebacker and defensive back... Caught 30 passes for 500-plus yards as a senior... Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports.com… Had offers from Alabama State, Appalachian State, Buffalo and Charlotte… Also played basketball at Alpharetta… Enrolled at TSU in Spring Semester of 2015…

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Maplewood HS Recorded 63 tackles - 41 solo - 5.3 tackles per game... Registered eight interceptions

TYLER BLACK

Fr. • WR 5-10 • 180

MURFREESBORO, TENN.

OAKLAND HS Oakland HS Played running back, quarterback, wide receiver, safety and cornerback for nearby Oakland HS… Carried the ball 109 times for 736 yards as a senior… Averaged 6.8 yards per rush… Had three games with over 100 yards rushing… Notched 50 (30 solo) tackles in 2014…

MITCHELL

BOUDREAUX

Fr. • K 5-5 • 150

SLIDELL, LA.

BROTHER MARTIN HS

Brother Martin HS Finished his career with 33 extra points in his final three years...

JUSTIN

BROOKS

R-Fr. • OL 6-5 • 270

MEMPHIS, TENN. MELROSE HS

NASHVILLE, TENN. MAPLEWOOD HS

MORRIS

ALPHARETTA, GA. UAB

ADAMS

R-Fr. • CB 6-0 • 180

RODNEY R-So. • TE 6-3 • 220

CORTEZ

Had 3.0 tackles for loss… Intercepted six passes in his career, including three as a senior… Broke up a total of nine passes… Recovered a fumble and blocked a field goal in 2014… Caused a fumble as a junior… Scored three touchdowns as a sophomore… Led team to a 14-2 record and a berth into the Final Four of the 6A State Playoffs… Lost to state champions Maryville in the semi-finals… Coached by Thomas McDaniel… Teammate of Jack Jones (Tennessee), Kyle Oliver (Tennessee) and Josh Smith (Vanderbilt)…Rated a two-star prospect by 24/7 Sports and Rivals… Had offers from Eastern Michigan and Austin Peay… Member of Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Men of Distinction and Young Life... Had a 3.5 GPA and was on the Honor Roll… Son of Bridgette Black-Kertchaval and Kenneth Adams… Born Nov. 15, 1996… Plans to major in Business with a minor in Accounting…

2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Melrose HS Played on the offensive line at Melrose HS in Memphis… Helped lead Melrose to an 8-4 record as a senior.

MYLES

CHALMERS

Fr. • DT 6-1 • 320

MEMPHIS, LTENN WHITE HAVEN HS White Haven HS Helped White Haven to a 14-1 record, 6-0 in conference... Listed as the 25th ranked lineman in the state of Tennessee by MaxPreps...

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ROBERT

CRAWFORD

Fr. • DT 6-0 • 265

NASHVILLE, TENN. FATHER RYAN HS Father Ryan HS Played outside linebacker and defensive end for Father Ryan HS in Nashville… Amassed 84 stops (52 solo) during his junior campaign… Had 6.0 tackles for loss… Sacked the quarterback 5.5 times in 2013… Recovered a fumble and forced four as a junior… Named Second Team All-Midstate by the Tennessean… Selected to the Division-AA All-Rutherford County Team… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.88 seconds… Bench presses 365lbs… Can squat 460lbs… Played for coach Bruce Lussier…

TREVION DUNCAN

Second Team All-State by the Alabama Sports Writers Association as a senior… Led team to a 10-3 overall record and 6-1 region record as a senior… Named Fox 6 2014 7A Defensive Player of the Year… Selected to the Pigskin Roundup All-star Team… Coached by Matt Scott… Son of Freda and Rodney Edwards… Born Jan. 30, 1997…

LITHONIA, GA.

ARABIA MOUNTAIN HS

BLAIR

EDWARDS

Fr. • LB 6-1 • 195

GADSDEN, ALA. GADSDEN CITY HS Gadsden City HS Played middle and outside linebacker as well as safety at Gadsden City HS in Alabama… Notched 133 stops… Recovered a pair of fumbles… Scored a touchdown of defense… Had eight tackles for loss… Was honored by the Alabama High School Association for his 16 tackle and two sack performance in the Titans’ 3428 double overtime win over Auburn… Named

Whitwell HS A letterwinner for WHS...

Fr. • RB 6-0 • 220

PEMBROKE PINES, FLA.

FLANAGAN HS Flanagan HS Played running back at Flanagan HS in Pembroke Pines in Florida… Rushed for three touchdowns in a game against West Broward… Had 80 yards on only 6 carries versus Fort Lauderdale… Recorded 392 yards on only 61 carries and five touchdowns in 2013… Ran the 40yard dash in 4.6 seconds… Can squat 500lbs… Has a 30” vertical… Led team to a 12-1 record overall and a 7-0 district record as a senior… Lost to eventual State Champ Columbus in the semi-final at the 8A State Playoffs…Named to the 2015 Dolphins All-Star Game for Team Broward… Coached by Devin Bush…

JACOB GRAY

Fr. • DE 6-2 • 255

BOLIVAR, TENN. BOLIVAR HS Bolivar HS Played tackle at Bolivar Central HS in Tennessee… Chosen as one of Brandon’s Beasts of the Week for Week 7 by The Jackson Sun… Won the 2014 Steve Young Award… Named 14-AA Offensive Lineman of the Year by Shelby Metro Sports… Had offers from Kennesaw State and Alcorn State... Played for Woodrow Lowe, Jr…. Nicknamed “Cowboy”… Son of Sharon Anderson…

GREG

HARVEY, JR.

Fr. • CB 5-9 • 180

CORDOVA, TENN. CORDOVA HS

ARKEEM

GRANGER

HALE

WHITWELL, TENN. WHITWELL HS

Arabia Mountain HS Teamed with fellow Tiger Demetro Stephens, Jr. at AMHS...

HOUSTON, TEXAS LAMAR HS

FERGUSON

ALEX Fr. • LS 5-11 • 220

DANTE’ Fr. • LB 6-2 • 220

Fr. •SS 5-11 • 180

Lamar HS Played in the defensive secondary at Lamar HS in Houston, Texas… Recorded four interceptions as a senior… Returned three picks for touchdowns… Recovered a fumble… Ran back the recovery 25 yards for a score… Averaged 31 yards per interception return… Notched 40 stops as a junior… Broke up four passes in 2013… Picked off three passes as a junior… Scored one touchdown in 2013… Led team to a 10-3 overall record and a 7-0 mark district play… Made it to the second round of the 6A State Playoffs in 2014… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds… Can bench press 300lbs… Had offers from Lamar, Incarnate Word and Texas State... Coached by Tom Nolan...

Cordova HS Played cornerback at Cordova HS in Tennessee… Notched 52 stops as a senior (33 solo)… Had 2.0 tackles for loss… Intercepted three passes, returning them for 80 yards… Broke up seven passes… Returned six kickoffs for 130 yards… Had a long of 45 yards… Fielded six punts for 95 yards… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.40 seconds… Did the shuttle run in 4.26 seconds… Has a vertical leap of 32”… Received an offer from Jacksonville State… Played for Anthony Jones, Jr…. Son of Carolyn and Greg Harvey, Sr…

PATRICK HILL

R-Fr. • WR 6-2 • 180

MEMPHIS, TENN. SHEFFIELD HS Sheffield HS Played on the offensive and defensive side of the ball for Sheffield in Memphis, Tenn., serving as team captain as a senior… Earned First Team All-Metro for offense and Second Team for defense for performance as a senior… Helped lead team to a City Championship and a Conference Championships in 2013… Won the Leadership Award and Motivational Award... Honor Roll student… Majoring in business administration. Personal Son of Denise Johnson… Born: March 28, 1995.

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MICHAEL HUGHES

LADARIUS JOHNSON

R-Fr. • CB 5-10 • 170

NASHVILLE, TENN. HILLWOOD HS Hillwood HS Played defensive back at Hillwood High School in Nashville… Named team’s Most Valuable Player. Personal Son of Lakeisha Ellison… Born: April 20, 1996.

Siegel HS Played running back for Siegel High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn. … Has a twin brother, Andrew who also played for Siegel HS… Coached by Greg Wyant… Son of Andrea and Earl Knox.

Ridgeway HS Played on the offensive line, specifically at tackle for Ridgeway HS in Memphis… Led team to a 12-2 overall record and a 6-0 mark in the district as a senior… Helped his team reach the semi-finals of the Division I Class 5A State Championship… Fell to eventual State Champ Hillsborough in the Final Four… Named FirstTeam 15-AAA All-District… Can bench press 395lbs…. Can squat 500 lbs…. Had offers from Southeast Missouri, Eastern Kentucky and Alcorn State... Played for Duron Sutton… Son of Vaniessa and Charlie Jones…

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KNOX

Fr. • FB 5-11 • 250

MURFREESBORO, TENN.

SIEGEL HS Siegel HS Played fullback and middle linebacker at Siegel HS in Murfreesboro, Tennessee… Scored 12 touchdowns and 74 total points as a senior… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.57 seconds… Can bench press 325lbs…. Can squat 485lbs…. Has a twin brother, Andre who also played for Siegel HS… Played for the East Team in the eighth annual Toyota East vs. West Tennessee All-Star Classic… Ran for 106 yards against Blackman as a junior… Coached by Greg Wyant… Son of Andrea and Earl Knox…

QUINTIS MADDOX

Fr. • DE 6-3 • 260

CONYERS, GA. SALEM HS

JONES

MEMPHIS, TENN. RIDGEWAY HS

ANDREW

Salem HS Played reps at defensive end and middle linebacker for Salem HS in Conyers, Georgia… Led team to a 6-5 overall record and a 6-3 mark in the region as a senior… Had offers from Middle Tennessee State, Austin Peay, Western Kentucky and South Carolina State... Was also a member of the track and field team… Played for John Starr… Son of LaDonna Maddox…

IGOR

MISIGARO

Fr. • DT 6-3 • 300

ANTIOCH, TENN. ANTIOCH HS

MAHLON MEDLEY

Fr. • TE 6-2 • 225

SIEGEL HS

CAMREN Fr. • OG 6-3 • 290

MURFREESBORO, TENN.

NASHVILLE, TENN. HILLSBORO HS

KNOX

Fr. • RB 5-10 • 210

Fr. • QB 6-2 • 230

Hillsboro HS Played under center at Hillsboro HS in Nashville… Threw for over 1,300 yards and 14 scores in 2014… Led team to a 14-1 overall record, 7-0 in the district as a senior… Made it to the State Championship Game of Class 5A… Completed 104 passes for 1,694 yards as a junior… Threw 16 touchdowns in 2013… Completed 51 percent of his passes as a junior… Ran for a pair of touchdowns as a junior and two as a sophomore… Completed 63 percent of his passes… Named All-District and All-City in 2014… Selected All-State as well in 2015… Coached by Louis C. Clayton… Born May 8, 1996

ANDRE

Antioch HS Letterwinner for AHS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. MALLARD CREEK HS Mallard Creek HS Lined up at tight end for Mallard Creek HS in Charlotte, North Carolina… Led team to a 15-1 record overall and a 7-0 mark in conference… Won the 4AA State Championship as the four seed… Defeated No. 1 seed Wake Forest, 2514 in the championship game… Caught 49 passes for 538 yards and two touchdowns as a junior… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.71 seconds… Named 2015 TE MVP by nucsports. com… Rated a three-star prospect by rivals. com… Had offers from Ball State, Hampton and Gardner-Webb… Was also a member of the track and field team… Coached by Michael Palmieri… Son of Devon Medley…

LAMONTE ROBERTS

Fr. • LB 6-1 • 205

ANTIOCH, TENN. ANTIOCH HS Antioch HS Letterwinner for AHS

AUSTIN ROWLEY

Fr. • P 5-11 • 165

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. HELIX CHARTER HS Helix Charter HS Named Ray Guy Second Team All-America as a punter for Helix High School in California… Averaged 40.9 yards per punt for Helix as a senior.

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GABE

SCOTT

Fr. • CB 5-11 • 165

MEMPHIS, TENN. TREZEVANT HS Trezevant HS Played in the secondary and at wideout for Trezevant HS in Memphis… Accumulated over 800 yards receiving during last two seasons… Caught 22 touchdowns and scored 27 total… Had 2,000 all-purpose yards… Picked off 12 passes… Broke up 25 passes… Forced four fumbles and recovered five… Returned one fumble for a touchdown… Notched 70 tackles… Had one sack… Ran back two kickoffs for touchdowns… Returned three punts for scores… Named team MVP as a junior and senior… Selected All-State as a receiver as a junior… Named All-State as a cornerback in 2014... Selected to the All-Metro and Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports.com… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds… Has a 33.1 inch vertical leap… Had offers from Central Arkansas, McNeese State, Howard and Texas Southern... Coached by Teli White… Son of Claudine and Robert Scott… Born June 8. 1997… Plans to major in Biology…

LACHAVIOUS SIMMONS

Fr. • OT 6-5 • 290

SELMA, ALA. SELMA HS Selma HS Played on both sides of the line at Selma HS in Alabama… Also had offers from Jacksonville State, Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Samford and Savannah State… Led team to a 6-4 record as a senior… Coached by John Terrel… Son of Quincella Simmons… Born Sept. 26, 1996…

DEMETRO

STEPHENS, JR.

Fr. • LB 6-2 • 235

LITHONIA, GA.

ARABIA MOUNTAIN HS

Arabia Mountain HS Recorded 74 Solos, 41 Assists, 115 Total Tackles for AMHS in Georgia…

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2014 SEASON RECAPS Game 1 • Aug. 30 • 16th Annual John Merritt Classic • LP Field • Nashville, Tenn.

Game 2 • Sept. 6 • The New ASU Stadium • Montgomery, Ala.

TENNESSEE STATE

EDWARD WATERS

ALABAMA STATE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Junior running back Tom Smith found solid footing on a soggy opening night, leading Tennessee State past Edward Waters, 58-6, in the 16th annual John Merritt Classic on Saturday night. Smith had 151 yards on 12 carries and added four touchdowns en route to being named the Offensive MVP.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A furious fourth-quarter rally came up one play short, and Tennessee State dropped its first game of the season, 27-21, at Alabama State. The Tigers scored 13 points in the fourth stanza and had 207 of their 432 yards in the final frame. The TSU defense only surrendered 49 yards on 14 plays in the last 30 minutes, but gave up 444 in the game.

Smith’s four rushing scores were the most for a Tiger since Trabis Ward’s four against Southeast Missouri on Oct. 13, 2012.

Quarterback Mike German finished 26-of-61 for 340 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.

Anthony Bass was named the game’s Defensive MVP after recording four stops, two sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss and an interception.

German’s 61 attempts shattered the old school record of 55 attempts in a game set by Brian Ransom in 1981.

Bass anchored a defensive unit that only allowed 76 yards of total offense, five first downs and did not give up any points.

Daniel Fitzpatrick and Nick Thrasher led the defense with 11 tackles apiece. Quickie Statistics (Final) Tennessee State vs Alabama State (Sep 06, 2014 at Montgomery, Ala.)

Quickie Statistics (Final) Edward Waters vs #17 Tennessee State (Aug 30, 2014 at Nashville, Tenn.) Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances

Edward Waters Rushing Darryl Campbell Cleve Williams Ray Dukes Diondre Wynn Passing Tyler Mahla Taron Williams Receiving Ray Dukes Cleve Williams Suwayne Hylton Punting Kamero Mitchell Punt Returns

C-A-I 1-12-3 4-8-0 No. 2 2 1 No. 8 No. No. 6 2

Tackles Rhoshaun Goff Marquis Davis Brice Farmer Lenard McKenzie

UA-A 4-5 5-2 3-3 4-0

1st 2nd

3rd 4th

Time

05:31 01:05 12:21 09:25 06:26 04:36 14:14 10:45 14:51 02:47

TSU 58 20 50-439 71 20-6-2 70-510 0-0 3-57 2-77 3-38 1-26.0 4-3 18-102 29:29 7 of 15 2 of 4 6-7

Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances

Tennessee State

Tennessee State No. Gain Loss 7 17 0 3 16 1 8 21 8 2 8 0

Kick Returns Ray Dukes Darryl Campbell

Qtr

EWC 6 5 37-30 51 20-5-3 57-81 1-4 0-0 8-165 2-76 8-27.0 7-3 4-37 30:31 2 of 15 0 of 2 0-1

Net TD 17 0 15 0 13 0 8 0

Lg Avg 5 2.4 8 5.0 14 1.6 6 4.0

Yds TD Long 14 0 14 37 0 19

Yards 28 19 4 Yds 216

TD 0 0 0

Long 19 14 4

Avg Long 27.0 40

Yards Yards 140 25 Total 9 7 6 4

TD TD 0 0

Sack 1 1

Passing GERMAN, Michael Receiving GARLINGTON, Wel FREEMAN, Isaiah SEARS, Je-Marc DENARD, Archie

In20 1

TB 0

Long Long 32 23

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Rushing SMITH, Tom WHITE, Greg STEVENSON, Mart HOPKINS, Stephe

TFL 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring Play

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo

No. Gain Loss 12 151 0 11 98 0 10 94 2 8 79 0 C-A-I 6-20-2 No. 2 1 1 1 No. 1

Lg Avg 37 12.6 28 8.9 42 9.2 48 9.9

Yds TD Long 71 1 40

Yards 5 40 24 2 Yds 26

TD 0 0 1 0

Punt Returns SAUNDERS, De'An

No. 3

Yards 57

TD 1

Long 45

Kick Returns STEVENSON, Mart SAUNDERS, De'An

No. 1 1

Yards 47 30

TD 0 0

Long 47 30

Tackles THRASHER, Nick EDWARDS, Rodney EVANS, Samquan BASS, Anthony

UA-A 5-4 3-2 3-1 3-1

Total 9 5 4 4

Sack 0

Long 8 40 24 2

Avg Long 26.0 26

TSU - SEARS, Je-Marc 24 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CARTER, Cameron rush fumbld), 1-24 0:10 TSU - CARTER, Cameron 23 yd field goal, 11-22 3:07 TSU - SAUNDERS, De'An 45 yd punt return (CARTER, Cameron kick) TSU - SMITH, Tom 11 yd run (CARTER, Cameron kick), 4-35 1:16 EWC - James Reese, IV 71 yd interception return (Christopher Mig kick blockd) TSU - SMITH, Tom 3 yd run (CARTER, Cameron kick), 3-58 1:43 TSU - SMITH, Tom 5 yd run (CARTER, Cameron kick), 2-42 0:35 TSU - SMITH, Tom 30 yd run (CARTER, Cameron kick), 4-38 1:35 TSU - STEVENSON, Mart 17 yd run (CARTER, Cameron kick), 9-85 5:38 TSU - WHITE, Greg 13 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 6-43 2:35

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Net TD 151 4 98 1 92 1 79 0

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0

In20 0

TFL 2.0 1.5 0.5 2.5 V-H

0-6 0-9 0 - 16 0 - 23 6 - 23 6 - 30 6 - 37 6 - 44 6 - 51 6 - 58

TB 0

Rushing SMITH, Tom SPELLS, Tevin GERMAN, Michael HOPKINS, Stephe

ALST 27 19 48-255 189 26-12-1 74-444 0-0 4-5 3-44 3-40 10-33.5 1-0 15-145 25:50 4 of 18 0 of 0 2-2

Alabama State No. Gain Loss 22 80 10 6 19 0 5 14 11 5 4 4

Passing GERMAN, Michael

C-A-I 26-61-3

Receiving GARLINGTON, Wel SANDERS-MC, Chr MITCHELL, Ryan O'NEAL, Dantwau

No. 8 5 4 3

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo

TSU 21 27 38-92 340 61-26-3 99-432 0-0 3-22 5-111 1-0 8-39.1 0-0 5-55 34:10 7 of 20 2 of 3 3-6

No. 8

Net TD 70 0 19 0 3 1 0 0

Lg Avg 13 3.2 6 3.2 11 0.6 2 0.0

Yds TD Long 340 2 27

Yards 134 65 33 51 Yds 313

TD 1 0 1 0

Sack 2

Long 27 25 18 19

Avg Long 39.1 49

In20 3

TB 0

Rushing Cyrus, Malcolm Thomas, Khalid Duhart, Daniel Bell, DeMario

No. Gain Loss 26 171 1 10 72 2 10 41 30 1 4 0

Passing Duhart, Daniel Cyrus, Malcolm

C-A-I 12-25-1 0-1-0

Receiving Henry, Nehemiah Cyrus, Malcolm Barnes, Brandon Hannah, Jamir

No. 4 3 2 2

Punting Clark, Preston

No. 10

Net TD 170 0 70 0 11 1 4 0

Yds TD Long 189 1 70 0 0 0

Yards 52 86 36 16 Yds 335

TD 0 1 0 0

Avg Long 33.5 42

Punt Returns SAUNDERS, De'An

No. 3

Yards 22

TD 0

Long 15

Punt Returns Thomas, Khalid

No. 4

Yards 5

TD 0

Long 8

No. 3 2

Yards 55 56

TD 0 0

Long 23 34

Kick Returns Bell, DeMario Thomas, Khalid

No. 2 1

Yards 39 5

TD 0 0

Long 21 5

Tackles FITZPATRICK, Da THRASHER, Nick EVANS, Samquan WILLIAMS, Van

UA-A 10-1 5-6 2-6 4-3

Tackles Berry, Kourtney Jenkins, Trey Berg, Marcus Billups,Derrick

UA-A 7-5 5-1 5-1 4-2

Qtr 1st 2nd 3rd

4th

Time

02:19 07:43 00:00 12:59 10:32 03:24 00:12 10:29 04:33

Scoring Play

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0

TFL 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.0

Total 12 6 6 6

TSU - BASS, Anthony safety ALST - Bright, Najee 66 yd blocked FG return (Clark, Preston kick) ALST - Clark, Preston 32 yd field goal, 7-57 1:34 ALST - Cyrus, Malcolm 70 yd pass from Duhart, Daniel (Clark, Preston kick), 3-77 0:59 ALST - Duhart, Daniel 30 yd run (Clark, Preston kick), 3-63 0:39 TSU - MITCHELL, Ryan 6 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (HOLDERHEAD, Leo kick failed), 13-72 4:30 ALST - Clark, Preston 27 yd field goal, 9-62 3:05 TSU - GERMAN, Michael 1 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick failed), 12-74 3:43 TSU - GARLINGTON, Wel 18 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-66 1:41

Sack 3 0

Long 18 70 22 12

Kick Returns STEVENSON, Mart SAUNDERS, De'An

Total 11 11 8 7

Lg Avg 44 6.5 21 7.0 30 1.1 4 4.0

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

In20 1

TFL 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 V-H

2-0 2-7 2 - 10 2 - 17 2 - 24 8 - 24 8 - 27 14 - 27 21 - 27

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2014 SEASON RECAPS Game 3 • Sept. 13 • 24th Southern Heritage Classic • The Liberty Bowl • Memphis, Tenn.

Game 4 • Sept. 20 • Hale Stadium • Nashville, Tenn.

TENNESSEE STATE

TENNESSEE TECH

JACKSON STATE

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A fast start propelled the Tennessee State football team to a, 35-7, victory over Jackson State in the 25th annual Southern Heritage Classic in front of 46,914 spectators.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A dominant performance from the Tennessee State defense helped the Tigers to a, 10-7, win over Tennessee Tech on Saturday in front of 9,217 fans at Hale Stadium.

The TSU offense played its finest football of the young season in the first half, totaling all of its 35 points.

TSU held the Golden Eagles to just 150 yards of total offense and five of TTU’s 16 series were three-and-outs.

Tom Smith, who was named the game’s Offensive MVP, anchored an offense that racked up 189 yards in the first 30 minutes. The junior transfer totaled 48 yards on only seven carries and scored twice.

Quarterback Ronald Butler started in place of Mike German and finished the day 15-of-24 for 113 yards and an interception. Most of Butler’s passes went Weldon Garlington’s way, and the senior had six receptions for 54 yards.

Sophomore quarterback Ronald Butler took over for Mike German with 13 minutes left in the second quarter. The TSU defense was strong as well during the first two periods, only allowing 21 yards of total offense, 0.7 yards per play and one first down. Quickie Statistics (Final)

Vantavious Williams led the TSU defense with seven stops and Gabe Terry recorded two sacks. Quickie Statistics (Final) Tennessee Tech vs Tennessee State (Sep 20, 2014 at Nashville, TN)

Jackson State vs #22 Tennessee State (Sep 13, 2014 at Memphis, Tenn.) Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances

Jackson State Rushing Sims, Rakeem Johnson, Der. Montgomery, Al. Moore, Jarius

C-A-I 16-36-2 1-1-0

Receiving Williams, Dan Fosselman, Devi Singleton, Tobi Brown, Canard

No. 6 4 3 1

Punt Returns

Kick Returns Moore, Jarius Brown, Canard Tackles Noble, Stacy Griffin, Ryan Hughes, Preston Jones, Javancy Qtr 1st

2nd 3rd

Time

08:08 02:40 01:18 11:49 06:46 02:44

TSU 35 18 46-137 187 27-14-1 73-324 0-0 5-40 2-29 2-45 8-38.1 2-0 10-112 33:53 7 of 17 0 of 1 4-5

Tennessee State No. Gain Loss 9 23 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

Passing Ivy, La Montiez Ingram, Evan

Punting Williamson, Dar

JACKST 7 8 26--1 139 37-17-2 63-138 0-0 0-0 5-105 1-37 11-36.5 1-0 4-51 26:07 1 of 16 0 of 2 1-2

No. 11 No.

No. 2 1 UA-A 10-1 5-4 6-1 5-2

Net TD 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Lg Avg 5 2.3 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Yds TD Long 132 0 24 7 0 7

Yards 68 18 19 22 Yds 402

TD 0 0 0 0

Yards 25 12 Total 11 9 7 7

Scoring Play

Long 24 6 7 22

Avg Long 36.5 66

Yards

TD 0 0

Sack 7 0

In20 2

Long

Long 13 12

Sacks 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0

TFL 1.5 1.5 0.0 3.5

TB 1

Rushing SMITH, Tom HOPKINS, Stephe SPELLS, Tevin HALL, Darion

Tennessee Tech No. Gain Loss 14 72 6 11 64 7 8 19 5 3 15 4

Passing BUTLER, Ronald GERMAN, Michael

C-A-I 10-18-1 4-9-0

Receiving SANDERS-MC, Chr FREEMAN, Isaiah SEARS, Je-Marc MITCHELL, Ryan

No. 5 2 2 2

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo

No. 8

Net TD 66 2 57 0 14 0 11 0

Yds TD Long 125 1 45 62 0 36

Yards 102 26 24 11 Yds 305

TD 0 0 0 0

Avg Long 38.1 45

No. 3 2

Yards 20 20

TD 0 0

Long 17 16

Kick Returns GARLINGTON, Wel STEVENSON, Mart

No. 1 1

Yards 18 11

TD 0 0

Long 18 7

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TSU - SMITH, Tom 2 yd run (CARTER, Cameron kick), 5-46 1:43 TSU - GERMAN, Michael 1 yd run (CARTER, Cameron kick), 9-70 3:45 TSU - SAUNDERS, De'An 45 yd interception return (CARTER, Cameron kick) TSU - O'NEAL, Dantwau 8 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CARTER, Cameron kick), 4-17 2:26 TSU - SMITH, Tom 13 yd run (CARTER, Cameron kick), 7-46 3:38 JACKST - Sims, Rakeem 4 yd run (Deising, Ryan kick), 5-39 1:46

Total 11 6 6 4

Sack 3 1

Long 45 15 12 7

Punt Returns SAUNDERS, De'An GARLINGTON, Wel

Tackles THRASHER, Nick VINSON, Ronnie ROBINSON, Ezra BASS, Anthony

Lg Avg 24 4.7 13 5.2 6 1.8 12 3.7

Sacks 0.5 0.0 1.0 2.5

In20 4

TFL 2.0 0.5 1.5 3.5 V-H

0-7 0 - 14 0 - 21 0 - 28 0 - 35 7 - 35

TB 0

Rushing McKINNEY, Isaia BUSH, Stephen STONE, Darian DAVIS, Willie

TSU 10 13 45-92 113 24-15-1 69-205 0-0 3-15 0-0 2-50 9-40.2 2-0 3-20 41:09 3 of 16 0 of 2 1-2

Tennessee State No. Gain Loss 2 21 0 6 18 2 4 12 1 3 9 0

Passing DAVIS, Jared STONE, Darian

C-A-I 11-26-2 0-2-0

Receiving MATTHEWS, Cody VANLIER, Ladari McCOIN, Brock WATSON, Dametri

No. 6 2 1 1

Punting KING, Jonathan

TTU 7 7 25-34 116 28-11-2 53-150 0-0 1-11 2-13 1-29 9-37.1 2-1 2-14 18:51 3 of 14 0 of 1 0-0

No. 9

Net TD 21 0 16 0 11 0 9 0

Lg Avg 13 10.5 9 2.7 8 2.8 4 3.0

Yds TD Long 116 0 50 0 0 0

Yards 80 5 23 5 Yds 334

TD 0 0 0 0

Rushing HOPKINS, Stephe SPELLS, Tevin HOOKS, Telvin BUTLER, Ronald

Sack 6 0

Long 50 3 23 5

Avg Long 37.1 45

In20 1

TB 2

No. Gain Loss 13 60 7 8 34 3 5 8 1 12 41 37

Passing BUTLER, Ronald

C-A-I 15-24-1

Receiving GARLINGTON, Wel HOOKS, Telvin FREEMAN, Isaiah HOPKINS, Stephe

No. 6 3 2 1

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo

No. 9

Net TD 53 0 31 0 7 0 4 0

Yds TD Long 113 0 15

Yards 54 18 17 8 Yds 362

TD 0 0 0 0

Avg Long 40.2 49

Punt Returns VANLIER, Ladari

No. 1

Yards 11

TD 0

Long 11

Punt Returns SAUNDERS, De'An

No. 3

Yards 15

TD 0

Long 14

No. 2

Yards 13

TD 0

Long 9

Kick Returns

No.

Yards

Long

Tackles JONES, Marty LAUGHLIN, Jimmy THOMPSON, Trey RUDWALL, Jay

UA-A 4-4 4-2 4-2 5-0

Qtr 1st

Time

09:02 02:23 01:32

Scoring Play

Sacks 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0

TFL 0.5 0.0 1.0 2.0

Tackles WILLIAMS, Van THRASHER, Nick SAUNDERS, De'An FITZPATRICK, Da

UA-A 5-4 5-1 4-2 2-3

TTU - TALLANT, Austin 29 yd interception return (ARNOLD, John kick) TSU - CLARK, Lane 26 yd field goal, 12-66 6:39 TSU - VINSON, Ronnie 50 yd interception return (CLARK, Lane kick)

Total 9 6 6 5

Sack 5

Long 15 12 12 8

Kick Returns WATSON, Dametri

Total 8 6 6 5

Lg Avg 22 4.1 14 3.9 4 1.4 16 0.3

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

In20 4

TB 2

TFL 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 V-H

7-0 7-3 7 - 10

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2014 SEASON RECAPS Game 5 • Sept. 27 • Homecoming • LP Field • Nashville, Tenn.

Game 6 • Oct. 4 • Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, Mo.

TENNESSEE STATE

FLORIDA A&M

SOUTHEAST MO. ST. 21

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee State football scored 20 points in the first half and hung on to beat Florida A&M, 27-7, in front of 29, 225 homecoming spectators.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Tennessee State football team trailed by three scores in the first half and could not mount a comeback, falling at Southeast Missouri 28-21.

The TSU defense scored two touchdowns in the contest and held the Rattlers to 224 total yards. The unit also notched 12 tackles for loss and seven sacks.

Mike German started the game at quarterback for TSU (4-2, 1-1 OVC) and finished the day 34-of-59 for 362 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.

Offensively, Ronald Butler started his second consecutive game at quarterback and finished the game 12-of-27 for 151 yards.

Nine of German’s passes were caught by Chris Sanders-McCollum who, in addition to setting a new career-high in receptions, set a new personal-best with 104 yards.

Hooks’s touchdown run in the second quarter was the junior’s first touchdown since Nov. 9, 2013 against Austin Peay.

Telvin Hooks was TSU’s first option at running back and the redshirt junior gained 87 yards on the ground on 17 carries.

Hooks’s touchdown was the first for the Tiger offense since the second quarter of the Southern Heritage Classic, a span of 117:41 of game time.

A week after notching 12 tackles for loss against Florida A&M, TSU had just four against SEMO and gave up a season-high in points. Quickie Statistics (Final) #20 Tennessee State vs Southeast Missouri (10-04-14 at Cape Girardeau, Mo.)

Quickie Statistics (Final) Florida A&M vs #20 Tennessee State (Sep 27, 2014 at Nashville, Tenn.) Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances

Florida A&M Rushing HEARNS,Gerald FLEMING,Damien HOLLOWAY,Tysean EVANS,Curtrich

TSU 27 14 29-125 153 28-13-0 57-278 1-12 5-56 2-24 2-53 7-36.0 1-0 7-69 26:29 3 of 13 0 of 1 2-2

Tennessee State

Tennessee State No. Gain Loss 12 36 3 12 68 38 8 17 2 1 3 0

Passing FLEMING,Damien ROYAL,Carson

C-A-I 15-30-2 2-6-0

Receiving NORWOOD,Brandon HALL,Dennis WILLIAMS,Montav LIDELL,A.J.

No. 7 3 3 1

Punting BLANTON,Colby

FAMU 7 14 35-72 152 36-17-2 71-224 0-0 1-4 4-69 0-0 9-39.7 1-1 7-53 33:31 8 of 19 0 of 1 1-1

No. 9

Net TD 33 0 30 1 15 0 3 0

Lg Avg 8 2.8 21 2.5 4 1.9 3 3.0

Yds TD Long 113 0 21 39 0 30

Yards 87 34 11 17 Yds 357

TD 0 0 0 0

Sack 5 2

Long 30 17 6 17

Avg Long 39.7 57

In20 2

TB 0

Rushing HOOKS, Telvin SMITH, Tom HOPKINS, Stephe BUTLER, Ronald

No. Gain Loss 10 62 8 8 41 4 5 27 1 3 13 8

Passing BUTLER, Ronald HOLDERHEAD, Leo

C-A-I 12-27-0 1-1-0

Receiving PARKER, Hakeem DENARD, Archie BOWENS, Joe SEARS, Je-Marc

No. 3 2 2 2

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo

No. 7

Net TD 54 1 37 0 26 0 5 0

Yds TD Long 151 0 34 2 0 2

Yards 42 26 15 11 Yds 252

TD 0 0 0 0

Avg Long 36.0 42

No. 1

Yards 4

TD 0

Long 4

Punt Returns GARLINGTON, Wel SAUNDERS, De'An

No. 4 1

Yards 26 30

TD 0 0

Long 22 30

Kick Returns EVANS,Curtrich DUNLAP,Bryan

No. 1 1

Yards 33 9

TD 0 0

Long 33 9

Kick Returns STEVENSON, Mart

No. 2

Yards 24

TD 0

Long 19

Tackles WILLIAMS, Van JACKSON, Dinsda VINSON, Ronnie THRASHER, Nick

UA-A 5-2 2-5 2-4 2-4

Qtr 1st 2nd

3rd 4th

Time

07:18 09:05 07:19 00:48 10:27 06:56

UA-A 5-1 2-4 2-4 4-1

Total 6 6 6 5

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TFL 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0

Scoring Play

TSU - CLARK, Lane 22 yd field goal, 9-46 3:16 TSU - HOOKS, Telvin 5 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 11-95 4:21 TSU - BONDS, Terrell 43 yd interception return (CLARK, Lane kick) TSU - CLARK, Lane 42 yd field goal, 4-0 0:24 FAMU - FLEMING,Damien 16 yd run (VARNADORE,Chase kick), 10-63 4:24 TSU - EVANS, Samquan 12 yd fumble recovery (CLARK, Lane kick)

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Total 7 7 6 6

Sack 0 0

Long 18 16 11 9

Punt Returns JOHNSON,Devonte

Tackles CUNNINGHAM,Neal TULLOCH,Peter BUTLER,Kashawn BLOUNT,Akil

Lg Avg 21 5.4 24 4.6 14 5.2 11 1.7

Sacks 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

In20 2

TFL 2.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 V-H

0-3 0 - 10 0 - 17 0 - 20 7 - 20 7 - 27

TB 0

Rushing HOOKS, Telvin SPELLS, Tevin GERMAN, Michael HOPKINS, Stephe

SEMO 28 21 53-226 134 18-11-0 71-360 0-0 3-9 3-56 1-6 6-42.2 0-0 4-42 31:25 8 of 16 0 of 0 4-4

Southeast Missouri No. Gain Loss 17 104 17 5 49 0 1 5 0 1 2 0

Passing GERMAN, Michael

C-A-I 34-59-1

Receiving SANDERS-MC, Chr GARLINGTON, Wel HOOKS, Telvin HALL, Darion

No. 9 6 5 3

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo

TSU 21 27 24-143 362 59-34-1 83-505 0-0 3-24 3-53 0-0 5-41.4 2-0 6-50 28:35 7 of 18 3 of 3 3-6

No. 5

Net TD 87 0 49 0 5 0 2 1

Lg Avg 42 5.1 30 9.8 5 5.0 2 2.0

Yds TD Long 362 2 24

Yards 104 84 28 26 Yds 207

TD 1 1 0 0

Sack 0

Long 24 23 20 10

Avg Long 41.4 61

In20 2

TB 0

Rushing McFERREN, L. SNYDER, Kyle STEWART, B. WASHINGTON, L.

No. Gain Loss 21 117 2 18 74 7 5 22 0 4 14 0

Passing SNYDER, Kyle

C-A-I 11-18-0

Receiving LLOYD, Peter DAVIS, Spencer DAVIS, Adrian McFERREN, L.

No. 4 3 3 1

Punting KNIGHT, Alex

No. 6

Net TD 115 1 67 1 22 0 14 1

Yds TD Long 134 0 26

Yards 58 53 22 1 Yds 253

TD 0 0 0 0

Avg Long 42.2 48

Punt Returns SAUNDERS, De'An

No. 3

Yards 24

TD 0

Long 25

Punt Returns DAVIS, Spencer

No. 3

Yards 9

TD 0

Long 5

No. 1 1

Yards 14 24

TD 0 0

Long 14 24

Kick Returns DAVIS, Spencer MANNE, Tyler

No. 2 1

Yards 56 0

TD 0 0

Long 35 0

Tackles THRASHER, Nick BRANDON, Javon VINSON, Ronnie WILLIAMS, Van

UA-A 8-8 7-3 3-7 4-2

Qtr 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Time

12:17 08:56 09:04 00:14 03:18 12:00 04:41 02:11

Scoring Play

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TFL 0.5 2.0 1.0 0.0

Tackles DAVIS, Ron JENNINGS, R. HILL, Terrance GARRETT, Roper

UA-A 6-4 7-1 4-4 3-5

Total 10 8 8 8

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

SEMO - McCRUM, Ryan 55 yd field goal, 6-17 2:10 SEMO - SNYDER, Kyle 6 yd run (McCRUM, Ryan kick), 7-59 2:01 SEMO - WASHINGTON, L. 1 yd run (McCRUM, Ryan kick), 9-80 3:12 TSU - HOPKINS, Stephe 2 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-39 1:58 TSU - SANDERS-MC, Chr 10 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-75 3:36 SEMO - McCRUM, Ryan 26 yd field goal, 12-53 6:12 SEMO - McFERREN, L. 7 yd run (COLEMAN, Ron pass from SNYDER, Kyle), 10-57 6:07 TSU - GARLINGTON, Wel 2 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 11-71 2:23

Sack 0

Long 21 26 18 1

Kick Returns HALL, Darion STEVENSON, Mart

Total 16 10 10 6

Lg Avg 17 5.5 13 3.7 9 4.4 5 3.5

In20 3

TFL 0.0 0.0 2.5 1.0 V-H

0-3 0 - 10 0 - 17 7 - 17 14 - 17 14 - 20 14 - 28 21 - 28

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2014 SEASON RECAPS Game 8 • Oct. 18 • Hale Stadium • Nashville, Tenn.

Game 7 • Oct. 11 • Hale Stadium • Nashville, Tenn.

TENNESSEE STATE

JACKSONVILLE ST.

UT MARTIN

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Mike German threw for a career-high 364 yards and scored two touchdowns, but Tennessee State dropped its second-consecutive game to Jacksonville State, 27-20, on Saturday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee State defense held UT Martin to just 210 yards, but the Tigers still fell to the Skyhawks, 21-16, on Saturday at Hale Stadium.

German completed 32-of-50 passes but also had four interceptions as a part of TSU’s six turnover day.

The loss dropped TSU to 4-4 overall, 1-3 in the OVC and marked the first three-game losing streak for the team since a four-game stretch in 2011.

Weldon Garlington was TSU’s leading receiver, setting new career-highs in catches with 11 and yards (179). The senior also hauled in a touchdown in the third quarter.

Quarterback Mike German finished the game 18-of-36 for 341 yards, two touchdowns and one interception and it was his third straight game with over 300 yards passing.

Daniel Fitzpatrick returned to the field after missing the last two games and finished with 10 tackles, an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

Senior receiver Ryan Mitchell caught six passes and set a new-career best with 156 yards and added a touchdown. Nick Thrasher and Ezra Robinson paced the defense with 11 and 10 tackles, respectively.

Senior linebackers Mike West, making his first career start, and Nick Thrasher led TSU with 12 tackles apiece. Quickie Statistics (Final) #8 Jacksonville State vs #25 Tennessee State (Oct 11, 2014 at Nashville, Tenn.) Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances

Jacksonville State Rushing JAMES,DaMarcus JENKINS,Eli POPE,Troymaine JONES,Miles Passing JENKINS,Eli SHORTELL,Max Receiving JONES,Miles GOFFIGAN,Spence BARGE,Josh WILLIAMS,JD Punting MacINNES,Hamish

JSU 27 27 49-213 190 24-15-2 73-403 1-48 0-0 3-68 4-5 5-41.6 2-2 12-101 28:00 3 of 13 0 of 2 4-6

Quickie Statistics (Final) UT Martin vs Tennessee State (Oct 18, 2014 at Hale Stadium)

TSU 20 23 33-43 364 50-32-4 83-407 0-0 2-12 2-63 2-4 3-47.7 2-2 8-83 32:00 8 of 18 1 of 2 3-3

UT Martin

Tennessee State No. Gain Loss 23 97 4 10 54 2 7 47 1 6 38 1 C-A-I 6-12-1 9-12-1 No. 4 3 2 2 No. 5

Net TD 93 2 52 0 46 1 37 0

Lg Avg 14 4.0 17 5.2 19 6.6 12 6.2

Yds TD Long 95 1 48 95 0 23

Yards 22 31 66 40 Yds 208

TD 0 0 0 0

Sack 0 2

Long 8 21 48 23

Avg Long 41.6 49

In20 2

TB 2

Rushing HOOKS, Telvin SPELLS, Tevin TEAM HOPKINS, Stephe

No. Gain Loss 21 59 18 4 6 0 1 6 0 3 2 5

Passing GERMAN, Michael

C-A-I 32-50-4

Receiving GARLINGTON, Wel BATHER, Andrew O'NEAL, Dantwau MITCHELL, Ryan

No. 11 6 5 4

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo

No. 3

Net TD 41 0 6 0 6 0 -3 0

Lg Avg 8 2.0 4 1.5 0 6.0 2 -1.0

Yds TD Long 364 1 37

Yards 179 32 64 45 Yds 143

TD 1 0 0 0

Sack 2

Long 37 9 27 15

Avg Long 47.7 53

In20 0

TB 0

Rushing RAY, Najee DUCKWORTH, Reub TOURE, Abou GARLAND, Trent

TSU 16 15 24-53 314 37-18-1 61-367 0-0 2--1 3-32 0-0 8-36.0 2-1 13-121 25:41 4 of 14 1 of 1 1-1

Tennessee State No. Gain Loss 10 61 1 14 60 1 12 48 0 1 3 0

Passing NEAL, Jarod

C-A-I 11-18-0

Receiving KERRICK, Kyle FAIR, Ladevin WEATHERS, Caylo TANNER, William

No. 2 2 2 1

Punting SATTERFIELD, Ja

UTM 21 16 48-143 67 18-11-0 66-210 0-0 1--1 4-59 1-42 8-38.6 3-0 3-30 34:19 2 of 12 0 of 2 2-3

No. 8

Net TD 60 0 59 1 48 0 3 0

Lg Avg 16 6.0 12 4.2 9 4.0 3 3.0

Yds TD Long 67 1 9

Yards 12 10 10 9 Yds 309

TD 0 0 0 0

Sack 3

Long 9 9 5 9

Avg Long 38.6 57

In20 2

TB 0

Rushing HOOKS, Telvin SMITH, Tom SPELLS, Tevin GERMAN, Michael

No. Gain Loss 11 33 5 6 23 7 4 14 3 3 7 9

Passing GERMAN, Michael BUTLER, Ronald

C-A-I 18-36-1 0-1-0

Receiving MITCHELL, Ryan GARLINGTON, Wel SPELLS, Tevin O'NEAL, Dantwau

No. 6 5 2 1

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo

No. 8

Net TD 28 0 16 0 11 0 -2 0

Yds TD Long 314 2 75 0 0 0

Yards 156 99 21 26 Yds 288

TD 1 1 0 0

Avg Long 36.0 53

No.

Yards

Long

Punt Returns SAUNDERS, De'An

No. 2

Yards 12

TD 0

Long 8

Punt Returns TANNER, William

No. 1

Yards -1

TD 0

Long 0

Punt Returns SAUNDERS, De'An

No. 2

Yards -1

TD 0

Long 1

Kick Returns WILLIAMS,JD

No. 3

Yards 68

TD 0

Long 38

Kick Returns STEVENSON, Mart HALL, Darion

No. 1 1

Yards 18 45

TD 0 0

Long 18 45

Kick Returns MARTIN, Tae RATLIFF, James

No. 3 1

Yards 47 12

TD 0 0

Long 18 12

Kick Returns HALL, Darion SAUNDERS, De'An

No. 2 1

Yards 21 11

TD 0 0

Long 21 11

Tackles WEST, Mike THRASHER, Nick FITZPATRICK, Da BRANDON, Javon

UA-A 8-4 6-6 8-3 5-1

Tackles THRASHER, Nick ROBINSON, Ezra WEST, Mike FITZPATRICK, Da

UA-A 8-3 6-4 4-4 5-2

Qtr 1st 2nd 3rd

Time

10:14 05:10 09:08 09:32 04:44 03:32 02:28 00:00

UA-A 5-7 7-1 4-4 3-4

Total 12 8 8 7

Scoring Play

Sacks 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

TFL 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

TSU - CLARK, Lane 46 yd field goal, 11-48 4:46 JSU - BRUMMEL,Bo 16 yd pass from JENKINS,Eli (ROULEAU,Connor kick blockd), 2-48 0:19 JSU - JAMES,DaMarcus 2 yd run (ROULEAU,Connor kick), 3-61 1:00 JSU - JAMES,DaMarcus 7 yd run (ROULEAU,Connor kick), 10-60 2:51 TSU - CLARK, Lane 20 yd field goal, 13-72 4:48 JSU - POPE,Troymaine 19 yd run (ROULEAU,Connor kick), 5-75 1:12 TSU - GARLINGTON, Wel 15 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 4-38 0:55 TSU - GERMAN, Michael 1 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-11 1:17

Total 12 12 11 6

Sacks 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

TFL 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 V-H

0-3 6-3 13 - 3 20 - 3 20 - 6 27 - 6 27 - 13 27 - 20

Tackles CARLTON, Leon CLEMONS, Marqui DANCE, Nick BARNETT, Devont Qtr 2nd 3rd 4th

Time

11:33 05:59 12:22 01:31 14:17 04:37

UA-A 5-2 5-1 5-1 2-4

Total 7 6 6 6

Scoring Play

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TFL 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

Total 11 10 8 7

UTM - DUCKWORTH, Reub 10 yd run (REDDITT, Jackso kick), 8-70 2:39 TSU - CLARK, Lane 34 yd field goal, 11-58 5:34 UTM - JONES, Keith 42 yd interception return (REDDITT, Jackso kick) UTM - ROGERS, Corey 7 yd pass from NEAL, Jarod (REDDITT, Jackso kick), 2-12 0:41 TSU - GARLINGTON, Wel 26 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 7-74 2:10 TSU - MITCHELL, Ryan 75 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (GERMAN, Michael pass failed), 1-75 0:15

Sack 1 0

Long 75 27 14 26

Punt Returns

Tackles ENDRESS,Ben CARLISLE,Michae JOHNSON,Folo TERRELL,Nigel

Lg Avg 6 2.5 14 2.7 7 2.8 5 -0.7

Sacks 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

In20 3

TB 0

TFL 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 V-H

7-0 7-3 14 - 3 21 - 3 21 - 10 21 - 16

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2014 SEASON RECAPS Game 9• Oct. 25 • O’Brien Field • Charleston, Ill.

Game 10 • Nov. 1 • LP Field • Nashville, Tenn.

TENNESSEE STATE

EASTERN ILLINOIS

TENNESSEE STATE

EASTERN KENTUCKY 56

CHARLESTON, Ill. – The Tennessee State football team dropped its fourth consecutive game, 28-3, at Eastern Illinois on Saturday. The Panthers scored three of their touchdowns in the second half.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee State football surrendered the most points since 2011, falling to Eastern Kentucky on Senior Day, 56-42.

TSU was out gained by EIU 370 to 287 and turned the ball over three times.

Nick Thrasher led the defense with a career-high 17 tackles, but the unit gave up 286 yards on the ground and seven touchdowns.

Darion Hall set a new career high with 10 carries for 67 yards, and helped TSU to 108 rushing yards – its highest total in three weeks.

Mike German keyed the offensive attack, completing 22-of-43 passes for 326 yards and four touchdowns, while also tossing a pair interceptions.

Mike West led the Tiger defense with 10 tackles, but the unit failed to record a takeaway for the second straight week.

Isaiah Freeman was German’s main target, catching seven passes for 98 yards and three touchdowns – all career highs.

The Tigers’ defense kept the Panthers off of the scoreboard during the first quarter, but the TSU offense was unable to put any points, either, totaling 26 yards and one first down.

Freeman’s touchdown in the second quarter was the sophomore’s first of his career. Quickie Statistics (Final) #16 Eastern Kentucky vs Tennessee State (Nov 01, 2014 at Nashville, Tenn.)

Quickie Statistics (Final) Tennessee State vs Eastern Illinois (Oct 25, 2014 at Charleston, Ill.) Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances

Tennessee State Rushing HALL, Darion SMITH, Tom BUTLER, Ronald MITCHELL, Ryan

EIU 28 15 43-294 76 15-8-0 58-370 0-0 1-12 2-50 2-50 8-37.6 1-0 10-82 27:51 4 of 11 0 of 1 0-0

Eastern Kentucky

Eastern Illinois No. Gain Loss 10 67 4 14 38 3 5 20 2 1 2 0

Passing GERMAN, Michael BUTLER, Ronald

C-A-I 16-25-1 3-7-1

Receiving GARLINGTON, Wel FREEMAN, Isaiah MITCHELL, Ryan BATHER, Andrew

No. 5 4 4 2

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo

TSU 3 18 32-107 180 32-19-2 64-287 0-0 3-1 5-136 0-0 6-39.0 2-1 7-46 32:09 3 of 13 1 of 2 0-2

No. 6

Net TD 63 0 35 0 18 0 2 0

Lg Avg 18 6.3 10 2.5 12 3.6 2 2.0

Yds TD Long 149 0 17 31 0 12

Yards 59 39 30 23 Yds 234

TD 0 0 0 0

Sack 0 0

Long 16 13 13 17

Avg Long 39.0 49

Rushing LITTLE, Shepard WHITLOW, Jalen LERA, Jimmy DUNCAN, Taylor Passing WHITLOW, Jalen MANLEY, Andrew Receiving DRAKE, Adam LePAK, Jeff BRAVO-BROWN, S SHEPHERD, Nico

In20 2

TB 1

Punting BRUNO, Nick

No. Gain Loss 12 130 0 12 110 19 7 46 5 9 30 0 C-A-I 8-14-0 0-1-0 No. 4 1 1 1 No. 8

Net TD 130 1 91 1 41 0 30 0

Yds TD Long 76 1 28 0 0 0

Yards 54 17 5 1 Yds 301

TD 1 0 0 0

Avg Long 37.6 54

No. 2 1

Yards 4 -3

TD 0 0

Long 4 0

Punt Returns DRAKE, Adam

No. 1

Yards 12

TD 0

Long 12

Kick Returns HALL, Darion SAUNDERS, De'An

No. 4 1

Yards 124 12

TD 0 0

Long 44 12

Kick Returns GOBER, Keiondre

No. 2

Yards 50

TD 0

Long 27

Tackles THRASHER, Nick WEST, Mike FITZPATRICK, Da BRANDON, Javon

UA-A 9-1 8-2 5-1 5-1

Tackles WICKLIFFE, Jour HAYNES, Robert CHOY, Pono FANTI, Dino

UA-A 5-3 4-2 2-4 4-1

Qtr 2nd 3rd 4th

Time

13:33 11:40 02:35 12:36 04:04

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TFL 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring Play

Total 8 6 6 5

EIU - DRAKE, Adam 28 yd pass from WHITLOW, Jalen (BRUNO, Nick kick), 6-59 2:11 TSU - CLARK, Lane 42 yd field goal, 7-27 3:11 EIU - GOODMAN,Anthony 46 yd interception return (BRUNO, Nick kick) EIU - WHITLOW, Jalen 67 yd run (BRUNO, Nick kick), 4-80 1:17 EIU - LITTLE, Shepard 50 yd run (BRUNO, Nick kick), 10-84 5:41

Sack 1 0

Long 28 17 5 1

Punt Returns SAUNDERS, De'An GARLINGTON, Wel

Total 10 10 6 6

Lg Avg 50 10.8 67 7.6 11 5.9 7 3.3

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Rushing McCLAIN, Jared MOBLEY, D. MONTGOMERY, D. SANDERS, Jared

TFL 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 V-H

0-7 3-7 3 - 14 3 - 21 3 - 28

TB 2

C-A-I 10-18-1

Receiving MOBLEY, D. MADON, Ben MILLER, Taylor GLOVER, Jeff

No. 3 3 2 1 No. 3

Net TD 139 2 139 3 13 0 7 0

Yds TD 70 1

Yards 28 20 11 8 Yds 108

TD 0 0 0 1 Avg 36.0

Lg Avg 36 6.0 33 5.1 10 6.5 7 3.5

Long 29

Sack 2

Long 29 8 6 8 Long 39

In20 2

TB 0

Rushing HALL, Darion MITCHELL, Ryan SMITH, Tom GERMAN, Michael

No. Gain Loss 17 82 1 2 18 1 4 11 0 3 1 0

Passing GERMAN, Michael

C-A-I 22-43-2

Receiving FREEMAN, Isaiah MITCHELL, Ryan SEARS, Je-Marc GARLINGTON, Wel

No. 7 4 3 3

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo TEAM

No. 4 1

Net TD 81 0 17 0 11 0 1 1

Yds TD 326 4

Yards 98 119 46 38 Yds 128 18

TD 3 0 0 0 Avg 32.0 18.0

Long 49

Long 36 18

No. 2

Yards 13

TD 0

Long 11

Punt Returns ATKINS, Markel

No. 1

Yards 0

TD 0

Long 0

Kick Returns MONTGOMERY, D. SANDERS, Jared

No. 2 1

Yards 42 38

TD 0 0

Long 25 38

Kick Returns HALL, Darion HOPKINS, Stephe

No. 5 1

Yards 174 9

TD 1 0

Long 100 9

Tackles THRASHER, Nick FITZPATRICK, Da

UA-A 7-10 3-5

Tackles STANLEY, B. KELLY, Chris Qtr 1st

2nd 3rd

Time

11:21 08:42 06:17 06:01 13:02 04:20 10:45 07:06 04:12 00:49 12:05 05:40 04:51 02:21 01:34

UA-A 11-2 5-2

Total 13 7

Scoring Play

Sacks 0.0 0.0

TFL 0.0 2.0

Total 17 8

Sacks 1.0 0.0

EKU - MOBLEY, D. 3 yd run (LLOYD, Andrew kick), 4-39 1:29 EKU - LLOYD, Andrew 43 yd field goal, 5-18 1:13 EKU - MOBLEY, D. 33 yd run (LLOYD, Andrew kick), 4-42 1:26 TSU - HALL, Darion 100 yd kickoff return (CLARK, Lane kick) TSU - GERMAN, Michael 1 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 14-83 6:27 TSU - FREEMAN, Isaiah 6 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 10-80 4:20 EKU - LLOYD, Andrew 25 yd field goal, 7-27 1:22 EKU - McCLAIN, Jared 36 yd run (LLOYD, Andrew kick), 4-44 1:34 EKU - BORDERS, Devin 33 yd fumble recovery (McCLAIN, Jared rush) TSU - COUSIN, Quindel 5 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-75 3:20 EKU - McCLAIN, Jared 2 yd run (LLOYD, Andrew kick), 9-60 3:40 EKU - GLOVER, Jeff 8 yd pass from McCLAIN, Jared (LLOYD, Andrew kick), 8-37 4:39 TSU - FREEMAN, Isaiah 10 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-62 0:43 EKU - MOBLEY, D. 7 yd run (LLOYD, Andrew kick), 5-25 2:27 TSU - FREEMAN, Isaiah 17 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-64 0:42

Lg Avg 12 4.8 18 8.5 6 2.8 1 0.3 Sack 0

Long 24 49 17 16

Punt Returns ABSANON, S.

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TSU 42 22 27-105 326 43-22-2 70-431 1--12 1-0 7-198 1-0 5-29.2 3-2 14-123 28:22 8 of 14 0 of 0 5-5

Tennessee State No. Gain Loss 23 146 7 27 148 9 2 13 0 2 7 0

Passing McCLAIN, Jared

Punting WRZUSZCZAK, K.

In20 1

EKU 56 23 56-296 70 18-10-1 74-366 1-33 2-13 4-110 2-7 3-36.0 1-1 9-65 31:38 6 of 14 2 of 2 5-6

In20 0 0

TFL 1.5 0.0 V-H

7-0 10 - 0 17 - 0 17 - 7 17 - 14 17 - 21 20 - 21 27 - 21 35 - 21 35 - 28 42 - 28 49 - 28 49 - 35 56 - 35 56 - 42

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2014 SEASON RECAPS Game 12 • Nov. 22 • Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, Ky.

Game 11 • Nov. 8 • Governors Stadium • Clarksville, Tenn.

TENNESSEE STATE

AUSTIN PEAY

MURRAY STATE

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Michael German threw a game-winning touchdown with 34 seconds left, and the Tennessee State football team snapped its five-game losing streak with a, 3127, win over Austin Peay. The Tigers trailed 17-3 at halftime, but German threw four second-half touchdowns to lead the comeback. On the go-ahead scoring drive, German found Ryan Mitchell over the middle to convert a third-and-15 and later hit Isaiah Freeman to make good on a second-and-10. His final throw was caught by Freeman on a five-yard slant to seal the win for Tennessee State (5-6, 2-5 OVC). German finished the game 30-of-46 for a career-high 395 yards – 287 in the second half – in addition to the four scores. Weldon Garlington caught eight of German’s passes for 143 yards and three touchdowns. Quickie Statistics (Final) Tennessee State vs Austin Peay (Nov 08, 2014 at Clarksville, Tenn.) Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances

Tennessee State Rushing HALL, Darion HOPKINS, Stephe BUTLER, Ronald GERMAN, Michael

C-A-I 30-46-0

Receiving GARLINGTON, Wel MITCHELL, Ryan FREEMAN, Isaiah HALL, Darion

No. 8 6 6 3 No.

Net TD 86 0 10 0 9 0 7 0

Lg Avg 19 5.7 6 2.5 8 4.5 4 2.3

Yds TD Long 395 4 58

Yards 143 81 48 35 Yds

TD 3 0 1 0

Sack 0

Long 58 22 13 18

Avg Long

Rushing GERRON, Otis TAYLOR, Trey ROBERSON, Justi FRANKLIN, Julia Passing TAYLOR, Trey BOONE, Darrien Receiving COLEMAN, Rashaa BOYNTON, Malik SALISBURY, Trey THOMAS, Wesley

In20

Punting CAMPBELL, Ben

C-A-I 8-17-0 6-7-0 No. 5 3 2 2 No. 4

Net TD 62 1 49 1 30 0 16 0

Yards 54 7 59 37 Yds 126

TD 1 0 0 0

Avg Long 31.5 44

Yards -2

TD 0

Long 0

Punt Returns

No.

Yards

Long

Yards 42 15

TD 0 0

Long 26 15

Kick Returns BOYNTON, Malik

No. 3

Yards 52

TD 0

Long 29

Tackles THRASHER, Nick WILLIAMS, Van ROBINSON, Ezra BRANDON, Javon

UA-A 4-8 5-6 4-3 2-5

Tackles TURNER, Antonio NOBLE, Adam MITCHELL, Buddy WALL, David

UA-A 11-3 3-9 5-3 4-4

1st 2nd

3rd 4th

Time

06:38 08:28 03:38 00:00 12:53 01:33 11:03 07:16 04:50 00:35

Scoring Play

Total 14 12 8 8

Sack 1 1

Long 21 5 40 34

No. 1

Qtr

Lg Avg 9 3.0 11 3.5 7 4.3 16 16.0

Yds TD Long 104 1 21 85 0 40

No. 2 1

TFL 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0

German’s counterpart, KD Humphries had a fine day, too, totaling 467 yards. However, the TSU defense sacked the Racer quarterback eight times and forced four turnovers. For the first time all year, TSU scored a touchdown on its opening possession. German was 5-of-7 for 72 yards on the drive, including a 14-yardQuickie score to Isaiah Statistics (Final) Freeman. Tennessee State vs Murray St. (Nov 22, 2014 at Murray, Ky.)

Tennessee State No. Gain Loss 21 70 8 14 58 9 7 30 0 1 16 0

Punt Returns BONDS, Terrell

Sacks 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Ryan Mitchell was German’s main beneficiary, catching 10 passes for 231 yards and three touchdowns.

Kick Returns HALL, Darion STEVENSON, Mart

Total 12 11 7 7

Playing in his final collegiate game, German finished the day 28-of-48 for a personal-best 463 yards and six scores including one on the ground. The redshirt senior is tops in school-history with 8,664 career passing yards.

APSU 27 20 46-155 189 25-14-0 71-344 0-0 0-0 3-52 0-0 4-31.5 0-0 8-80 32:55 5 of 14 0 of 3 5-5

Austin Peay No. Gain Loss 15 87 1 4 12 2 2 9 0 3 7 0

Passing GERMAN, Michael

Punting

TSU 31 24 27-111 395 46-30-0 73-506 0-0 1--2 4-58 0-0 0-0.0 4-3 15-167 27:05 9 of 15 2 of 4 2-2

MURRAY, Ky. – Mike German broke the school record for career passing yards and the Tennessee State football team won at Murray State, 48-33, for the first time since 2003.

Sacks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

APSU - GERRON, Otis 8 yd run (VINCIL, Dakota kick), 6-71 2:55 APSU - COLEMAN, Rashaa 10 yd pass from TAYLOR, Trey (VINCIL, Dakota kick), 10-69 5:10 TSU - CLARK, Lane 41 yd field goal, 11-60 4:39 APSU - VINCIL, Dakota 30 yd field goal, 12-52 3:38 TSU - GARLINGTON, Wel 58 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick failed), 5-75 2:07 APSU - VINCIL, Dakota 22 yd field goal, 8-48 3:56 TSU - GARLINGTON, Wel 24 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 13-92 5:25 APSU - TAYLOR, Trey 1 yd run (VINCIL, Dakota kick), 5-36 2:17 TSU - GARLINGTON, Wel 4 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (MITCHELL, Ryan pass from GERMAN, Michael), 11-65 2 TSU - FREEMAN, Isaiah 5 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 11-50 2:11

In20 0

TFL 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 V-H

0-7 0 - 14 3 - 14 3 - 17 9 - 17 9 - 20 16 - 20 16 - 27 24 - 27 31 - 27

TB 1

Rushing SPELLS, Tevin HALL, Darion STEVENSON, Mart GERMAN, Michael

MUR 33 32 42-82 467 52-33-3 94-549 0-0 1-22 2-56 1-0 3-34.3 1-1 11-81 25:20 8 of 17 3 of 4 2-3

Murray St. No. Gain Loss 10 53 6 14 44 3 6 22 7 3 11 0

Passing GERMAN, Michael

C-A-I 28-48-1

Receiving MITCHELL, Ryan FREEMAN, Isaiah GARLINGTON, Wel SPELLS, Tevin

No. 10 5 4 2

Punting HOLDERHEAD, Leo

TSU 48 25 34-114 463 48-28-1 82-577 1-8 2-0 2-48 3-1 6-41.2 1-0 15-149 34:40 11 of 19 0 of 0 5-6

No. 6

Net TD 47 0 41 0 15 0 11 1

Lg Avg 13 4.7 14 2.9 11 2.5 8 3.7

Yds TD Long 463 6 72

Yards 231 73 84 25 Yds 247

TD 3 2 0 0

Rushing HOLLIDAY, Marcu TAYLOR, Nick RICE, Paul TEAM

Sack 0

Long 72 36 55 15

Avg Long 41.2 57

In20 2

TB 2

No. Gain Loss 13 70 0 11 39 4 1 6 0 1 0 0

Passing HUMPHRIES, KD

C-A-I 33-52-3

Receiving DAVIS, Janawski BLACKBURN, Jess HARNESS, Jeremy WALKER, DeQaviu

No. 8 6 5 4

Punting SHIPLEY, Zach

No. 3

Net TD 70 0 35 0 6 0 0 0

Yds TD Long 467 5 37

Yards 101 85 90 49 Yds 103

TD 2 0 0 1

Avg Long 34.3 47

No. 2

Yards 0

TD 0

Long 4

Punt Returns DAVIS, Janawski

No. 1

Yards 22

TD 0

Long 22

Kick Returns HALL, Darion MITCHELL, Ryan

No. 1 1

Yards 35 13

TD 0 0

Long 35 13

Kick Returns HARRIS, Pokey

No. 2

Yards 56

TD 0

Long 28

Qtr 1st 2nd

3rd 4th

Time

10:32 02:56 13:30 11:41 07:52 00:12 13:19 10:26 12:07 07:53 05:58 03:22

UA-A 9-4 5-3

Total 13 8

Scoring Play

Sacks 0.0 3.0

TFL 0.0 3.0

Tackles JACKSON, Jonath WOODS, Bishop

UA-A 6-7 3-7

Total 13 10

Sacks 0.0 0.0

TSU - FREEMAN, Isaiah 14 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 9-75 4:28 TSU - MITCHELL, Ryan 72 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-76 1:48 TSU - FREEMAN, Isaiah 11 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (TEAM rush failed), 5-72 1:59 MUR - GRIFFIN, Nevar 21 yd pass from HUMPHRIES, KD (GREIFENKAMP, Ca kick), 6-75 1:49 TSU - GERMAN, Michael 8 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-62 3:41 TSU - BATHER, Andrew 4 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-18 0:22 MUR - GANDY, Jordon 36 yd pass from HUMPHRIES, KD (GREIFENKAMP, Ca kick failed), 7-75 1:41 TSU - MITCHELL, Ryan 15 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 4-30 1:27 MUR - WALKER, DeQaviu 1 yd pass from HUMPHRIES, KD (GREIFENKAMP, Ca kick blockd), 7-59 1:21 MUR - DAVIS, Janawski 19 yd pass from HUMPHRIES, KD (GREIFENKAMP, Ca kick), 7-81 1:50 TSU - MITCHELL, Ryan 59 yd pass from GERMAN, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 4-0 1:55 MUR - DAVIS, Janawski 22 yd pass from HUMPHRIES, KD (GREIFENKAMP, Ca kick), 11-75 2:36

Sack 8

Long 26 37 30 22

Punt Returns SAUNDERS, De'An

Tackles SAUNDERS, De'An SHIPLEY, Detorr

Lg Avg 21 5.4 13 3.2 6 6.0 0 0.0

In20 0

TB 0

TFL 1.0 1.5 V-H

7-0 14 - 0 20 - 0 20 - 7 27 - 7 34 - 7 34 - 13 41 - 13 41 - 19 41 - 26 48 - 26 48 - 33

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2014 TOTAL TEAM STATS Tennessee State Overall Team Statistics (as of Jun 17, 2015) All games

Team Statistics

TSU

SCORING Points Per Game Points Off Turnovers FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters Tennessee State Opponents

1st

69 47

2nd

99 61

332 27.7 215 246 72 152 22 1561 1845 284 409 3.8 130.1 15 3268 257-475-18 6.9 12.7 272.3 23 4829 884 5.5 402.4 37-829 33-224 16-191 22.4 6.8 11.9 25-12 121-1097 91.4 66-2523 38.2 35.6 65-3420 52.6 35.0 31:08 77/192 40% 12/23 52% 43-245 0 44 9-20 0-0 (35-47) 74% (30-47) 64% (37-41) 90% 66622 6/11104 3rd

67 93

4th

97 73

0 0

Total 332 274

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274 22.8 230 207 96 81 30 1799 2219 420 508 3.5 149.9 19 1840 164-317-16 5.8 11.2 153.3 11 3639 825 4.4 303.2 43-847 14-75 18-292 19.7 5.4 16.2 20-9 89-781 65.1 84-3052 36.3 31.5 54-3143 58.2 35.0 28:52 54/179 30% 5/20 25% 14-89 72 36 8-12 1-1 (26-33) 79% (20-33) 61% (30-34) 88% 40208 5/8042 1/46914

2014 OVC TEAM STATS Tennessee State Overall Team Statistics (as of Jun 22, 2015) Conference games

Team Statistics

TSU

SCORING Points Per Game Points Off Turnovers FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Pe n a l t y RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE C o m p - At t - I n t Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters Tennessee State Opponents

1st

34 47

2nd

47 45

191 23.9 91 167 36 117 14 768 945 177 246 3.1 96.0 4 2517 198-339-12 7.4 12.7 314.6 19 3285 585 5.6 410.6 26-588 17-49 8-55 22.6 2.9 6.9 18-9 81-759 94.9 42-1627 38.7 34.8 39-1927 49.4 33.0 31:13 53/127 42% 8/14 57% 24-142 0 25 6-13 0-0 (20-27) 74% (17-27) 63% (21-22) 95% 26856 4/6714 3rd

47 62

4th

63 73

0 0

Total 191 227

OPP

227 28.4 191 161 78 59 24 1443 1695 252 362 4.0 180.4 16 1309 113-198-8 6.6 11.6 163.6 10 2752 560 4.9 344.0 23-464 9-66 12-139 20.2 7.3 11.6 10-5 59-495 61.9 46-1742 37.9 33.8 42-2467 58.7 35.2 28:47 39/111 35% 5/15 33% 8-47 -20 30 6-10 1-1 (22-27) 81% (18-27) 67% (25-28) 89% 24483 4/6121 0/0

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Tennessee State Team Game-by-Game (as of Jun 17, 2015) All games TEAM STATISTICS Date

Opponent

no.

Aug 30 EDWARD WATERS Sep 06 at Alabama State Sep 13 vs Jackson State Sep 20 TENNESSEE TECH Sep 27 FLORIDA A&M 10-04-14 at Southeast Missouri Oct 11 JACKSONVILLE STATE Oct 18 UT MARTIN Oct 25 at Eastern Illinois Nov 01 EASTERN KENTUCKY Nov 08 at Austin Peay Nov 22 at Murray St. Tennessee State Opponents

50 439 6 38 92 1 46 137 3 45 92 0 29 125 1 24 143 1 33 43 1 24 53 0 32 107 0 27 105 1 27 111 0 34 114 1 409 1561 15 508 1799 19

Games played: 12 Avg per rush: 3.8 Avg per catch: 12.7 Pass efficiency: 120.30 Kick ret avg: 22.4 Punt ret avg: 6.8 All purpose avg/game: 506.1 Total offense avg/gm: 402.4 Date

Opponent

Rushing yds td

Tackles a total

no.

Receiving yds td

tfl-yds

Sacks no-yds

Passing cmp-att-int yds

48 6 71 1 40 6-20-2 71 1 40 13 26 340 2 27 26-61-3 340 2 27 24 14 187 1 45 14-27-1 187 1 45 22 15 113 0 15 15-24-1 113 0 15 24 13 153 0 34 13-28-0 153 0 34 42 34 362 2 24 34-59-1 362 2 24 8 32 364 1 37 32-50-4 364 1 37 14 18 314 2 75 18-37-1 314 2 75 18 19 180 0 17 19-32-2 180 0 17 18 22 326 4 49 22-43-2 326 4 49 19 30 395 4 58 30-46-0 395 4 58 14 28 463 6 72 28-48-1 463 6 72 48 257 3268 23 75 257-475-18 3268 23 75 67 164 1840 11 70 164-317-16 1840 11 70

Fumble ff fr-yds

Kick Returns no. yds td lg

2 5 2 0 2 3 2 3 5 7 4 2 37 43

77 111 29 0 24 53 63 32 136 198 58 48 829 847

Pass Defense blkd int-yds qbh brup kick

0 47 0 34 0 18 0 0 0 19 0 24 0 45 0 21 0 44 1 100 0 26 0 35 1 100 0 39

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Aug 30 Sep 06 Sep 13 Sep 20 Sep 27 10-04-1 Oct 11

Opponent

EDWARD WATERS at Alabama State vs Jackson State TENNESSEE TECH FLORIDA A&M at Southeast Missouri JACKSONVILLE STATE

35 52 54 48 35 38 45

Tackles a total

24 34 16 18 18 40 26

59 86 70 66 53 78 71

tfl-yds

3.0-6 9.0-25 11.0-53 15.0-47 3.0-13 5.0-16 7.0-34

Sacks no-yds

0.0-0 2.0-11 4.0-31 5.0-27 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-11

Fumble ff fr-yds

1 0 2 1 1 1 1

3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-48

Pass Defense blkd int-yds qbh brup kick

2-76 3-40 1-37 1-29 0-0 1-6 4-5

0 9 1 1 1 9 2

5 9 1 5 3 12 1

0 1 0 0 0 1 0

3 57 3 22 5 40 3 15 5 56 3 24 2 12 2 -1 3 1 1 0 1 -2 2 0 33 224 14 75

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

PAT Attempts kick rush rcv saf

Aug 30 EDWARD WATERS 37 16 53 11.0-38 2.0-13 1 3-0 3-38 1 3 1 7-8 Sep 06 at Alabama State 43 46 89 9.0-28 3.0-13 1 0-0 1-0 4 4 0 1-3 Sep 13 vs Jackson State 34 20 54 10.0-40 7.0-33 0 0-0 2-45 2 8 0 5-5 Game-by-Game (as of1 Jun5 17,0 2015) Sep 20 TENNESSEE TECH Tennessee 28 20 State 48 Opponent 8.0-31 6.0-28 1 1-0 2-50 1-1 All games Sep 27 FLORIDA A&M 36 28 64 12.0-51 7.0-44 1 1-12 2-53 1 3 0 3-3 10-04-1 at Southeast Missouri 37 44 81 4.0-9 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 3-3 Oct 11 JACKSONVILLE STATE 49 26 75 7.0-21 OPPONENT 2.0-13 STATISTICS 2 2-0 2-4 1 2 1 2-2 Oct 18 UT MARTIN 47 26 73 7.0-48 3.0-22 2 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 1-1 Oct 25 at Eastern Illinois 46 8 Rushing 54 4.0-17 Receiving 1.0-9 0 0-0 Passing 0-0 1 2 Kick0Returns 0-0 Nov 46 no. 38 yds 84td lg7.0-19 1--12 1-0 Date 01 EASTERN OpponentKENTUCKY no. yds2.0-4 td lg1 cmp-att-int yds td1 lg 2no. 0yds td6-6 lg Nov PeayWATERS 35 3750 3085 0 147.0-295 2.0-150 190 0-0 0 Aug 08 30 at Austin EDWARD 51 5-20-3 0-0 51 05 19 2 8 165 02-332 Nov St. State 59 4822 25581 1 44 12.0-63 8.0-511 701 1-8 3-1 Sep 22 06 at Murray at Alabama 12 189 12-26-1 189 11 70 0 3 144 06-621 Tennessee State 497 344 10 9-8 16-191 3 37-41 Sep 13 vs Jackson State 26 -1841 1 98.0-394 5 17 43.0-245 139 0 24 17-37-2 139 22 0 24 36 5 105 0 39 499 296 795 75.0-259 14.0-89 13 12-85 18-292 29 50 3 Opponents Sep 20 TENNESSEE TECH 25 34 0 13 11 116 0 50 11-28-2 116 0 50 2 13 30-34 0 9 Sep 27 FLORIDA A&M 35 72 1 21 17 152 0 30 17-36-2 152 0 30 4 69 0 33 10-04-14 at Southeast Missouri 53 226 3 17 Punting 11 134 0 26 11-18-0 134 0 Field 26 Goals 3 56 0 35 Date 50+ i20 blkd 0 no. Oct 11 Opponent JACKSONVILLE STATE no. 49yds 213 avg3 19long15 blkd 190 1 tb48 fc 15-24-2 190 1md-att 48 long 3 68 38 Aug 30 EDWARD WATERS 1 48 26 14326.01 16 2611 0 1 0 9 0 11-18-0 0 0 1 1-2 Oct 18 UT MARTIN 67 67 9 423 59 0 0 10 18 Sep 06 at Alabama 8 43313 29439.12 67 49 8 0 1 028 4 8-15-0 0 3 1 0-2 4 Oct 25 at EasternState Illinois 76 76 28 2 0 50 1 0 27 Sep State 8 56305 29638.15 36 4510 0 1 029 3 10-18-1 0 4 1 0-1 6 Nov 13 01 vs Jackson EASTERN KENTUCKY 70 70 29 4 0110 0 0 38 Sep TECH 9 46362 15540.22 16 4914 189 0 1 240 1 14-25-0 0 4 1 1-2 3 Nov 20 08 TENNESSEE at Austin Peay 189 40 326 52 0 0 29 Sep A&M 7 42252 8236.00 21 4233 467 0 5 037 4 33-52-3 0 2 5 2-2 6 Nov 27 22 FLORIDA at Murray St. 467 37 242 56 0 0 28 10-04-1 at Southeast Missouri 5 207 41.4 61 0 0 0 1 2 0-3 0 1 4 Opponents 508 1799 19 67 164 1840 11 70 164-317-16 1840 11 70 43 847 0 39 Oct 11 JACKSONVILLE STATE 3 409143156147.7 0 23 075 257-475-18 1 2 3268 0 23 2-3 5 15 48 53 257 3268 75 3746829 0 1 100 Tennessee State Oct 18 UT MARTIN 8 288 36.0 53 0 0 3 1 3 1-1 34 0 4 Oct 25 played: at Eastern 6 234 39.0 49 0 1 2 0 2 1-2 42 0 2 Games 12 Illinois Nov 5 146 29.2 36 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 7 Avg 01 per EASTERN rush: 3.5 KENTUCKY Nov Austin Peay 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 41 0 6 Avg 08 per at catch: 11.2 Nov at Murray St. 6 247 41.2 57 0 2 2 2 2 0-0 0 0 8 Pass22efficiency: 101.85 Tennessee 66 2523 38.2 61 1 5 20 6 22 9-20 46 2 65 Kick ret avg:State 19.7 84 3052 36.3 66 0 9 12 5 17 8-12 55 0 54 Opponents Punt ret avg: 5.4 All purpose avg/game: 404.4 Total offense avg/gm: 303.2 Date

Punt Returns no. yds td lg

0-1 3-3 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 3-4

45 510 15 432 17 324 14 205 30 278 25 505 8 407 1 367 4 287 0 431 0 506 4 577 45 4829 22 3639

off t/o

0 0 0 69 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 Punt0Returns 0 0 0no. 0yds 0 td 0lg 0 0 1 0 0 0 00 0 4 0 5 0 0 428 0 0 1 0 1 02150 1 1 111 0 0230 11 1 4 0 4 3Kickoffs 9 0 5 yds 0 0avg0 tb 0 575 1 -157.50 02 244 1 1261.00 121 345 2 1357.50 110 106 0 035.30 00 329 1 2254.80 222 142 14 7535.50 220 282 33 22456.41 451 202 50.5 0 126 63.0 0 295 42.1 0 344 57.3 2 430 53.8 4 3420 52.6 12 3143 58.2 17

PAT Attempts kick rush rcv saf

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

tot off

off t/o

18 21 0 21 0 0 24

pts

58 21 35 10 27 21 20 16 3 tot 42 off 31 81 48 444 332 138 274 150 224 360 ob 403 0 210 0 370 1 366 1 344 0 549 0 3639 0 4829 0 0 2 1 0 5 0

pts

6 27 7 7 7 28 27

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2014 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Tennessee State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jun 17, 2015) All games Rushing

SMITH, Tom HALL, Darion HOPKINS, Stephe HOOKS, Telvin SPELLS, Tevin STEVENSON, Mart WHITE, Greg BUTLER, Ronald MITCHELL, Ryan GERMAN, Michael MCGILL, Nate TEAM Total Opponents Passing

GERMAN, Michael BUTLER, Ronald HOLDERHEAD, Leo Total Opponents Receiving

GARLINGTON, Wel MITCHELL, Ryan FREEMAN, Isaiah SANDERS-MC, Chr BATHER, Andrew O'NEAL, Dantwau SEARS, Je-Marc HALL, Darion BOWENS, Joe HOOKS, Telvin SMITH, Tom SPELLS, Tevin DENARD, Archie PARKER, Hakeem HOPKINS, Stephe COUSIN, Quindel WHITE, Greg STEVENSON, Mart Total Opponents

att

gain loss

net avg td

8 86 422 37 385 9 61 299 13 286 11 51 250 28 222 7 66 267 49 218 10 49 217 18 199 12 17 121 9 112 10 11 98 0 98 6 28 98 69 29 11 3 20 1 19 10 25 47 46 1 2 2 0 1 -1 10 10 6 13 -7 12 409 1845 284 1561 12 508 2219 420 1799 gp

10 6 12 12 12 gp

effic comp-att-int

4.5 6 4.7 0 4.4 1 3.3 1 4.1 0 6.6 1 8.9 1 1.0 0 6.3 0 0.0 5 -0.5 0 -0.7 0 3.8 15 3.5 19

pct

lg avg/g

37 19 48 42 30 42 28 16 18 11 0 0 48 67

yds td

125.36 216-397-15 54.4 2846 22 94.26 40-77-3 51.9 420 1 116.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 0 120.30 257-475-18 54.1 3268 23 101.85 164-317-16 51.7 1840 11 no.

yds

12 58 879 11 44 748 12 32 391 9 22 301 10 13 76 11 12 194 12 11 142 9 11 96 12 10 91 7 10 54 8 9 53 10 7 66 9 6 64 4 5 64 11 3 22 6 2 14 10 1 8 12 1 5 12 257 3268 12 164 1840

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avg

15.2 17.0 12.2 13.7 5.8 16.2 12.9 8.7 9.1 5.4 5.9 9.4 10.7 12.8 7.3 7.0 8.0 5.0 12.7 11.2

7 5 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 11

lg avg/g

58 75 40 45 17 34 24 18 26 20 26 15 21 18 8 9 8 5 75 70

73.2 68.0 32.6 33.4 7.6 17.6 11.8 10.7 7.6 7.7 6.6 6.6 7.1 16.0 2.0 2.3 0.8 0.4 272.3 153.3

48.1 31.8 20.2 31.1 19.9 9.3 9.8 4.8 1.7 0.1 -0.5 -0.7 130.1 149.9 lg avg/g

75 45 2 75 70

284.6 70.0 0.2 272.3 153.3

Punt Returns

no.

24 7 1 1 33 14

183 43 0 -2 224 75

Interceptions

no.

yds avg td

Kick Returns

no.

16 10 5 2 1 1 1 1 37 43

455 194 109 33 15 1 13 9 829 847

Fumble Returns

no.

SAUNDERS, De'An GARLINGTON, Wel ATKINS, Markel BONDS, Terrell Total Opponents SAUNDERS, De'An FITZPATRICK, Da BROOKS, Bernell BONDS, Terrell VINSON, Ronnie THRASHER, Nick BRANDON, Javon BASS, Anthony Total Opponents HALL, Darion STEVENSON, Mart SAUNDERS, De'An GARLINGTON, Wel SPELLS, Tevin TERRY, Gabe MITCHELL, Ryan HOPKINS, Stephe Total Opponents WEST, Mike TERRY, Gabe EVANS, Samquan Total Opponents

5 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 16 18

1 1 1 3 3

yds avg td

49 0 11 43 51 10 3 24 191 292

7.6 6.1 0.0 -2.0 6.8 5.4

9.8 0.0 5.5 21.5 25.5 10.0 3.0 24.0 11.9 16.2

1 0 0 0 1 0

45 22 0 0 45 22 lg

1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 4

45 0 11 43 50 10 3 24 50 71

yds avg td

28.4 19.4 21.8 16.5 15.0 1.0 13.0 9.0 22.4 19.7

-12 -12.0 8 8.0 12 12.0 8 2.7 85 28.3

1 100 0 47 0 34 0 18 0 15 0 1 0 13 0 9 1 100 0 39 0 0 1 1 2

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Tennessee State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Jun 17, 2015) All games Tackles ## Defensive Leaders

42 THRASHER, Nick 46 FITZPATRICK, Da 44 WEST, Mike 11 WILLIAMS, Van 3 5 31 93 21 7 90 55 99 8 24 23 53 94 22 20 32 58 41 14 92 4 80 10 52 56 62 89 9 85 36 43 45 76 51 87 33 88 19

SAUNDERS, De'An VINSON, Ronnie SHIPLEY, Detorr EVANS, Samquan ROBINSON, Ezra BRANDON, Javon JACKSON, Dinsda BASS, Anthony EDWARDS, Rodney TERRY, Gabe BROOKS, Bernell BONDS, Terrell NORTH, Justin NESBITT, Roc-M HOLLAND, LaKhal STEVENSON, Mart COLLINS, Chris LEE, Latrelle CLARK, Lane EASTERLY, Danie MORROW, Jason SPELLS, Tevin SEARS, Je-Marc LAW, Ty JUSTICE, Antoni WOODS, Aaron LOVE, Jhaquelle BATHER, Andrew SANDERS-MC, Chr MITCHELL, Ryan DALE, Andrew ATKINS, Markel NICHOLAS, Evere CLAY, Evan WILLIAMS, Chadw RHODES, Mazio HOPKINS, Stephe FREEMAN, Isaiah HALL, Darion Total Opponents

12 9 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 9 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 11 9 12 11 7 12 8 6 10 12 8 12 11 9 10 9 11 10 6 8 6 6 6 11 12 9 12 12

69 39 35 34 32 26 24 23 29 24 15 20 16 15 17 12 8 8 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . 1 2 1 2 1 1 . . 1 1 1 497 499

59 17 19 20 19 22 22 21 13 16 24 16 20 9 6 6 8 4 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 . . 2 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 . . . 344 296

tot

128 56 54 54 51 48 46 44 42 40 39 36 36 24 23 18 16 12 10 9 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 841 795

Sacks tfl/yds

11.5-55 3.0-15 4.0-10 7.0-9 3.0-8 2.5-9 9.0-28 12.5-47 5.5-11 2.0-3 3.5-12 12.5-56 6.0-14 11.0-95 . . 1.0-0 3.0-13 . . . . . . . 0.5-7 . . . . . 0.5-2 . . . . . . . . . . . 98-394 75-259

no-yds

3.5-22 . . . . 0.5-4 5.0-21 7.5-35 2.0-7 . 2.0-10 7.0-35 1.0-3 11.5-95 . . . 3.0-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-245 14-89

Pass defense int-yds brup

1-10 2-0 . . 5-49 2-51 . . . 1-3 . 1-24 . . 2-11 2-43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-191 18-292

3 5 . 2 6 2 2 1 1 . . 3 1 . 6 1 . 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 50

Fumbles qbh

2 . . 1 . . 4 5 1 . 3 5 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 29

rcv-yds

. 1-0 1--12 1-0 . . 1-0 1-12 . 1-0 . . . 1-8 . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . 9-8 12-85

blkd ff

. 2 . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . 2 . 1 . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 13

kick

. . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3

saf

. . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .

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2015 OPPONENTS ALABAMA STATE Hornets

JACKSON STATE Tigers

JACKSONVILLE STATE Gamecocks

Sept. 6, 2015- Nissan Stadium

Sept. 12, 2015- Memphis, Tenn.

Sept. 19, 2015- Jacksonville, Ala.

General Information Location:.............................. Montgomery, Ala. Founded:....................................................... 1867 Enrollment:.................................................. 6,076 Nickname:............................................... Hornets Colors:.....................................Old Gold & Black Stadium:....The New ASU Stadium (26,500) Conference:..................... Southwestern Athletic President:....................... Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd Athletics Director:...................... Melvin Hines

General Information Location:...................................... Jackson, Miss. Founded:....................................................... 1877 Enrollment:.................................................. 9,000 Nickname:...................................................Tigers Colors:.............................................Blue & White Stadium:.... Mississippi Veterans Memorial (60,492) Conference:..................... Southwestern Athletic President:...........................Dr. Carolyn Meyers Athletics Director:............. Dr. Vivian L. Fuller

General Information Location:.................................Jacksonville, Ala. Founded:....................................................... 1883 Enrollment:.................................................. 9,504 Nickname:........................................Gamecocks Colors:..............................................Red & White Stadium:... Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium (24,000) Conference:........................................Ohio Valley President:......................... Dr. John M. Beehler Athletics Director: ........ Greg Seitz (Interim)

Football Information Head Coach:.................................Brian Jenkins Alma Mater:............................... Cincinnati, ‘‘93 School Record:.................................... First Year Overall Record:............................... 46-14, 5 yrs Assistant Coaches:..........Kevin Ramsey - DC ...............................................Mark Orlando - OC .................................... Donald Hill-Eley - QB/TE ...................................................Allen Suber - WR ................................................James Joseph - RB ..........................................DeMarco McNeil - DT ............................................ John Hendrick - SPT ............................................. Prince Pearson - OL .......................................................Ted Dashier - S ............................................. Amp Campbell - CB

Football Information Head Coach:.............................Harold Jackson Alma Mater:......................... Jackson State, ‘68 School Record:...................................... 5-7, 1 yr Overall Record:...........................................Same Assistant Coaches:.............. Alonzo Lee - DC .............................................. Timmy Chang - OC ..............................................Steven Aycock - OL ...................................Antonio Knight - DB/SPT .........................................Maurice Johnson - DL ............................................. Derrick McCall - WR ................................................... Ricky Porter - RB ............................................ Woodrow Lowe - LB

Football Information Head Coach:..................................... John Grass Alma Mater:................. Jacksonville State, ‘90 School Record:....................................10-2, 1 yr Overall Record:...........................................Same Assistant Coaches:................ Todd Bates - DL ......................................David Blackwell - CoDC ....................................................... Trey Clark - OL ..................................................Nick Gentry- OLB ........................................... Brandon Hall - CoDC ....................................................Jimmy Ogle - RB ......................................................J.R. Sandlin - TE ....................................................Larry Smith - QB ............................................ Heath Thomas - SPT ................................................Nick Williams - WR

2014 Record:....................................................7-5 Conference Record/Finish:......5-4/2nd East Starters Returning/Lost:...........................13/9 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............43/24 Media Relations Information Football Contact:....................... Darrell Orand Office Phone:........................... (334) 229-5215 Email:...................................dorand@alasu.edu Fax:.............................................. (334) 262-2971 Press Row Phone:......................................... N/A Website:............www.bamastatesports.com Series Information Overall:.................................................. TSU, 10-2 Last Meeting:.....................9/6/14, ASU 27-21 Last TSU win:.............................. 9/2/00, 39-13 Last ASU win: ............................. 9/6/14, 27-21

2014 Record:....................................................5-7 Conference Record/Finish:... 3-6/T-3rd East Starters Returning/Lost:.........................11/11 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............40/30 Media Relations Information Football Contact:................. Wesley Peterson Office Phone:........................... (601) 979-5899 Email:..............wesley.l.peterson@jsums.edu Fax:.................................................................... N/A Press Row Phone:......................................... N/A Website:.............................www.jsutigers.com Series Information Overall:................................................TSU, 26-20 Last Meeting:......................9/13/14, TSU 35-7 Last TSU win:.............................. 9/13/14, 35-7 Last ASU win: ...........................9/10/11, 35-29

2014 Record:................................................ .10-2 Conference Record/Finish:.................8-0/1st Starters Returning/Lost:...........................19/7 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............44/20 Media Relations Information Football Contact:..............................Greg Seitz Office Phone:........................... (256) 782-5279 Email:.......................................... gseitz@jsu.edu Fax:.............................................. (256) 782-5958 Press Row Phone:....... (256) 782-5585/5586 Website:.... www.JSUGamecockSports.com Series Information Overall:..................................................... JSU, 2-8 Last Meeting:................. 10/11/14, JSU 27-20 Last TSU win:......................... 10/12/13, 31-15 Last JSU win: ......................... 10/11/14, 27-20

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2015 OPPONENTS FLORIDA A&M Rattlers

UT MARTIN Skyhawks

EASTERN ILLINOIS Panthers

Sept. 26, 2015 - Tallahassee, Fla.

Oct. 10, 2015- Martin, Tenn.

Oct. 17, 2015 - Nissan Stadium

General Information Location:........................................ Martin, Tenn. Founded:....................................................... 1900 Enrollment:.....................................................7,42 Nickname:........................................... Skyhawks Colors:.............................. Navy Blue & Orange Stadium:.........Hardy M. Graham Satdium (7,500) Conference:........................................Ohio Valley Chancellor:............................Dr. Robert Smith Athletics Director: ......................... Julio Freire

General Information Location:......................................Charleston, Ill. Founded:....................................................... 1895 Enrollment:.................................................. 8,913 Nickname:............................................. Panthers Colors:................................. Blue, Grey & White Stadium:....................... O’Brien Field (10,000) Conference:......................................Ohio Valley President:................... Dr. David M. Glassman Athletics Director:.......................Tom Michael

Football Information Head Coach:............................. Jason Simpson Alma Mater:........... Southern Mississippi, ‘95 School Record:............................... 58-45, 9 yrs Overall Record:...........................................Same Assistant Coaches:..Jordan Hankins - LB/SPT ......................................................... Jeff Byrd - DC .....................................................John Bond - OC .................................DeMarcus Covington - DL ............................................... Kevin Bannon - OL ............................................... Justin Rascati - WR ................................................ Julius McNair - DB ...................................................... Ben Luther - TE .................................................. James Guest - RB 2014 Record:....................................................3-9 .......................................Jay Gregory - Def. Asst. Conference Record/Finish:.............3-5/T-7th Starters Returning/Lost:...........................18/8 2014 Record:....................................................6-6 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............58/24 Conference Record/Finish:.............5-3/T-3rd Starters Returning/Lost:.........................10/12 Media Relations Information Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............61/26 Football Contact:...................Alvin Hollins, Jr. Office Phone:........................... (850) 599-3736 Media Relations Information Email:................alvinhollins833@yahoo.com Football Contact:...........................Alex Boggis Fax:.................................................................... N/A Office Phone:........................... (731) 881-7694 Press Row Phone:......................................... N/A Email:................................DABoggis@utm.edu Website:.................. www.famuathletics.com Fax:.............................................. (731) 881-7624 Press Row Phone:................... (731) 881-7694 Series Information Website:....................... www.UTMSports.com Overall:................................................TSU, 28-25 Last Meeting:......................9/27/14, TSU 27-7 Series Information Last TSU win:.............................. 9/27/14, 27-7 Overall:.................................................. TSU, 15-9 Last FAMU win: ........................9/26/09, 31-12 Last Meeting:............... 10/18/14, UTM 21-16 Last TSU win:......................... 10/19/13, 29-15 Last UTM win: ....................... 10/18/14, 21-16

Football Information Head Coach:............................... Kim Dameron Alma Mater:...................................Arkansas, ‘83 School Record:...................................... 5-7, 1 yr Overall Record:...........................................Same Assistant Coaches:...........Greg Stevens - OC .......................................... Kane Wommack - DC ................................................. Mark Hutson - OL .......................................... Tony Gilbert- DB/SPT .................................................... Danny Nutt - RB ...................................................Micah Smith - TE ..................................................... T.D. Woods- WR ................................ Dennis “Dirt” Winston - DL .............................................Michael Hidges - LB .................................................. James Truxillo - S

General Information Location:...................................Tallahassee, Fla. Founded:....................................................... 1887 Enrollment:................................................10,750 Nickname:................................................Rattlers Colors:......................................Orange & Green Conference:.........................Mid-Eastern Athletic Stadium:.................Bragg Memorial (25,500) President:..........................Dr. Elmira Mangum Athletics Director:..Earl D. Robinson (Interim) Football Information Head Coach:......................................Alex Wood Alma Mater:........................................... Iowa, 79 School Record:.................................... First Year Overall Record:............................... 25-24, 5 yrs Assistant Coaches:......... Martin Spieler - OC ................................................. Theo Lemon - DC .............................. Donald “DJ” McCarthy - WR ........................................ Dennis Smith - TE/SPT .....................................................Edwin Pata - OL ................................................... Michael Vite - LB ........................................ Richard Solomon - DB ...................................................Steven Jerry - RB

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2014 Record:....................................................5-7 Conference Record/Finish:.............5-3/T-3rd Starters Returning/Lost:.........................16/11 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............33/20 Media Relations Information Football Contact:............................Rich Moser Office Phone:........................... (217) 581-7480 Email:...................................... rlmoser@eiu.edu Fax:.............................................. (217) 581-6434 Press Row Phone:................... (217) 581-7770 Website:..................... www.EIUpanthers.com Series Information Overall:....................................................EIU, 7-11 Last Meeting:.................... 10/25/14, EIU 28-3 Last TSU win:............................11/5/11, 18-17 Last EIU win: .............................10/25/14, 28-3

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2015 OPPONENTS EASTERN KENTUCKY Colonels

AUSTIN PEAY Governors

MURRAY STATE Racers

Oct. 24, 2015- Richmond, Ky.

Oct. 31, 2015- Hale Stadium

Nov. 7, 2015 - Hale Stadium

General Information Location:......................................Richmond, Ky. Founded:....................................................... 1906 Enrollment:................................................16,111 Nickname:..............................................Colonels Colors:......................................Maroon & White Stadium:..................Roy Kidd Stadium (20,000) Conference:........................................Ohio Valley President:......................Dr. Michael T. Benson Athletics Director: ..........Steve Lochmueller

General Information Location:.....................................Clarksville, Ala. Founded:....................................................... 1927 Enrollment:................................................10,597 Nickname:.......................................... Governors Colors:..............................................Red & White Stadium:.................Governors Stadium (7,000) Conference:........................................Ohio Valley President:..........................................Alisa White Athletics Director: ...... Cheryl Holt (Interim)

General Information Location:............................................ Murray, Ky. Founded:....................................................... 1922 Enrollment:................................................11,207 Nickname:.................................................. Racers Colors:............................................. Navy & Gold Stadium:.......... Roy Stewart Stadium (16,800) Conference:........................................Ohio Valley President:........................ Dr. Robert O. Davies Athletics Director: ......................... Allen Ward

Football Information Head Coach:.................................... Dean Hood Alma Mater:.......................Ohio Wesleyan, ‘86 School Record:............................... 49-33, 7 yrs Overall Record:...........................................Same Assistant Coaches:......... Dane Damron - OC .................................................. Garry Fisher - ILB .......................................Ben Hodges - SPT/OLB ................................................ Jake Johnson - DL ......................................................Brian Landis - S ...................................................John Revere - RB .................................................Dwight Sutton - S ...........................................Charlie Skalaski - WR .......................................................Walt Wells - OL

Football Information Head Coach:................................Kirby Cannon Alma Mater:........................ Missouri State, ‘81 School Record:..................................1-11, 2 yrs Overall Record:.......................... 36-109, 13 yrs Assistant Coaches:.......... Josh Richards - OC ..................................................Leron Eaddy - DB ..................................Marcus Gildersleeve - WR ...................................................... James Hite - TE ........................................... Brandon Jordan - DL ..............................................Jason Palermo - OL .......................................................J.D. Sellers - RB .................................................Kyran Weaver - LB

Football Information Head Coach:............................... Mitch Stewart Alma Mater:................................... Valdosta, ‘05 School Record:.................................... First Year Overall Record:...........................................Same Assistant Coaches:............. Chris Boone - DC ................................................Santos Carillo - DL .............................................. Gordon Steele - OL ..........................................Casey Brockman - QB ............................................Shawn Dawkins - RB ..................................Brandon Cooper - LB/SPT .................................................... Eddie Hicks - CB

2014 Record:....................................................9-4 Conference Record/Finish:............... 6-2/2nd Starters Returning/Lost:.........................11/11 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............45/17 Media Relations Information Football Contact:........................ Kevin Britton Office Phone:........................... (859) 622-2006 Email:...........................kevin.britton@eku.edu Fax:.................................................................... N/A Press Row Phone:................... (859) 622-2226 Website:.........................www.EKUSports.com Series Information Overall:...................................................EKU 4-22 Last Meeting:...................11/1/14, EKU 56-42 Last TSU win:............................10/6/12, 23-20 Last EKU win: ...........................11/1/14, 56-42

2014 Record:................................................ .1-11 Conference Record/Finish:................ 0-8/9th Starters Returning/Lost:...........................16/8 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............40/27 Media Relations Information Football Contact:........................ Colby Wilson Office Phone:........................... (931) 221-6562 Email:................................. wilsonrc@apsu.edu Fax:.............................................. (931) 221-7562 Press Row Phone:................... (931) 221-7191 Website:...................... www.LetsGoPeay.com Series Information Overall:.................................................. TSU, 11-6 Last Meeting:................... 11/8/14, TSU 31-27 Last TSU win:............................11/8/14, 31-27 Last APSU win: ........................10/1/11, 37-34

2014 Record:....................................................3-9 Conference Record/Finish:.............1-7/T-8th Starters Returning/Lost:.........................16/10 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............56/28 Media Relations Information Football Contact:...................... Parker Griffith Office Phone:........................... (270) 809-3351 Email:.................pgriffith2@murraystate.edu Fax:.............................................. (270) 809-6814 Press Row Phone:................... (270) 809-6811 Website:...........................www.GoRacers.com Series Information Overall:................................................TSU, 13-13 Last Meeting:.................11/22/14, TSU 48-33 Last TSU win:......................... 11/22/14, 48-33 Last MSU win: ..........................11/3/12, 49-28

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2015 OPPONENTS TENNESSEE TECH Golden Eagles Nov. 21, 2015- Cookeville, Tenn.

General Information Location:.................................Cookeville, Tenn. Founded:....................................................... 1915 Enrollment:................................................11,385 Nickname:.................................. Golden Eagles Colors:.......................................... Purple & Gold Stadium:..................Tucker Stadium (16,500) Conference:.........................................Ohio Valley President:.............................Dr. Philip Oldham Athletics Director:........................Mark Wilson Football Information Head Coach:..............................Watson Brown Alma Mater:.................................Vanderbilt â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;73 School Record:............................... 38-53, 8 yrs Overall Record:....................132-204-1, 29 yrs Assistant Coaches:..........Steven Brown - OC ..........................................Donn Landholm - DC ...................................Dewayne Alexander - OL ........................................... Sam Williamson - DL ..............................................Pat Donohoe - OLB ...................................................Matt Forrest - RB .......................................... Taylor Hennigan - CB ................................................Justin Matheny - S ..................................................Price Patrick - WR ...............................................Sidney Powell - DB 2013 Record:....................................................5-7 Conference Record/Finish:................ 2-6/6th Starters Returning/Lost:.........................31/10 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............49/17 Media Relations Information Football Contact:.......................Rob Schabert Office Phone:........................... (931) 327-3088 Email:........................... rschabert@tntech.edu Fax:.................................................................... N/A Press Row Phone:....... (931) 372-6030/6031 Website:........................... www.ttusports.com Series Information Overall:................................................TSU, 16-10 Last Meeting:................... 9/21/13, TSU 41-21 Last TSU win:............................9/21/13, 41-21 Last TTU win: ......................... 10/23/10, 21-10

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RECORDS - PASSING

Single Game Passing Yards 1. 491, Leon Murray at Murray State (11/14/98)

2. 484, Gilbert Renfroe vs. District of Columbia (11/5/83) 3. 467, James Wade at Southeast Missouri (10/19/91) 4. 463, Michael German at Murray State (11/22/14) 5. 451, Kenton Evans at Murray State (11/11/00) 6. 445, Leon Murray at Middle Tennessee State (9/5/98) 7. 435, Riley Walker vs. Eastern Illinois (11/2/02) 8. 417, Shannon Harris at Eastern Illinois (10/27/01) 9. 413, Chris Perkins at Southeast Missouri (11/20/99) 10. 412, Joe Adams vs. Alabama State (10/18/80)

Single Season Passing Yards

Single Season Touchdowns

1. 30, Joe Adams, 1980 T2. 26, Shannon Harris, 2001 T2. 26, Joe Adams, 1979 T4. 25, Kenneth Pettiford, 1973 T4. 25, Joe Gilliam, Jr., 1971 T4. 25, Eldridge Dickey, 1966 7. 24, Kenneth Biggles, 1984 T8. 22, Leon Murray, 1998 T8. 22, Brian Ransom, 1981 T8. 22, Kenneth Pettiford, 1972 T8. 22, Michael German, 2014

Career Passing Touchdowns

1. 3,182, Brian Ransom, 1981

1. 75, Joe Adams, 1977-80

2. 3,008, Shannon Harris, 2001

2. 67, Eldridge Dickey, 1964-67

3. 3,002, Leon Murray, 1998

3. 65, Michael German, 2011-14

4. 2,848, Joe Adams, 2,848

4. 57, Kenneth Biggles, 1982-84

5. 2,846, Michael German, 2014

5. 56, Leon Murray, 1997-99

6. 2,751, Michael German, 2012

6. 50, Joe Gilliam Jr., 1969-71

7. 2,742, Antonio Heffner, 2008

7. 41, James Wade, 1989-92

8. 2,653, Joe Adams, 1980

8. 34, Antonio Heffner, 2006-08

9. 2,541, James Wade, 1992

9. 33, Daryl Williams, 1993-95

10. 2,492, Gilbert Renfroe, 1985

10. 32, Bryson Rosser, 2001-05

Career Passing Yards

In Brian Ransomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1981 season, he set the school record for yards (3,182), completions (221) and completions in a game (36, at UT-Chattnooga).

Single Game Completions

1. 8,664, Michael German, 2011-2014

1. 36, Brian Ransom at UT-Chattanooga (11/14/81)

2. 8,653, Joe Adams, 1977-80

T2. 34, Chris Perkins at Southeast Missouri (11/20/99)

3. 7,207, Leon Murray, 1997-99

T2. 34, Michael German at Southeast Mo. (10/4/14)

4. 6,613, James Wade, 1989-92

T4. 32, James Wade at Southeast Missouri (10/19/91)

5. 6,523, Eldridge Dickey, 1964-67

T4. 32, Michael German vs Jacksonville State (10/11/14)

6. 5,993, Kenneth Biggles, 1981-84

T6. 30, Leon Murray at Middle Tennessee State (9/5/98)

7. 5,556, Gilbert Renfroe, 1982-85

T6. 30, Michael German at Austin Peay (11/8/14)

8. 5,393, Antonio Heffner, 2006-08

8. 29, Shannon Harris at Eastern Illinois (10/27/01)

9. 5,213, Joe Gilliam, Jr., 1969-71

T9. 28, Michael German at UT Martin (11/17/12)

10. 4,785, Daryl Williams, 1993-95

T9 28, Leon Murray vs. Murray State (11/14//98)

Joe Adams is TSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leader in career passing touchdowns (75) and second in career passing yards (8,653) and career completions (604).

T9. 28, Todd Valentine at Tennessee Tech (11/9/96)

Single Game Touchdowns 1. 7, Shannon Harris vs. Jackson State (11/22/01) T2. 6, Michael German at Murray State (11/22/14)

T9. 28, Michael German at Murray State (11/22/14)

Single Season Completions

T2. 6, Kenneth Biggles vs. Miss. Valley State (11/13/82)

1. 221, Brian Ransom, 1981

T4. 5, Shannon Harris at Eastern Illinois (10/27/01)

2. 216, Michael German, 2014

T4. 5, Leon Murray at UT Martin (10/16/99)

3. 215, Michael German, 2012

T4. 5, Leon Murray vs. Alabama A&M (10/3/98)

4. 211, Shannon Harris, 2001

T4. 5, Stacy Grear at Morgan State (1986)

5. 200, Joe Adams, 1980

T8. 4, Antonio Heffner vs. Eastern Illinois (11/8/08)

6. 188, Gilbert Renfroe, 1985

T8. 4, Kenton Evans vs. Southeast Missouri (11/18/00)

7. 183, Leon Murray, 1998

T8. 4, Kenton Evans at Murray State (11/11/00)

8. 178, Joe Adams, 1979

T8. 4, Kenton Evans vs. Jackson State (9/16/00)

9. 163, James Wade, 1992

T8. 4, Michael German vs Eastern Kentucky (11/1/14)

10. 160, Todd Valentine, 1996

T8. 4, Michael German at Austin Peay (11/8/14)

Leon Murray is the only Tiger to throw for over 400 yards more than once. He tossed a school record 491 yards against Murray State on November 14th, 1998.

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Single Season Interceptions

1. 655, Michael German, 2011-2014

1. 22, Eldridge Dickey, 1965

2. 604, Joe Adams, 1977-80

2. 21, Joe Adams, 1980

3. 460, Leon Murray, 1997-99

3. 20, Kenneth Pettiford, 1972

4. 430, Eldridge Dickey, 1964-67

4. 19, Kenneth Pettiford, 1973

5. 420, James Wade, 1989-92

T5. 18, Brian Ransom, 1981

6. 408, Kenneth Biggles, 1981-84

T5. 18, Eldridge Dickey, 1966

7. 393, Daryl Williams, 1993-95

T7. 17, Joe Adams, 1979

8. 370 Gilbert Renfroe, 1982-85

T7. 17, Austin Thompson, 1976

9. 354, Antonio Heffner, 2006-08

T9. 16, Chauncey Hines, 1989

10. 320, Joe Gilliam, Jr., 1968-71

T9. 16, Joe Adams, 1978

Single Game Attempts 1. 61, Michael German at Alabama State (9/6/14)

In 1985, Gilbert Renfroe attempted the second-most 2. 59, Michael German at Southeast Mo. (10/4/14) passes in TSU history (395). He also sits at sixth on the 3. 55, Brian Ransom at UT-Chattanooga (11/14/81) single season completions list (188). 4. 54, Leon Murray vs. Murray State (11/14//98) 5. 51, Chris Perkins at Southeast Missouri (11/20/99) 6. 50, Michael German vs. Jacksonville State (10/11/14) 7. 49, Leon Murray at Middle Tennessee State (9/5/98) T8. 48, Shannon Harris at Eastern Kentucky (11/17/01) T8. 48, Michael German at Murray State (11/22/14) 10. 47, James Wade at Southeast Missouri (10/19/91)

Single Season Attempts 1. 397, Michael German, 2014 2. 395, Gilbert Renfroe, 1985 3. 382, Shannon Harris, 2001

T9. 16, Lonnie Stewart, 1974

Career Interceptions 1. 66, Joe Adams, 1977-80 2. 59, Eldridge Dickey, 1964-67 3. 40, Ken Pettiford, 1970-73 4. 37, Daryl Williams, 1993-95 5. 35, James Wade, 1990-92 6. 33, Joe Gilliam, Jr., 1968-71 T7. 32, Antonio Heffner 2006-08 T7. 32, Austin Thompson, 1975-76 T7. 32, Michael German, 2011-14 10. 30, Kenneth Biggles, 1982-84

Single Season Completion Percentage

4. 374, Brian Ransom, 1981

1. 60.9%, Kenneth Biggles, 1984

5. 358, Michael German, 2012

2. 60.3%, Leon Murray, 1999

6. 353, Leon Murray, 1998

T3. 60%, Joe Adams, 1980

7. 343, Joe Adams, 1979

T3. 60%, Michael German, 2012

Eldridge Dickey became the first African-American 8. 333, Joe Adams, 1980 quarterback to ever get drafted. The Oakland Raiders 9. 316, Todd Valentine, 1996 used their first round pick on Dickey in 1968. 10. 308, James Wade, 1992

T3. 60%, Michael German, 2013 6. 59.8, Antonio Heffner, 2008 7. 59.1%, Brian Ransom, 1981 8. 58.7%, Ronald Butler, 2013

Career Attempts

9. 57.4%, Daryl Williams, 1993 10. 57.3%, Richard Hartman, 2005

1. 1,145, Michael German, 2011-14 2. 1,100, Joe Adams, 1977-80 3. 841, Leon Murray, 1997-99 4. 805, Eldridge Dickey, 1964-67 5. 714, Ken Biggles, 1982-84

1. 99, Riley Walker to Fred Burnette, at Jacksonville State (10/6/04, TD)

6. 682, Joe Gilliam, Jr., 1969-71

2. 93, Joe Gilliam, Jr. to Joe Sweet vs. Bishop (11/22/69, TD)

7. 619, Antonio Heffner, 2006-08

3. 89, Jeremy Perry to Calvin McNairl at Eastern Kentucky (10/22/11, TD)

8. 522, Shannon Harris, 2000-01 9. 521, Ken Pettiford, 1970-73

4. 88, Joe Gilliam to David Davis vs. Grambling (10/10/70, TD)

10. 452, Bryson Rosser, 2001-05

5. 85, Leon Murray to Corey Sullivan vs. Florida A&M (9/26/98, TD)

Single Game Interceptions

A four-year starter, Michael German finished his career as TSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leader in passing yards (8,664), attempts 1. 5, Eldridge Dickey vs. Florida A&M (10/22/66) (397) and completions (655). 2. 4, Michael German vs. Jacksonville State (10/11/14) 3. 3, Six Tied

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Longest Passing Play

7. 82, Riley Walker to Carlos Wright, UT Martin (9/27/03) 8. 80, James Wade to Patrick Robinson vs. Tennessee Tech (11/9/91, TD) T9. 77, Michael German to Travis James vs. UT Martin (11/12/11, TD) T9. 77, Julius Hall to C.J. Johnson at Tennessee Tech (11/2/00)

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RECORDS - RUSHING

Single Game Rushing Yards 1. 285, Charles Anthony vs. Samford (10/23/04) 2. 267, Trabis Ward at Southeast Missouri (10/13/12) 3. 248, Charles Anthony vs. Southeast Mo. (11/6/04) T4. 233, Preston Brown vs. Florida A&M (9/25/10) T4. 233, Darron Davis at Austin Peay (10/16/93) 6. 230, Lee Derrick vs. Bluefield State (11/25/54) 7. 229, Javarris Williams vs. Florida A&M (9/30/06) 8. 218, Preston Brown vs. Jackson State (9/11/10) 9. 213, Amariah Robb (11/10/99) 10. 203, Charles Middlebrooks (11/5/77)

Single Season Rushing Yards

T8. 11, Trabis Ward, 2011 T8. 11, Javarris Williams, 2006 T8. 11, Larry Kinnebrew, 1982 T8. 11, Alfred Reese, 1972

Career Rushing Touchdowns 1. 42, Javarris Williams, 2005-08 2. 41, Charles Anthony, 2001-04 3. 29, Trabis Ward, 2009-12 4. 28, Fay Mitchell, 1955-57 5. 25, Darron Davis, 1991-94 6. 24, Alfred Reese, 1970-72 7. 24, Larry Kinnebrew, 1978-82 8. 22, Henry Arnold, 1959-61

1. 1,739, Charles Anthony 2004

9. 17, Dante Thomas, 2008-11

2. 1,708, Charles Anthony, 2003

10. 17, Marlon Johnson, 1982-85

3. 1,422, Trabis Ward, 2012 4. 1,233, Javarris Williams 2006

Single Game Attempts

Charles Anthony rushed for a school record 5,057 yards from 2001-2004. He also set the record for most yards in a game with 285 vs. Samford (10/23/04)

5. 1,187, Javarris Williams, 2007 6. 1,146, Tim Broughton, 2013

1. 43, Trabis Ward at Southeast Missouri (10/13/12)

7. 1,101, Darron Davis, 1994

T2. 38, Charles Anthony at Murray State (11/22/03)

8. 1,037 Javarris Williams, 2008

T2. 38, Darron Davis vs. Austin Peay (10/16/93)

9. 978, Trabis Ward, 2011

4. 37, Trabis Ward at Murray State (11/3/12)

10. 882, Charles Anthony, 2002

5. 35, Javarris Williams vs. Samford (10/28/06)

Career Rushing Yards 1. 5,057, Charles Anthony, 2001-04 2. 4,329, Javarris Williams, 2005-08 3. 2,844, Darron Davis, 1991-94 4. 2,582, Trabis Ward, 2009-12 5. 2,149, Dante Thomas, 2008-11 6. 1,973, Eugene Bowen, 1963-66 7. 1,793, Eugene Bowens, 1963-66 8. 1,673, Larry Kinnebrew, 1978-82 9. 1,655, Nathaniel Simpson, 1973-76 10. 1,641, Lee Derricks, 1953-55

Single Game Touchdowns 1. 5, Charles Thomas vs. Central State (11/20/71) T2. 4, Tom Smith vs. Edward Waters (8/30/14) T2. 4, Trabis Ward at Southeast Missouri (10/13/12) T2. 4, Javarris Williams vs. Tennessee Martin (11/17/07) T4. 3, Trabis Ward vs. Jackson State (9/8/12)

T6. 33, Preston Brown vs. Jackson State (9/11/10) T6. 33, Javarris Williams vs. Florida A&M (9/30/06) 8. 31, Javarris Williams at Tennessee Tech (10/13/05) T9. 30, Javarris Williams vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) T9. 30, Javarris Williams at Southeast Missouri (10/11/08)

Single Season Attempts 1. 322, Charles Anthony, 2003 2. 309, Trabis Ward, 2012 3. 306, Charles Anthony, 2004 4. 245, Javarris Williams, 2006 5. 237, Tim Broughton, 2013

Nobody has more rushing touchdowns in TSU history than Javarris Williams. Over his four year career, Williams found the endzone 42 times.

6. 234, Darron Davis, 1994 7. 207, Javarris Williams, 2008 8. 202, Javarris Williams, 2005 9. 195, Javarris Williams, 2007 10. 193, Trabis Ward, 2011

Career Rushing Attempts

T4. 3, Javarris Williams vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) T4. 3, Javarris Williams vs. Murray State (11/3/07)

1. 910, Charles Anthony, 2001-04

T4. 3, Antonio Heffner vs. Samford (10/28/06)

2. 849, Javarris Williams, 2005-08

T4. 3, Javarris Williams vs. Jackson State (9/16/06)

3. 600, Darron Davis, 1991-94

Single Season Touchdowns 1. 17, Fay Mitchell, 1956 2. 16, Javarris Williams, 2008 3. 15, Trabis Ward, 2012 4. 14, Charles Anthony, 2004 5. 13, Charles Anthony, 2003

4. 564, Trabis Ward, 2009-12 5. 466, Dante Thomas, 2008-11 6. 297, Steve Griffin, 1983-86 7. 294, Melvin Waters, 1987-90 8. 289, Antonio Heffner, 2006-08 9. 287, Telvin Hooks, 2012-Present 10. 285, Preston Brown, 2008-10

At Southeast Missouri State on Oct. 13th, 2012, Trabis Ward ran for 267 yards and four touchdowns while carrying the ball a school record 43 times.

T6. 12, Donnell Brantley, 1999 T6. 12, Javarris Williams, 2007

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RECORDS - RECEIVING Single Game Receiving Yards

Golden Tate had the most prolific season by any receiver in TSU history in 1983, tallying 1,307 yards. That campaign put him third in career yards (3,100).

Single Season Receptions

1. 249, Tyrone Butterfield at Murray State, (11/14/98)

T1. 72, Tyrone Butterfield, 1998

2. 245, C.J. Johnson, vs. Eastern Illinois, (11/2/02)

T1. 72, Juan Hall, 1996

3. 242, Golden Tate at Florida A&M, (9/24/83)

3. 66, Corey Sullivan, 1999

4. 240, Tyrone Butterfield at Southeast Mo. (11/22/97)

4. 65, Lawrence Segree, 1993

T5. 231, C.J. Johnson at Tennessee Tech (11/2/00)

5. 63, Golden Tate, 1983

T5. 231, Ryan Mitchell at Murray State (11/22/14)

6. 62, Corey Sullivan, 1999

7. 213, Corey Sullivan vs. Florida A&M (9/26/98)

T7. 59, Tyrone Butterfield, 1997

8. 206, Golden Tate at Southern (10/29/83)

T7. 59, Barry Collins, 1984

9. 204, C.J. Johnson, Eastern Kentucky (11/15/03)

9. 58, Weldon Garlington, 2014

10. 202, Frank Pillow vs. Central State (10/3/87)

10. 57, C.J. Johnson, 2003

Single Season Receiving Yards

Career Receptions

1. 1,307, Golden Tate, 1983

1. 197, Mike Jones, 1979-82

2. 1,129, Tyrone Butterfield, 1998

2. 194, C.J. Johnson, 2000-03

3. 1,106, C. J. Johnson, 2003

3. 162, Golden Tate, 1980-83

4. 1,053, Tyrone Butterfield, 1997

4. 160, Lawrence Segree, 1992-95

5. 1,034, C.J. Johnson, 2002

5. 145, Corey Sullivan, 1996-99

6. 1,021, Juan Hall, 1996

6. 140, Patrick Robinson, 1989-92

7. 979, Mike Jones, 1982

7. 131, Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98

8. 934, Mike Jones, 1980

8. 127, Chris Johnson, 2004-08

9. 923, Corey Sullivan, 1998

9. 119, Travis James, 2009-12

10. 910, C.J. Johnson, 2001

10. 113, Ron Jackson, 2000-03

Career Receiving Yards

Single Game Touchdowns

1. 3,903, C.J. Johnson, 2000-03

T1. 4, Golden Tate vs. North Carolina A&T (11/19/83)

2. 3,571, Mike Jones, 1979-82

T1. 4, Mike Jones vs. Mississippi Valley State (11/13/82)

3. 3,100, Golden Tate, 1980-83

T1. 4, Mike Jones vs. North Carolina A&T (11/15/80)

4. 2,487, Corey Sullivan, 1996-99 5. 2,439, Patrick Robinson, 1989-92 6. 2,182, Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98

Tyrone Butterfield finished sixth all-time with 2,182 yards and seventh with 131 receptions. He also set a school record with 249 yards at Murray State .

Single Season Touchdowns

7. 2,155, Chris Johnson, 2004-08

1. 15, Mike Jones, 1982

8. 2,102, Lawrence Segree, 1992-95

T2. 13, Golden Tate, 1980

9. 1,702, Johnnie Robinson, 1964-65

T2. 13, Golden Tate, 1983

10. 1,698, Travis James, 2009-12

4. 12, Barry Collins, 1984

Single Game Receptions

T5. 11, C.J. Johnson, 2003 T5. 11, Tyrone Butterfield, 1998 T5. 11, John Holland, 1973

1. 13, Tyrone Butterfield at Southeast Missouri (1/22/97)

T8. 9, C.J. Johnson, 2002

T2. 12, Tyrone Butterfield at Middle Tennessee (9/5/08)

T8. 9, Leon Jamison, 1954

T2. 12, Lawrence Segree vs. South Carolina State (9/30/95) T2. 12, Lawrence Segree vs. Southeast Missouri (11/19/94) T2. 12, Frank Pillow vs. Central State (10/3/87) T2. 12, Golden Tate at Florida A&M (9/24/83) T2. 12, Mike Jones vs. UT-Chattanooga (11/14/81) T8. 11, JaJuan Spillman at Murray State (11/22/08) T8. 11, Clarence Jones at Tennessee Tech (11/5/94) T10. 10, C.J. Johnson, Eastern Kentucky (11/15/03)

C.J. Johnson leads all TSU receivers with 3,903 yards from 2000-2003. He has two of the six 1,000 yard receiving season in schools history.

T10. 10, C.J. Johnson, at Eastern Illinois (10/27/01) T10. 10, Patrick Robinson at Austin Peay (10/26/91)

Career Touchdowns 1. 42, Mike Jones, 1979-82 2. 32, C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 3. 27, Golden Tate, 1980-83 4. 26, Larry Dorsey, 1972-75 5. 22, John Holland, 1970-73 6. 20, Johnnie Robinson, 1964-66 7. 19, Patrick Robinson, 1989-92 8. 18, Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98 T9. 17, Leon Jamison, 1954-57 T9. 17, James Thaxton, 1969-72 T9. 17, Corey Sullivan, 1996-99

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Single Game Points

Single Season Touchdowns

1. 30, Charles Thomas vs. Central State (11/20/71)

1. 17, Fay Mitchell, 1966

T2. 24, Trabis Ward at Southeast Mo. (10/13/12)

2. 16, Javarris Williams, 2008

T2. 24, Javarris Williams vs. Tenn.-Martin (11/17/07)

3. 15, Trabis Ward, 2012

T2. 24, Golden Tate vs. North Carolina A&T (11/19/83)

4. 14, Charles Anthony, 2004

T2. 24, Mike Jones vs. Mississippi Valley State (11/13/82)

5. 13, Charles Anthony, 2003

T2. 24, Mike Jones vs. North Carolina A&T (11/15/80)

T6. 12, Javarris Williams, 2007

T7. 18, Trabis Ward vs. Jackson State (9/8/12)

T6. 12, Donnell Brantley, 1999

T7. 18, Brandon Belvin vs. Eastern Illinois (11/08/08)

T8. 11, Trabis Ward, 2011

T7. 18, Javarris Williams vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08)

T8. 11, Javarris Williams, 2006

T7. 18, Javarris Williams vs. Murray State (11/03/07)

T8. 11, Larry Kinnebrew, 1982

T7. 18, Antonio Heffner vs. Samford (10/28/06)

T8. 11, Alfred Reese, 1972

T7. 18, Javarris Williams vs. Jackson State (9/16/06) T7. 18, C.J. Johnson at Samford (10/25/03) T7. 18, Charles Anthony vs. UT-Martin (9/27/03)

Career Touchdowns

T7. 18, Charles Anthony vs. S.C. State (8/30/03)

T1. 42, Javarris Williams, 2005-08

T7. 18, Marvin Jones vs. Jackson State (11/22/01)

T1. 42, Mike Jones, 1979-82

T7. 18, KaRon Key vs. UT Martin (10/20/01)

3. 41, Charles Anthony, 2001-04

Jamin Godfrey set the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time scoring mark in 2014. He also sits atop the single-game scoring for kickers and career field goals made.

4. 32, C.J. Johnson, 2000-03

Single Season Points

T5. 28, Larry Dorsey, 1972-75 5. 28, Fay Mitchell, 1955-57

T1. 112, Alfred Reese, 1972

7. 27, Golden Tate, 1980-83

T1. 112, Alfred Reese, 1970

T8. 26, Trabis Ward, 2009-12

3. 102, Fay Mitchell, 1966

T8. 26, Larry Dorsey, 1972-75

4. 98, Javarris Williams, 2008

10. 26, Larry Kinnebrew, 1978-82

5. 97, Jamin Godfrey, 2013 T6. 96, Charles Anthony, 2004 T6. 96, Javarris Williams, 2008 8. 92, Charles Anthony, 2003 T9. 90, Mike Jones, 1982 T9. 90, Trabis Ward, 2012

Career Points 1. 311, Jamin Godfrey 2010-13 2. 306, Alfred Reese, 1969-72 3. 264, Javarris Williams 2005-08 4. 258, Mike Jones, 1979-82 5. 252, Charles Anthony, 2001-04 6. 232, Eric Benson, 2005-08 7. 198, Larry Watkins, 1978-81 8. 192, C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 9. 172, Carlos Jones, 1982-84 T10. 168, Larry Dorsey, 1972-75 T10. 168, Fay Mitchell, 1955-57

Single Game Touchdowns 1. 5, Charles Thomas vs. Central State (11/20/71) T2. 4, Trabis Ward at Southeast Missouri (10/13/12) T2. 4, Javarris Williams vs. Tennessee Martin (11/17/07) T1. 4, Golden Tate vs. North Carolina A&T (11/19/83)

Single Game Scoring Kicking T1. 16, Jamin Godfrey vs. Tennessee Tech (10/27/12) T1. 16, Joey Hudak vs. Jackson State, (11/22/01) T3. 13, Jamin Godfrey vs. Southeast Missouri (10/8/11) T3. 13, Eric Benson vs. Austin Peay, (10/18/08) T5. 11, Jamin Godfrey vs. Florida A&M (10/25/10) T5. 11, Eric Benson vs. Jackson State, (09/13/08)

Single Season Scoring Kicking

Mike Jones holds the Tennessee State record for receiving touchdows in a season (15) and career (42). His 197 catches also ranks first all-time for the Tigers.

1. 97, Jamin Godfrey (43 PAT, 18 FG), 2013 2. 87, Eric Benson (45 PAT, 14 FG), 2008 3. 85, Jamin Godfrey, 2011 4. 81, Jamin Godfrey, 2012 5. 72, Joey Hudak, (42 PAT, 10 FG), 2001

Career Scoring Kicking 1. 1. 311, Jamin Godfrey (134 PAT, 59 FG), 2010-13 2. 232, Eric Benson, (118 PAT, 38 FG), 2005-08 3. 198, Larry Watkins, 1978-81 4. 172, Carlos Jones, 1982-1984 5. 150, Joey Hudak, (105 PAT, 20 FG), 2001-04 6. 120, Seth Goodowens, (60 PAT, 20 FG), 1999-00

T1. 4, Mike Jones vs. Mississippi Valley State (11/13/82) T1. 4, Mike Jones vs. North Carolina A&T (11/15/80)

All-purpose specialist Alfred Reese was the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; career leader in points (306) for 41 years until 2013. He has the best two scoring years in TSU history (112).

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RECORDS - SCORING & KICKING CONT. Single Game PAT Attempts

1. 11, Roy Meneese vs. Kentucky State (11/24/66) T2. 8, Joey Hudak vs. Jackson State (11/22/01) T2. 8, Jamin Godfrey vs Central State (9/28/13) T3. 7, Joey Hudak, Tenn.-Martin (10/20/01) T3. 7, Jamin Godfrey, Southeast Missouri (10/08/11)

Single Season PAT Attempts 1. 53, Carlos Jones, 1984

Single Season FG Attempts 1. 29, Jamin Godfrey, 2013 T2. 24, Jamin Godfrey, 2011 T2. 24, Seth Goodowens, 1999 4. 19, Eric Benson, 2008 5. 18, Larry Watkins, 1979

Career FG Attempts

2. 48, Joey Hudak, 2001

1. 91, Jamin Godfrey, 2010-2013

3. 47, Carlos Jones, 1983

2. 52, Eric Benson, 2005-08

T4. 46, Eric Benson, 2008

2. 49, Joey Hudak, 2001-04

T4. 46, Seth Goodowens, 1999

3. 39, Seth Goodowens,1999-00

6. 45, Jamin Godfrey, 2013

4. 38, Larry Watkins, 1978-81

On Nov. 24 1966 versus Kentucky State, Roy Meneese 6. 40, Buck Billings, 1998 attempted a TSU football record, 11 PATs in the Tigers’ 7. 39, Jamin Godfrey, 2011 83-0 victory, capping off a perfect season

Career PAT Attempts 1. 151, Larry Watkins, 1978-81 2. 150, Carlos Jones, 1982-84 3. 144, Jamin Godfrey, 2010-13 4. 128, Eric Benson, 2005-08 5. 121, Joey Hudak (105-114) 2001-04

Single Game PAT’s Made

Single Game FG’s Made 1. 5, Jamin Godfrey vs. Tennessee Tech (10/27/12) T2. 4, Jamin Godfrey at Eastern Kentucky (10/22/11) T2. 4, Jamin Godfrey vs. Southern (09/03/11) T2. 4, J.J. Flournoy at Austin Peay (10/06/90) T2. 4, Jamin Godfrey vs. Jackson State (9/14/13) T6. 3, Eric Benson, Austin Peay (10/18/08) T6. 3, Joey Hudak, vs. Jackson State (11/22/01) T6. 3, Jamin Godfrey vs. Bethune-Cookman (9/1/13)

Single Season FG’s Made 1. 18, Jamin Godfrey, 2013

1. 9, Roy Meneese vs. Kentucky State (11/24/66)

T2. 16, Jamin Godfrey, 2012

2. 8, Jamin Godfrey vs Central State (9/28/13)

T2. 16, Jamin Godfrey, 2011

T3. 7, Jamin Godfrey vs. Southeast Missouri (10/08/11)

4. 14, Eric Benson, 2008

T3. 7, Joey Hudak, vs. Jackson State (11/22/01)

5. 13, Larry Watkins, 1979

4. 6, (8 times)

In 1999 against Jackson State, Seth Goodwens booted the longest field goal in TSU history, at 53 yards. He also attempted a school-record 24 FGs that year.

Career FG’s Made Single Season PAT’s Made 1. 50, Carlos Jones, 1984 2. 45, Eric Benson, 2008 T3. 42, Joey Hudak, 2001 T3. 42, Carlos Jones, 1983 5. 43, Jamin Godfrey, 2013 6. 37, Jamin Godfrey, 2011

1. 59, Jamin Godfrey, 2010-2013 2. 38, Eric Benson, 2005-08 3. 26, Joey Hudak, 2001-04 4. 25, Larry Watkins, 1978-81

Longest FG Made 1. 53, Seth Goodowens vs. Jackson State, 1999 2. 51, Jamin Godfrey at Eastern Illinois (11/05/11)

Career PAT’s Made 1. 136, Carlos Jones, 1982-84 2. 134, Jamin Godfrey, 2010-13 3. 123, Larry Watkins, 1978-81 4. 118, Eric Benson, 2005-08 5. 105, Joey Hudak, 2001-04 6. 87, James Matthews, 1971-74

Eric Benson trails only Jamin Godfrey in the career field goals made category (38) and his 232 total points are sixth-most in school history.

Single Game FG Attempts T1. 5, Jamin Godfrey vs. Tennessee Tech (10/27/12) T1. 5, Jamin Godfrey vs. Jackson State (9/14/13) 3. 4, J.J. Flournoy at Austin Peay (10/06/90) 4. 3, (9 times)

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3. 50, Jamin Godfrey at Jacksonville State (10/12/13) 4. 48, Jamin Godfrey at Eastern Kentucky (10/22/11) 5. 47, Jamin Godfrey at Murray State (09/17/11) T6. 46, Jamin Godfrey vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/29/12) T6. 46, Jamin Godfrey vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/6/12) T6. 46, Jamin Godfrey vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/6/12) T6. 46, Lane Clark vs. Jacksonville State (10/11/14) T8. 45, Eric Benson at Samford, 10/29/05 T8. 45, Eric Benson at Tenn. Tech (10/11/07)

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Most Punts in a Game 1. 10, Joey Hudak, Eastern Kentucky (11/15/03)

T2. 9, Taylor Cisneros at Eastern Kentucky (10/20/07) T2. 9, Matt Moseley, at Murray State (09/17/11) T2. 9, Leon Holderhead at Eastern Kentucky (11/02/13) T2. 9, Leon Holderhead vs Tennessee Tech (9/20/14)

Most Punts in a Season 1. 80, Terence Harris, 1987 2. 76, Taylor Cisneros, 2009 T3. 73, Joey Hudak, 2004 T3. 73, Leon Holderhead, 2013

Most Punting Yards in a Career

1. 9,012, Colin Godfrey, 1989-92 2. 8,776, Taylor Cisneros, 2007-10 3. 7,772, Clifford Green, 1993-96 4. 7,145, Ashley Johnson, 1997-2000

Most Kickoff Returns in a Game

T1. 6, Travis James vs. Tennessee Tech (10/15/11)

3. 398, Craig Hodge, 1987 4. 382, Jarrick Hillery, 1998

Most Kickoff Returns in a Season

7. 63, Colin Godfrey, 1991

3. 36, Anthony Owens, 1990

8. 62, David Hood, 1985

4. 35, Marcus Dowdell, 1991

9. 59, Clifford Green, 1994

5. 33, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2007

10. 59, Joey Hudak, 2003

6. 29, Herman Hunter, 1983

10. 58, Thomas Headen, 1982

Most Kickoff Returns in a Career

4. 213, Colin Godfrey, 1989-1992 5. 184, Ashley Johnson, 1997-2000 6. 144, Greg Swinney, 1976-79 7. 138, Leon Holderhead, 2013-14 8. 131, Thomas Headen,

Longest Punt

2. 72, Carlos Wright, (72-1501), 2000-03 3. 65, Patrick Jenkins (65-1359), 1999-02

Most Kickoff Returns Yards in a Game 2. 174, Darion Hall, vs Eastern Kentucky (11/1/14) 2. 171, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, UT Martin (11/17/07)

3. 144, JaJuan Spillman, at Alabama A&M (08/03/08)

Most Kickoff Returns Yards in a Season 2. 915, Marcus Dowdell, 1991

3. 70, Ashley Johnson at Western Kentucky (10/23/99)

3. 806, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2007

T4. 69, Matt Moseley at Murray State (09/17/11)

4. 797, Patrick Jenkins, 2002

T8. 62, Taylor Cisneros, Eastern Illinois (11/08/08) T8. 62, Taylor Cisneros, at UT Martin (10/04/08) T8. 62, Matt Moseley, at Eastern Illinois (11/05/11)

1. 1,933, Noland Smith, 1963-66 2. 767, Carlos Wright, (67-767), 2000-03 3. 688, Patrick Jenkins (80-688), 1999-02

Longest Punt Return in a Game 2. 91, Weldon Garlington vs. Southeast Missouri State, (10/08/11)

3. 77, Chris Johnson vs. Murray State, (11/03/07)

Punt Return Average in a Career 1. 19.3, Noland Smith, 1963-66

Punt Return Touchdowns in a Season 1. 4, Noland Smith, 1966

Punt Return Touchdowns in a Career 1. 9, Noland Smith, 1963-66

Most Kickoff Returns Yards in a Career 2. 1,501, Carlos Wright, 2000-03

Highest Kickoff Return Average in a Career 1. 26.5, Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98

1. 52.3, Leon Holderhead vs. Southeast Mo. (10/05/13)

2. 24.3, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2004-07

2. 50.8, Matt Moseley, at Eastern Kentucky (10/22/11)

3. 21.29, Julius Hull, 1999-00

5. 45.7, Joey Hudak, at Samford (10/25/03)

Most Punt Return Yards in a Career

7. 703, Herman Hunter, 1983

1. 2,285, Herman Hunter, 1981-84

4. 46.0, Taylor Cisneros at Southeast Mo. (10/9/10)

9. 240, Chris Johnson, 2007

6. 717, Anthony Owens, 1990

T8. 62, Taylor Cisneros at UT Martin (10/4/08)

3. 47.7, Leon Holderhead vs. Jax State (10/11/14)

8. 258, Herman Hunter, 1984

5. 750, Craig Hodge, 1987

T8. 62, Taylor Cisneros vs. Eastern Illinois (11/8/08)

Highest Punting Average in a Game

7. 275, Herman Hunter, 1983

1. 262, Herman Hunter vs. Mississippi Valley St, (11/13/82)

2. 73, Matt Moseley at Eastern Kentucky (10/22/11)

T6. 66, Van Overton (1988)

6. 285, Ben Robinson, 1986

1. 94, Crow Carter vs. West Virginia State, 1951

1. 958, Avion Black, 1999

T6. 66, Clifford Green at Austin Peay (10/21/95)

5. 311, Patrick Jenkins, 1999

1. 99, Herman Hunter, 1981-84

1. 74, Ashley Johnson vs. Tennessee Tech (11/8/97)

T4. 69, Colin Godfrey vs. Tennessee Tech (11/3/90)

Most Punt Return Yards in a Season 2. 445, Darrell Williams, 1994

T1. 38, Craig Hodge, 1987

3. 215, Clifford Green, 1993-96

4. 31, Herman Hunter, 1984

T1. 6, Maurice Young vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)

6. 65, Leon Holderhead, 2014

2. 225, Joey Hudak, 2001-04

3. 32, Jarrick Hillery, 1998

T1. 6, Carlos Wright, at Tenn. Tech (11/10/01)

T1. 38, Patrick Jenkins, 2002

1. 230, Taylor Cisneros, 2007-2010

2. 33, Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ante Saunders, 2013

1. 572, Noland Smith, 1966

5. 69, Van Overton, 1988

Most Punts in a Career

Most Punt Returns in a Season

1. 40, Darrell Williams, 1994

Longest Kickoff Return in a Game

6. 44.8, Taylor Cisneros at Southern (9/19/09)

T1. 100, Five Players ( Avion Black had two in 1999) (Darion Hall was the latest on 11/1/14 vs. Eastern

7. 44.7, Joey Hudak at Murray State (11/22/03)

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At Southeast Missouri State on Oct. 13th, 2012, Trabis Ward ran for 267 yards and four touchdowns while carrying the ball a school record 43 times.

8. 44.5, Joey Hudak, Jacksonville State (10/18/03)

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RECORDS - DEFENSE Interceptions in a Game

1. 5, Donald Pinson, vs. Southwestern La. (11/12/70)

9. 78, Marquez Hall, Eastern Illinois, (10/27/07) 10. 71, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Murray State, (11/03/07)

T2. 3, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie vs. Murray State (9/6/06)

Single Season Interception Return Yards

T2. 3, Justin Williams vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)

1. 176, Roger Robinson, 1984 2. 165, Justin Williams, 2005

Interceptions in a Season

T3. 140, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2007 T3. 140, Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2013

1. 14, Craig Gilliam, 1966

4. 139, Mark McCutcheon, 1990

T2. 8, Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2013

5. 121, Brent Alexander, 1993

T2. 8, Brent Alexander, 1993 T2. 8, Roger Robinson, 1984 T4. 6, Steven Godbolt III, 2012

Career Interception Return Yards

T4. 6, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2006

1. 281, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2004-07

T4. 6, Roger Holmes, 1985

2. 250, Justin Williams, 2002-05

Dominique-Rodgers Cromartie starred at both foot- T4. 6, Carl McAfee, 1984 ball and track while at TSU, and his athleticism helped T7. 5, De’Ante Saunders, 2014 him pick off 11 passes, which stands third all-time. T7. 5, Justin Williams, 2005

3. 176, Roger Robinson, 1984 4. 145, Ahmed Safeullah, 2002-03 5. 140, Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2011-14

T7. 5, Deon Giddens, 2002

6. 139, Mark McCutcheon, 1990

T7. 5, Darrell Hinton, 1996

7. 121, Brent Alexander, 1993

T7. 5, Randy Fuller, 1990

Interceptions in a Career

Tackles in a Game 1. 18, Kalvin Baker vs. UT Martin, (11/17/07)

1. 19, Granville Lyons, 1971-74

T2. 17, Nick Thrasher vs Eastern Kentucky (11/1/14)

2. 14, Craig Gilliam, 1966

T2. 17, James Dumervill, at Samford (10/25/03)

T3. 11, Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2011-14

T2. 17, Wesley Holmes at UT Martin, (09/17/05)

T3. 11, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2004-07

T5. 16, Nick Thrasher at Southeast Mo. (10/4/14)

T3. 11, Roger Robinson, 1983-1984

T5. 16, Nick Thrasher at Jacksonville State (10/20/12)

T6. 10, Justin Williams, 2002-05

T5. 16, Kalvin Baker vs. Eastern Illinois (10/27/07)

T6. 10, Darrell Hinton, 1995-1998

8. 15, Rico Council at Southeast Missouri State (10/9/10)

T8. 11, Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2011-14 T8. 9, Deon Giddens, 2002-2003 T8. 9, Roger Holmes, 1985-1987

Current head football coach Rod Reed is also TSU’s career leader in tackles with an astounding 406 from 1985-88.

T8. 9, Steven Godbolt III, 2011-2013

Longest Interception Returns

3. 152, Elliot Pilton, 1991 4. 141, Simon Shanks, 1989

1. 97, Dave Coleman vs. Grambling State (11/6/79)

5. 132, Fred Robinson, 1987

2. 93, Garr Holland (1999)

6. 128, Nick Thrasher, 2014

T3. 89, Sidney Tarver, Tennessee Tech (10/13/09)

7. 115, James Derico, 1984

T3. 89, Danny Taylor at Grambling State (10/11/86)

8. 113, Ryan Falker, 1995

5. 85, Ahmed Safeullah vs. Prairie View A&M (9/7/02)

9. 111, Rod Reed, 1986

6. 78, Marquez Hall, Eastern Illinois, (10/27/07)

T10. 110, Jermaine Beal, 2002

7. 71, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Murray State, (11/03/07)

T10. 110, Lee Smith Jr., 1987

Interception Return Yards in a Game 1. 98, Justin Williams, Eastern Kentucky, (11/19/05) 2. 97, Dave Coleman vs. Grambling State (11/6/79) T3. 95, James Johnson vs. Alabama A&M (9/15/73) T3. 95, Fay Mitchell vs. Prairie View State (10/56) 5. 93, Garr Holland (1999) T6. 89, Sidney Tarver, Tennessee Tech (10/13/09) T6. 89, Danny Taylor at Grambling State (10/11/86) 8. 85, Ahmed Safeullah vs. Prairie View A&M (9/7/02)

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1. 197, Rod Reed, 1987 2. 158, Michael Hegman, 1974

T7. 71, De’Ante Saunders vs. Jackson State (9/14/2013)

A recent graduate in 2011, Rico Council manned the middle linebacker spot for four seasons, placing him third in school history with 296 stops.

Tackles in a Season

T10. 110, Nick Thrasher, 2013

Tackles in a Career 1. 406, Roderick Reed, 1985-88 6. 358, Nick Thrasher, 2011-14 2. 308, Randy Fuller, 1990-1993 3. 296, Rico Council, 2008-2011 4. 283, Brent Alexander, 1991-1993 5. 246, Simon Shanks, 1989-1990 7. 210, Elliot Pilton, 1990-1991 8. 206, Lee Smith, 1987-1990 9. 204, Eugene Clifford, 2008-2010 10. 196, Almonte Duncan, 2003-06

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1. 119, Elliot Pilton, 1991

9. 10.0, Alex Carter, 1984

2. 107, Simon Shanks, 1989 T3. 82, Ryan Falker, 1995 T3. 82, Simon Shanks, 1990

Sacks in a Career

5. 78, Sheldrick Hawkins, 1991

1. 45, Richard Dent, 1979-82

T6. 77, Darrell Williams, 1994

2. 42, Cleveland Elam, 1971-74

T6. 77, Rod Reed, 1987

3. 40.5, Lamar Carter, 1996-99

8. 71, Randy Fuller, 1991

4. 40, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, 1970-73

9. 70, Chuck Price, 1989

5. 39, Claude Humphrey, 1964-67

T10. 69, Rod Reed, 1988

6. 38, Joe “Turkey” Jones, 1967-69

T10. 69, Nick Thrasher 2013

Tackles For Loss in a Game 1. 5.0, Eric Joyce, vs. Florida A&M, (09/22/01) 2. 4.5, Jermaine Beal, Alabama A&M (09/01/01)

Also the first TSU football player enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame, Richard Dent is the Tigers’ all-time sack leader with 45 from 1979-82.

T3. 4.0, Larry Williford at Murray State (11/22/08) T3. 4.0, Shaun Richardson at Austin Peay (9/15/07)

Tackles For Loss in a Season T1. 21.0, Jermaine Beale, 2001 T1. 21.0, Lamar Carter, 1996 3. 20.0, Paul Thompson, 2003 T4. 18.0, Jermaine Beale, 2002 T4. 18.0, Lamar Carter, 1999 6. 16.5, Larry Floyd, 1999 7. 16.0, Michael Holcey, 1994 T8. 14.5, Shaun Richardson, 2007 T8. 14.5, Brent Sterling, 1999 T8. 14.5, Anthony Bass, 2013 11. 14.0, Anthony Pleasant, 1988

Tackles For Loss in a Career 1. 37.5, Danny Roberson,1999-01

One of the most iconic TSU football players of alltime, Ed “Too Tall” Jones recorded an even 40 sacks which puts him fourth in the record book.

2. 34, Paul Thomas, 2003-04 3. 31, Jermaine Beale, 1999-01

Sacks in a Game 1. 7.0, Joe “Turkey” Jones, vs. Kentucky State (09/03/68) 2. 4.0, Walter Reese, vs. Howard, (10/06/01) 3. 3.5. Lamar Carter, vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/30/99) T4. 3.0, Kellen Woodard, vs. Florida A&M, (09/27/08) T4. 3.0, Maurice Davis vs. Southeast Missouri State (11/11/06)

Sacks in a Season 1. 19.0, Joe “Turkey” Jones, 1968 2. 14.0, Richard Dent, 1982 3. 13.0, Mike Robinson, 1985 T4. 12.0, Paul Thomas, 2003 T4. 12.0, Lamar Carter, 1996

With 0.5 career sacks above Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Lamar Carter is the most prolific Tiger at getting to the quarterback in the last 30 years.

T4. 12.0, Anthony Pleasant, 1988 T4. 12.0, Onzy Elam, 1986

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1998 Ohio Valley Conference Champions Total Offense - Game

Most Yards Gained: 780, vs. District of Columbia (11/5/83) Most Yards Gained: Both Teams, 1,182 vs. Eastern Illinois (11/2/2002); 1,153 vs. Mississippi Valley State (11/13/82)

Greatest Margin of Defeat: 50, at Tennessee Tech, (11/10/2001)

Passes Defended

Fewest Passes Completed: 0, vs. Morris Brown (10/3/64)

Rushing

Lowest Percentage Completed (Min. 10 atts.): 14.3%, (2-14), vs. Middle Tennessee State (9/3/88)

Passing

Fewest Yards: 0, vs. Morris Brown (10/3/64)

Most Yards: 410, vs. UT Martin (11/5/77)

Most Yards Gained: 517, at Murray State (11/14/98) Most Passes Intercepted: 7, at Grambling State (10/11/80) Most Yards Gained, Both Teams: 911, at Murray State (11/14/80) Touchdown Passes: 8, vs. Kentucky State (11/24/66); vs. Kentucky State (10/20/84)

Scoring

Most Points: 98, vs. Mississippi Industrial, 1935 Most Points, Both Teams: 104, TSU 63 vs. Mississippi Valley State 41 (11/13/82) Greatest Margin of Victory: 98, vs. Mississippi Industrial, 1935

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Most Passes Intercepted: 8, vs. Southwestern Louisiana (12/12/70)

First Downs

Fewest First Downs: 0, vs. Morris Brown (10/3/64) Fewest Rushing First Downs: 0, vs. Morris Brown (10/3/64) Fewest Passing First Downs: 0, several times, last vs. Southern (11/12/88)

Fumbles

Most Fumbles: 9, vs. Parsons (11/21/70) Most Fumbles Lost: 6, vs. Parsons (11/21/70)

Total Offense - Season

Most Yards Per Game: 467.2 (1998) Highest Average Per Play: 6.71 (1956) Most Yards: 5,139 (1998)

Most Touchdowns: 63 (1984) Fewest Yards Per Game: 222.8 (1952) Lowest Average Per Play: 3.97 (1975) Fewest Yards: 2,067 (1957) Fewest Touchdowns: 13 (1962)

Rushing Offense

Most Yards: 2,698 (1956) Most Yards Per Game: 269.8 (1956) Highest Average Per Carry: 6.27 (1956) Most Touchdowns: 29 (1964) Fewest Yards: 707 (1991) Fewest Yards Per Game: 64.3 (1991) Lowest Average Per Carry: 2.2 (1991) Most Rushing Plays: 528 (1986) Fewest Rushing Plays: 288 (1964)

Passing Offense

Most Passes Attempted: 475 (2014) Most Passes Completed: 257 (2014) Most Yards: 3,765 (1984) Most Yards Per Game: 342.2 (1984) Highest Completion Percentage: 61.6% (175 of 284) 2008 Most Touchdown Passes: 42 (1984) Fewest Passes Attempted: 70 (1957) Fewest Passes Completed: 28 (1957) Fewest Yards: 505 (1962) Fewest Yards Per Game: 56.1 (1962) Lowest Completion Percentage: 29.9% (43 of 143) 1953 Most Interceptions: 25 (1972) Fewest Interceptions: 4 (2013)

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Kickoff Returns

First Downs (Since 1971) Most First Downs: 270 (2001) Most Rushing First Downs: 105 (1994) Most Passing First Downs: 169 (1984) Most Penalty First Downs: 31 (2001) Fewest First Downs: 111 (1975) Fewest Rushing First Downs: 40 (1971) Fewest Passing First Downs: 56 (1975) Fewest Penalty First Downs: 9 (1991)

Fumbles

Most Points: 450 (1984) Most Points Per Game: 40.9 (1984) Most Touchdowns: 63 (1984) Most PAT Made: 53 (1984) Most Field Goals Made: 18 (2003)

Punting

Most Punts: 82 (1986) Fewest Punts: 20 (1964) Highest Average Per Punt: 45.1 (1990)

Teamâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Single Season Defense Total Defense Fewest Yards: 1,046 (1957) Fewest Touchdowns: 6 (1957) Most Yards: 4,870 (2011)

Punt Returns

Most Punt Returns: 43 (1986) Fewest Punt Returns: 10 (2011) Most Yards: 568 (1973) Fewest Yards: 83 (1988)

Most Kickoff Returns: 65 (2011) Fewest Kickoff Returns: 16 (1974) Most Yards: 1,256 (1999) Fewest Yards: 305 (1974)

Most Fumbles: 44 (1978) Most Fumbles Lost: 25 (1978) Fewest Fumbles: 10 (1987) Fewest Fumbles Lost: 2 (1987)

Penalties (Since 1977)

Most Penalties: 162 (1981) Most Yards Penalized: 1,536 (1981) Fewest Penalties: 73 (1987) Fewest Yards Penalized: 587 (2011)

Rushing Defense

Fewest Yards: 302 (1954) Fewest Yards Per Game: -12.3 (1965) Lowest Average Per Play: -0.37 (1965) Fewest Touchdowns: 2 (1954) Most Yards: 2,508 (1992) Most Yards Per Game: 228.0 (1992) Highest Average Per Play: 5.2 (1992)

Passing Defense

Fewest Yards: 333 (1957-6 games); 565 (1963-9 games) Fewest Yards Per Game: 55.5 (1957) Fewest Yards Per Attempt: 3.92 (1977) Fewest Yds Per Completion: 10.74 (1970)

Lowest Completion Percentage: 27.5% (1955) Fewest Touchdowns: 1 (1956) Most Interceptions By: 28 (1984) Most Yards on Interceptions: 426 (1984) Most TDs on Interceptions: 5 (1971, 1986) Highest Completion Percentage: 59.2% (2011) Most Yards: 2,904 (2011) Most Yards Per Attempt: 7.8 (1995) Most Yards Per Completion: 21.05 (1953)

Scoring

Fewest Points: 40 (1957) Fewest Points Per Game: 6.4 (1956) Most Points: 303 (2005) Most Points Per Game: 27.5 (2005)

First Downs (Since 1971)

Fewest First Downs: 132 (1978) Fewest Rushing First Downs: 60 (1984) Fewest Passing First Downs: 52 (1984) Fewest Penalty First Downs: 9 (1996) Most First Downs: 231 (1999) Most Rushing First Downs: 134 (1991) Most Passing First Downs: 98 (1999) Most Penalty First Downs: 36 (1986)

Fumbles (Since 1977)

Most Fumbles Caused: 41 (1983) Most Fumbles Recovered: 22 (1977) Fewest Fumbles Caused: 10 (2014) Fewest Fumbles Recovered: 9, twice (2014)

The 1957 Tigers with six games played are statistically known as the best defense in TSU history. The team gave up the fewest total yards (1,046), touchdowns (6) and passing yards in a season

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS TOTAL OFFENSE Year Name Plays 1952 Roy Kimble (HB) 51 1953 Fred Valentine (QB) 70 1954 Fred Valentine (QB) 143 1955 Robert Crawford (QB) 65 1956 Jesse Wilburn (HB) 110 1957 Jesse Wilburn (HB) 67 1958 Wilbur Suesberry (QB) 123 1959 Henry Arnold (HB) 130 1960 Henry Arnold (HB) 89 1961 Henry Arnold (HB) 71 1962 Charlie Powell (QB) 55 Stanley Randle (RB) 64 1963 David Boone (QB) 274 1964 Eldridge Dickey (QB) 105 1965 Eldridge Dickey (QB) 239 1966 Eldridge Dickey (QB) 146 1967 Eldridge Dickey (QB) 292 1968 Bob Shannon (QB) 230 1969 Joe Gilliam, Jr. (QB) 153 1970 Joe Gilliam, Jr. (QB) 235 1971 Joe Gilliam, Jr. (QB) 331 1972 Kenneth Pettiford (QB) 281 1973 Kenneth Pettiford (QB) 308 1974 Lonnie Stewart (QB) 229 1975 Austin Thompson (QB) 124 1976 Austin Thompson (QB) 275 1977 Joe Adams (QB) 178 1978 Joe Adams (QB) 334 1979 Joe Adams (QB) 382 1980 Joe Adams (QB) 362 1981 Brian Ransom (QB) 426 1982 Kenneth Biggles (QB) 278 1983 Kenneth Biggles (QB) 274 1984 Kenneth Biggles (QB) 296 1985 Gilbert Renfroe (QB) 466 1986 Stacy Grear (QB) 365 1987 Stacy Grear (QB) 249 1988 Chauncey Hines (QB) 302 1989 Chauncey Hines (QB) 303 1990 James Wade (QB) 337 1991 James Wade (QB) 243 1992 James Wade (QB) 424 1993 Daryl Williams (QB) 338 1994 Daryl Williams (QB) 353 1995 Daryl Williams (QB) 285 1996 Todd Valentine (QB) 390 1997 Leon Murray (QB) 331 1998 Leon Murray (QB) 411 1999 Leon Murray (QB) 249 2000 Kenton Evans (QB) 300 2001 Shannon Harris (QB) 445 2002 Dwayne Buchanan (QB) 187

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Rush. Yds. 361 15 30 0 688 421 -8 696 477 421 123 250 199 181 61 46 68 -25 -31 -96 34 -86 -138 -162 -109 -66 -113 -230 -238 -96 -209 25 -29 -1 36 -58 -88 279 202 -99 -110 60 319 214 8 -94 -67 54 64 -36 129 73

Pass. Yds. 145 575 1,279 410 193 45 777 0 0 0 127 0 1,226 1,133 1,837 1,812 1,654 1,284 1,220 1,530 2,116 1,748 1,762 1,377 649 1,729 1,001 2,328 2,476 2,848 3,182 2,001 1,798 2,242 2,492 1,925 1,316 1,096 1,301 2,052 2,020 2,541 1,813 1,531 1,441 2,080 2,207 3,002 1,998 1,952 3,008 842

Total Yds. 606 590 1,309 410 881 466 769 696 477 421 250 250 1,425 1,238 1,899 1,858 1,722 1,259 1,189 1,434 2,150 1,662 1,624 1,215 540 1,663 888 2,098 2,238 2,752 2,973 2,026 1,769 2,241 2,528 1,867 1,228 1,375 1,503 1,953 1,910 2,601 2,132 1,745 1,449 1,986 2,140 3,056 2,062 1,916 3,137 915

2003 Charles Anthony (RB) 2004 Charles Anthony (RB) 2005 Richard Hartman (QB) 2006 Antonio Heffner (QB) 2007 Antonio Heffner (QB) 2008 Antonio Heffner (QB) 2009 Calvin McNairl (QB) 2010 Jeremy Perry (QB) 2011 Michael German (QB) 2012 Michael German (QB) 2013 Ronald Butler (QB) 2014 Michael German (QB) RUSHING Year Name 1952 Willie Carter 1953 Roy Kimble 1954 Lee Derrick 1955 Jesse Wilburn 1956 Jesse Wilburn 1957 Jesse Wilburn 1958 Andrew Earthman 1959 Henry Arnold 1960 Henry Arnold 1961 Henry Arnold 1962 Stanley Randle 1963 Eugene Bowen 1964 Eugene Bowen 1965 Bill Tucker 1966 Eugene Bowen 1967 Wayne Reese 1968 Wayne Reese 1969 Wayne Reese 1970 Alfred Reese 1971 Fred Lane 1972 Alfred Reese 1973 Nathaniel Jackson 1974 Nathaniel Simpson 1975 Nathaniel Simpson 1976 Lawrence Barnes 1977 Ralph Carnahan 1978 Larry Kinnebrew 1979 Aaron Jones 1980 Henry Foster 1981 Morris Harris 1982 Larry Kinnebrew 1983 Mickey Avery 1984 Marlon Johnson 1985 Marlon Johnson 1986 Steve Griffin 1987 Melvin Waters 1988 Melvin Waters 1989 Tim Cross 1990 Tim Cross

324 306 247 278 265 365 272 280 276 404 291 422

1,708 1,739 -116 172 337 503 628 19 71 40 103 1

0 0 1293 1668 1486 2239 920 1,469 1,899 2,751 1,405 2846

1,708 1,739 1,177 1,840 1,823 2,742 1,548 1,488 1,970 2,791 1,508 2,847

Carries Yards Avg. 71 462 6.5 59 510 8.6 96 827 8.6 57 347 6.1 101 688 6.8 61 421 6.9 59 215 3.6 129 696 5.4 89 477 5.4 71 421 5.9 64 250 3.9 67 316 4.7 83 398 4.8 130 536 4.1 107 443 4.1 127 507 4.0 106 420 4.0 113 549 4.9 64 340 5.3 80 493 6.2 143 802 5.6 144 652 4.5 111 549 4.9 115 495 4.3 129 596 4.6 69 384 5.6 83 529 6.4 122 539 4.4 95 437 4.6 121 644 5.3 159 619 3.9 85 479 5.6 109 536 4.9 123 543 4.4 115 437 3.8 54 278 5.1 109 465 4.3 84 423 5.0 85 364 4.3

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93 184 142 234 163 62 151 113 117 97 132 150 322 306 202 245 195 207 125 155 193 309 237 86

328 839 772 1,101 644 400 793 691 701 447 812 882 1,708 1,739 872 1233 1187 1037 628 793 978 1,422 1,234 385

Att. Cmp. 94 47 50 26 132 59 63 26 101 45 29 13 92 45 82 36 85 38 30 15 11 6 184 83 160 79 217 121 210 106 193 109 230 97 136 60 206 88 282 143 236 117 259 146 189 102 107 51 226 121 146 74 278 152

Int. 5 6 8 6 9 3 9 3 6 2 3 14 8 22 18 11 15 7 13 13 20 19 15 15 17 12 16

3.5 4.6 5.4 4.7 4.0 6.5 5.3 6.1 6.0 4.6 5.5 5.9 4.7 5.7 4.3 5.0 6.1 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.5

2 9 7 7 5 5 8 2 2 3 4 10 13 14 4 11 12 15 6 6 11 15 8 6

Pct. Yards TD 50.0 608 5 52.0 575 8 43.9 1,279 14 41.9 410 8 44.6 709 10 44.8 282 2 48.9 777 6 43.9 570 4 44.7 534 6 50.0 247 2 54.5 138 1 45.1 1,226 5 49.4 1,133 12 55.8 1,837 18 50.5 1,812 25 56.5 1,741 12 42.2 1,284 11 44.1 1,220 10 42.7 1,530 15 50.7 2,116 25 49.6 1,748 22 56.4 1,762 25 54.0 1,377 17 47.7 649 5 53.5 1,729 12 50.7 1,001 6 54.7 2,328 13

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

Joe Adams Joe Adams Brian Ransom Kenneth Biggles Kenneth Biggles Kenneth Biggles Gilbert Renfroe Stacy Grear Stacy Grear Chauncey Hines Chauncey Hines James Wade James Wade James Wade Daryl Williams Daryl Williams Daryl Williams Todd Valentine Leon Murray Leon Murray Leon Murray Kenton Evans Shannon Harris Riley Walker Bryson Rosser Bryson Rosser Richard Hartman Antonio Heffner Antonio Heffner Antonio Heffner Calvin McNairl Jeremy Perry Michael German Michael German Ronald Butler Michael German

RECEPTIONS Year Name 1952 Floyd Johnson 1953 William Reed 1954 Leon Jamison 1955 Napoleon Holmes 1956 Donald Taylor 1957 Leon Jamison 1958 Donald Taylor 1959 Aubrey Winston 1960 Charles Ferguson 1961 Edmond Francois 1962 Maurice McDonald 1963 Willie Mitchell 1964 Johnnie Robinson 1965 Johnnie Robinson 1966 Johnnie Robinson 1967 Leo Johnson 1968 Joe Cooper 1969 Joe Scales

343 333 374 235 221 258 395 290 206 208 205 247 243 308 249 251 237 316 269 353 219 255 382 89 194 209 204 199 171 249 147 244 250 358 230 397

178 200 221 122 121 157 188 149 102 75 78 126 132 163 143 122 128 160 144 183 132 125 211 45 97 101 117 109 96 149 78 131 140 215 135 216

No. 25 18 24 13 18 8 18 17 14 7 6 28 23 32 40 51 41 21

17 51.9 2,476 26 21 60.1 2,848 30 18 59.1 3,182 22 13 51.9 2,001 20 10 54.8 1,798 13 7 60.9 2,242 24 12 47.6 2,492 15 13 51.4 1,925 19 11 49.5 1,316 10 6 37.0 1,096 4 16 38.0 1,301 9 12 51.0 2,052 16 11 54.3 2,020 15 12 52.9 2,541 10 13 57.4 1,813 14 13 48.6 1,531 10 11 54.0 1,441 9 11 50.6 2,080 17 14 53.5 2,207 16 12 51.8 3,002 22 3 60.3 1,998 18 12 49.0 1,952 19 6 55.2 3,008 26 5 50.6 899 6 6 50.0 1,458 18 6 48.3 1,219 10 8 57.4 1,293 4 11 54.8 1,668 9 9 56.1 1,486 10 12 59.8 2,239 15 8 53.1 920 8 6 53.7 1,469 9 7 56.0 1,899 12 10 60.1 2,751 15 4 58.7 1,405 13 15 54.4 2,846 22 Yards 285 284 580 177 460 188 343 222 223 115 90 478 432 630 640 716 579 366

Avg. 11.4 15.8 22.3 13.6 25.6 23.5 19.1 13.1 15.9 16.4 15.0 17.1 18.8 19.7 16.0 14.0 14.1 17.4

TD 1 5 9 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 4 8 6 3 5 1

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS RECEPTIONS - CONTINUED Year Name 1970 David Davis 1971 James Thaxton 1972 John Holland Ollie Smith 1973 John Holland 1974 James Matthews 1975 Loaird McCreary 1976 Jerrold McRae 1977 Jerrold McRae 1978 John Smith 1979 Mike Jones 1980 Mike Jones 1981 Mike Jones 1982 Mike Jones 1983 Golden Tate 1984 Barry Collins 1985 Quinton Johnson 1986 Steve Holloway 1987 Frank Pillow 1988 Alvin Griffin 1989 Anthony Owens 1990 Patrick Robinson 1991 Patrick Robinson 1992 Charles Hunter 1993 Lawrence Segree 1994 Clarence Jones Lawrence Segree 1995 Jerome Hurd, II 1996 Juan Hall 1997 Tyrone Butterfield 1998 Tyrone Butterfield 1999 Corey Sullivan 2000 C.J. Johnson 2001 C.J. Johnson 2002 C.J. Johnson 2003 C.J. Johnson 2004 Charles Anthony 2005 Gerald Morrow 2006 Mike Mason 2007 Chris Johnson 2008 Chris Johnson Brandon Belvin 2009 Joseph Hills 2010 Joseph Hills 2011 Devin Wilson 2012 Travis James 2013 Ryan Mitchell 2014 Weldon Garlington RECEIVING YARDS Year Name 1952 Floyd Johnson

No. 35 37 26 26 53 31 27 30 29 45 46 55 49 47 63 59 22 32 37 17 22 39 49 54 65 54 54 53 72 59 72 62 42 50 45 57 39 40 31 41 44 44 39 40 48 55 35 58

Avg. 21.9 17.3 16.1 17.2 13.9 15.8 14.8 14.4 16.7 17.1 17.0 17.0 17.8 20.8 20.7 15.4 15.0 12.5 16.1 14.8 20.8 18.3 16.0 15.8 13.4 13.9 13.1 12.2 14.2 17.8 15.7 13.8 20.3 18.2 23.0 19.4 8.2 12.1 10.4 18.0 17.7 15.5 13.8 11.6 12.2 13.3 18.1 15.2

TD 8 7 5 4 11 4 4 4 7 4 8 13 6 15 13 12 4 4 4 0 6 8 6 3 5 7 7 6 5 7 11 6 7 5 9 11 4 1 0 4 3 8 3 4 2 3 7 7

No. Yards Avg. 25 285 11.4

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1953 William Reed 1954 Leon Jamison 1955 Donald Taylor 1956 Donald Taylor 1957 Leon Jamison 1958 Donald Taylor 1959 Aubrey Winston 1960 Charles Ferguson 1961 Edmond Francois 1962 Maurice McDonald 1963 Willie Mitchell 1964 Johnnie Robinson 1965 Johnnie Robinson 1966 John Robinson 1967 Leo Johnson 1968 Joe Cooper 1969 Joe Scales 1970 David Davis 1971 James Thaxton 1972 Ollie Smith 1973 John Holland 1974 James Matthews 1975 Loaird McCreary 1976 Rodney Parker 1977 Jerrold McRae 1978 John Smith 1979 Mike Jones 1980 Mike Jones 1981 Mike Jones 1982 Mike Jones 1983 Golden Tate 1984 Barry Collins 1985 Quinton Johnson 1986 Bart Evans 1987 Frank Pillow 1988 Alvin Griffin 1989 Anthony Owens 1990 Patrick Robinson 1991 Patrick Robinson 1992 Charles Hunter 1993 Lawrence Segree 1994 Clarence Jones 1995 Jerome Hurd, II 1996 Juan Hall 1997 Tyrone Butterfield 1998 Tyrone Butterfield 1999 Avion Black 2000 C.J. Johnson 2001 C.J. Johnson 2002 C.J. Johnson 2003 CJ. Johnson 2004 Fred Burnette 2005 Fred Burnette 2006 Chris Johnson 2007 Chris Johnson

18 26 9 18 8 18 17 14 7 6 28 23 32 40 51 40 21 35 37 26 53 31 27 25 29 45 46 55 49 47 63 59 22 30 37 17 22 39 49 54 65 54 53 72 59 72 47 42 50 45 57 37 39 20 41

284 580 203 460 188 343 222 223 115 90 478 432 630 640 716 569 366 767 641 446 739 490 400 552 485 770 786 934 872 979 1,307 908 329 406 597 251 457 714 782 855 870 752 644 1,021 1,053 1,129 894 853 910 1,034 1,106 624 503 410 740

15.8 22.3 22.6 25.6 23.5 19.1 13.1 15.9 16.4 15.0 17.1 18.8 19.7 16.0 14.0 14.2 17.4 21.9 17.3 17.2 13.9 15.8 14.8 22.1 16.7 17.1 17.0 17.0 17.8 20.8 20.7 15.4 15.0 13.5 16.1 14.8 20.8 18.3 16.0 15.8 13.4 13.9 12.2 14.2 17.8 15.7 19.0 20.3 18.2 23.0 19.4 16.9 12.9 20.5 18.0

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Yards 779 538 462 735 733 632 879

Avg. 17.7 13.8 11.6 17.9 14.4 18.1 15.2

TD 3 3 4 7 6 7 7

SCORING Year Name TD PAT CV FG PTS 1952 Roy Kimble 5 30 Matthew Maiden 5 30 1953 Roy Kimble 9 54 1954 Leon Jamison 9 54 1955 Fay Mitchell 7 42 1956 Fay Mitchell 17 102 1957 Wilbur Suesberry 4 7/15 31 1958 Wilbur Suesberry 4 6/7 30 1959 Henry Arnold 9 54 1960 Henry Arnold 8 48 1961 Henry Arnold 5 30 1962 John Kenney 2 2 16 1963 Charlie Powell 5 30 1964 Eugene Bowens 8 2 52 1965 Johnnie Robinson 8 1 50 1966 Nolan Smith 12 72 1967 Wayne Reese 10 60 1968 Albert Davis 6 36 1969 Jacob Mayes 13 78 1970 Alfred Reese 9 40/48 6/9 112 1971 Alfred Reese 7 17/24 0/1 59 1972 Alfred Reese 11 34/38 4/7 112 1973 Larry Dorsey 13 78 1974 James Matthews 4 31/34 7/9 76 1975 Nathaniel Simpson 5 30 1976 Nathaniel Simpson 6 36 1977 Jerrold McRae 7 42 1978 Larry Watkins 21/28 8/10 45 1979 Larry Watkins 34/40 13/18 73 1980 Mike Jones 13 78 1981 Jackie Coffee 9 54 1982 Mike Jones 15 90 1983 Herman Hunter 13 78 Golden Tate 13 78 1984 Barry Collins 12 1 74 1985 David Hood 20/- 8/- 44 1986 Quinton Crawford 6 1 34 1987 André Sherrill 22/24 6/8 40 1988 Melvin Waters 6 36 1989 Anthony Owens 6 42 1990 J.J. Flournoy 30/32 10/11 60 1991 Patrick Robinson 6 36 1992 Darron Davis 9 1 56

1993 Darron Davis 7 1994 Darron Davis 8 1995 Jerome Hurd 6 1996 Lamarr Wallace 7 1997 Calvin Davenport 9 1998 Tyrone Butterfield 11 1999 Donell Brantley 13 2000 Julius Hull 8 2001 Joey Hudak 42/48 10/15 2002 Charles Anthony 11 2/2 2003 Charles Anthony 15 1/2 2004 Charles Anthony 16 0-1 2005 Eric Benson 12/13 6/8 2006 Javarris Williams 12 2007 Javarris Williams 12 2008 Javarris Williams 16 2009 Calvin McNairl 6 2010 Jamin Godfrey 21/24 9/18 2011 Jamin Godfrey 37/39 16/24 2012 Trabis Ward 15 2013 Jamin Godfrey 43/45 18/29 2014 Lane Clark 26/28 8/15 PUNT RETURN Year Name TD 1966 Noland Smith 4 1999 Avion Black 0 2000 Carlos Wright 1 2002 Patrick Jenkins 0 2003 Jarrett Morrow 0 2004 Eric Framcis 1 2005 Gerald Morrow 0 2006 Jarrett Morrow 0 2007 Chris Johnson 1 2008 Chris Johnson 0 2009 Eugene Clifford 0 2010 Ryan Berry 0 2011 Weldon Garlington 1 2012 Weldon Garlington 0 2013 De’Ante Saunders 0 2014 De’Ante Saunders 1 KICK RETURN Year Name TD 1999 Avion Black 4 2000 Carlos Wright 0 2001 Patrick Jenkins 0 2003 Carlos Wright 0 2004 Gerald Morrow 0 2005 Denard Cox 0 2006 Jarrett Morrow 0 2007 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 1 2008 JaJuan Spillman 1 2009 Travis James 0 2010 Julian Mallory 0 2011 Weldon Garlington 1 2012 Weldon Garlington 0 2013 Martine Stevenson 1

AVG 19 12.1 13.8 13.8 19.4

42 48 36 42 54 66 78 48 72 70 92 96 30 72 72 96 36 48 85 90 97 50 ATT YDS 27 513 9 109 16 220 5 69 5 97

7.8 15 177 7.6 11 84 12.0 20 240 13.3 7 93 5.8 13 75 9.2 14 129 19.4 9 175 5.5 13 71 5.8 33 190 7.6 24 183 AVG ATT YDS 36.9 26 958 21.4 20 427 22.0 24 527 21.2 16 338 21.7 19 412 22.8 11 244 20.1 15 301 24.4 33 806 24.9 28 697 21.6 15 324 20.9 15 315 20.9 26 544 18.8 21 395 23.2 18 419

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS INTERCEPTIONS Year Name INT YDS TD 1966 Craig Gilliam 16 1983 Ronald Howard 4 1985 Roger Holmes 6 16 1986 Ronald Johnson 3 18 0 1987 Leon Garlington 2 41 0 Ben Robinson 2 0 0 Tony Stargell 2 9 0 Albert Thomas 2 0 0 1988 Roger Jones 2 40 0 1989 Joe Stone 4 56 1 1990 Randy Fuller 5 81 0 1991 Lamont Wortham 3 13 0 1993 Brent Alexander 8 121 0 1994 Cedric Davis 4 50 0 1995 Benny Gaston 4 34 1 1996 Darrell Hinton 5 50 0 1997 Jarrick Hillery 3 49 0 Darrell Hinton 3 41 0 1998 Jarrick Hillery 4 35 0 1999 Bennie Zeigler 3 59 0 2000 Chane Price 3 46 1 2001 Ahmed Safeeullah 4 76 0 Marquis Stephens 4 36 0 2002 Deon Giddens 5 3 0 2003 Deon Giddens 4 6 0 2004 Justin Williams 5 85 1 2005 Justin Williams 5 165 1 2006 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 6 37 0 2007 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 2 140 2 2008 Eugene Clifford 3 81 1 Larry Williford 3 32 0 Anthony Levine 3 29 0 2009 Eugene Clifford 2 69 1 Ty’Ron Johnson 2 14 1 Anthony Levine 2 70 0 2010 Eugene Clifford 4 47 0 2011 Steven Godbolt 2 0 0 2012 Steven Godbolt 6 67 0 2013 Daniel Fitzpatrick 8 140 3 2014 De’Ante Saunders 5 49 1 TACKLES Year Name 1978 Aaron Joseph 1983 Ronald Howard 1984 James Derico 1985 James Derico 1986 Rod Reed 1987 Rod Reed 1988 Rod Reed 1989 Simon Shanks 1990 Simon Shanks 1991 Elliot Pilton 1993 Brent Alexander 1994 Darrell Williams

TOT 67 72 115 87 111 197 100 141 105 152 113 100

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16 39 36 51 120 31 34 23 33 32 23

1995 Ryan Falker 113 1996 T.J. Smith 81 1997 Brent Sterling 86 1998 Brent Sterling 81 1999 Brent Sterling 92 2000 Marquis Stephens 71 2001 Walter Reese 83 2002 Jermaine Beale 110 2003 James Dumervil 91 2004 2005 Jamar Landrom 91 2006 Daniel Williams 65 2007 Ramond Willis 84 2008 Rico Council 67 2009 John Jones, Jr. 70 2010 Eugene Clifford 83 2011 Rico Council 87 2012 Nick Thrasher 105 2013 Nick Thrasher 110 2014 Nick Thrasher 128 TACKLES FOR LOSS Year Name 1988 Anthony Pleasant 1989 Chuck Price 1990 Elliot Pilton Lee Smith Bernard Wilson 1991 Elliot Pilton Bernard Wilson 1993 Gerome Gardner 1994 Michael Holcey 1995 Ryan Falker 1996 Lamar Carter 1997 Brent Sterling 1998 Lamar Carter 1999 Lamar Carter 2000 Desmond Scantling Walter Reese 2001 Jermaine Beale 2002 Jermaine Beale 2003 Paul Thomas 2004 Paul Thomas 2005 Jamar Landrom 2006 Shaun Richardson 2007 Shaun Richardson 2008 Maurice Davis 2009 John Jones, Jr. Kellen Woodard 2010 Marcus Broxie 2011 Antonio Harper 2012 Nick Thrasher 2013 Anthony Bass 2014 Anthony Bass

82 51 47 46 48 50 51 64 45

31 30 39 35 44 21 32 46 46

61 35 50 40 41 44 49 68 69 69

30 30 34 27 29 39 38 37 41 59

TOT YDS 14 71 10 40 10 51 10 55 10 60 6 18 6 8 13 52 16 77 11.5 39 21 126 12 26 13 80 17.5 84 13 66 13 87 21 68 18 42 20 98 14 47 12.5 52 8 40 14.5 82 11.5 46 8.5 18 8.5 32 10.5 34 9.0 34 9.0 27 14.5 79 12.5 56

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SACKS Year Name TOT YDS 1983 Charles Buchanan 8 1984 Alex Carter 10 1985 Mike Robinson 13 1986 Onzy Elam 12 1987 Bryan Williams 5.5 1988 Anthony Pleasant 14 1989 Anthony Pleasant 7 1990 Lee Smith 7 49 1991 Elliot Pilwon 7.5 54 1993 Gerome Gardner 6 38 Robert Hillman 6 48 1994 Michael Holcey 8 53 1995 Benny Gaston 3.5 22 1996 Lamar Carter 12 95 1997 Lamar Carter 8 57 1998 Lamar Carter 9.5 73 1999 Lamar Carter 12 73 2000 Desmond Scantling 8 50 2001 Walter Reese 8 42 2002 Keith Rogers 3 26 2003 Paul Thomas 12 72 2004 2005 Jamar Landrom 4 26 Courtney Richardson 4 14 2006 Maurice Davis 3 19 Jonathan Edwards 3 16 2007 Shaun Richardson 7 61 2008 Marcus Broxie 6 27 Rodney Fritz 5 30 2009 Kellen Woodard 5 17 2010 Rico Council 4 18 2011 Antonio Harper 6.5 31 2012 Anthony Bass 4 31 Antonio Harper 4 18 2013 Anthony Bass 10 47 2014 Gabe Terry 11.5 95 FORCED FUMBLES Year Name 1993 Randy Fuller Jim Lackey 1994 Michael Holcey 1995 Richard Freeman Benny Gaston Jim Lackey Eric McCray 1996 Brian Hubbard 1997 Lamar Carter 1998 Lamar Carter Brent Sterling

TOT 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3

1999 Danny Roberson 2000 Desmond Scantling 2001 B. McCartherenes 2003 Wesley Holmes 2004 Paul Thomas 2005 Jamar Landrom 2006 Nikkieda Rutland 2007 Shaun Richardson 2008 Larry Williford 2009 (10 players) 2010 Eugene Clifford 2011 (3 players) 2012 Daniel Fitzpatrick Stephen Godbolt III 2013 Nick Thasher 2014 (3 players) FUMBLES RECOVERED Year Name 1988 Rod Reed 1989 Kenny Jones 1990 Elliot Pilton 1991 William Tucker 1993 Richard Freeman

TOT 4 4 3 3 2 Gerome Gardner 2 Thomas Jackson 2 William Tucker 2

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YDS

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1994 Michael Holcey 3 1 34 1995 Clifford Green 2 2 96 2 1996 Lamar Carter 2 Kato Smith 2 1997 Jon Mitchell 3 1998 Ligarius Jennings 3 1999 Brent Sterling 3 2000 Chane Price 4 2 18 1 2001 Curley Grayson 3 2002 Isa Rahman 2 2003 Justin Williams 2 2004 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 2 1 2 1 2005 9 Players 1 2006 7 Players 1 2007 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 2 2008 Eugene Clifford 2 Remond Willis 2 2009 Eugene Clifford 2 1 78 1 2010 Brandon Bather 2 2 2011 3 players 2 2012 7 players 1 2013 Nick Thrasher 3 2014 9 players 1

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS PASS BREAK-UPS Year Name TOT 1988 Roger Jones 7 1989 Tony Stargell 11 1990 Roger Jones 20 1991 Randy Fuller 11 1993 Brent Alexander 7 Randy Fuller 7 1994 Cedric Davis 10 1995 Clifford Green 11 1996 Clifford Green 17 1997 Eric Joyce 10 1998 Ligarius Jennings 11 1999 Ligarius Jennings 14 2000 Ligarius Jennings 12 2001 Dion Giddens 8 2002 Scott Cunningham 19 2003 2004 Paul Thomas 5 2005 Jamal Landrom 4 Dom. Rodgers-Cromartie 4 2006 Dom. Rodgers-Cromartie 7 2007 Dom. Rodgers-Cromartie 11 2008 Rico Council 4 2009 Marquez Hall 9 2010 Eugene Clifford 10 2011 (2 players) 7 2012 Daniel Fitzpatrick 8 2013 De’Ante Saunders 9 2014 (2 players) 6 BLOCKED KICKS Year Name TOT 1993 Brent Alexander 2 1994 David Bell (PAT) 1 Cedric Davis (Punt) 1 Darrell Williams (FG) 1 1995 Lamar Barker (Punt) 1 Benny Gaston (FG) 1 1996 Lamar Carter (Punt) 1 Brian Hubbard (PAT) 1 1997 Jarrick Hillery (FG) 1 1998 Donell Brantley (Punt) 1 Jarrick Hillery (FG) 1 KaRon Key (Punt) 1 1999 Ed Sanders (FG) 2 2000 (3 players) 1 2001 Dion Giddens 2 Marquis Stephens 2 2002 Steve Farmer 3 2003 Paul Thomas 2 2004 Paul Thomas 5 2005 Frantzy Dorlean 1 Almonte Duncan 1

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Dom. Rodgers-Cromartie 1 Daniel Williams 1 Jonathan Edwards 2 Dom. Rodgers-Cromartie 4 Kellen Woodard 1 Rodney Fritz 1 Lamar Wallace 2 Donte’e Nicholls 1 3 Players 1 6 Players 1

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OUTSTANDING SINGLE GAME PERFORMANCES 200 -Yard Rushing Games

285 - Charles Anthony vs. Samford 267 - Trabis Ward at Southeast Missouri 248 - Charles Anthony vs. Southeast Missouri 233 - Darron Davis at Austin Peay State 233 - Preston Brown vs. Florida A&M 230 - Lee Derrick vs. Bluefield State 229 - Javarris Williams vs. Florida A&M 218 - Preston Brown vs. Jackson State 213 - Amariah Robb vs. Tennessee Tech 203 - Charles Middlebrooks vs. UT-Martin 202 - Charles Anthony vs. Alabama A&M

100-Yard Rushing Games

10/23/04 10/13/12 11/06/04 10/16/93 9/25/10 11/25/54 9/30/06 9/11/10 11/06/99 11/05/77 9/04/04

195 Javarris Williams vs. Tennessee Tech 10/14/06 195 Javarris Williams vs. Austin Peay 10/18/08 194 Charles Anthony at Murray State 11/22/03 194 Tim Cross vs. Austin Peay 11/04/89 192 Charles Anthony vs. Eastern Illinois 11/02/02 190 Javarris Williams vs Tennessee Tech 10/15/05 190 Tim Broughton at Jacksonville State 10/12/13 187 Charles Anthony vs. Eastern Kentucky 11/22/03 186 Dante Thomas vs. North Carolina A&T 10/2/10 180 Trabis Ward vs. UT Martin 11/12/11 175 Darron Davis at Morehead State 9/17/94 171 DeJuan Marshall at Eastern Illinois 10/31/98 171 Charles Anthony vs. Jackson State 9/18/04 169 Charles Anthony at UT-Martin 9/27/03 168 Trabis Ward at Jacksonville State 10/20/12 168 Larry Kinnebrew vs. UT-Chattanooga 10/16/82 164 Alfred Reese vs. Norfolk State 9/09/72 163-Javarris Williams at UT -Martin 10/04/08 163 Jarrick Hillery vs. Morehead State 10/07/95 162 Jackie Coffee at North Carolina A&T 11/21/81 162 Javarris Williams vs. Samford 10/28/06 161 Charles Anthony at UT-Martin 9/9/04 161 Henry Arnold at Central State 10/22/60 160 DeJuan Marshall vs. UT-Martin 10/24/98 159 Tevin Hooks vs. Southeast Missouri State 10/05/13 158 Charles Anthony at Eastern Kentucky 11/13/04 158 Nate Simpson vs. Central State 11/01/75 157 Charles Anthony at Southeast Missouri State 11/08/03 157 Melvin Waters at Morehead State 10/22/88 156 Charles Anthony at Alabama A&M 9/06/03 156 Jackie Coffee at Southern 10/31/81 155 Charles Anthony vs. Florida A&M 9/20/03 155 Charles Anthony vs. Florida A&M 9/25/04 154-Trabis Ward at Bethune-Cookman 9/22/12 154 Charles Anthony at Samford 10/25/03 154 Charles Anthony vs. Mississippi Valley 10/13/01 152 Steve Griffin at Jackson State 10/20/84 151 Tom Smith vs. Edward Waters 8/30/14 151 Gene Bowens at North Carolina A&T 9/24/66 150 Charles Anthony at Tennessee Tech 10/11/03

150 Darron Davis vs. UT-Martin 147 Mickey Avery at North Carolina A&T 146 Herman Hunter vs. Mississippi Valley State 146 Charles Anthony vs. UT-Martin 145 Preston Brown vs. North Carolina A&T 144 Jesse Wilburn vs. Paul Quinn 142 Trabis Ward at Eastern Illinois 141 Trabis Ward vs. Southern 139 Tyrone Cook vs. Texas Southern 136 Alfred Reese vs. Florida A&M 136 Lawrence Barnes at UT-Martin 135 Morris Harris at Southern Illinois 135 Terrence Wright vs. Eastern Illinois 135 Trabis Ward vs. Southeast Missouri 134 Vincent Thomas vs. Grambling State 134 Darron Davis at Morehead State 134 Darron Davis vs. Jackson State 134 Javarris Williams vs. Jacksonville State 133 Fred Lane vs. Drake 133 Darron Davis vs. Southeast Missouri 133 Charles Anthony vs. Florida A&M 133 Terrance Wright at Murray State 132 Jarrick Hillery vs. Jackson State 131 Charles Anthony at Jacksonville State 131 Wayne Reese at Southern 131 Morris Harris at Nicholls State 130 Gene Bowens at North Carolina A&T 129 Tevin Hooks vs. Murray State 129-Trabis Ward vs. Tennessee Tech 127 Darron Davis at Eastern Kentucky 126 Jake Mayes v vs. Bishop 126 Javarris Williams vs. Southeast Missouri 125 Javarris Williams at Southeast Missouri 125 Javarris Williams vs. Tennessee Tech 124 Trabis Ward vs. Florida A&M 124 Tim Broughton at Florida A&M 123 Aaron Jones vs. Florida A&M 123 Javarris Williams vs. Murray State 122 Ralph Carnahan vs. UT-Martin 122 Calvin Davenport vs. South Carolina State 122 Calvin McNairl vs. Southeast Missouri State 121 Wayne Reese vs. Bishop 121 Javarris Williams vs. Alabama A&M 120 Paul McNeal vs. Lincoln 120 Darron Davis vs. UT-Martin 120 Calvin Davenport vs. Jackson State 119 Darron Davis vs. Tennessee Tech 118 Nate Jackson vs. Alabama State 118 Craig Lewis at Austin Peay 118 Dante Thomas at Southeast Missouri State 117-Javarris Williams vs. Eastern Kentucky 117 Charles Anthony vs. South Carolina State 117 Jesse Wilburn vs. Central State 116 Preston Brown vs. Austin Peay

10/17/92 11/19/83 11/13/82 10/26/02 10/2/10 10/15/55 11/5/11 9/3/11 9/30/72 10/23/71 11/06/76 9/19/81 11/6/10 10/8/11 10/08/77 10/10/92 9/10/94 10/22/05 12/09/72 11/21/92 9/22/01 11/20/10 9/09/95 10/16/04 11/01/69 10/25/80 9/26/64 11/16/13 10/27/12 10/08/94 11/22/69 11/12/05 10/25/08 11/01/08 9/01/12 9/07/13 10/20/79 9/09/06 11/05/77 9/27/97 10/03/09 11/22/69 9/02/06 11/12/60 10/22/94 9/12/98 11/6/93 11/17/73 11/05/88 10/9/10 9/20/08 8/30/03 10/26/57 9/18/10

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OUTSTANDING SINGLE GAME PERFORMANCES 100-Yard Rushing Games - Continued 114 Trabis Ward 114 Charlie Thomas 113-Trabis Ward 113 Carlos Wright 113 Charles Anthony 113 Donell Brantley 112 Clarence Love 112 Darron Davis 111 Trabis Ward 111 Javarris Williams 111 DeJuan Marshall 110 Charles Anthony 110 Melvin Waters 110 Darron Davis 109 Wayne Reese 108 Tim Broughton 108 Telvin Hooks 108 Lawrence Barnes 108 Larry Kinnebrew 106 Trabis Ward 106 Lee Derrick 105 Sugar Sanders 105 Bill Tucker 105 Alfred Reese 105 Alfred Reese 104 Herman Hunter 104 Charles Anthony 103 Charles Anthony 103 Morris Harris 102 Herman Hunter 102 Lamarr Wallace 101 Al Davis 101 Lawrence Barnes 101 Jarrick Hillery 101 Calvin McNairl 101 Trabis Ward 100 Darron Davis 100 Charles Anthony

vs. Jackson State vs. Central State vs. Eastern Kentucky vs. Jackson State vs. Jackson State vs. Alabama A&M vs. Texas Southern at Tennessee Tech at Murray State vs. Jackson State at Eastern Kentucky vs. Jackson State` vs. Morgan State vs. Austin Peay at Southern vs. Central State at Murray State at Grambling State at Central State at UT-Martin vs. North Carolina Central vs. Prairie View A&M vs. Central State vs. Southern vs. Drake vs. Grambling State vs. Murray Sate vs. Grambling vs. North Carolina Central vs. Southern vs. Morehead State vs. Albany State at Southern vs. Lane vs. Jackson State at Austin Peay vs. Murray State vs. Murray State

9/08/12 11/20/71 10/6/12 9/13/03 9/14/02 10/03/98 10/03/70 11/05/94 11/3/12 9/16/06 10/10/98 9/13/03 10/24/87 10/24/92 10/28/67 9/29/13 9/29/12 10/09/76 9/18/72 11/17/12 10/30/54 9/07/02 11/25/65 10/28/72 12/09/72 10/08/83 11/20/04 9/21/02 11/04/78 10/30/82 10/07/95 9/26/70 10/27/73 10/05/96 9/12/09 10/1/11 11/13/93 11/03/01

400-Yard Passing Games 491 Leon Murray 484 Gilbert Renfroe 467 James Wade 463 Michael German 445 Leon Murray 435 Riley Walker 413 Chris Perkins 412 Joe Adams 407 Kenneth Biggles 400 Brian Ransom

at Murray State 11/14/98 vs. District of Columbia 11/05/83 at Southeast Missouri State 10/19/91 at Murray State 11/22/14 at Middle Tennessee State 9/05/98 vs. Eastern Illinois 11/02/02 at Southeast Missouri 11/20/99 vs. Alabama State 10/18/80 at Alabama A&M 9/17/83 at UT-Chattanooga 11/14/81

300-Yard Passing Games

399 James Wade vs. Jackson State

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395 Michael German 389 Joe Adams 384 Joe Gilliam 381 Riley Walker 382 Shannon Harris 369 James Wade 365 Riley Walker 364 Michael German 363 Leon Murray 362 Michael German 362 Brian Ransom 360 Shannon Harris 357 Leon Murray 355 Michael German 353 Gilbert Renfroe 350 Gilbert Renfroe 349 Joe Adams 344 Shannon Harris 343 Eldridge Dickey 342 Joe Adams 341 James Wade 341 James Wade 340 Michael German 339 Joe Adams 339 Leon Murray 338 Joe Adams 338 Brian Ransom 333 Kenneth Biggles 332 James Wade 328 Gilbert Renfroe 327 Daryl Williams 326 Michael German 325 Joe Adams 324 Shannon Harris 325 James Wade 325 Shannon Harris 318 Michael German 317 Kenneth Biggles 316 Eldridge Dickey 315 Antonio Heffner 315 Joe Adams 314 Michael German 314 Antonio Heffner 313 Leon Murray 311 Michael German 311 Daryl Williams 309 Shannon Harris 306 Eldridge Dickey 304 Eldridge Dickey 304 Brian Ransom 304 Michael German 303 James Wade 302 Eldridge Dickey 302 Eldridge Dickey 301 Todd Valentine

at Austin Peay 11/08/14 vs. UT-Chattanooga 11/18/78 vs. Grambling State 10/09/71 at Jacksonville State 10/16/04 at Eastern Illinois 10/27/01 at Austin Peay 10/06/90 vs. South Carolina State 8/30/03 vs. Jacksonville State 10/11/14 vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/06/97 at Southeast Missouri 10/04/14 at Louisville 10/17/81 vs. Jackson State 11/22/01 vs. North Carolina A&T 10/04/97 at UT-Martin 11/17/12 at Jackson State 9/04/85 vs. Mississippi Valley State 10/05/85 vs. Kentucky State 11/22/80 vs. Southeast Missouri State 9/29/01 at Grambling State 10/08/66 vs. Florida A&M 10/22/77 at Austin Peay 10/26/91 at Southern 11/16/92 at Alabama State 9/06/14 vs. Central State 11/08/80 at Southeast Missouri State 11/22/97 vs. Southern 11/01/80 vs. Nicholls State 10/24/81 vs. Mississippi Valley State 11/13/82 at Eastern Kentucky 10/31/92 at Southern 10/29/83 at Southeast Missouri 11/20/93 vs. Eastern Kentucky 11/01/14 at Nevada-Las Vegas 11/09/79 vs. Murray State 11/3/01 vs. Austin Peay 10/24/92 vs. UT-Martin 10/20/01 vs. Austin Peay 9/15/12 at Florida A&M 9/24/83 vs. Muskingum 12/10/66 vs. Southern 9/6/08 vs. Southern Illinois 9/15/79 vs. UT Martin 10/18/14 vs. Eastern Kentucky 9/20/08 vs. Florida A&M 9/26/98 at Jacksonville State 10/20/12 vs. Tennessee Tech 11/6/93 at Eastern Kentucky 11/17/01 at Florida A&M 10/22/66 vs. Southern 10/31/64 vs. Central State 11/7/81 at Austin Peay 10/1/11 at Southeast Missouri 11/21/92 vs. Florida A&M 10/21/67 vs. Kentucky State 11/24/66 vs. Florida A&M 8/31/96

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OUTSTANDING SINGLE GAME PERFORMANCES 100 -Yard Receiving Games 193 John Robinson 193 Marcus Dowdell 188 Mike Jones 188 Quinton Crawford 186 Charles Hunter 185 Fred Burnette 183 McDonald Oden 182 Patrick Robinson 179 Weldon Garlington 175 C.J. Johnson 172 Dave Davis 172 Tyrone Butterfield 171 Tyrone Butterfield 163 Corey Sullivan 163 Corey Sullivan 162 C.J. Johnson 160 Ollie Smith 159 C.J. Johnson 158 Mike Jones 158 Mike Jones 158 Chris Johnson 156 Jerrold McRae 156 Golden Tate 156 Juan Hall 156 Chris Johnson 156 Ryan Mitchell 155 Golden Tate 154 Mike Jones 152 Herman Hunter 152 Travis James 151 Patrick Robinson 149 Patrick Robinson 149 Lawrence Segree 147 Mike Jones 147 C.J. Johnson 146 Albert Thomas 146 Calvin McNairl 144 Patrick Robinson 143 Weldon Garlington 140 Tyrone Butterfield 139 Travis James 139 Mike Jones 138 John Holland 137 Rodney Parker 137 John Frierson 135 Clarence Jones 135 Tyrone Butterfield 134 Weldon Garlington 134 John Frierson 134 Lawrence Segree 134 Juan Hall 133 Mike Jones 132 C.J. Johnson

vs. Muskingum 12/10/66 at Austin Peay 10/6/90 at Louisville 10/17/81 vs. Mississippi Valley State 10/5/85 vs. Southeast Missouri 11/21/92 at Jacksonville State 10/16/04 vs. UT-Chattanooga 11/18/78 vs. Jackson State 9/19/72 vs. Jacksonville State 10/11/14 at Tennessee Tech 10/11/03 vs. Parsons 11/21/70 at UT-Martin 10/25/97 at Middle Tennessee State 9/5/98 at UT-Martin 10/25/97 vs. Eastern Kentucky 10/30/99 vs. Murray State 11/11/00 vs. McNeese State 12/11/71 at Samford 10/25/03 at UNLV 11/9/79 at UNLV 11/9/79 vs. Southern 9/6/08 at Central State 10/2/76 at Alabama A&M 9/17/83 vs. Lane 10/5/96 at Jacksonville State 10/21/06 vs. UT Martin 10/18/14 at North Carolina A&T 11/19/83 at UT-Chattanooga 11/14/81 vs. Southern 10/27/84 vs. UT Martin 11/12/11 at Grambling State 9/15/90 at Austin Peay 10/26/91 vs. Southeast Missouri State 11/19/94 vs. Central State 11/7/81 at Eastern Illinois 10/27/01 vs. Tennessee Tech 10/29/88 at Eastern Kentucky 10/22/11 vs. Tennessee Tech 11/9/91 at Austin Peay 11/08/14 at Florida A&M 8/30/97 at UT-Martin 11/17/12 vs. California Poly-Pomona 11/22/79 vs. Central State 11/10/73 vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/4/76 at Morehead State 10/10/92 at Tennessee Tech 11/5/94 vs. UT-Martin 10/24/98 at Alabama State 9/06/14 at Southern 11/16/91 at Murray State 11/12/94 vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/7/96 vs. Alabama State 10/18/80 vs. Florida A&M 9/27/02

131 Mike Jones 131 Calvin McNairl 130 Clarence Jones 129 Quentin Johnson 129 Patrick Robinson 129 Avion Black 128 Mike Jones 128 Joseph Hills 127 Chris Johnson 127 Tyrone Butterfield 125 Marcus Dowdell 125 Patrick Robinson 124 Marcus Dowdell 123 Patrick Robinson 123 Juan Hall 122 AC Leonard 122 Ryan Mitchell 122 Lawrence Segree 121 Jeremy Pryor 120 Brandon Belvin 120 Tyrone Watson 119 C.J. Johnson 119 Barry Collins 119 Kevin Jackson 119 Tyrone Butterfield 119 Ryan Mitchell 118 John Frierson 117 Mike Jones 117 Juan Hall 116 Carlos Wright 116 Terence Harris 116 Tyrone Butterfield 116 Calvin McNairl 116 Calvin McNairl 115 A.C. Leonard 115 Rodney Parker 115 Lee Haynes 115 Barry Collins 115 Bart Evans 115 Charles Hunter 115 Gerald Morrow 115 Travis James 115 Lawrence Segree 114 Lee Haynes 114 Golden Tate 114 John Frierson 114 Juan Hall 113 Kenneth Gardner 113 Mike Jones 113 Patrick Robinson 113 Lawrence Segree 113 Clarence Jones 112 Chris Johnson 112 Charles Wade 112 Barry Collins 112 Golden Tate 112 Calvin Davenport

vs. North Carolina A&T 11/20/82 vs. Tennessee Tech 10/23/10 vs. Eastern Kentucky 10/9/93 at Grambling State 10/6/84 vs. Murray State 11/13/93 at Appalachian State 11/28/98 at Nicholls State 10/25/80 at Murray State 11/20/10 at Alabama A&M 8/30/08 vs. North Carolina A&T 10/4/97 vs. Central State 9/29/90 at Southern 11/16/91 at Southeast Missouri 10/19/91 vs. Florida A&M 9/26/92 vs. Southeast Missouri 11/23/96 at Tennessee Tech 9/21/13 vs. Southeast Missouri 10/05/13 vs South Carolina State 9/30/95 vs. Eastern Illinois 11/6/10 vs. Eastern Kentucky 9/20/08 at Jackson State 9/9/89 vs. South Carolina State 8/30/03 vs. North Carolina A&T 11/17/84 vs. Tennessee Tech 11/8/97 vs. Alabama A&M 10/3/98 vs. Eastern Kentucky 11/01/14 vs. Jackson State 9/12/92 vs. Southern Illinois 9/15/79 at Eastern Kentucky 11/2/96 at Southeast Missouri 10/5/02 vs. Central State 10/3/87 vs. South Carolina State 9/27/97 at Murray State 11/20/10 vs. Southeast Missouri 10/8/11 at Murray State 11/3/12 at Grambling State 10/9/76 at Nicholls State 10/25/80 at North Carolina A&T 11/20/82 at Jackson State 9/14/86 at Grambling State 9/19/92 vs. Southeast Missouri 11/12/05 vs. Jackson State 9/10/11 vs. Grambling State 9/18/93 at Central State 11/8/80 at Jackson State 9/10/83 at Grambling State 9/19/92 vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/6/97 at Southern 10/31/81 vs. Jackson State 9/11/82 at Southeast Missouri 10/19/91 at Eastern Kentucky 10/31/92 at Morehead State 9/17/94 vs. Eastern Kentucky 9/20/08 at Prairie View 10/16/71 at Hampton 9/1/84 vs. Bethune-Cookman 10/23/82 vs. Murray State 11/11/95

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OUTSTANDING SINGLE GAME PERFORMANCES 111 Marcus Dowdell vs. Florida A&M 9/22/90 111 Jerome Hurd, II at UT Martin 10/14/95 110 Lee Haynes at North Carolina A&T 11/3/79 110 Lawrence Segree vs. Jackson State 9/11/93 110 Juan Hall vs. UT Martin 10/19/96 109 Travis James vs. Austin Peay 9/15/12 108 Jerrold McRae vs. Texas Southern 9/24/77 108 Sylvester Lawson vs. Florida A&M 10/22/77 108 Lee Haynes vs. Grambling State 10/6/79 108 Leon Floyd vs. Grambling State 10/8/83 108 Fred Burnette vs. Samford 10/23/04 107 Devin Wilson at Austin Peay 10/8/11 106 McDonald Oden vs. Cameron State 11/11/78 106 Lawrence Segree vs. Middle Tennessee State 10/3/93 106 Tyrone Butterfield at Eastern Kentucky 10/10/98 106 Corey Sullivan at Tennessee Tech 11/7/98 105 Brandon Belvin vs. Florida A&M 9/27/08 105 Golden Tate at Southern Illinois 9/19/81 105 Clarence Jones at Southeast Missouri 11/20/93 105 Jerome Hurd, II vs. South Carolina State 9/24/94 105 Brandon Belvin vs Florida A&M 9/2//08 104 Chris Sanders-McCollum vs. Southeast Mo. 10/04/14 104 JaJuan Spillman at Jacksonville State 11/15/08 104 C.J. Johnson vs. Tennessee Tech 11/2/02 104 John Holland vs. Wisconsin State-Superior 11/13/71 104 Alvin Griffin vs. Jackson State 9/10/88 104 Patrick Robinson vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/5/92 103 Corey Sullivan vs. Alabama A&M 10/3/98 103 Juan Hall vs. North Carolina A&T 10/4/97 103 Patrick Robinson vs. Tennessee Tech 11/3/90

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103 Maceo Coleman at Texas Southern 10/4/69 102 Chris Sanders-McCollum vs. Jackson State 9/13/14 102 A.C. Leonard vs. Tennessee Tech 10/27/12 102 Arcentae Broome at Murray State 11/14/98 102 Clarence Jones at Murray State 11/12/94 102 Jerrold McRae vs. Florida A&M 10/22/77 101 A.C. Leonard vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 9/22/12 101 John Frierson vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/7/91 101 John Holland at Virginia State 10/13/73 100 Julian Sample vs. UT Martin 11/7/09 100 Ron Jackson vs. UT Martin 10/20/01 100 Corey Sullivan at Eastern Kentucky 10/10/98

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SINGLE SEASON TEAM HIGHS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

1. 2. 4. 5. 8. 9.

1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10.

Points Scored

450 in 1984 430 in 1998 426 in 1999 416 in 1999 402 in 1972 394 in 1956 393 in 1983 389 in 2001 381 in 2013 377 in 1971

1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Touchdowns Scored

63 in 1984 61 in 1998 59 in 1956 58 in 1999 56 in 1972 54 in 1971 53 in 1983 52 in 2001 51 in 1970 51 in 1982

1. 2. 4. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Rushing Touchdowns

29 in 1964 28 in 1969 28 in 1972 27 in 1965 26 in 1970 26 in 2007 26 in 2008 25 in 1983 24 in 1959 24 in 1971 24 in 1998

Passing Touchdowns

42 in 1984 31 in 1999 30 in 1980 30 in 2001 29 in 1982 28 in 1973 28 in 1983 27 in 1998 26 in 2013 25 in 1971

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8. 10.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8.

Field Goals Made 18 in 2013 16 in 2012 16 in 2011 14 in 2008 13 in 1979 12 in 1999 11 in 2002 10 in 1990 10 in 1985 10 in 2001 10 in 2006

Field Goals Attempted

29 in 2013 24 in 1999 24 in 2011 20 in 2014 20 in 2012 20 in 1985 19 in 2008 18 in 1979 17 in 1997 16 in 2002

XP Kicks Attempted

59 in 1956 57 in 1984 53 in 1972 52 in 1998 50 in 1971 50 in 1982 50 in 2001 49 in 1965 49 in 1954 48 in 1970

XP Kicks Made 53 in 1984 51 in 1996 48 in 1972 45 in 2008 44 in 1982 43 in 2001 43 in 2001 42 in 1971 42 in 1983 42 in 2001

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Total Plays

943 in 2013 884 in 2014 854 in 2001 845 in 1981 825 in 2003 821 in 2008 819 in 1996 818 in 2012 817 in 1986 803 in 1985

Total Offense

5,139 in 1998 5,112 in 2001 5,095 in 1984 5,031 in 1981 5,017 in 1999 4,872 in 2013 4,829 in 2014 4,825 in 2008 4,813 in 1983 4,688 in 2012

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Rushing Yds. Per Game

269.8 in 1956 246.8 in 1957 224.9 in 1955 221.5 in 1961 210.8 in 2007 203.7 in 1959 197.1 in 1962 195.8 in 2008 190.3 in 1954 175.7 in 2012

3,765 in 1984 3,501 in 1999 3,336 in 1998 3,327 in 1983 3,326 in 1981 3,324 in 2001 3,268 in 2014 2,962 in 1992 2,917 in 1997 2.896 in 1980

Yards Passing Per Game

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Yards Rushing

2,698 in 1956 2,350 in 2008 2,319 in 2007 2,293 in 2013 2,037 in 1959 2,024 in 1955 1,933 in 2012 1,903 in 1954 1,826 in 2003 1,803 in 1998

Yards Passing

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10.

342.2 in 1984 303.3 in 1998 302.2 in 2001 302.0 in 1983 291.8 in 1999 289.6 in 1980 277.1 in 1981 272.3 in 2014 269.3 in 1992 265.2 in 1997

Pass Attempts

475 in 2014 428 in 1999 426 in 1984 424 in 2001 415 in 1985 407 in 1996 406 in 2000 398 in 1998 398 in 1999 391 in 1981

Pass Completions

257 in 2014 253 in 1984 248 in 1999 235 in 1999 233 in 1981 233 in 2001 220in 1981 216 in 2012 212 in 1998 203 in 1980

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Rushing Yards Per Play

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

6.27 in 1956 5.26 in 1954 5.20 in 1955 4.89 in 1952 4.87 in 1964 4.83 in 1961 4.78 in 1982 4.76 in 1998 4.73 in 1957 4.70 in 2011

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

467.2 in 1998 464.7 in 2001 463.1 in 1984 432.1 in 1999 437.5 in 1983 426.2 in 2012 419.2 in 1981 414.3 in 1956 414.2 in 1980 416.0 in 2011

Total Offense Per Game

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Highest Completion Pct.

1, 61.6% in 2008 2. 59.6% in 1981 3. 59.4% in 1984 4. 59.3% in 2012 5. 59.1% in 2013 6. 58.7% in 1980 7. 57.9% in 1999 8. 56.0% in2006 9. 55.4% in 2005 10. 55.2% in 1973

1. 3. 5. 6. 8. 9.

Interceptions Thrown 25 in 1972 25 in 1965 24 in 1975 24 in 1980 23 in 1994 22 in 1991 22 in 2002 21 in 1993 20 in 1973 20 in 1979 20 in 1981 20 in 2000

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Rushing Plays

571 in 2013 537 in 2008 528 in 1986 518 in 1959 503 in 2007 479 in 1953 478 in 1988 467 in 1972 454 in 2012 454 in 1981

First Downs (since 1971) 270 in 2001 263 in 1984 253 in 2008 253 in 2013 248 in 1999 246 in 2014 243 in 2012 239 in 1983 238 in 1981 233 in 1998

First Downs - Passing (since 1971)

169 in 1984 152 in 2014 145 in 1983 143 in 1999 139 in 1981 139 in 1998 135 in 2001 128 in 1992 124 in 1980 123 in 1979

First Downs - Rushing (since 1971)

133 in 2008 118 in 2007 114 in 2013 105 in 1994 104 in 2012 104 in 2001 100 in 2003 99 in 2011 95 in 1985 90 in 2006

First Downs - Penalties

1. 2. 3. 6. 7. 10.

31 in 2001 24 in 1987 23 in 1986 23 in 2003 23 in 2004 23 in 2013 22 in 2014 21 in 1980 21 in 1982 21 in 1999 20 in 1979 20 in 1983 20 in 1984 20 in 2002

1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 10.

82 in 1986 81 in 1987 75 in 2013 73 in 1988 73 in 2004 69 in 2003 66 in 1985 66 in 2014 66 in 2002 65 in 1989

1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

1. 2. 3. 5. 10.

Punts

Highest Punting Average 45.1 in 1990 41.6 in 1985 41.4 in 1991 41.4 in 1992 41.3 in 1986 41.0 in 1982 39.9 in 1999 39.8 in 1974 39.7 in 1969 39.7 in 2004

Passes Intercepted (Def.) 28 in 1984 22 in 1985 21 in 1954 21 in 2013 20 in 1955 20 in 1956 20 in 1971 20 in 1972 20 in 1990 19 in 1970 19 in 1974 19 in 2001

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PRESEASON ALL-OVC SELECTIONS

1989 DL – Anthony Pleasant DB – Joe Stone DB – Tony Stargell 1990 WR – Anthony Owens DL – Arbutus Price LB - Simon Shanks 1991 QB – James Wade WR – Marcus Dowdell P – Colin Godfrey 1992 OT – Robert Moorman QB – James Wade WR – Patrick Robinson P – Colin Godfrey HM: Randy Fuller, DB; Brent Alexander, DB

1993 C – Marshun Middleton G – Royce McGowan DL – Jim Lackey, TSU LB – Thomas Jackson, LB DB – Brent Alexander DB – Randy Fuller 1994 WR – Lawrence Segree DL – Jim Lackey HM: Clarence Jones, WR Thomas Jackson, LB Cedric Davis, DB 1995 QB – Daryl Williams WR – Lawrence Segree T – Royce MGowan DL – Jim Lackey DB – Darrell Williams HM: Dan Pride, OT; Michael Holcey, LB 1996 WR – Jereme Hurd HM: Jarrick Hillery, RB Ryan Falker, LB 1997 WR – Juan Hall OG – Shawn Thompson DL – Lamar Carter DB – Darrell Hinton HM: Todd Valentine, QB Bennie Anderson, OT

1998 QB – Leon Murray WR – Tyrone Butterfield OG – Deshawn Thompson LB – Armand Williams P – Ashley Johnson HM: Bennie Anderson, OG 1999 QB – Leon Murray WR – Corey Sullivan OG – Bennie Anderson OT – Michael Thompson DL – Lamar Carter LB – LaBrent Sterling HM: Avion Black, Jr. WR; Ike Boone, C; Ligarius Jennings, DB 2000 RB – Amariah Robb WR – Julius Hull OL – Lawrence Smith DL – Danny Robertson DB Ligarius Jennings HM: Ed Sanders, DB; Orlando Dotson, DL

2001 WR - C.J. Johnson OL - Lawrence Smith OL - Benedict Ibisi RET - Carlos Wright DL - Curley Grayson LB - Walter Reese HM: Marquis Stephens, DB 2002 WR - C.J. Johnson TE - Steve Farmer DL - Desmond Scantling LB - Jermaine Beale DB - Dion Giddens HM: Charles Anthony, RB 2003 WR - C.J. Johnson PK - Joey Hudak DB - Scott Cunningham DB - Deon Giddens 2004 RB - Charles Anthony DL - Paul Thomas LB - James Dumervil

2005 DL - Almonte Duncan 2006 DB – Aaron Strong

2007 QB - Antonio Heffner RB - Javarris Williams DL - Shaun Richardson DB - Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 2008 RB - Javarris Williams WR - Chris Johnson OT - Cornelius Lewis LB - Remond Willis 2009 DB - Eugene Clifford

Anthony Pleasant highlights the list becoming the first preseason and post season All-OVC pick for the Tigers.

2010 DB - Eugene Clifford DL- Donte’e Nicholls 2011 LB - Rico Council (Co-Defensive Player of the Year) RB - Dante’ Thomas OL - Kadeem Edwards 2012 OL - Kadeem Edwards DL - Antonio Harper RS - Weldon Garlington 2013 OL - Demetrius Rhaney OL - Kadeem Edwards TE - A.C. Leonard DE - Antonio Harper LB - Nick Thrasher DB - Daniel Fitzpatrick DB - Stephen Godbolt III (Defensive Player of the Year)

Brent Alexander carried the torch and was named to the preseason team in 1992.

2014 OL - Robert Myers QB - Mike German DE - Anthony Bass (Defensive Player of the Year) LB - Nick Thrasher DB - Daniel Fitzpatrick DB - D’Ante Saunders 2015 DE– Gabe Terry

Jim Lackey was the first Tiger selected to three preseason squads while gaining post season honors twice.

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FIRST TEAM OFFENSE 1994

DB - Ben Robinson

1999

WR - Clarence Jones

DL - Anthony Pleasant

OT - Michael Thompson

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

OG - Bennie Anderson

WR - Lawrence Segree

WR - Corey Sullivan

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

RS - Avion Black

DL - Anthony Pleasant

DE - David Bell

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

LB - Simon Shanks

DB - Cedric Davis

DL - Lamar Carter

DB - Tony Stargell

DB - Darrell Williams

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

DB - Joe Stone

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

C - Ike Boone

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

OG - Royce McGowan

QB - Leon Murray

OT - Gerald Hall

RB - Darron Davis

RB - Amariah Robb

OG - Michael Tharpe

WR - Clarence Jones

WR - Avion Black

TE - Al Griffin

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

WR - Anthony Owens

DL - Jim Lackey

LB - Brent Sterling

1989

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

DB - Ligarius Jennings 1995

DL - Arbutus Price

DB - Ed Sanders

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE 1990

WR - Jerome Hurd

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

TE - Anthony Owens

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

RS - Carlos Wright

WR - Marcus Dowdell

DL - Jim Lackey

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

K - J.J. Flournoy

LB - Ryan Falker

DL - Walter Reese

DB - Victor Bonds

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

1991

OT - Lawrence Smith

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

1996

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

C - John Macon

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

DL - Curley Grayson

QB - James Wade

DL - Lamar Carter

DB - Ligarius Jennings

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

DB - Clifford Green

LB - Elliot Pilton

OG - Shawn Thompson

P - Colin Godfrey

WR - Juan Hall

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

TE - Steve Farmer

OT - Larry Tharpe

DB - Darrell Hinton

WR - C.J. Johnson

WR - Marcus Dowdell

2001

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

WR - Patrick Robinson 1997

LB - Walter Reese

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

DB - Marquis Stephens

DB - Sheldrick Hawkins

WR - Tyrone Butterfield

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

RET - Tyrone Butterfield

OG - Lawrence Smith

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

WR - Patrick Jenkin

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

OT - Bennie Anderson

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

WR - Patrick Robinson

OG - Shawn Thompson

DL - Desmond Scantling

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

LB - Jermaine Beale

P - Colin Godfrey

LB - Armand Williams

DB - Eric Joyce

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

DB - Darrell Hinton

OT - Robert Moorman

P - Ashley Johnson

1992

OG - Gerod Duff TE - Charles Hunter

2002 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE LB - Jermaine Beale

1998

DB - Scott Cunningham

QB - James Wade

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

DB - Deon Giddens

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

OT - Bennie Anderson

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

DB - Brent Alexander

WR - Tyrone Butterfield

TE - Steve Farmer

DB - Randy Fuller

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

WR - C.J. Johnson

LB - Lamar Carter

K - Joey Hudak

DB - Jarrick Hillery

RS - Carlos Wright

1993

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2000

OT - Royce McGowan

OFFENSE

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

WR - Lawrence Segree

RB - DeJuan Marshall

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

WR - Corey Sullivan

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

DL - Gerome Gardner

RET - Avion Black

RB - Charles Anthony

DB - Brent Alexander

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

WR - C.J. Johnson

DB - Randy Fuller

DB - Darrell Hinton

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

2003

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

DL - Paul Thomas

OT - Royce McGowan

DB - Scott Cunningham

QB - Daryl Williams

LB - James Dumervil

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DB - Deon Giddens

2013

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

DB - Eugene Clifford

G - Kadeem Edwards

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

DL - Kellen Woodard,

DL - Anthony Bass

RB - Charles Anthony

LB - John Jones, Jr.

DL - Antonio Harper

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

DB - Anthony Levine

LB - Nick Thrasher

DL - Paul Thomas

ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM

DB - Daniel Fitzpatrick

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

LB - John Jones, Jr.

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

DB - Ahmed Safeullah 2004

DL - Almonte Duncan

QB - Ronald Butler 2010

2005

RB - Tim Broughton

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

TE - AC Leonard

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

DB - Eugene Clifford

OL - Robert Myers

LB - Wesley Holmes

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

K - Jamin Godfrey

DB - Jamar Landrom

RB - Preston Brown

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

OL - Alex Davis

DB - David Van Dyke

RB - Javarris Williams

OL - Gershom Jordan

ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

QB - Ronald Butler

DL - Ernest Jones

LB - Rico Council

DB - D’Ante Saunders

ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM

RB - Javarris Williams

LB - Wilson Robinson

2006

2011

2014

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie made the OVC First Team Defense in 2006 and 2007.

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Anthony Bass

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

DL - Samquan Evans

QB - Antonio Heffner

WR - Calvin McNairl

LB - Nick Thrasher

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

DB - De’Ante Saunders

DL - Leonard Davis

LB - Rico Council

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

DB - D. Rodgers-Cromartie

DB - Joseph Wylie

OL - Robert Myers

DB - Nikkieda Rutland

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

C - Sherman Carter

DB - Daniel Fitzpatrick

RB - Javarris Williams

OG - Kadeem Edwards

DL - Gabe Terry

OG - Cecil Newton

OT - Rogers Gaines

ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

DL - Gabe Terry

DB - Aaron Strong

DL - Antonio Harper

ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

QB - Antonio Heffner

QB - Michael German

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

DL - Shaun Richardson

DB - Stephen Godbolt

WR - Tyrone Butterfield (1997)* QB - Leon Murray (1998)

2007

2012

DE - Lamar Carter (1999)

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

WR - Charles Anthony (2004)

DL - Shaun Richardson

RB - Trabis Ward

RB - Javarris Williams (2008)

DB - D. Rodgers-Cromartie

TE - A.C. Leonard

LB - Rico Council (2011)

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

C - Sherman Carter

DE - Anthony Bass (2013)

OT - Cornelius Lewis

G - Kadeem Edwards T - Rogers Gaines

2008

In 1990, Joe Gilliam Sr. became the first TSU head coach to be named OVC Coach of the Year.

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

RB - Javarris Williams (2005)

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

DB - Stephen Godbolt III

QB - Michael German (2011)

RB - Javarris Williams

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

C - Cecil Newton

K - Jamin Godfrey

OT - Cornelius Lewis

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

Joe Gilliam, Sr. (1990)*

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

DL - Antonio Harper

L.C. Cole (1998)

OT - Dumaka Atkins

LB - Nick Thrasher

L.C. Cole (1999)

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

DB - Daniel Fitzpatrick

DL - Maurice Davis

ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM

DB - Eugene Clifford

TE - A.C. Leonard

DB - Larry Williford

TE - Joe Bowens

COACH OF THE YEAR

*- shared the award

ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM DL - Marcus Broxie

DB - Eugene Clifford LB - Rico Council WR/KR - JaJuan Spillman

Sherman Carter was one of three TSU offensive lineman to make the All-OVC Team in 2012.

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In 1952, Hal Turner became the first TSU Tiger selected in the NFL Draft . He was selected with the 333rd pick in the 28th round by the Detroit Lions.

Player (Pos.) Hal Turner (DE) Jim Caldwell (T) George Balthazar (T) George Balthazar (T) Izzy Lang (RB) Robert Reed (G) Roosevelt Davis (T) Robert Reed (G) John Robinson (E) Willie Walker (FL) Franklin McRae (DT) Jim Carer (G) Bill Tucker (HB) Alvin Coleman (DB) Noland Smith (KR/WR) Eugene Bowens (HB) Leon Moore (DB) John Robinson (FL) Howard Finley (DB) Claude Humphrey (DE) Eldridge Dickey (QB) John Robinson (FL) Tommy Davis (G) Lee Johnson (WR) Jim Marsalis (DB) Elbert Drungo (T) King Dunlap (DT) Joe Cooper (FL) Harold Rice (LB) Bob Shannon (DB) Harry Carpenter (T) Joe Jones (DE) Claude Brumfield (G) Charles Williams (G) Vernon Holland (T) Larry Woods (DT) Jacob Mayes (RB) Dave Davis (WR) Fred Herring (CB) Bill West (DB) Albert “Sonny” Davis (RB) Don Pinson (DB) Joe Sweet (WR) Clifford Brooks (DB) Robert Stevenson (LB) Joe Gilliam, Jr. (QB) Robert Woods (T) James Thaxton (TE) Ollie Smith (WR) Charles McTorry William Wynn (DE) Larry Pettus (T) Alfred Reese (RB) Charlie Wade (WR) Ed Jones (DE) Waymond Bryant (LB) John Holland (WR) Greg Kindle (T) Carl Wafer (DT) Ed Gatewood (LB)

Year 1952 1963 1961 1961 1964 1965 1965 1965 1966 1966 1966 1966 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1970 1970 1970 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1972 1972 1972 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974

RD. (Selection #) Team 28-333 Detroit 28-329 Chicago 8-103 Pittsburgh 16-122 Boston 18-240 Philadelphia 16-217 Washington 8-112 Baltimore 12-90 Houston 7-102 Buffalo 4-59 Detroit 6-92 Chicago 12-185 Baltimore 3-65 San Francisco 4-87 Minnesota 6-156 Kansas City 10-260 Dallas 10-252 L.A. Rams 12-315 New Orleans 13-318 Buffalo 1-3 Atlanta 1-25 Oakland 4-108 Green Bay 8-216 Baltimore 6-141 San Francisco 1-23 Kansas City 3-65 Houston 5-129 Baltimore 8-186 Pittsburgh 11-284 Oakland 12-295 Washington 13-313 Atlanta 2-36 Cleveland 5-117 N.Y. Giants 16-393 Miami 1-15 Cincinnati 4-100 Detroit 6-143 San Diego 7-168 Green Bay 8-197 Cincinnati 10-238 Oakland 11-264 Philadelphia 11-273 San Diego 17-435 L.A. Rams 2-45 Cleveland 11-258 N.Y. Jets 11-273 Pittsburgh 2-38 N.Y. Jets 4-84 San Diego 4-85 Baltimore 5-113 Denver 7-159 Philadelphia 12-305 San Francisco 13-318 San Diego 17-442 Miami 1-1 Dallas 1-4 Chicago 2-29 Minnesota 2-33 St. Louis 2-42 Denver 13-331 Buffalo

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Claude Humphrey was the first Tennessee State alum to be taken the First Round of the NFL Draft. It was well warranted, he entered the HOF in 2014.

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On January 30, 1968, Dickey was drafted with the 25th pick of the first round by the Oakland Raiders becoming the first HBCU player to be drafted as a quarterback.

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TSU AND THE NFL DRAFT Player (Pos.) Cleveland Elam (DE) Mike Hegman (LB) James Johnson (DB) James Lewis (DB) Loaird McCreary (WR) Larry Dorsey (WR) Melvin Mitchell (G) John Owens (DE) Melvin Shy (DB) Oliver Davis (DB) Nate Simpson (RB) Kevin Russell (DB) Larry Barnes (RB) Johnny Jackson (NT) Nate Jackson (RB) Sylvester Hicks (DE) Stan Johnson (DT) Danny Johnson (LB) Dwight Wheeler (T) Homer Elias (G) Jerrold McRae (WR) Rodney Parker (WR) John Smith (WR) Billy McBride (DB) Jesse Deramus (DT) Joe Adams (QB) Malcolm Taylor (DE) Bryan Howard (DB) Donald Laster (T) Steve Moore (G) Mike Jones (WR) Larry Kinnebrew (RB) Richard Dent (DE) Walter Tate (C) Golden Tate (WR) Herman Hunter (RB) Onzy Elam (LB) Charles Buchanan (DE) Frank Pillow (WR) Tony Stargell (CB) Anthony Pleasant (DE) Anthony Shelton (DB) Tyrone Watson (WR) Larry Tharpe (OT) Marcus Dowdell (WR) Patrick Robinson (WR) Randy Fuller (DB) Cedric Davis (DB) Clarence Jones (WR) Darrell Williams (DB) Avion Black (WR) Michael Thompson (T) Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (DB) Javarris Williams (RB) Kadeem Edwards (OT) Demetrius Rhaney (C) Robert Myers (OG) Anthony Morris (OT)

Year 1975 1975 1975 1975 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979 1979 1979 1981 1982 1982 1982 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1984 1985 1987 1987 1988 1990 1990 1990 1990 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1996 2000 2000 2008 2009 2014 2014 2015 2015

RD. (Selection #) Team 4-85 San Francisco 7-173 Dallas 9-218 San Francisco 14-338 Miami 2-49 Miami 3-64 San Diego 4-96 Miami 7-200 Miami 14-385 Philadelphia 4-102 Cleveland 5-122 Green Bay 6-145 Philadelphia 6-151 San Diego 9-243 St. Louis 11-282 Buffalo 2-29 Kansas City 2-46 L.A. Rams 4-85 Kansas City 4-102 New England 4-107 Detroit 5-112 Kansas City 6-152 Atlanta 10-261 Cleveland 11-276 San Francisco 11-301 L. A. Rams 12-322 San Francisco 5-121 Houston 9-233 Minnesota 12-309 Washington 3-80 New England 6-159 Minnesota 6-165 Cincinnati 8-203 Chicago 10-266 Minnesota 5-120 Indianapolis 11-289 Philadelphia 3-75 N.Y. Jets 8-205 Pittsburgh 11-279 Tampa Bay 3-56 New York Jets 3-73 Cleveland 11-289 San Francisco 11-300 Philadelphia 6-146 Detroit 10-276 New Orleans 7-187 Houston 4-123 Denver 5-150 Arizona 7-227 Jacksonville 7-245 Kansas City 5-181 Buffalo 4-100 Atlanta 1-16 Arizona 7-212 Kansas City 4-143 Tampa Bay 7-250 St . Louis 5-176 Baltimore 7-218 Oakland

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Ed “Too Tall” Jones was selected No.1 in 1974 and is currently the only HBCU player to be picked first overall in the NFL Draft.

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While Ed Jones was taken No. 1 overall in 1974, Waymond Bryant was selected with fourth overall pick by the Chicago Bears.

TSU IN THE NFL DRAFT BY THE NUMBERS 49ers................................... 8 Bears................................... 4 Bengals.............................. 3 Bills...................................... 6 Broncos............................. 2 Browns............................... 5 Buccaneers........................ 2 Cardinals........................... 5 Chargers............................ 6 Chiefs................................. 8 Colts................................... 6 Cowboys........................... 3 Dolphins........................... 6 Eagles................................. 7 Falcons............................... 3 Giants................................. 1 Jaguars.............................. 1 Jets...................................... 4 Lions................................... 6 Oilers.................................. 4

Packers.............................. 3 Patriots.............................. 3 Raiders............................... 4 Rams................................... 6 Ravens............................... 1 Redskins............................ 3 Saints................................. 2 Steelers.............................. 4 Vikings............................... 5 Total Picks.............. 121

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TIGERS IN THE NFL 72 Charles Buchannan 71 Homer Elias

52 Onzy Elam

95 Richard Dent

84 Marcus Dowdell

72 Cleveland Elam 75 Elbert Drungo

58 Mike Hegman

89 Avion Black

21 Oliver Davis

Benny Anderson, OL Baltimore Ravens, 2001-04 Buffalo Bills, 2005 Brent Alexander, DB Arizona Cardinals, 1994-97 Carolina Panthers, 1998-99 Pittsburgh Steelers, 2000-2003 New York Giants, 2004-05 Larry Barnes, RB San Diego Chargers, 1977-78 St. Louis Cardinals, 1978 Philadelphia Eagles, 1978-79 Avion Black, WR Buffalo Bills, 2000-01 Houston Texans, 2002 Clifford Brooks, CB Cleveland Browns, 1972-74 Philadelphia Eagles, 1975-76 New York Jets, 1976 Buffalo Bills, 1976 Ben Brown, QB Phiadelphia Eagles, 1990-91 Claude Brumfield, OG New York Giants, 1970 Waymond Bryant, LB Chicago Bears, 1974-77 Charles Buchannan, DE Cleveland Browns, 1988 Darryl Caldwell, OT Buffalo Bills, 1983 Alex Carter, DE Cleveland Browns, 1987 James Carter, DE Pittsburgh Steelers, 1966

17 Joe Gilliam, Jr.

11 Ben Brown

23 Clifford Brooks

80 John Holland

29 Randy Fuller 96 Lamar Divens

Willie Carter, HB Chicago Cardinals, 1953

Eldridge Dickey, QB, WR Oakland Raiders, 1968, 1971

Alvin Coleman, DB Minnesota Vikings, 1967 Cincinnati Bengals, 1969-71 Philadelphia Eagles, 1972

Lamar Divens, DT Baltimore Ravens, 2008-2011 Tennessee Titans, 2012 San Francisco 49ers, 2012-Present

Rico Council, LB Atlanta Falcons, 2012

Larry Dorsey, WR San Diego Chargers, 1976-77 Kansas City Chiefs, 1978

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, DB Arizona Cardinals, 2008-10 Philadelphia Eagles, 2011-12 Denver Broncos, 2013 New York Giants, 2014 - Present Al Davis, RB Philadelphia Eagles, 1971-72 Cedric Davis, CB Arizona Cardinals, 1995 Dave Davis, WR Green Bay Packers, 1971-72 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1973 New Orleans Saints, 1974 Oliver Davis, DB Cleveland Browns,1977-80 Cincinnati Bengals, 1981-82 Roosevelt Davis, DE New York Giants, 1965-67 Tommy Davis, OT Baltimore, Colts 1968 Richard Dent, DE **2011 NFL Hall of Fame** Chicago Bears, 1983-93 San Francisco 49ers, 1994 Chicago Bears, 1995 Indianapolis Colts, 1996 Philadelphia Eagles, 1997

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38 Larry Barnes 37 Cid Edwards

Marcus Dowdell, WR/KR New Orleans Saints, 1992-93 Arizona Cardinals, 1995-96 Elbert Drungo, T Houston Oilers, 1969-71 Houston Oilers, 1973-77 Buffalo Bills, 1978 King Dunlap, DT Baltimore Colts, 1969 Cid Edwards, RB St. Louis Cardinals, 1968-71 San Diego Chargers, 1972-74 Chicago Bears, 1975 Kadeem Edwards, T Tampa Bay, 2014 - Present Cleveland Elam, DE San Francisco 49ers, 1975-78 Detroit Lions, 1979

46 Brent Alexander

66 Bennie Anderson

Buffalo Bills 1963, 65-66, 69 Randy Fuller, DB Denver Broncos, 1994 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1995-97 Atlanta Falcons, 1998-2000 Rogers Gains, DE Denver Broncos, 2013 New York Giants 2014 Chuck Gavin, DE Denver Broncos, 1960-63 George Gilchrist, OT Chicago Cardinals, 1953 Joe Gilliam, Jr., QB Pittsburgh Steelers, 1972-75 Steve Griffin, RB Kansas City Chiefs, 1987 Michael Hegmen, LB Dallas Cowboys, 1976-88 Fred Herring, DB Cincinnati Bengals, 1971 Sylvester Hicks, DT Kansas City Chiefs, 1978-81 John Holland, WR Minnesota Vikings, 1974 Buffalo Bills, 1975-77

Onzy Elam, LB New York Jets, 1987-88 Washington Redskins, 1989

Vernon Holland, OT Cincinnati Bengals, 1971-79 Detroit Lions, 1980 New York Giants, 1980

Homer Elias, OG Detroit Lions, 1978-84

Steve Holloway, WR Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1987

Charley Ferguson, SE-TE Cleveland Browns, 1961 Minnesota Vikings, 1962

Bryan Howard, S Minnesota Vikings, 1982

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TIGERS IN THE NFL 70 Larry Woods

23 Anthony Shelton

81 Patrick Robinson

71 William Wynn

Claude Humphrey, DE ** 2014 NFL Hall of Fame ** Atlanta Falcons, 1968-74, 1976-78 Philadelphia Eagles, 1979-81 Herman Hunter, RB-KR Philadelphia Eagles, 1985 Nathaniel Jackson, FB Buffalo Bills, 1977 Ligarius Jennings, DB Cincinnati Bengals, 2001-02 Danny Johnson, LB Green Bay Packers, 1978 Leo Johnson, WR San Francisco 49ers, 1969-70 James “Monk” Johnson, WR San Francisco 49ers, 1974-76 Stan Johnson, DT Kansas City Chiefs, 1978 Clarence Jones, WR Jacksonville Jaguars, 1996 Ed “Too Tall” Jones, DE Dallas Cowboys, 1974-78 Dallas Cowboys, 1980-89 Joe “Turkey” Jones, DE Cleveland Browns, 1970-71, Cleveland Browns, 1973, 75-78 Philadelphia Eagles, 1974-75 Washington Redskins, 1979-80 Mike Jones, WR Minnesota Vikings, 1983-85 New Orleans Saints, 1986-87 New England Patriots, 1989 Roger Jones, CB Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1991-93

72 Robert Woods

1 Noland Smith

40 Javarris Williams

66 Michael Thompson

94 Benard Wilson

72 Lawrence Smith

71 Larry Tharpe

83 Charley Wade

Cincinnati Bengals, 1994-96 Tennessee Oilers, 1997

Kansas City Chiefs, 1969-75 New Orleans Saints, 1977

Eric Joyce, DB Chicago Bears, 2002 Arizona Cardinals, 2004

Loaird McCreary, TE Miami Dolphins, 1976-78 New York Giants, 1979

Jim Kelly, TE Chicago Bears, 1974

Franklin McRae, DT Chicago Bears, 1967

Greg Kindle, T-G St. Louis Cardinals, 1974-75 Atlanta Falcons, 1976

Jerrold McRae, WR Kansas City Chiefs, 1978 Philadelphia Eagles, 1979

Larry Kinnebrew, FB Cincinnati Bengals, 1983-87 Buffalo Bills, 1989

Melvin Mitchell, G-C Miami Dolphins, 1976-78 Detroit Lions, 1977 Minnesota Vikings, 1980

Mack Lamb, CB Miami Dolphins, 1967-68 Izzy Lang, FB Philadelphia Eagles, 1964-68 Los Angeles Rams, 1969 Donald Laster, T Washington Redskins, 1982 Detroit Lions, 1984

Willie Mitchell, DB Kansas City Chiefs, 1964-71 Leon Moore, DB Los Angeles Rams, 1967-69 Washington Redskins, 1970 Steve Moore, G-T New England Patriots, 1983-87

AC Leonard, TE Minnesota Vikings, 2014

Anthony Morris, T Oakland Raiders, 2015-present

Anthony Levine, DB Green Bay Packers, 2011-2012 Baltimore Ravens, 2012-Present

Robert Myers, G Baltimore Ravens,2015-present

James Lewis, DB Miami Dolphins, 1975

Cecil Newton, Jr., C Jacksonville Jaguars, 2009-2011 Dallas Cowboys, 2012

Jao Makor, K Philadelphia Eagles, 1989

McDonald Oden, TE Cleveland Browns, 1980-82

Larry Mallory, S New York Giants, 1976-78

John Owens, DE Miami Dolphins, 1976

Jim Marsalis, CB

Rodney Parker, WR

45 Tony Stargell

62 Dwight Wheeler

96 Malcolm Taylor

Philadelphia Eagles, 1980-81 Frank Pillow, WR Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1988-90 Anthony Pleasant, DE Cleveland Browns, 1990-95 Baltimore Ravens, 1996 Atlanta Falcons, 1997 New York Jets, 1998-2000 New England Patriots, 2001-2003 David Pool, DB San Diego Chargers, 1990 (9) Dan Pride, LB Chicago Bears, 1968 (3) Brian Ransom, QB Houston Oilers, 1983-85 Robert Reed, G Washington Redskins, 1965 Alfred Reeves, HB San Diego Chargers, 1973 Demetrius Rhaney, C St. Louis Rams, 2014-Present Harold Rice, DE Oakland Raiders, 1971 Johnnie Robinson, DB Detroit Lions, 1966-67 Patrick Robinson, WR/KR Cincinnati Bengals,1993 Arizona Cardinals, 1994 Kevin Russell, DB Philadelphia Eagles, 1977 Simon Shanks, LB Arizona Cardinals, 1995

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TIGERS IN THE NFL Anthony Shelton, CB San Diego Chargers, 1990-93 Nate Simpson, RB Green Bay Packers, 1977-79 Fletcher Smith, DB Kansas City Chiefs, 1966-67 Cincinnati Bengals, 1968-71 John Smith, WR Cleveland Browns, 1979 Lawrence Smith, OL Baltimore Ravens, 2003-03 Buffalo Bills, 2004-05 Nate Simpson, RB Green Bay Packers, 1977-79 Fletcher Smith, DB Kansas City Chiefs, 1966-67 Cincinnati Bengals, 1968-71 John Smith, WR Cleveland Browns, 1979 Lawrence Smith, OL Baltimore Ravens, 2003-03 Buffalo Bills, 2004-05 Noland Smith, KR-WR Kansas City Chiefs, 1967-69 San Francisco 49ers, 1969 Ollie Smith, WR Baltimore Colts, 1973-74 Green Bay Packers, 1976-77 Tony Stargell, CB New York Jets, 1990-91 Indianapolis Colts, 1992-93 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1994-95 Kansas City Chiefs, 1996 Chicago Bears, 1997

Larry Tharpe, OT Detroit Lions, 1992-94 Arizona Cardinals, 1995 New England Patriots, 1996 Detroit Lions, 1997-98 James Thaxton, TE San Diego Chargers, 1973-74 Cleveland Browns, 1974 New Orleans Saints, 1976-77 St. Louis Cardinals, 1978 Charlie Thomas, RB Kansas City Chiefs, 1975 Michael Thompson, OL Atlanta Falcons, 2000-02 Bill Tucker, RB San Francisco 49ers, 1967-70 Chicago Bears, 1971

Javarris Williams, RB Kansas City Chiefs, 20092011 Houston Texans, 2011 Larry Woods, T Detroit Lions, 1971-72 Miami Dolphins, 1973 New York Jets, 1974-75 Seattle Seahawks, 1976 Robert Woods, T New York Jets, 1973-77 New Orleans Saints, 1977-80 Washington Redskins, 1981 William Wynn, DE Philadelphia Eagles, 1973-76 Washington Redskins, 1977

Hal Turner, DE Detroit Lions, 1954 David Van Dyke, S Kansas City Chiefs, 2014 Charley Wade, WR Chicago Bears, 1974 Green Bay Packers, 1975 Kansas City Chiefs, 1977 Carl Wafer, DE-DT Green Bay Packers, 1974 New York Giants, 1974 Willie Walker, FL Detroit Lions, 1966

Former TSU Facilities Manager Jerrold McRae played two seasons in the league for a pair of teams.

Riley Walton, TE Kansas City Chiefs, 1987 Bill West, DB Oakland Raiders, 1971

Joe Sweet, WR Los Angeles Rams, 1972-73 New England Patriots, 1974

Dwight Wheeler, T-C New England Patriots, 1978-83 Los Angeles Raiders, 1984-88

Malcolm Taylor, DE Houston Oilers, 1982-83 Los Angeles Raiders, 1986-88 Atlanta Falcons, 1989

Bernard Wilson, NT Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1993 Arizona Cardinals, 1994-97

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Joe “Turkey” Jones played for nearly a decade in the NFL from 1970-80 for four different teams.

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TIGERS IN THE SUPER BOWL Tennessee State has been well represented on the rosters of 23 teams in 20 Super Bowls. Out of the 20 players who made Super Bowl appearances, nine have won a championship with their respective teams. Former Tigers Willie Mitchell and Fletcher Smith were on the Kansas City Chiefs in the first ever Super Bowl in 1967. Bennie Anderson was the last former Tiger to win a Super Bowl ring, playing offensive guard on the world champion, Baltimore Ravens, in 2001. Anthony Pleasant (New England Patriots), Joe Gilliam, Jr. (Pittsburgh Steelers), Ed “Too Tall” Jones (Dallas Cowboys), Mike Hegman (Dallas Cowboys) and Randy Fuller played in more than one Super Bowl. Fuller is the only Tiger to make appearances with two different teams playing with the Pittsburg Steelers and Atlanta Falcons while Hegman and Jones were teammates in Super Bowl XII and XIII. Thus far, Jones has tallied the most apperances with three. In Super Bowl XV, Claude Humphrey and Rodney Parker became another TSU pair to play for the NFL Championship with the Philadelphia Eagles. TSU great Richard Dent is the only alum to be named game MVP , helping to lead the Chicago Bears over New England to conclude the 1985 season in Super Bowl XX. in his rookie season, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie helped the Arizona Cardinals to their first NFL Championship in 2009 appearing in Super Bowl XLIII. This past season, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie suited up for the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII, his second appearance in the Big Game. TSU has had three former players compete in the last four Super Bowls.

In his rookie season, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie became the 17th TSU football alum to play for a NFL Championship, helping the Arizona Cardinals to Super Bowl XLIII in 2009.

Willie Mitchell, DB Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl I

Oliver Davis, DB Cincinnati Bengals Super Bowl XVI

Fletcher Smith, DB Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl I

Donald Laster, OG Washington Redskins Super Bowl XVII

Jim Marsalis, DB Kansas City Chief Super Bowl IV

Richard Dent, DE Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX MVP

Nolan Smith, KR Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl IV

Randy Fuller, DB Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XXX Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl XXXIII

Larry Woods, OT Miami Dolphins Super Bowl VIII Joe Gilliam, Jr. QB Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowls IX, X John Holland, FL Minnesota Vikings Super Bowl IX Ed “Too Tall” Jones, DE Dallas Cowboys Super Bowls X, XII, XIII Mike Hegman, LB Dallas Cowboys Super Bowls XII, XIII

Richard Dent played for the 1986 NFL Champions, Chicago Bears, and was named Super Bowl XX MVP.

Claude Humphrey, DE Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl XV Rodney Parker, WR Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl XV

Bennie Anderson, OG Baltimore Ravens Super Bowls XXXV Anthony Pleasant, DE New England Patriots Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, DB Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl XLIII Denver Broncos Super Bowl XLVIII Anthony Levine, DB Green Bay Super Bowl XLV Baltimore Super Bowl XLVII Lamar Divens, DL San Francisco Super Bowl XLVII

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Abernathy, Mingo, 1997 Adams, Joe, 1977- 80 Adams, Roderick, 1982-85 Adams, Zenoch, 1946-47 Ages, Lamel, 2004 Adeboyejo, Qudus 2004-07 Alexander, Avern 2004-07 Alexander, Brent, 1990-93 Alexander, Hubbard, 1958-61 Alexander, Patrick, 2002 Allen, Donnell, 1980-81 Allen, Donnie, 1958-60 Allen, Lytle, 1957-60 Allen, Robert, 1976 Alvarez, Juan, 1999 Alyaseen, Bader, 2008 Ammons, Ilya, 1988 Anderson, Allen, 1947 Anderson, Bennie, 1996-99 Anderson, Brock, 2003 Anderson, Joseph, 1962 Anderson, Kevin, 2003 Anderson, Nathaniel, 1956-59 Anderson, Paul, 1949-52 Andrews, James, 2007-09 Anthony, Charles, 2001-04 Anthony, Shaq, 2014 Applewhite, Louis, 2001-03 Arkle, Jerome, 1951 Armstrong, Curtis, 1959-60 Armstrong, Denzel, 2012 Armstrong, Mike, 1984-85 Arnold, Henry, 1958-61 Arrington, Dan, 1953 Atkins, Dumaka, 2008-09 Avery, Mickey, 1980-83 Ayoola, Dare, 2011

Bailey, Kevin, 1990 Bailey, Robert, 2014 Baker, Kalvin, 2006-09 Baker, Phillip 2005 Balthazer, George, 1957-60 Banks, Eugene 2005,06 Baptiste,Crosby 2006 Barbee, Ronald, 1959-62 Barkan, Scott, 1990-91 Barker, Lamar, 1992-93; 95 Barksdale, Gregory, 2012-13 Barnes, Lawrence, 1973-76 Bass, Anthony, 2011-14 Bass, William, 1944-45 Batson, John, 1951-52 Bather, Andrew, 2012Bather, Brandon, 2007-10 Bather, Justin, 2009-2012

Beachman, Booker, 1977-80 Beachum, Kent, 1986 Beale, Jermaine, 1999- 2002 Beamon, Michael, 1987-88 Beavers, Oscar, 1951-52 Becker,Michael, 2008-09 Bell, David, 1994 Belvin,Brandon 2006 -08 Benson, Eric 2005-08 Bentley ,Billie Berry, Ryan, 2009-2012 Berry, Dexter, 1978-80 Bethea, Jimmy, 1990-92 Biggles, Kenneth, 1981-84 Bigham, Nahshon 2005-08 Billings, Buck, 1997-98 Bills, Darmont, 1980 Black, Avion, 1997-99 Black, DeVaughn, 1995 Blackmon, Brandon, 2007-08 Bledsoe,Kelvin, 2006 -08 Blue, Willie, 1976-79 Bobo, Odgra, 1949-50 Bobo, Primes, 1979-82 Bolden, Eddie, 1964-67 Bolden, John, 1915-17 Bond, Kevin, 1992 Bond, Lucius, 1943-44 Bonds, Victor, 1992-95 Bonds, Terrell, 2014 Bonner, Charles, 1987 Booker, Lionel, 1980-81 Boone, David, 1961-62 Boone, Ike, 1996-99 Bossie, Elijah, 1965 Bowen, Eugene, 1964-67 Bowen, Samuel, 1957-58 Bowens, Corey, 1998 Bowens, Joe, 2012Bowers, Danny, 1988 Boyd, Robert, 1981-82 Bradford, Jimmy, 1969 Brady, Ken, 1965 Bread, Anthony, 2001 Brandon, Javon, 2014 Brandon, Phillip, 2008 Brannon, Robert, 1984-86 Brantley, Donell, 1997- 2000 Brantley, Otis, 1955-56 Brewer, Coleridge, 1944 Brewer, Darian, 2012 Bride, Larry, 1993-94 Bridges, Marvin, 1948 Bright, Ronald, 2009-10 Broadway, Jeremy, 2009 Broner, Jerome, 1986 Brooks, Bernell, 2012Brooks, Cliff, 1968-71 Brooks, Darrell, 1989-91

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Brooks, Darrell, 1984 Brooks, Germaine, 2000 Brooks, Sidney, 1988 Brooks, Stephen, 2010-11 Broome, Arcentae, 1995-98 Broughton, Tim, 2012-13 Broussard, Herbert, 1960 Brown, Allen, 2000-01 Brown, Alton, 1979-80 Brown, Anthony, 2001-03 Brown, Ben, 1987-89 Brown, Carl, 1991; 1993-94 Brown, George, 1947-48 Brown, Jimmy, 1972 Brown, John, 1927-30 Brown, Jonathan, 1999 Brown, Jonathan, 2008-09 Brown, Nathaniel, 1969-71 Brown, Preston, 2008-10 Brown, Robert, 2002-03 Brown, Roscoe, 1944-46 Brown, Samuel, 1965-68 Brown, Van, 1995 Brown, Willie Bo, 1964-65 Brownley, Clarence, 1951-54 Broxie, Marcus, 2008-10 Brumfield, Claude, 1968-69 Bryant, Waymond, 1970-73 Buchanan, Charles, 1983-86 Buchanan, Dwayne, 2001-03 Buchanan, Singer, 1944 Buchanan, Wilkie, 1961 Buford, Carl, 2005-08 Buford, James, 1953-56 Bullard, Fred, 1944 Burley, Ivan, 2003-04 Burnette, Fred, 2003-05 Bumgardner, Jody, 1990 Burris, Brian, 1987 Burton, Myron, 1996 Burton, Thomas, 2014 Bush, Clarence, 1950-52 Butler, John, 1971-74 Butler, Ronald, 2013Butterfield, Tyrone, 1997-98 Butts, Johnny, 2008 Byrd, Clinton, 1951 Byrd, DeShawn, 2012-13 Byrdsell, Paul, 1962

Caldwell, Darryl, 1981-82 Caldwell, James, 1950-52 Campbell, Albert, 1958 Campbell, Levell, 1959 Campbell, Lee, 1995-96 Cannon, Pierre, 2003 Cansler, Bud, 1929-30 Canty,Jarvis, 2007-08

Carnahan, Ralph, 1975-76 Carpenter, Harry, 1965-68 Carter, Alex, 1983-84 Carter, Cameron, 2014 Carter, Carl, 1946-49 Carter, George, 1965 Carter, James, 1965 Carter, Jimmy Paul, 1975-78 Carter, Lamar, 1996-99 Carter, McArthur, 1962 Carter, Sherman, 2009-12 Carter, Terry, 1996 Carter, Willie, 1950-52 Caruthers, James, 1975-76 Cato, Issac H., 1929-30 Cephas, Anthony, 2000 Champine, Daniel, 1954-57 Chatman, Jeff, 1983-85 Chatman, Karl, 1987-89 Cheeseborough, Clarence, 1944 Cisneros, Taylor, 2007-10 Claiborne, Holt, 2012-13 Clark, David, 1998- 2001 Clark, Dorian, 1992-95 Clark, Lane, 2014 Clark, Major, 1950-51 Clark, Willie, 1988 Clay, Benny, 1956-59 Clay, Evan, 2014 Clay, George Clay, Marshall, 1944 Clay, Roy, 1960-61-62 Clayborne, Edward, 1948-51 Clemmons, Modell, 2003 Clifford, Eugene, 2008-10 Cochran, Daron, 1997 Coffee, Jackie, 1980-81 Coffey, Jeremy, 2011-12 Coleman, Alvin, 1963-66 Coleman, Cornelius, 2009-10 Coleman, Dave, 1976-79 Coleman, Fonzy, 1962 Coleman, Frank, 1952 Coleman, Jamal, 2008-10 Coleman, Maceo, 1967-71 Coleman, Sam, 1975-76 Coleman, St. Clair, 1974 Collins, Abe, 1979-80 Collins, Barry, 1981-84 Collins, Chris, 2008-09 Collins, Chris, 2014 Collins, Dale, 1979 Collins, Keith, 1992-95 Collins, Robert, 1951 Cook, Jerald, 2005-06 Cook, Laquarius, 2014 Cook, Latwaun, 1995-96 Cook, Stanley, 1994-97 Cooks, Tyrone, 1971-74

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Dale, Andrew, 2012Dance, Wayne, 1951-53 Dandridge, Tony, 1988 Daniels, David, 1980-84 Davenport, Adam, 2013 Davenport, Calvin, 1995-98 Davis, Al, 1998 Davis, Albert, 1967-70 Davis, Andre, 2004-05 Davis, Alex, 2007-10 Davis, Brent, 2009-11 Davis, Cedric, 1991-94 Davis, Darron, 1991-94 Davis, Gary, 1979-82 Davis, Grannison, 1946-49 Davis, Leonard, 2003-06 Davis, Levi, 1954-55 Davis, London 2010-12 Davis, Maurice 2005-08 Davis, Oliver, 1973-76 Davis, Robert, 1999- 2001 Davis, Tommy, 1965 Davis, Walter S., 1929-30 Dawson, Lewis, 2009 Dean, Byron, 1980-81 Dean, Criven, 1959-60 Dean, Demardre, 2009-11 Dean, Marlon, 1984; 1986

Deanes, Marcus, 2014 Delaney, George, 1962 Deloney, Chris, 2010-11 DeLong, Gabe, *1998-99 Dennard, Archie, 2014 Dent, Richard, 1979-82 Deramus, Jesse, 1976-78 Derico, James, 1982-85 Derrick, Lee, 1953-56 Dickens, John, 1978 Dickey, Eldridge, 1964-67 Dillard, Marcus, 1988 Dixon, Billy, 1945-48 Dixon, Harvey, 1965 Dixon, Terrance, 1994, 96-97 Dobbins,Neon 2006 Dodd, Maurice, 1995-96 Dollar, Luther, 1998- 2000 Donaldson, Shannon, 2003 Dorlean, Frantzy, 2004-05 Dorsey, Larry, 1972-75 Doss, Nate, 1997 Dotson, Orlando, 1998-2001 Doughty, Willie, 1978-81 Dove, Aliff, 1986 Dowdell, Marcus, 1988-91 Dowdell, Steve, 1984-86 Downs, Olten, 2003-05 Drummond, Amos, 1983 Drummond, Robert, 1944-47 Drungo, Elbert, 1965-68 Dumervil, James, 2003-04 Duff, Gerod, 1990-92 Duncan, Almonte, 2003-06 Dunham, Maurice, 1992-95 Dunker, Jessaman, 2013Dunlap, King, 1965-68 Durden, Michael, 1997- 2000 Durojaiye, Ande, 2000-03

Eady, Saul, 1989-90 Earthman, Andrew, 1956-59 Easterly, Daniel, 2014 Edmondson, Alton, 1982-84 Edwards, Jonathon, 2003-06 Edwards, Kadeem, 2009-13 Edwards, Rodney, 2013Eggleston, Leo, 1991 Ehret, Tim 2006 Elam, Cleveland, 1971-74 Elam, Onzy, 1983-86 Elder, John, 1986 Elias, Homer, 1975-76 Ellington, Thomas, 1995 Ellis, Stephen, 1975-76;78 Esaw, Charles, 1965-68 Eskew, Robert, 1965-68 Etheredge, Carlos, 1961-62

Evans, Bart, 1983-84;86 Evans, Kenton, 2000 Evans, Ronald, 2007-08 Evans, Samquan, 2011Ezelle, Willie, 1994-95

Falker, Quincy, 1997-98 Falker, Ryan, 1993; 95-97 Farmer, Steve, 2001-02 Farrell, Carl, 1961 Ferguson, Charles, 1957-60 Ferguson, Kenneth, 1999 Finley, Howard, 1965 Finch, James, 2008 Fite, Ray, 1969-70 Fitzgerald, Maurice, 1975-78 Fitzpatrick, Daniel, 2011-14 Fitzpatrick, Robert, 1987 Fleetwood, Ronald, 1979-81 Fleming, Derek, 1996 Flemming, Joe, 1983 Flemming, Marvin, 1979; 81-82 Flemming, Nathaniel, 1958 Fletcher, B.J., 2000-02 Flournoy, J.J., 1989-90 Floyd, Larry, 1996-99 Floyd, Leon, 1982-83 Foggy, Joe, 1952 Folkes, William, 1946-49 Ford, Aaron, 1977-80 Foreman, Hezekiah, 1945-46 Ford, Lamont, 1997 Forge, Ronald, 1976-79 Foster, Henry, 1978-80 Francis, Charles, 1949-52 Francis, Eric, 2004 Francois, Edmond, 1958-61 Franklin, Glasco, 1949-50 Fraser, Frank, 1955 Freeman, Arthur, 1965 Freeman, Chuck, 1995 Freeman, Isaiah, 2014 Freeman, Richard, 1992-95 Freeman, Rodney, 1978-80 Freeman, Terryl, 1989 Frett, Vernon, 2011-13 Frierson, John, 1990-92 Fritz, Rodney, 2008-09 Fuller, Randy, 1990-93

Gaines, Clarence, 1950-52 Gaines, Rogers, 2009-12 Gardner, Gerome, 1990-93 Gardner, Gloria, 1957-60 Gardner, Kenneth, 1979-82

Garlington, Leon, 1986-87 Garlington, Weldon, 2011-14 Garrett, James, 1957-59 Gaston, Benny, 1994-95 Gatewood, Eddie, 1972-73 Gavin, Charles, 1954-57 Gay, Melvin, 1951 Gayle, Richard, 2005 -06 German, Michael, 2011-14 Germany, Chad, 1990-93 Gholston, Calvin, 1975-78 Gibbs, Ricki, 2001 Giddens, Deon, 2000-03 Gilbert, James, 1944 Gilchrist, George, 1946-49 Gillespie, Walter, 1948-51 Gilliam, Craig, 1963-66 Gilliam, Jr., Joe, 1968-71 Gillis, James, 1962-64 Gleaves, Johntae, 2009-12 Glover, Ashberry, 1969-71 Glover, Lorenzo, 1984-85 Godbolt III, Stephen, 2011-13 Godfrey, Colin, 1989-92 Godfrey, Jamin 2010-13 Golden, Ricky, 1977-80 Goodloe, Marcel, 2001 Goodowens, Seth, 1998-2001 Gordon, Rosmond, 1979-80 Gore, Timothy, 1973-74 Graddick, Sherard, 2005-08 Graham, Antonio, 2005-08 Graham, Jamil, 1997 Graham, Thomas, 1996-99 Grant, Michael, 1973-74 Gray, Billy, 1950-51-52 Gray, Chris, 2008 Gray, Clinton, III ,2005 Gray, Eric, 1985-86-87 Grayson, Curley, 1998- 2000 Grear, Stacy, 1984-88 Green, Clifford, 1993-96 Green, Dez, 2006 Green, Ervin, 1960-61-62 Green, James, 1951-54 Green, Lendyburgh, 1984 Green, Marquel, 2007-08 Greene, Corey, 2000 Greer, James, 1965-68 Gregory, Joshua, 2008-09 Griffin, Alvin, 1987-89 Griffin, Richard, 1960 Griffin, Steve, 1983-86 Griffin, William, 1954-57 Grooms, Dominic, 2008-10 Gunn, Jerrold, 2007-08 Guthrie, Jarron, 2009-12 Guydon, Joe, 1986-88 Guyton, Terrence, 1997- 2000

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Herrera, Desi, 1992 Herring, Freddie, 1968-69 Hester, Ernest, 1996 Hester, Solomon 1928-30 Heyward, Isiah, 1997- 2000 Hicks, Sylvester, 1974-76 High, Walter, 1968-69 Hill, Earnest, 1979-82 Hill, Enoch, 2007-09 Hill, Jaccari, 2003 Hillery, Jarrick, 1995-98 Hillman, Robert, 1991-93 Hills, Joseph, 2009-10 Hines, Andre, 1988-89 Hines, Chauncey, 1986-89 Hines, Percy, 1954-57 Hinton, Darrell, 1995-98 Hockett, Gary, 1985-88 Hodge, Craig, 1984-87 Holbert, Henry, 1936 Holcey, Michael, 1993-96 Holderhead, Leon, 2013-14 Holiday, George, 1949-51 Holiday, Herman, 1936 Holland, Garr, 1997- 2000 Holland, Jacob, 1976 Holland, John, 1971-73 Holland, LaKhalon, 2014Holland, Ronald, 1978-81 Holland, Vernon, 1968-69 Hollie, Alex, 1968; 1970 Hollis, Kevin, 2001-04 Holliman, Ulysses, 1951 Holloman, Byron, 1996-99 Holloway , Steve, 1983-86 Holman, Arthur, 1959-62 Holmes, Napolean, 1953-56 Holmes, Roger, 1985-87 Holmes, Welsey, 2003-05 Holt, James, 1944 Hood, David, 1985-86 Hooks, Telvin, 2012Horton, Willie, 1981-84 Horne, Hilton, 2000-03 House, Howard, 1994 Hopkins, Stephen, 2014 Howard, Bryan, 1979-81 Howard, Camron, 1997 Howard, Clarence, 1954-55 Howard, Hunter, 2009-12 Howard, John, 1991-92 Howard, Riley 2006-08 Howard, Ronald, 1982-84 Howard, Thaddeus, 1986-87 Howard, Walter, 1946-48 Howse, Larry, 1971-74 Hubbard, Brian, 1996-98 Hubbard, Brandon 2004-05 Hudak, Joey, 2001-04 Hull, Julius, 1999, 2000

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Humphrey, Claude, 1964-67 Hugh, James, 1995-96 Hunt, Johnny, 1962-63 Hunter, Charles, 1991-92 Hunter, Herman, 1981-84 Hurd, Clinton, 1996 Hurd, Jerome, 1994-96 Husband, Gregory, 1974-76

Ibisi, Benedict, 1998-2001 Ingram, Charles, 1997-2000 Irby, Kenny, 2001-02 Isabell, Billy, 1962

Jackson, Brandon 2006-08 Jackson, Dennis, 1971-72 Jackson, Dinsdale, 2012Jackson, Greg, 1978 Jackson, Javier, 2008-09 Jackson, Kevin, 1996-97 Jackson, Kevin, 1998-99 Jackson, Leslie, 1947 Jackson, Marquaveus, 2012-13 Jackson, Michael, 1987-88 Jackson, Nathaniel, 1973-76 Jackson, Orlandis, 2008 Jackson, Orsorio, 1987-89 Jackson, Ron, 2000-03 Jackson, Thomas, 1992-93-94; 96 Jamerson, Najee, 2013 James, Detoy, 1997 James, Jesse, 1968; 70-72 James, Travis, 2008-12 Jamison, Leon, 1954-57 Jamison, Morris, 1991-94 Jarrett, Sylvester, 1978-80 Jenkins, Anthony, 1954-57 Jenkins, Justin, 2007-10 Jenkins, Patrick, 1999- 2002 Jenkins, William, 1993 Jennings, Ligarius, 1997- 2000 Johnson, Ashley, 1997- 2000 Johnson, Aurther, 1992; 94 Johnson, Avery, 1991-94 Johnson, Brandon, 1999 Johnson, C.J., 2000-03 Johnson, Chris 2005-08 Johnson, Danny, 1974-76 Johnson, Floyd, 1951-52 Johnson, George S., 1974 Johnson, Henry, 1953-56 Johnson, James, 1971-74 Johnson, James, 1993-96 Johnson, Joe, 2012 Johnson, John, 1980-83 Johnson, Kelcey, 1994

Johnson, Kevin, 1999- 2000 Johnson, Leo, 1965 Johnson, Marlon, 1982-85 Johnson, Quentin, 1984-85 Johnson, Robert, 1976 Johnson, Ronald, 1985-86 Johnson, Stan, 1976 Johnson, Ty’Ron, 2007-09 Johnson, Val Gene, 1954-55 Johnson, Waymon, 1947 Johnson, William, 1944-47 Johnson, Willie, 1968 Jolly, Mike, 1978-79-80 Joiner, Reuben, 2001 Jones, Aaron, 1976-79 Jones, Antonio, 1997- 2000 Jones, Aubrey, 1979-80 Jones, Barion, 2002-04 Jones, Carlos, 1982-84 Jones, Ernest, 2004-05 Jones, Clarence, 1992-94 Jones, Cornelius, 1944-45 Jones, David, 1998-99 Jones, Douglas, 1952 Jones, Ed “Too Tall”,1970-74 Jones, Carlos, 2004-06 Jones, Germain, 1995-96 Jones, Gino, 1999 Jones, Israel, 1945 Jones, Joe, 1968-69 Jones, John Jr., 2009, 11 Jones Jeremy, 2010 Jones, Kazuo “Carlos”, 1983-84 Jones, Kenny, 1987-90 Jones, Leon, 1960 Jones, Marvin, 1998- 2001 Jones, Mike, 1979-82 Jones, Nate, 1981-82 Jones, Paul, 1952-53 Jones, Paul, 1988-90 Jones, Raymond, 1994-97 Jones, Roger, 1988-90 Jones, Sam, 1927-30 Jordan, Clarence, 2012 Jordan, Fred, 1929-30 Jordan, Gershom, 2008-10 Joseph, Aaron, 1978-79 Joseph, Jesse, 1946-49 Joyce, Eric, 1997-99, 2001 Justice Jr., Antonio 2013-

Kellione, Jordan, 2012 Kelly, James, 1971-73 Kelly, Lavatiae, 2013 Kemp, Tyson, 2009 Kenney, John, 1960-62 Kenton, Kevin, 2014 Key, KaRon, 1998- 20001

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Lacey, Lafayette, 1948-51 Lacey, Mike, 1994-96 Lackey, Jimmy, 1992-95 Lamb, Mack, 1962 Lambert, Eddie, 1968-69 Landrom, Jamar, 2004-05 Lane, Fred, 1970-71 Larkins, Glenn, 1969 Laster, Donald, 1978-81 Lassiter, Mieco, 1999 Law, Ty, 2014 Laws, Bryan, 1987 Lawson, Sylvester, 1975-76 Leaks, Michael, 1988 Lee, Burrell, 1956 Lee, Cain, 1929-30-31 Lee, Charles, 1965 Lee, Dorian, 1983 Lee, Latrelle, 2014 Lee, Travis, 2004-05 Leeper, Louis, 1984-86 Leonard, A.C., 2012-13 Leveque, Sterlin, 2014 Levine, Anthony 2006 -09 Lewis, Cornelius, 2007-08 Lewis, Craig, 1988 Lewis, Donald, 1985-86-87 Lewis, James, 1971,73-74 Lewis, James, 2013Lewis, Norris, 1958-59 Lewis, Zachary, 1988 Lewter, James, 2009 Lightfoot, Shannon, 2003-05 Ligon, Lemual, 1995-96 Little, Shannon D., 1944 Lloyd, Tim, 1983-84-85 Lockett, Albert, 1965 Logan, Kikko, 2008 Long, George, 1978-79 Lopez, John, 2008-10 Lorthridge, El, 1996 Love, Clarence, 1967-70 Love, Jhaquelle, 2012-14

Lucas, Michael, 1984, 86 Luckey, Aaron, 1990 Lusk Tyler, 2009-11 Lyons, Granville, 1971-74 Lyons, Marshall, 1996

Mable, Thomas, 1953, 55-56 Mackey, Curtis, 1984-85 Macon, John, 1989-91 Major, DeCarlos, 1995-97 Makor, Jao’s1982-85 Mallory, Julian 2010-11 Mallory, Larry, 1972-74 Malone, Roosevelt, 1958 Malone, Shawn, 1988 Marable, Trevelle, 1992; 94 Mars, Aaron, 2003-06 Marsalis, James, 1965-68 Marsalis, Romannie, 1988 Marsh, John, 1995-96 Marshall, DeJuan, 1998 Marshall, Kendrick, 1946-49 Marshall, Willie, 1965 Martin, Claude, 1953-54 Martin, Dion, 1985-88 Martin, Lannie, 1976-79 Martin, Nigel 2006 Martin, Tyler, 2003 Martinez, Leo, 2003 Mason, Mike 2006 Massengale, Lendell, 1952-55 Massey, Harry, 1962 Massie, John, 1990 Matthews, James, 1972-74 Maul, James, 1949 May, Joey, 1996 Mayes, Ernie, 1956 Mayes, Jacob, 1968-70 McAfee, Carl, 1983-86 McAllister, Jason, 1998-2000 McBride, Billy, 1976 McCartherenes, Brian, 1999- 2000 McCellion, D.J., 2010-11 McClain, Thomas, 1956-57 McClanahan, James, 1952-55 McClean, Stuart, 2007-09 McCollam, Chad, 1991-92 McCord, Deerwood, 1965 McCord, Donnie, 1975-76 McCord, Thomas, 1965-68 McCoy, Clinton, 1946 McCoy, Vincent, 1974 McCray, Eric, 1995-98 McCreary, Loaird, 1972-75 McCrumbly, Donald, 1972-74 McCurdy, Willie, 1981, 83-84 McCutcheon, Mark, 1988-90 McDaniels, Levertis, 1985 McDonald, Maurice, 1961-62

McFall, Patrick, 1995-96 McFarland, Errick, 1999-2000 McGee, Wendell, 1990 McGowan, Royce, 1992-95 McKelpin, Chris, 1979 McKinney, George, 1988 McMillion, Mike, 1978-80 McNairl,Calvin 2007-11 McNairy, Tim, 1993 McNeal, George, 1960-63 McNeal, Paul, 1959-62 McNutt, Antoine, 1998-99 McPherson, Joseph, 1952-53 McPherson, Michael, 1999 McPherson, Ulyesses,1944-47 McRae, Franklin, 1965 McRae, Jerrold, 1974-77 McTorry, Charles, 1970-72 McWilliams, John, 1969-72 Meneese, Roy, 1964-66 Merritt, Don, 1965 Metcalf, Fred, 1956-59 Middlebrooks, Charles,1977-78 Middleton, Brent, 1979-82 Middleton, Marshun, 1990-93 Miles, Harold, 1984-86 Milian, Nicholas, 2002-05 Miller, Darrell, 1988-90 Miller, Jeremy 2006 Mims, Lawrence, 1984-86 Mitchell, Curtis, 1978-81 Mitchell, Fay, 1954-57 Mitchell, Jon, 1996-97 Mitchell, Melvin, 1973-75 Mitchell, Ryan, 2011-14 Mitchell, Willie, 1960-62 Monroe, Anthony, 1988-89 Moore, Charles, 1958-61 Moore, Derrick 2005-06 Moore, Duane, 1993-96 Moore, Greg, 1990 Moore, Jonathan, 2007-09 Moore, Kelton, 1999 Moore, Leon, 1963-66 Moore, Reginald 2005-08 Moore, Riley, 1970 Moore, Scott, 1988 Moore, Steve, 1979-82 Moore, Terrance, 1993-94; 96 Moorman, Robert, 1990-92 Morgan, Mike, 1976-78 Morgan, Robert, 1973-76 Morgan, Toriano, 1998- 2000 Morgan, Willie, 1984 Morigney, Brian, 1984-85 Morris, Anthony, 2011-14 Morris, Roger, 2008-09 Morris, Theodore, 1962 Morrow, Gerald, 2003-06 Morrow, Jarrett, 2003-06

Morse, Jack, 1990-91 Morton, Edgar, 1944 Moseley, Matt, 2011 Motley, Zachary, 2008 Moye, Marcus, 1991-93 Muhammad, Hamid 1991 Murray, Leon, 1997-98-99 Murphy, Machellas, 2003-04 Murphy, Michael, 2009-13 Murphy, Robert, 1979-80 Myers, Carnell, 2000-02 Myers, Darius, 2009 Myers, Robert, 2011-14

Nails, Clarence, 1946-49 Ndem, Jack, 2012-13 Nevels,Robert 2006 Nesbitt, Roc-M, 2014 Newton, Cecil 2005-08 Nicholas, Everett, 2014 Nicholls, Donte’e, 2009-11 Nixon, Barry, 1987-89 North, Justin, 2013Nunnally, Hoyt, 1968-71

Odell, Richard, 1978-79 Oden, McDonald, 1976-79 Oliver, Harold, 1978-79 Oliver, Kevin, 2013O’Neal, Dantwaun, 2013Overton, Van, 1988 Owens, Anthony, 1987-90 Owens, Johnny, 1972-75 Owens, Vincal, 1993

Pannell, Darrell, 1988-89 Parker, Jeffrey, 1988 Parker, Hakeem, 2011 Parker, Hakeem, 2014 Parker, Rodney, 1975-76 Parks, Jerry, 1961 Parks, Samuel, 1954-57 Patana, Clint, 1989,1991 Patrick, Kwane, 2009 Patrick, Rodney, 1984-85 Patterson, Wendall, 2008 Patton, Charles, 1952 Patton, William, 1952-54 Payne, Elbert, 1981 Payne, Eric, 1999 Pearson, Kaylen, 2012 Pelote, Shawn, 1988 Perkins, Calvin, 1978

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Quarles, Derek, 1996 Quarles, George, 1950 Quarles, John, 1962

Rahman, Isa, 2001-02 Ramsey, Jamal, 2011 Rand, Larry, 1965 Randle, Stanley, 1959-62

Randolph, Tracey, 1984 Ransom, Brian, 1979-82 Ratliff, Preston, 1997- 2000 Ratliff, Tim, 1995-97 Ray, Darnell, 2004-05 Reaves, Priestly, 1986 Reed, Robert, 1962-64 Reed, Roderick, 1985-88 Reed, William, 1951-54 Reese, Alfred, 1970-72 Reese, James, 1988-90 Reese, Walter, 1997- 2001 Reese, Wayne, 1967-69 Reeves, Charles, 1982-83 Reid, Lonnie, 1960 Releford, James, 1952-55 Renfroe, Gilbert, 1982-85 Repress, Mike, 1984-85 Revere, Arthur, 1980-81 Rhaney, Demetrius, 2012-13 Rhoden, John, 2004-05 Rhodes, John, 1946-49 Rhodes, Mazio, 2014 Rice, Bryan, 1994-96 Rice, Harold, 1965-68 Richardson, Chris, 2001 Richardson, Courtney 2005 -06 Richardson, Shaun 2006 Rickman, Arthur, 1950 Ridgeway, Justin, 2007-11 Robb, Amariah, 1998- 2000 Roberson, Danny, 1998- 2001 Roberson, Kevin, 2002-03 Roberts, Calvin, 2009 Roberts, DeWayne, 1981-82 Robertson, Darnell, 1984 Robertson, Nathan, 1988-90 Robinett, Cedrick, 1991, 1993 Robinson, Allen, 1963-64 Robinson, Arthur Lee, 1933-36 Robinson, Ben, 1985-88 Robinson, Chris, 2012 Robinson, Ezra, 2014 Robinson, Fred, 1987-88 Robinson, John, 1966-68 Robinson, Johnnie, 1965-66 Robinson, Mike, 1982-85 Robinson, Pat, 1988 Robinson, Patrick, 1989-92 Robinson, Preston, 1948-49 Robinson, Ricky, 1977-80 Robinson, Roger, 1981-84 Robinson, William, 1984-87 Robinson, Wilson 2010-13 Robles, Manny, 1999- 2003 Rogers, Brandon, 2011 Rodgers, Dominique, 2004-06 Rogers, Darryle, 1992-94 Rogers, Keith, 2002-04

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Ross, Clyde, 1949 Rosser, Bryson, 2002-03-05 Roux, Abdul, 1997 Rowe, Algene, 1950 Rowser, Roshaun, 2003-06 Royster, Maurice, 2007-08 Rudolph, LaDarian, 2003 Rugley, Josiah, 1999 Rutland, Nikkeda 2004-06 Russell, Kevin, 1975-76

Sadler, David, 1988-89 Safeullah, Ahmed, 2000-03 Salters, John, 1948-49 Sample, Julian 2007-09 Samuels, Wesley 2010-13 Sanders, Ed, 1997-98-99 Sanders, Shelton, 1974 Sanders, Sugar, 2002 Sanders, Willie, 1965 Sanders-McCollum, Chris, 2013Sanford, George, 1950-52 Sarieh, Adi, 1991-92 Saunders, John, 1946-49 Saunders, De’Ante, 2013-14 Savage, Willie, 1947-48 Scales, Joseph, 1969-70 Scantling, Desmond, 2000-01 Scott, Mario, 1998 Scott, Ricky, 1981-82 Scott, William, 1946 Seabrooks, Glenn, 1968-69 Sears, JeMarc, 2011-14 Sears, Tim, 1979-80 Seay, Reggie, 1981-84 Segree, Lawrence, 1992-95 Sellars, Lorenzo, 1975-76 Sellars, William, 1992 Shanks, Simon, 1989-90 Shannon, Robert, 1965-68 Sharpe, Alvin, 1948-51 Sharpe, John, 1948-51 Shaw, Rashad, 2000-03 Shelton, Anthony, 1988-89 Shelton, Steven, 2008-09 Shepard, Allen 2006 Sherrill, Andre’, 1987 Shipley, Detorrius, 2011-14 Shoats, Gary, 1983-84 Shockley, Jeff, 1979 Shy, Melvin, 1974-75 Sibley, Derek, 2011-14 Simmons, Arthur, 1936-38 Simmons, Jimmy, 2004 Simmons, Joseph, 1950-51 Simmons, Kelvin, 1997-99 Simmons, Lawrence, 1936-37

Simmons, Marvin, 1971-72 Simmons, Patrick, 1959 Simpson, Nathaniel, 1973-75 Sims, Chris, 1985-87 Sims, Dorsey, 1952-55 Sims, Rodger, 1968-70 Sims, Tracy, 2008-09 Singleton, Allen, 1992 Singleton, Armond, 1991 Singleton, Harold, 1958-61 Sippial, Fred, 1999 Sleigh, Charles, 1928-30 Smith, Ahmaad, 2002-05 Smith, Amzie, 1987-88 Smith, Avis, 1981-82 Smith, Blake, 2009-10 Smith, Brice, 2001 Smith, Dave, 1954-55 Smith, Elgin, 2000-01 Smith, Fletcher, 1962-65 Smith, Jermaine, 1999- 2000 Smith, Joe C., 1965 Smith, John, 1976-78 Smith, Jonathan, 1995 Smith, Kato, 1994-96 Smith, Kevin, 1988 Smith, Lawrence, 1998-2001 Smith, Jr., Lee, 1987-88; 90 Smith, Milton, 1947-48 Smith, Noland, 1963-66 Smith, Sam, 1965-66 Smith, T. J., 1995-97 Smith, Tom, 2014 Smith,Troy 2006 Smith, Wilbur, 1979-82 Smith, William, 1948-51 Smith, William P., 1944-47 Snow, Marcus, 2009-10 Sorrells, Calvin, 1955-58 Sparkman, Charles, 2007-10 Spears, Eric, 1983-85 Spells, Tevin, 2013-14 Spillman, JuJuan, 2008 Spivey, Samuel, 1965 Springfield, James, 2007-08 St. Clair, Reggie, 1999 St. Fleur,Renaloski, 2007-09 St. Louis, Sadrack 2005-06 St. Pierre, Mario, 1996 Stampley, Clay, 1952 Stargell, Sabastian1984-86 Stargell, Tony, 1986-89 Steadham, William, 1961 Steel, Charles, 1956 Steele, Ashmal, 1999 Stephens, Jeremy 2004-06 Sterling, Brent, 1996-99 Stephens, Marquis, 1999-2001 Stevens, Billy, 1962

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Stevens, Willie, 1952-53 Stevenson, Martine, 2011-14 Stevenson, Robert, 1968-71 Stewart, Eugene, 1959-60 Stewart, Lonnie, 1973-74 Stewart, Michael, 1962 Stith, Richard, 1950 Stith, Robert, 1951 Stokes., Jeremy 2006 Stokes, Theodore, 1949-52 Stone, Andre, 2001 Stone, Joe, 1987-89 Strange, Forrest, 1933-35 Street, Alvin, 1984-86 Street, Harold, 1947 Streiff, Micah, 2005-06 Strickland, Wade, 1985-86 Stroe, Matt, 1998 Strong, Aaron, 2003-06 Stubblefield, Travis, 2007-08 Studdard, Steve, 1986-88 Suesberry, Wilbur, 1955-58 Sullivan, Corey, 1996-99 Sumrall, Fred, 1965-68 Sweet, Joe, 1968-70 Swift, Odell, 1962 Swinney, Gregory, 1976-79

Tahir, Henry, 2003 Tahir, Vejin, 2009 Taliaferro, Claude, 1954-57 Tanner, James, 1948-49 Tanner, Willie, 1948-51 Tarver, Keith, 1985 Tarver, Sidney 2007-10 Tate, Golden, 1980-83 Tate, Walter, 1979 Taylor, Andrew 2010-13 Taylor, Brian, 2001 Taylor, Danny, 1984-87 Taylor, Darryl, 1980-82 Taylor, Donald, 1955-58 Taylor, James, 1978-79 Taylor, Malcolm, 1980-81 Taylor, Nathaniel, 1945-48 Tepper, Terrell, 2001-04 Tepper, Tewann, 2002-04 Terry, Gabe, 2014 Terry, Ryan, 1990 Thalmadge, Vick, 1951 Tharpe, Larry, 1989-91 Thaxton, Frank, 1975-76 Thaxton, James, 1970-72 Thomas, Albert, 1985-88 Thomas, Carlo, 1997- 2000 Thomas, Charles, 1968, 71-72 Thomas, Danteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2008-11 Thomas, Eddie, 1952-53

Thomas, Mike, 1976-79 Thomas, Paul, 2003-04 Thomas, Vincent, 1975-76 Thomas, William, 1945-48 Thomas, William, 1967-70 Thomas, Woodrow, 1955-58 Thompson, Al, 1988 Thompson, Austin, 1974-76 Thompson, Michael, 1995-96, 99 Thompson, Ralph, 1994 Thompson, Reno, 2005-08 Thompson, Shawn, 1995-98 Thompson, Tim, 1985 Thrasher, Nick, 2011-14 Tiddle, Milton, 1952-53 Tippens, Eric, 1996-97 Toomer, JaMar, 1997 Trotter, Jesse, 1977-80 Troutman, Jeff, 1985-86 Townsend, Jason, 2008-09 Townson, Jason, 2009 Tuck, William, 1992 Tucker, Mike, 1985 Tucker, William, 1991-93 Tucker, William, 1965 Turks, Harold, 1983-86 Turnage III, Ryan, 2012 Turner, Harold, 1948-51 Turner, Steve, 1979-82 Turner, Warren, 1981 Tyus, Andre, 2001

Ulmer, David, 1943-46 Umphrey, Albert, 1935-38

Valentine, Fred, 1953-54 Valentine, Todd, 1996-97 Van Dyke, David 2010-13 Vasser, Rommie, 1992-95 Vil, Eluzeis, 2011 Vinson, Ronnie, 2012-14 Vipond, Robert, 2009 Veach, Stanley, 1927-30

Wade, Charles, 1970-72 Wade, James, 1989-92 Wade, Issac, 1981-83 Wafer, Carl, 1970-73 Walker, Alfred, 2001-05 Walker, Bruce, 1978-80 Walker, Charles, 1956-59 Walker, James, 1968-69 Walker, Kenny, 1979-80 Walker, Riley, 2001-03 Walker, Willie, 1965

Wallace, Jason, 2010 Wallace, Lamar, 2009-12 Wallace, Lamarr, 1993-96 Walton, Charles, 1980 Walton, Riley, 1983-85 Ward, Clyde, 1980-83 Ward, Trabis, 2009-12 Washington, Marshall, 1954 Washington, William,1945-48 Waters, Melvin, 1987-90 Watkins, Jamie, 1999 Watkins, Larry, 1978-81 Watson, Harold, 2011-13 Watson, Tyrone, 1988-89 Weatherspoon, Johnny, 1985-87 Weatherspoon, Rashawn, 2008-11 Weldon, Batavia, 2000-01 Weaver, Mardae, 2001-03 Welch, Terry, 1985-86 Wellington, Nate, 1991-93 Wells, Kevin, 1996 West, Bill, 1968, 1970 West, Mike, 2011-14 West, Loranzo, 1995-96 Whatley, Amos, 1980-81 Wheeler, Dwight, 1975-77 Whitaker, Michael, 2012 Whitaker, Selmon, 1965-66 White, Greg, 2014 White, James, 1965-66 White, John, 1955 White, Willie, 1946-48 Whitmon, Cecil, 1951-53 Whitmon, David, 1944-45 Whitmon, Raymond, 1944-47 Whitrow, Thomas, 1930 Wilburn, Jesse, 1954-57 Wylie, Joseph, 2010-11 Wiley, Leonard, 1944-45 Wilkerson, Al, 1978-79 Wilkerson, James, 1988 Wilkins, Marques, 2009-10 Williams, Armand, 1997-98 Williams, Brandon, 2005-06 Williams, Bryan, 1984-87 Williams, C., 1946 Williams, Chadwick, 2013-14 Williams, Charles, 1968-69 Wiliams, Daniel, 2003-05 Williams, Darrell, 1992-94 Williams, Daryl, 1993-95 Williams, Fred, 1991-94 Williams, James, 1965 Williams, Javarris, 2005-08 Williams III, John, 2009-12 Williams, Justin, 2002-05 Williams, Leroy, 1960 Williams, Marcell, 1978-80 Williams, Robey, 1994-96

Williams, Ronald, 1965 Williams, Roy, 1952-53 Williams, Vantavious, 2014Williams, Wendall, 1999- 2000 Williamson, Randolph, 1975-76 Williford, Larry 2005-08 Willis, Jeffrey, 2005 Willis, Remond, 2007-08 Wilson, Bernard, 1988-91 Wilson, Bryce, 2011 Wilson, Devin, 2009-13 Wilson, George, 1960 Winfrey, Victor, 1987-89 Winston, Aubrey, 1957-59 Wisdom, Erik, 2008 Womble, Doug, 1988 Wright, Carlos, 2000-01 Wood, Marshall, 1951-53 Woods, Aaron, 2012Woods, Anthony, 2009-12 Woods, Eddie, 2004-05 Woods, Jeremy, 2005-06 Woods, Larry, 1968-70 Woods, Robert, 1970-72 Woodard, Kellen 2006-09 Woodson, Ronnie, 1984 Wortham, Lamont, 1991-92 Wright, Carlos, 2000-03

Wright, Terrence 2006-07; 09-10 Wylie, Joseph, 2009 Wynn, Earl, 1944-47 Wynn, Franklyn, 1960-62 Wynn, Raleigh, 1946-49 Wynn, Shawney, 1970-73 Wynn, William, 1969-72

Yette, Emmett, 1951-52 Young,Duval 2006-08 Young, Maurice 2004-05 Zeigler, Bennie, 1996-99 *-medical redshirt, lettered.

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TSU ALL-AMERICANS 1934 Forrest Strange, C (CD, PC) 1935 William Cox, HB (CD, PC) 1936 Albert Umphrey, HB (CD, PC) 1937 Albert Umphrey, HB (CD, PC) Jimmie Harris, G (CD, PC) William Braudnex, E (CD, PC) 1944 William Bass, HB (CD, PC) 1945 William Bass, HB (CD, PC) Robert Drummond, T (CD, PC)

Forrest Strange made history becoming TSU’s First All-American in 1934.

1946

Robert Drummond, T (CD, PC) Nathaniel Taylor, QB (CD, PC) William Washington, E (CD, PC) Raymond Whitmon, HB (CD, PC)

1947

Robert Drummond, T (CD, PC) Nathaniel Taylor, QB (CD, PC) William Washington, E (CD, PC) Raymond Whitmon, HB (CD, PC) Raleigh Wynn, T (CD, PC)

1949 George Gilchrist, T (CD, PC) Grannison Davis, HB (CD, PC) 1950 Harold Turner, E (CD, PC) Walter Gillespie, C (CD, PC) Willie Tanner, T (CD, PC) 1951 Harold Turner, E (CD, PC) James Caldwell, E (CD, PC)

Robert Drummond (40), Raymond Whitmon (12), William Washington (17) and Nathaniel Taylor (14) were named All-Americans in 1946 before repeating in 1947. Drummond became the first Tiger to recieve All-America honors in three seasons from 1945-47.

1952 Matthew Maiden, FB (CD, PC) James Caldwell, T (CD, PC) 1953 Perry Hairston, E (CD, PC) Roy Kimble, HB (CD, PC) 1955 Charles Patton, G (CD, PC) 1956 James Buford, G (CD, PC) Charles Gavin, T (CD, PC) Fay Mitchell, HB (CD, PC) 1957 Leon Jamison, E (CD, PC) Charles Gavin, T (CD, PC) 1959 Charles Walker, E (CD, PC) Fred Metcalf, T (PC) 1960 George Balthazar, T (CD, PC) 1963 Robert Reed, G (PC) 1964 Robert Reed, G (PC) 1965 James Carter, G (PC) Johnnie Robinson, FL (PC) Eldridge Dickey, QB (PC)

(Key: ADW-Atlanta Daily World, AFCA-American Football Coaches, AP-Associated Press, BM-Black Mutual, CD-Chicago Defender, CDS-Consensus Draft Services, CSN-College Sporting News, E-Ebony Scoreboard, FG-Don Hansen’s Football Gazette, J-Jet Magazine, K-Kodak, ND-NFL-Draft Report, 100%-100% Wrong Club, PC-Pittsburgh Courier, PF-Pro Football Magazine, SC-Small College, SH-Sheridan Poll, SBN-Sheridan Black College Network, SN-Sporting News, SPN-Sports Network, T-Time Magazine, UPI-United Press International, WC-Walter Camp, HM-Honorable Mention, BTR-BoxToRow.com/BASN, PS-Phil Steele, DC-Dr. Cavil’s HBCU Black College Football, CSJ-College Sports Journal All-Freshman, HSRN- Heritage Sports Radio Network

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1966

William Tucker, HB (PC) Eldridge Dickey, QB (PC, E) Claude Humphrey, T (PC, E) Tommie Davis, T (SC) Harvey Dixon, G (E) Leo Johnson, WR (E)

1967 Eldridge Dickey, QB (PC) Claude Humphrey, T (PC, SN, T, AP) 1968 James Marsalis, DB (AP, SN, PC) Elbert Drungo, T (PC) 1969

Claude Brumfield, T (PC) Joe Jones, E (PC, AP, SC) Vernon Holland, T (PC) Wayne Reese, HB (PC)

1970

David Davis, WR (PC) Joe Gilliam, Jr., QB (PC) Vernon Holland, T (AP, T, K, SN, PC) Asberry Glover, T (PC) Freddie Herring, DB (PC) Rodger Sims, LB (PC)

1971

Joe Gilliam, Jr., QB (K, AP, PC) Clifford Brooks, DB (AP, PC) Waymond Bryant, LB (PC) Nathaniel Brown, T (PC) Asberry Glover, T (PC) Charles McTorry, DB (PC) James Thaxton, TE (PC)

1972

Robert Woods, T (PC, AP, BM) Ed “Too Tall” Jones, E (PC, AP, BM) Ollie Smith, WR (PC) Waymond Bryant, LB (PC, AP) James Thaxton, TE (PC, BM) Charles McTorry, DB (PC)

1973

Ed “Too Tall” Jones, DE (SN, T, AP, PC, K, FA) Waymond Bryant, LB (SN, T, AP, PC, K) John Holland, WR (T, AP, PC) Gregory Kindle, G (AP, PC) Kenneth Pettiford, QB (BM)

1974

Cleveland Elam, DE (PC, AP, NB) Granville Lyons, DB (AP) Allen Haigler, T (AP, PC) John Butler, C (PC) Larry Dorsey, WR (PC) James Johnson, DB (PC)

1975

Larry Dorsey, WR (PC, AP, UPI, SN, T) Loaird McCreary, TE (PC) Melvin Mitchell, G (PC)

1976 Oliver Davis, DB (PC) Sylvester Hicks, DT (PC) Jerrold McRae, WR (PC) 1977

Jerrold McRae, WR (PF, PC, J, BM) Sylvester Hicks, DT (PF, PC, J, ADW, BM) Joe Adams, QB (PF) Stanley G. Johnson, DT (PC) Danny Johnson, DE (PC) Homer Elias, OG (ADW, PC) Dwight Wheeler, OT (PC) Sylvester Lawson, TE (ADW)

1978

John Smith, WR (PC, BM) Jimmy Carter, OG (E) Joe Adams, QB (AP, SN, PC, BM) Maurice Fitzgerald, DE (E)

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1979

Joe Adams, QB (AP, SN, PC, BM) McDonald Oden, TE (PC, BM, SH) Aaron Jones, HB (SH, ADW, BM) Lannie Martin (ADW) Mike Jones (SN)

1980

Joe Adams, QB (SH, AP, ADW, J, 100%) Richard Dent, DE (ADW) Aaron Ford, LB (ADW) James Taylor, OC (ADW)

1981

Mike Jones, WR (K, SN, AFCA, SH) Brian Ransom, QB (SH, SN) Malcolm Taylor, DT (K, AFCA) Donald Lester, OT (SH) Malcolm Taylor, DE (SH)

1982

Golden Tate, WR (SN, AFCA, SH) Roger Robinson, DB (SN, SH) Walter Tate, OC (AP, SH, K) Steve Moore, OT (SH) Richard Dent, DE (SH) Kenneth Biggles, QB (SH) Vynell Henderson, LB (SH)

1983 Golden Tate, WR (SH, SN) 1984

Carl McAfee, DB (SN) Barry Collins, TE (SH) Herman Hunter, RB (SH) James Derico, LB (SH) Roger Robinson, DB (SH)

1985 Carl McAfee, DB 1986

Onzy Elam, LB (K, 100%, SH, E) Charles Buchanan, DE (SH) Carl McAfee, DB (SH, E) Steve Holloway, TE (SH) Wade Strickland, OT (SH, E) David Hood, P (E) Alvin Street, OC (E)

1988 Roderick Reed, LB (SH) 1989 Anthony Pleasant, DE (SH, ND, AP, FG) Simon Shanks, LB (E) 1990

Colin Godfrey, P (E, SH, AP, FG, WC, SPN) Simon Shanks, LB (SH) Anthony Owens, TE (SPN)

1991 Colin Godfrey, P (SH) Elliot Pilton, DE (SPN, ND) 1992 Colin Godfrey, P (SH) Perry Hall, LB (SH) 1993 Brent Alexander, FS (AP, NFL, SH, SPN) Randy Fuller, CB (NFL) 1994 Cedric Davis (SH, NFL) 1999

Lamar Carter, DE (SPN) Leon Murray, QB (SPN) Bennie Anderson (SBN) Avion Black (Team Link)

Michael Thompson (SBN)

Nick Thrasher (AFCA, PS, AP)

2000 Walter Reese, LB (FG) Carlos Wright, KR (FG) 2001

Steve Farmer, TE (HM) Walter Reese, LB (HM) Marquis Stephens, DB (HM) C. J. Johnson, WR (HM)

2003 Charles Anthony, RB (AFCA, AP, SPN, SH, FG) C.J. Johnson, WR (SBN) 2004 Charles Anthony, RB (AFCA, AP, SBN, I-AA.org, FG, SH) 2007 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie,DB (SBN, AP, TSN,) 2008

Cornelius Lewis,OT (AP, CSN, SBN) Cecil Newton, C (CSN) Javarris Williams, RB (AFCA, CSN-HM,SBN) JuJuan Spillman, KR/PR (CDS-HBCU) Eugene Clifford, DB (CDS-FCS/HBCU) Rico Council, LB (CDS-HBCU) Brandon Jackson, FB (CDS-HBCU) Marcus Broxie, DE (CDS-HBCU) Roger Morris, DT (CDS-HBCU)

2009

Eugene Clifford, DB (BTR/CDS-FCS/HBCU) Rico Council, LB (CDS-HBCU) Marcus Broxie, DE (CDS-HBCU) John Jones, Jr., LB (CDS-HBCU)

2010 Eugene Clifford, DB (AP/BTR/WC/CSN-FCS/SBN/SN/PS-FCS) 2011

Rico Council, LB (BTR/SPN) Stephen Godbolt III, DB (CSJ - Freshman All-American) Joseph Wylie, DB (DC, BTR - Honorable Mention)

2012

Joe Bowens, TE (CSJ - Freshman All-American) Sherman Carter, C, (SBN) Kadeem Edwards, OG, (BT - HM) Rigers Gaines, OT, (AP, TSN, HBCU, BT) Stephen Godbolt III, DB (AP, TSN, CSN, SBN, HBCU, BT - HM) Jamin Godfrey, K, (HBCU) A.C. Leonard, TE (AP, TSN, CSN, SBN, HBCU, CFPA - Player of the Year, BT) Trabis Ward, RB, (SBN, HBCU, BT)

2013

Anthony Bass, DE (SN, AP, BTR, HSRN, HBCU) Kadeem Edwards, OT (BTR, SN, AP, HSRN, HBCU) Antonio Harper (BTR) Nick Thrasher (HBCU, BTR) Daniel Fitzpatrick (HBCU, BTR, SN, AP, CFPA, HSRN, ADA) AC Leonard (HBCU, BTR, AP, HSRN)

2014 Anthony Bass, DE (BTR, HBCU) Robert Myers, OG (PS) De’Ante Saunders (AFCA, SN, AP)

TOTAL ALL-AMERICANS........................................... 340 MOST ALL-AMERICANS NAMED................................ PC

NUMBER OF ALL-AMERICANS BY MEDIA OUTLET AFCA..........................3 AP.............................29 CD.............................37 PC.............................95 E...............................13 SC...............................2 T.................................4 AD............................26 SN.............................17 BM............................11 K.................................7 FA...............................1 NB...............................1 SBN..........................10 PF...............................3 ADW...........................8 SH.............................34

AFCA..........................8 CDS-FCS.....................2 CDS-HBCU...............15 FG...............................6 ND..............................2 WC..............................2 SPN.............................7 NFL.............................3 HM..............................5 I-AA.ORG...................1 TSN.............................4 CSN............................6 BTR.............................8 CSJ..............................2 DC...............................1 PS...............................3 CFPA...........................2

MWC CHAMPIONS 1946 • 1947 • 1954 • 1956 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1963 1964 • 1965 • 1966 OVC CHAMPIONS 1998 • 1999 BLACK COLLEGE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1946 • 1947 • 1954 • 1956 1965 • 1966 • 1970 • 1971 1973 • 1979 • 1981 • 1982 • 2013 GRANTLAND RICE BOWL NCAA MID-EAST REGION CHAMPIONS 1965 (Co-Champs) 1966 • 1970 • 1971 NCAA DIVISION I-AA PLAYOFFS 1981 • 1982 • 1998 1986 • 1999 • 2013

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The Tennessee State Tigers play two home games in one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest sports venues in Nissan Stadium, sharing the facility for home games with the National Football Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennessee Titans. The state-of-the-art facility has served as home of the Tigers and the Titans since the 1999 season. Nissan Stadium is located on the east bank of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. Nissan Stadium, which seats approximately 69,143 fans, boasts incredible amenities, ranging from spacious and tastefully appointed locker rooms to massive scoreboards. The natural grass field was rated as the fourth best

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playing surface in the NFL in a poll conducted among league players in 2001. Nissan Stadium has 144 luxury suites and 9,600 club seats with access to the stadium club and club lounges. There are also approximately 7,500 parking spaces on the site. Nissan Stadium grounds are also designed to help create a park-like setting along the Cumberland River, not just a showplace for bland concrete and asphalt. More than 205 trees have been planted on the 105-acre campus. Tiger fans gather early and stay late to enjoy tailgating on Nissan Stadium grounds. In addi-

tion to games featuring the Tigers and Titans. Nissan Stadium also hosts college footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Music City Bowl in late December. LP Field hosts concerts and other special events during the course of a year. In 2012, the Tigers will play their 14th season at Nissan Stadium. Since beginning play in the state-of-the-art NFL facility in 1999, the Tigers have posted a 35-25 record in games played at Nissan Stadium.

2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide • Nissan Stadium was built with the Tigers very own locker room • Former names include Adelphia Coliseum (1999–2002), The Coliseum (2002–2006) and LP Field (2006-2015) • TSU posts a 38-28 record at Nissan Stadium moving into their 17th season at the stadium • 144 luxury suites and 9,600 club seats • 60 concession stands throughout stadium • Two scoreboards with video screens located on north and south ends of stadium • Four suite elevators • 7,500 parking spaces available with more than 20,000 existing parking spaces nearby • New high-definition video screens and LED ribbon boards • A distributed sound system for Nissan Stadium will employ 600 speakers strategically placed in proximity to each seating area throughout the stadium • Fan-friendly dining and entertainment zones out on the east and west sides of Nissan Stadium gatherings • Tifsport Bermuda sod, which grew for a year before being laid down. Each roll of sod weighed 2,000 pounds and was cut into 108-foot long, 42-inch wide strips that were 1.5 inches thick

TSU opened play at Nissan Stadium, then called Adelphia Coliseum, with a 41-8 win over Alabama State in the first ever John Merritt Classic.

TOP-15 ATTENDANCE AT NISSAN STADIUM TEAM RESULT DATE ATT. 1. Tennessee Tech* W 25-19 11/6/99 41,132 2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff* W 40-13 9/29/12 31,765 3. Southern W 34-32 9/6/08 28,830 4. Alabama A&M L 14-27 9/3/05 25,342 5. Southern W 33-7 10/3/11 25,209 6. Alabama A&M W 42-7 9/4/04 25,117 7. Eastern Illinois* W 24-14 11/1/03 25,037 8. Murray State* W 42-28 11/3/07 24,878 9. Tennessee Tech* W 41-14 11/1/08 24,361 10. Alabama A&M L 7-24 9/5/09 23,871 11. Southeast Missouri* W 38-36 11/6/04 23,421 12. Eastern Illinois* L 3-27 11/5/05 23,481 13. Alabama A&M L 23-49 9/1/07 23,440 14. UT Martin* W 26-8 10/26/02 22,438 15. Alabama A&M W 27-14 9/4/10 22,607 16. UT Martin* L 7-28 11/7/09 22,092 * Denotes Homecoming Games

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WILLIAM JASPER HALE Hale Stadium is a 15,000-seat outdoor stadium located on the campus of Tennessee State University. Built in 1953 and affectionately nicknamed “The Hole”, the stadium hosted TSU Tigers football games until 1999, home games were then moved to LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans. The facility was named for William J. Hale, who served as TSU’s first president. It remains in use as the site of TSU’s annual spring football game, as well as hosting Homecoming festivities. The stadium hosted a second-round NCAA Division I-AA playoff game in 1982, with the Tigers defeating Eastern Illinois University 20-19 in

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front of a crowd of 8,000. During their years at Hale, TSU Football went undefeated ten times, won ten championships in the now-defunct Midwestern Conference and claimed the Ohio Valley Conference championship in 1998, its final season in the stadium. In the last game at Hale Stadium, Tennessee State won 28-14 over Texas Southern University on November 21, 1998. In 2012, the Tigers returned to ‘The Hole’ . TSU hosted three games starting with Austin Peay on Sept. 15, 2012. The Tigers will continue to play some home contests in Hale Stadium moving forward.

2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide Hale Stadium Records by Decades 1950s 23-2-1 1960s 35-8-2 1970s 34-2-1 1980s 20-4-1 1990s 23-11-0 2010s 5-2-0

TOTAL 139-29-5 TOP ATTENDANCE AT HALE STADIUM TEAM RESULT DATE ATT. 1. UT Martin W 76-0 *10/24/98 22,046 2. UT Martin W 37-14 *10/19/96 21,331 3. Florida A&M W 33-20 10/25/69 20,000 4. Jackson State T 26-26 09/10/88 18,954 5. Austin Peay W 35-14 *10/24/92 18,341 6. UT-Chattanooga W 27-21 10/16/82 18,200 7. Eastern Kentucky L 20-27 *11/2/91 18,150 8. Jackson State W 23-20 09/11/76 18,106 9. Grambling State W 41-35 10/9/71 18,000 10. Tennessee Tech W 28-21 *11/8/97 17,255 11. Grambling State L 25-28 10/11/75 17,000 12. Texas Southern W 48-25 09/26/81 16,300 13. Grambling W 24-13 10/16/79 16,200 14. Tennessee Tech L 24-28 *11/4/95 16,128 15. Texas Southern W 28-14 11/21/98 16,091 16. Texas Southern W 38-15 09/30/72 16,000 17. Grambling W 19-13 10/6/73 16,000 18. Jackson State W 20-10 09/14/86 16,000 19. Middle Tennessee W 24-14 09/7/96 15,761 20. Middle Tennessee L 10-45 09/3/94 15,511 21. Austin Peay W 34-14 09/15/12 14,264 22. Hampton Institute W 20-14 09/3/83 13,500 23. North Carolina A&T W 31-15 08/31/85 13,500 * Denotes Homecoming Games TSU Football bid farewell to home games played inside Hale Stadium with 28-14 win over Texas Southern on November 21, 1998. Tyrone Butterfield catches a touchdown pass in front of a crowd of more than 16, 000 fans.

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TSU PLAYS THE CLASSICS Overall Record in Classics: 65-45-3 Overtime Record: 2-1 Largest Classic Crowd: 67, 712 - 9/25/04 - Atlanta Football Classic Longest Winning / Losing Streak: 21 / 11 Largest Win Margin: 71 points - 10/20/84 - W 71-0 Kentucky State, Louisville, KY Smallest Win Margin: 1 point (twice vs. Jackson State) 9/18/04 - W31-30 OT 9/16/06 - W21-20 Largest Loss Margin: 39 points - 10/9/93 - L13-52 Eastern Kentucky Smallest Loss Margin: 1 point (twice) 9/29/07 - L17-18 Florida A&M 9/28/96 - L18-19 Southern

vs. Alabama A&M: 3-2 vs. Alabama State: 4-0 vs. Alcorn State: 4-0 vs. Arkansas State: 1-0 vs. Bethune-Cookman: 0-1 vs. Bishop: 1-0 vs. Central State: 3-2 vs. Howard: 1-0 vs. Eastern Kentucky: 0-1 vs. Florida A&M: 7-14

vs. Grambling State: 0-2 vs. Jackson State: 15-10-1 vs. Kentucky State: 2-0 vs. Lincoln (Mo.): 6-1-1 vs. Mississippi Valley State: 2-3 vs. Morgan State: 1-0 vs. Norfolk State: 1-0 vs. North Carolina A&T: 2-3 vs. North Carolina Central: 1-0 vs. North Carolina State: 0-1

vs. Maryland State: 1-0 vs. Parsons: 1-0 vs. Prarie View A&M: 1-0 vs. South Carolina State: 3-2 vs. Southern: 1-2-1 vs. Texas Southern: 1-0 vs. West Virginia State: 1-0 vs. Wilberforce: 1-0

DATE W-L SCORE OPPONENT LOCATION ATT. CLASSIC —/—/46 L 6-14 North Carolina State Washington D.C. ——— Capitol Classic —/—/47 W 26-0 Arkansas A&M Memphis, Tenn. ——— Bluff City Classic —/—/47 W 27-12 West Virginia State Washington D.C. ——— Capitol Classic —/—/48 W 30-26 Wilberforce Washington D.C. ——— Capitol Classic —/—/49 W 49-13 Jackson State Jackson, Miss. ——— Magnolia Classic —/—/50 W 20-0 Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Bluff City Classic ONLY APPEARANCES —/—/50 W 28-13 North Carolina A&T Washington D.C. ——— Capitol Classic —/—/51 W 26-21 Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Bluff City Classic COSBY FOOTBALL CLASSIC: MOTOR CITY CLASSIC: —/—/51 W 25-0 Jackson State Jackson, Miss. ——— Magnolia Classic 9/15/89 - W14-13 vs. Central State 11/2/85 - L10-13 vs. Southern —/—/52 L 12-20 Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Bluff City Classic —/—/53 T 19-19 Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Bluff City Classic GATEWAY CLASSIC: RIVER FRONT CLASSIC: 9/4/93 - L15-23 vs. Florida A&M 9/9/00 - L14-16 vs. North Carolina A&T 9/25/54 W 33-13 Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Bluff City Classic 9/17/55 W 7-0 Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Bluff City Classic LIL’ BROWN JUG CLASSIC: ORANGE BLOSSOM CLASSIC: 11/10/56 W 52-6 Alcorn State Memphis, Tenn. ——— Bluff City Classic 10/20/84 - W71-0 vs. Kentucky State 12/1/56 - W41-39 vs. Florida A&M —/—/56 W 6-0 Maryland State Washington D.C. ——— Capitol Classic 12/1/56 W 41-39 Florida A&M Miami, Fla. (Orange Bowl) 41,808 Orange Blossom Classic 11/13/65 W 31-6 Lincoln St. Louis, Mo. (Busch Stadium) ——— Gateway Classic ATLANTA FOOTBALL CLASSIC 11/12/66 W 28-6 Lincoln St. Louis, Mo. (Busch Stadium) 3,500 Gateway Classic First Appearance: *9/15/72 11/22/69 W 49-14 Bishop Dallas, Texas (Cotton Bowl) 12,000 Lone Star Classic W14-0 vs. Morgan State 9/12/70 W 24-14 Alcorn State Los Angeles, Ca. (LA Coliseum) ——— Angel City Classic Last Appearance: 9/25/10 9/19/70 W 62-7 Kentucky State Memphis, Tenn. (Crump Stadium) 15,000 Bluff City Classic W29-18 vs. Florida A&M 11/21/70 W 21-3 Parsons St. Louis, Mo. (Busch Stadium) ——— Gateway Classic vs. Florida A&M: 5-12* *AEC Record: 2-1 9/25/71 W 18-7 Alcorn State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 17,006 Bluff City Classic vs. Morgan State: 1-0* AFC Record: 6-14 9/9/72 W 55-6 Norfolk State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) ——— Bluff City Classic vs. South Carolina State: 3-1 *1972-89 held different names in- 9/15/72 W 14-0 Morgan State Atlanta, Ga. (Atlanta-Fulton Co.) 10,093 Atlanta Ebony Classic vs. Southern: 0-1 cluding Atlanta Ebony Classic 9/23/72 W 40-13 Alcorn State Chicago, Ill. (Soldier Field) 40,000 Chicago Football Classic 9/13/74 W 44-12 Central State Chicago, Ill. (Soldier Field) ——— Chicago Football Classic BLUFF CITY CLASSIC 10/23/76 W 21-3 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Doak Campbell Stadium) ——— Atlanta Ebony Classic First Appearance: —/—/47 11/4/78 W 41-7 North Carolina Central Washington, D.C. (RFK Stadium) ——— Capitol Classic W26-0 vs. Arkansas State 09/22/79 W 21-3 Texas Southern Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 32,000 Bluff City Classic Last Appearance: 9/17/88 10/12/80 W 35-17 Alabama State Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field) ——— Magic City Classic W13-6 vs. Mississippi Valley State 10/3/81 W 21-20 Alabama State Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field) 18,233 Magic City Classic vs. Alcorn State: 1-0 vs. Mississippi Valley State: 2-1 11/13/82 W 63-41 Mississippi Valley State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 16,000 Bluff City Classic vs. Arkansas State: 1-0 vs. Norfolk State: 1-0 11/12/83 L 38-51 Mississippi Valley State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 25,000 Bluff City Classic vs. Jackson State: 1-0-1 vs. Southern: 1-0 9/8/84 W 34-14 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 34,500 Bluff City Classic vs. Kentucky State: 1-0 vs. Texas Southern: 1-0 10/20/84 W 71-0 Kentucky State Louisville, Ky. (Cardinal Stadium) 9,200 Lil’ Brown Jug Classic vs. Lincoln (Mo.): 4-1-1 Overall Record: 13-2-2 10/5/85 L 13-28 Mississippi Valley State Indianapolis, Ind. (Hoosier Dome) 40,000 Circle City Classic 11/2/85 L 10-13 Southern Detroit, Mich. (Tiger Stadium) 23,000 Motor City Classic CAPITOL CLASSIC 11/1/86 T 17-17 Southern Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 25,000 Bluff City Classic First Appearance: --/--/46 09/12/87 T 17-17 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 26,853 Bluff City Classic L6-14 vs. North Carolina State 10/3/87 L 28-31 Central State Indianapolis, Ind. (Hoosier Dome) 47,417 Circle City Classic Last Appearance: 11/04/78 09/17/88 W 13-6 Mississippi Valley State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 15,232 Bluff City Classic W41-7 vs. North Carolina Central 09/15/89 W 14-13 Central State Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Stadium) 8,078 Cosby Football Classic 09/23/89 L 9-21 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium) 47,373 Atlanta Ebony Classic vs. Maryland State: 1-0 vs. West Virginia State: 1-0 09/8/90 W 23-14 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 39,579 Southern Heritage Classic vs. North Carolina A&T: 1-0 vs. Wilberforce: 1-0 09/22/90 W 20-16 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium) 46,024 Atlanta Football Classic vs. North Carolina State: 0-1 Overall Record: 4-1 09/29/90 L 14-35 Central State Louisville, Ky. (Cardinal Stadium) 28,842 River City Classic 8/31/91 L 7-10 Mississippi Valley State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 25,891 Southern Heritage Classic CHICAGO FOOTBALL CLASSIC 9/14/91 L 19-41 Jackson State Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field) 17,581 Magic City Classic First Appearance: 9/23/72 9/28/91 L 7-43 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Atlanta-Fulton Co.) 49,767 Atlanta Football Classic W40-13 vs. Alcorn State 9/12/92 L 18-38 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 37,437 Southern Heritage Classic Last Appearance: 9/11/93 9/26/92 L 12-20 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Atlanta-Fulton Co.) 43,211 Atlanta Football Classic L18-24 vs. Jackson State 9/4/93 L 15-23 Florida A&M Jacksonville, Fla. (Gator Bowl) 30,097 Gateways Classic vs. Alcorn State:1-0 vs. Jackson State: 0-1 9/11/93 L 18-24 Jackson State Chicago, Ill. (Soldier Field) 43,800 Chicago Football Classic vs. Central State: 1-0 Overall Record: 2-1 9/18/93 L 28-33 Grambling State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 41,669 Southern Heritage Classic 10/9/93 L 13-52 Eastern Kentucky Louisville, Ky. (Cardinal Stadium) 21,863 River City Classic 9/10/94 L 12-31 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 50,047 Southern Heritage Classic

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(Finley Stadium) 20,000 River City Classic 9/12/98 W 33-21 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 55,545 Southern Heritage Classic 9/26/98 L 23-31 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 28,987 Atlanta Football Classic 9/5/99 W 41-8 Alabama State Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 31,119 John Merritt Classic 9/10/99 W 48-33 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 50,723 Southern Heritage Classic 9/18/99 W 42-25 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 43,800 Atlanta Football Classic 9/2/00 W 39-13 Alabama State Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 20,463 John Merritt Classic 9/9/00 L 14-16 North Carolina A&T Cincinnati, Ohio (Cinergy Field) 30,300 River Front Classic 9/16/00 L 39-42 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 52,173 Southern Heritage Classic 9/23/00 L 6-31 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 62,455 Atlanta Football Classic 9/1/01 W 27-6 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 22,000 John Merritt Classic 9/22/01 W 27-7 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 61,052 Atlanta Football Classic 10/6/01 W 45-0 Howard Indianapolis, Ind. (RCA Dome) 28,960 Circle City Classic 11/22/01 W 64-33 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 28,960 Southern Heritage Classic 9/7/02 W 41-8 Prairie View A&M Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 18,652 John Merritt Classic 9/14/02 L 28-31 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 38,496 Southern Heritage Classic 9/21/02 L 14-49 Grambling State Las Vegas, Nev. (Boyd Stadium) 22,537 Silver Dollar Classic 9/28/02 L 24-37 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 67,167 Atlanta Football Classic 8/30/03 W 37-20 South Carolina State Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 18,124 John Merritt Classic 9/13.03 W 44-14 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 52,603 Southern Heritage Classic 9/20/03 L 7-10 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 70,185 Atlanta Football Classic 9/4/04 W 42-7 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 25,117 John Merritt Classic 9/18/04 W 21-20 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 55,015 Southern Heritage Classic 9/25/04 L 15-21 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 67,712 Atlanta Football Classic 10/2/04 L 13-30 South Carolina State Indianapolis, Ind. (RCA Dome) 51,082 Circle City Classic 9/3/05 L 14-27 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 25,342 John Merritt Classic 9/10/05 W 20-14 OT Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 48,300 Southern Heritage Classic 9/24/05 L 7-12 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 56,297 Atlanta Football Classic 10/1/05 L 3-16 North Carolina A&T Indianapolis, Ind. (RCA Dome) 42,310 Circle City Classic 9/2/06 L 20-27 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 19,487 John Merritt Classic 9/16/06 W 31-30 OT Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 53,441 Southern Heritage Classic 9/30/06 L 22-25 OT Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 57,885 Atlanta Football Classic 9/8/07 W 16-13 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 50,879 Southern Heritage Classic 9/1/07 L 23-49 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 23,440 John Merritt Classic 9/29/07 L 17-18 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 56,990 Atlanta Football Classic 9/6/08 W 34-32 Southern Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 28,830 John Merritt Classic 9/13/08 W 41-18 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn.(Liberty Bowl) 50,794 Southern Heritage Classic 9/27/08 L 21-28 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 50,428 Atlanta Football Classic 9/5/09 L 24-7 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn.(LP Field) 23,871 John Merritt Classic 9/12/09 W 14-7 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 43,306 Southern Heritage Classic 9/26/09 L 31-12 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 51,950 Atlanta Football Classic 9/4/10 W 27-14 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 22,607 John Merritt Classic 9/11/10 L 26-33 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 44,688 Southern Heritage Classic 9/25/10 W 29-18 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 54,202 Atlanta Football Classic 10/2/10 W 37-7 North Carolina A&T Indianapolis, Ind. (RCA Dome) 35,217 Circle City Classic 9/3/11 W 33-7 Southern Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 25,209 John Merritt Classic 9/10/11 L 29-35 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 43,532 Southern Heritage Classic 9/1/12 W 17-14 Florida A&M Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 15,562 John Merritt Classic 9/8/12 W 38-12 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 42,257 Southern Heritage Classic 9/1/13 L 12-9 Bethune-Cookman Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 16,108 John Merritt Classic 9/14/13 W 26-16 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 42,400 Southern Heritage Classic 9/28/13 W 73-6 Central State St. Louis, Mo. (Edward Jones Dome) 22,000 Gateway Classic 8/30/14 W 58-6 Edward Waters Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 10,541 John Merritt Classic 9/13/14 W 35-7 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 46,914 Southern Heritage Classic

CIRCLE CITY CLASSIC First Appearance: 10/5/85 L, 13-28 VS. Mississippi Valley State Last Appearance: 10/2/10 W, 37-7 VS. North Carolina A&T vs. Central State: 0-1 vs. Howard: 1-0 vs. Jackson State: 0-1 vs. Mississippi Valley State: 0-1

vs. North Carolina A&T: 1-2 vs. South Carolina State: 0-1 Overall Record: 2-5

DALLAS LONESTAR CLASSIC First Appearance: 11/22/69 W, 49-14 vs. Bishop Last Appearance: 11/22/69 W, 49-14 vs. Bishop GATEWAY CLASSIC First Appearance: 11/13/65 W, 31-6 vs. Lincoln Last Appearance: 9/28/13 W, 73-6 vs. Central State vs. Lincoln: 2-0 vs. Parsons: 1-0

vs. Central State: 1-0 Overall Record: 4-0 JOHN MERRITT CLASSIC First Appearance: 9/5/99 W, 41-8 vs. Alabama State Last Appearance: 8/30/14 W, 58-6 vs. Edward Waters

vs. Alabama A&M: 3-4 vs. Alabama State: 2-0 vs. Edward Waters: 1-0 vs. Florida A&M: 1-0 vs. Bethune Cookman: 0-1

vs. Prarie View: 1-0 vs. South Carolina State: 1-0 vs. Southern: 2-0 Overall Record: 11-5

MAGIC CITY CLASSIC First Appearance: 10/12/80 W, 35-17 vs. Alabama State Last Appearance: 9/14/91 L, 19-41 vs. Jackson State vs. Alabama State: 2-0 Overall Record: 2-1 vs. Jackson State: 0-1 MAGNOLIA CLASSIC First Appearance: —/—/49 W49-13 vs. Jackson State Last Appearance: —/—/51 W25-0 vs. Jackson State

Overall Record: 2-0

RIVER CITY CLASSIC First Appearance: 9/29/90 L, 14-35 vs. Central State Last Appearance: 10/18/97 L, 28-7 vs. UT-Chattanooga vs. Central State: 0-1 vs. Eastern Kentucky: 0-1

Overall Record: 0-3

SILVER DOLLAR CLASSIC First Appearance: 9/21/02 L, 14-49 VS. Grambling State Last Appearance: 9/21/02 L, 14-49 vs. Grambling State SOUTHERN HERITAGE CLASSIC First Appearance: 9/8/90 W, 23-14 vs. Jackson State Last Appearance: 9/13/14 W, 35-7 vs. Jackson State vs. Grambling State: 0-1 vs. Jackson State: 14-10

vs. Mississippi Valley State: 0-1 Overall Record: 14-12

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THE BROWN JUG AND JOHN MERRITT CLASSIC Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Home (RES) TSU - 41 (W) TSU - 39 (W) TSU - 27 (W) TSU - 41 (W) TSU - 37 (W) TSU - 42 (W) TSU - 14 (L) TSU - 20 (L) TSU - 23 (L) TSU - 34 (W) TSU - 7 (L) TSU - 27 (W) TSU - 33 (W) TSU - 17 (W) TSU - 9 (L) TSU - 58 (W)

Visitor Alabama State - 8 Alabama State - 13 Alabama A&M - 6 Prairie View A&M - 8 South Carolina ST. - 20 Alabama A&M - 7 Alabama A&M - 27 Alabama A&M - 27 Alabmaa A&M - 49 Southern - 32 Alabama A&M - 24 Alabama A&M - 14 Southern - 7 Florida A&M - 14 Bethune-Cookman - 12 Edward Waters - 6

The John Merritt Classic, first played in 1999, honors John A. Merritt, the legendary TSU football coach who led the Tigers from 1963-1983. During 21 seasons, “Big John” won four undisputed national championships among historically black colleges ranked by the Sheridan Poll, while compiling a lifetime record of 172-33-1. The JMC, one of only two football Classics solely hosted by a single NCAA FCS institution, is intended to allow Tennessee State to raise funds for scholarships and other related needs for TSU students.

The 1950 TSU Football Team holding “The Little Brown Jug”, the symbol of victory between Tennessee State and Kentucky State.

TSU players pose to promote the Lil’ Brown Jug Classic. Val Gene Johnson, Lee Derrick, Lindale Massengale and Charles Patton.

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The Lil’ Brown Jug now sits in the TSU athletic director’s office.

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THE SGT. YORK TROPHY In July 2007, the Nashville Sports Council and the Ohio Valley Conference announced the creation of the Sergeant York Trophy which goes to the winner of the quadrangular season football series between the four Ohio Valley Conference schools located in the state of Tennessee – Austin Peay State University, University of Tennessee at Martin, Tennessee State University and Tennessee Technological University. 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. In a close race, Tennessee State and Austin Peay shared the inaugural award, finishing with identical 2-1 records in 2007. Tennessee State took the trophy home thanks to a one-point victory in overtime over the Governors; that game was decided by a block extra point by NFL First Round Draft Pick Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. The Tigers repeated as champions in 2008, winning all three of its Sgt. York games. 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 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. Following the war, York returned his home in Pall Mall, Tenn. (located in north central Tennessee, 55 miles northeast of Cookeville) where he dedicated his life to improving education and facilitating educational opportunities for children in the state of Tennessee. In 1927, he established the Alvin C. York Institute after spending several years raising money for the school which opened as a private institution. That school was established, in part, to provide educational opportunities denied to the boys and girls of Fentress Country. In 1937, the Institute became a state special school after an appeal to the Tennessee State Legislature. The school, located in Jamestown, Tenn., is still in operation today. York died on Sept. 2, 1964 and the foundation which he helped establish in 1920 – The Sergeant York Patriotic Foundation – was dormant for many years. The Foundation was re-established by Lipscomb Davis, Jr. in 1992 and is currently run by Sgt. York’s grandson Gerald (U.S. Army Colonel, Retired). York’s papers are archived by Michael E. Birdwell, Ph.D., who is an associate professor of history at Tennessee Technological University, one of the four institutions that will compete for the yearly honor. After the completion of the football season, the Sergeant York Trophy is awarded to the institution with the best head-to-head record in the match-ups with their fellow Tennessee schools. In the event of a tie, the award is shared; however, the previous winner will retain the trophy if they are part of the tie. If the tie is between two other institutions, the trophy will go to the institution that has gone the most seasons without winning the trophy. The award is presented to the winning institution annually at the Pepsi Celebration of Champions which is hosted each spring by the Nashville Sports Council. The event was created in 1999 and salutes amateur and professional sports in Tennessee.

Members of the York Family with former OVC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher (back row, far left), OVC head football coaches and Gary Alexander of the Nashville Sports Council (back row, far right) at the 2007 OVC Football Media Day, when the announcement of the trophy was first made.

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THE SGT. YORK TROPHY All-Time Sgt. York Trophy Winners 2007 - Tennessee State*, Austin Peay 2008 - Tennessee State 2009 - Tennessee Tech 2010 - UT Martin 2011 - Tennessee State*, Tennessee Tech 2012 - Tennessee State*, UT Martin 2013 - Tennessee State 2014 - UT Martin *Took home the trophy due to winning the tiebreaker All-Time Sgt. York Trophy Game Results 2007 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 27 Oct. 6 Oct. 11 Nov. 17 2008 Sept. 20 Oct. 4 Oct. 16 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 2009 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21

Tennessee State 33, @Austin Peay 32 (OT) @ Austin Peay 17, UT Martin 14 Tennessee Tech 13, @UT Martin 10 Austin Peay 30, @Tennessee Tech 27 Tennessee State 45, @Tennessee Tech 28 UT Martin 43, @Tennessee State 38 UT Martin 31, @Austin Peay 17 Tennessee State 30, @UT Martin 27 (OT) UT Martin 35, @Tennessee Tech 7 @Tennessee State 37, Austin Peay 34 @Austin Peay 31, Tennessee Tech 28 @Tennessee State 41, Tennessee Tech 14 @Tennessee Tech 31, Austin Peay 23 Tennessee Tech 35, @UT Martin 28 @Tennessee Tech 20, Tennessee State 13 UT Martin 28, @Tennessee State 7 @Austin Peay 24, Tennessee State 21 @UT Martin 48, Austin Peay 38

2010 Sept. 18 Sept. 30 Oct. 9 Oct. 23 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 2011 Oct. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 2012 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Oct. 27 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 17 2013 Sept. 21 Oct. 10 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 9 Nov. 23 2014 Sept. 20 Oct. 9 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 8 Nov. 22

Austin Peay 26, @Tennessee State 23 UT Martin 27, @Tennessee Tech 24 Tennessee Tech 34, @Austin Peay 21 Tennessee Tech 21, @Tennessee State 10 UT Martin 28, @Austin Peay 12 @UT Martin 37, Tennessee State 0 @Austin Peay 37, Tennessee State 34 Tennessee Tech 34, @UT Martin 31 @UT Martin 61, Austin Peay 23 Tennessee State 42, @Tennessee Tech 40 @Tennessee State 35, UT Martin 30 @Tennessee Tech 49, Austin Peay 7 @Tennessee State 34, Austin Peay 14 UT Martin 31, @Austin Peay 6 @Tenessee State 22, Tennessee Tech 21 @Tennessee Tech 45, UT Martin 44 @UT Martin 35, Tennessee State 26 @Austin Peay 38, Tennessee Tech 31 Tennessee State 41, @Tennessee Tech 21 UT Martin 28, @Tennessee Tech 17 Tennessee State 29, @UT Martin 15 UT Martin 38, @Austin Peay 14 @Tennessee State 31, Austin Peay 6 @Tennessee Tech 34, Austin Peay 0 @ Tennessee State 10, Tennessee Tech 7 @ UT Martin 17, Tennessee Tech 10 UT Martin 21, @ Tennessee State 16 @ UT Martin 37, Austin Peay 7 Tennessee State 31, @ Austin Peay 27 Tennessee Tech 41, @ Austin Peay 15

SGT. YORK GAME RECORDS Team Points: Total Offensive Yards: First Downs:

61 - UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (10/8/11) 554 - UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (11/21/09) 36 - Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State (10/15/11)

Rushing Yards: Rushing Attempts: Rushing Touchdowns:

377 - Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) 63 - Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay (9/15/07) 5 - Tennessee Tech vs. Austin Peay (11/19/11)

Passing Yards: Passing Attempts: Passing Touchdowns: Completions:

387 - UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (10/8/11) 58 - Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State (10/15/11) 6 - UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (10/8/11) 34 - Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State (10/15/11)

Interceptions: INT Return Yards:

3 - Done Six Times 92 - Tennessee State vs. Tennessee Tech (10/31/09)

Fumbles Lost: Fumble Recoveries: Sacks: Turnovers Committed: Penalites: Penalty Yards:

3 - Done Five Times 3 - Done Five Times 5 - Tennessee State vs. Tennessee Tech (10/15/11) 5 - Done Twice 15 - Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) 164 - UT Martin vs. Tennessee Tech (10/10/09)

Individual Rushing Yards: Rushing Attempts: Rushing Touchdowns: Longest Rush:

195 - Javarris Williams, TSU vs. APSU (10/18/08) 35 - Don Chapman, UTM vs. TSU (11/17/07) 4 - Javarris Williams, TSU vs. UTM (11/17/07) 73 - Javarris Williams, TSU vs. UTM (11/17/07)

Passing Yards: Passing Attempts: Completions:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Passing Touchdowns: Longest Pass: Most Interceptions:

387 - Derek Carr, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/11) 58 - Tre Lamb, TTU vs. TSU (10/15/11) 34 - Tre Lamb, TTU vs. TSU (10/15/11) 6 - Derek Carr, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/11) 84 - Jeremy Perry, TSU vs. TTU (10/23/10) 3 - Done Three Times

Receiving Yards: Receptions: Receiving Touchdowns: Longest Reception: Field Goals Made: Longest Field Goal: Punts: Longest Punt: Punt Return Yards: Longest Punt Return: Kick Return Yards: Longest Kick Return: All-Purpose Yards: Interceptions: Tackles: Sacks:

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159 - Tim Benford, TTU vs. UTM (10/10/09) 11 - Quentin Sims, UTM vs. TSU (11/12/11) 3 - Darryl Miller, APSU vs. TTU (10/25/08) 84 - Calvin McNairl, TSU vs. TTU (10/23/10) 4 - Stephen Stansell, APSU vs. TSU (9/18/10) 4 - Zach Sharp, TTU vs. TSU (10/15/11) 50 - Stephen Stansell, APSU vs. TSU (9/18/10) 9 - Jason Lennartz, TTU vs. TSU (10/31/09) 9 - Taylor Cisneros, TSU vs. UTM (11/13/10) 62 - Taylor Cisneros, TSU vs. UTM (10/4/08) 107 - CJ Estelle, UTM vs. APSU (11/6/10) 76 - CJ Estelle, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/11) 243 - Terrence Holt, APSU vs. UTM (11/21/09) 100 - Weldon Garlington, TSU vs. APSU (10/1/11) 312 - Terrence Holt, APSU vs. UTM (11/21/09) 2 - Done Six Times 20 - Corey Reed, TTU vs. UTM (10/16/08) 2.5 - Antonio Harper, TSU vs. TTU (10/15/11)

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HOMECOMING RECORDS 1926 TENNESSEE STATE 1927 TENNESSEE STATE 1928 Fisk 1929 Fisk 1930 Fisk 1931 TENNESSEE STATE 1932 TENNESSEE STATE 1933 TENNESSEE STATE 1934 TENNESSEE STATE 1935 Kentucky State 1936 TENNESSEE STATE 1937 TENNESSEE STATE 1938 TENNESSEE STATE 1939 TENNESSEE STATE 1944 TENNESSEE STATE 1945 TENNESSEE STATE 1946 TENNESSEE STATE 1947 TENNESSEE STATE 1948 TENNESSEE STATE 1949 TENNESSEE STATE 1950 TENNESSEE STATE 1951 TENNESSEE STATE 1952 TENNESSEE STATE 1953 TENNESSEE STATE 11/25/54 TENNESSEE STATE 11/24/55 TENNESSEE STATE 11/22/56 TENNESSEE STATE 11/28/57 TENNESSEE STATE 11/27/58 TENNESSEE STATE 11/26/59 TENNESSEE STATE 11/24/60 TENNESSEE STATE 11/23/61 Jackson State 11/22/62 TENNESSEE STATE 11/28/63 TENNESSEE STATE 11/26/64 TENNESSEE STATE 11/25/65 TENNESSEE STATE 11/24/66 TENNESSEE STATE 11/23/67 TENNESSEE STATE 11/28/68 TENNESSEE STATE 11/27/69 TENNESSEE STATE 11/26/70 TENNESSEE STATE 10/23/71 TENNESSEE STATE 11/4/72 TENNESSEE STATE 11/10/73 TENNESSEE STATE 11/2/74 TENNESSEE STATE 11/1/75 TENNESSEE STATE 11/13/76 TENNESSEE STATE 11/5/77 TENNESSEE STATE 10/28/78 TENNESSEE STATE 10/20/79 TENNESSEE STATE 11/1/80 TENNESSEE STATE 10/30/82 TENNESSEE STATE 10/08/83 TENNESSEE STATE 10/27/84 TENNESSEE STATE 10/26/85 TENNESSEE STATE 10/18/86 TENNESSEE STATE 10/10/87 Grambling 11/12/88 Southern

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Fisk Fisk TENNESSEE STATE TENNESSEE STATE TENNESSEE STATE Louisville-Munic. Alabama A&M Lane Rust TENNESSEE STATE Kentucky St. Louisville-Munic. Lane Lincoln Wilberforce Kentucky State Knoxville Lincoln Louisville-Munic. Louisville-Munic. Grambling Kentucky State Kentucky State Kentucky State Bluefield State Kentucky State Lincoln Kentucky State Kentucky State Jackson State Kentucky State TENNESSEE STATE Kentucky State Langston Kentucky State Central State Kentucky State Allen Bishop College Parsons Bishop Florida A&M Morris Brown Central State UT-Chattanooga Central State UT-Chattanooga Tennessee-Martin Southern Florida A&M Southern Southern Grambling Southern Morgan State Western Kentucky TENNESSEE STATE TENNESSEE STATE

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10/7/89 TENNESSEE STATE 11/10/90 TENNESSEE STATE 11/2/91 Eastern Kentucky 10/24/92 TENNESSEE STATE 10/30/93 TENNESSEE STATE 10/1/94 Florida A&M 11/4/95 Tennessee Tech 10/19/96 TENNESSEE STATE 11/08/97 TENNESSEE STATE 10/24/98 TENNESSEE STATE 11/06/99 TENNESSEE STATE 10/14/00 TENNESSEE STATE 10/13/01 TENNESSEE STATE 10/26/02 TENNESSEE STATE 11/1/03 TENNESSEE STATE 11/1/04 TENNESSEE STATE 11/5/05 Eastern Illinois 10/28/06 TENNESSEE STATE 11/3/07 TENNESSEE STATE 11/1/08 TENNESSEE STATE 11/7/09 Tennessee-Martin 11/7/09 Tennessee-Martin 11/06/10 Eastern Illinois 11/12/11 TENNESSEE STATE 9/29/12 TENNESSEE STATE 10/26/13 Eastern Illinois 9/27/14 TENNESSEE STATE

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS Note: Although the records from 19121932 are incomplete, the following games have been verified. 1912 Coach H.N. Robinson Won 3 Lost 1 Tied 1913 Coach H.N. Robinson Won 6 Lost 0 Tied 1916 Coach Buck Hunt Won Lost Tied 1 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 0-0 1921 Coach Joe Scruggs Won Lost Tied Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1922 Coach Joe Scruggs Won 1 Lost 1 Tied Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 2-7 1923 Coach Joe Scruggs Won 2 Lost 1 Tied Walden University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 19-14 Atlanta University . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 12-0 Simmons College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Williams College . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas-Pine Bluff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1924 Coach Joe Scruggs Won 4 Lost 1 Tied 1 Walden University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 60-0 Rust College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 40-0 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-6 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 10-0 Simmons University . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Morehouse College(forfeit) . . . . . L. . . . . . . . . . 0-1 1925 Coach George Davenport Won 4 Lost 1 Tied 1 Walden University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 60-0 Rust College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 61-0 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-6 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 10-0 Simmons University . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-6

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1926 Coach George Davenport Won 1 Lost 2 Tied 2 Rust College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-13 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-21 Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 13-13 Morris Brown College . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Morehouse College . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 0-0 1927 Coach Felton Gale Won 1 Lost 2 Tied 3 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-18 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Morehouse College . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 20-13 Morris Brown College . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-18 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . ?-? 1928 Coach Harry Long Won Lost 4 Tied 1 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-13 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-12 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-10 Miles College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 6-6 1929 Coach Alton Jackson Won 4 Lost 1 Tied 1 Miles Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 25-0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 7-0 Morristown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 14-0 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 46-0 Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-20 1930 Coach T. D. Upshaw Won 3 Lost 3 Tied Morristown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 12-0 West Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 6-0 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 18-6 Kentucky State College . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-18 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 45-0 Fisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L . . . . . . . . 0-13 1931 Coach T. D. Upshaw Won 1 Lost 1 Tied Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-18 Lemoyne-Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 13-12 West Kentucky Industrial College . . . . . . . . . . . . 1933 Coach Walter S. Davis Won 4 Lost 1 Tied 1 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-20 West Kentucky Industrial . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 58-0 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 37-6 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 56-0 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 7-0 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 6-6

1934 Coach Walter S. Davis Won 6 Lost 1 Tied 0 Miles College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-7 West Kentucky Industrial . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 48-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 42-6 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-6 Rust College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 91-0 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 19-6 1935 Coach Walter S. Davis Won 4 Lost 2 Tied 1 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-25 Kentucky State College . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-13 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 6-0 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 14-0 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 98-0 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 6-0 1936 Coach Walter S. Davis Won 3 Lost 3 Tied 2 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 12-0 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 56-0 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 14-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-13 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 13-13 1937 Coach Reubin Mundy Won 3 Lost 1 Tied 1 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 38-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 29-0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 0-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-7 1938 Coach Lawrence Simmons Won 6 Lost 1 Tied 0 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 27-0 J. C. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 9-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-0 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-2 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-7 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 2-0 1939 Coach Lawrence Simmons Won 3 Lost 3 Tied 1 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 14-13 J. C. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-3 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-20 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 72-0 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 34-12 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-18 Lemoyne-Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 0-0

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1944 Coach Henry Kean Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 1 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 33-7 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 14-6 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-13 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 19-7 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 31-13 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 12-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 19-18 Arkansas State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 50-20 Tuskegee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-0

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1945 Coach Henry Kean Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 0 Fort Benning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 32-0 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-13 Philander Smith College . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 87-0 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-0 Florida A&M College . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 18-20 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 33-0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 36-6 Kentucky State College . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 9-0 Texas College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 33-6

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1946 Coach Henry Kean Won 10 Lost 1 Tied 0 Texas College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 20-13 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 27-0 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 25-7 North Carolina College . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-14 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-20 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 12-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 19-0 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 33-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 27-7 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 32-0

1948 Coach Henry Kean Won 5 Lost 3 Tied 1 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 47-0 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 45-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 27-2 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Wilberforce State . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-26 North Carolina St. College . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 32-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-19 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 34-7

1947 Coach Henry Kean Won 10 Lost 0 Tied 0 Arkansas State College . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-0 Texas College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 34-6 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 33-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-12 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 14-7 North Carolina St. College . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-7 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 66-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-7 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 20-13

1949 Coach Henry Kean Won 9 Lost 1 Tied 0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 19-6 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 10-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 56-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 21-25 Wilberforce State . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 28-7 North Carolina St. College . . . . . . W. . . . . . . 19-18 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 20-14 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 53-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 28-0 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 49-13

1950 Coach Henry Kean Won 9 Lost 2 Tied 0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 20-0 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-13 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-6 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-2 Wilberforce State . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-6 North Carolina St. College . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-20 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 28-13 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 14-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 45-13 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 55-7 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 34-0 1951 Coach Henry Kean Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-21 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 28-2 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 32-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 23-13 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-13 North Carolina College . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 13-12 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 30-13 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-7 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 25-0

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1956 Tigers - Black College National Champions (Orange Blossom Classic) Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 41-39 1957 Coach Howard Gentry Won 5 Lost 0 Tied 1 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 45-7 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 33-14 Prairie View A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 32-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-6 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 38-0 1958 Coach Howard Gentry Won 4 Lost 4 Tied 0 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 23-6 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 32-6 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 20-6 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 14-23 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 12-24 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 13-18 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 19-6 1959 Coach Howard Gentry Won 9 Lost 1 Tied 0 Youngstown State . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 12-13 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-24 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 14-12 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-21 South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 47-8 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 14-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 17-13 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 27-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 19-8 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-6 1960 Coach Howard Gentry Won 7 Lost 3 Tied 0 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 13-12 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-12 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-20 South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 60-0 Central State College . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 28-12 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 38-8 Prairie View A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-21 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 34-12 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 25-22 1961 Coach Lawrence Simmons Won 4 Lost 4 Tied 1 Prairie View A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 21-21 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 37-21 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 8-25 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 8-28 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 28-13 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 0-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 29-20 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 14-10 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-12 1962 Coach Lawrence Simmons Won 1 Lost 7 Tied 1 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 13-16 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 8-13 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-26 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-26 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-20 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-13 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 16-16 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 33-10 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-36 1963 Coach John Merritt Won 6 Lost 3 Tied 0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 14-7 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 18-20 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 14-26 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 16-7 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 14-12 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 9-21 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 14-10 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-14 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 36-8

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1964 Coach John Merritt Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 0 Fort Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 32-26 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 60-6 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 35-0 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 18-20 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 61-8 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 20-22 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 32-21 Fort Knox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 58-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 31-13 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 31-30 1965 Coach John Merritt Won 9 Lost 0 Tied 1 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 42-12 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 32-7 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 40-7 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 45-6 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 40-36 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 24-0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 31-6 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 19-8 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 46-12 (Grantland Rice Bowl) Ball State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 14-14 1966 Coach John Merritt Won 10 Lost 0 Tied 0 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 55-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 52-0 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 31-23 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 29-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 31-9 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 28-0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 28-6 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 39-6 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 83-0 (Grantland Rice Bowl) Muskingum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 34-7 1967 Coach John Merritt Won 6 Lost 3 Tied 0 San Diego State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 8-13 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 35-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 10-14 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 24-26 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 32-8 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-16 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 34-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 67-0

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1970 Tigers - Black College National Champions 1968 Coach John Merritt Won 6 Lost 2 Tied 1 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 40-7 Parsons College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-12 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 11-10 Grambling College . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 21-30 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 13-32 Southern Unversity . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 16-0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 58-6 San Diego State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 13-13 Bishop College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 48-12 1969 Coach John Merritt Won 7 Lost 1 Tied 1 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 40-0 Albany State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 42-7 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 26-26 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 34-20 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 33-20 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 22-30 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 48-17 Bishop College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 49-14 Parsons College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 41-13

Grambling College . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 34-27 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-10 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 38-7 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 36-14 Parsons College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-3 Bishop College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 39-21 (Grantland Rice Bowl) Southwestern Louisiana . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-25 1971 Coach John Merritt Won 9 Lost 1 Tied 0 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 18-7 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 23-28 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 41-35 Prairie View A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 42-20 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 50-8 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-16 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 61-7 Wisconsin State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 54-7 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 61-0 (Grantland Rice Bowl) McNeese State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-23

1970 Coach John Merritt Won 11 Lost 0 Tied 0 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-14 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 62-7 Albany State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 54-7 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 41-9

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1972 Coach John Merritt Won 11 Lost 1 Tied 0 Norfolk State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 56-6 Morgan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 14-0 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 40-13 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 38-15 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 18-27 Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 49-0 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 44-25 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 35-0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-14 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 41-0 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 43-0 (Pioneer Bowl) Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 29-7 1973 Coach John Merritt Won 10 Lost 0 Tied 0 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 23-0 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 54-21 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 23-20 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 19-13 Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-6 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 45-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-6 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 44-7 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 45-7 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 35-7 1974 Coach John Merritt Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 0 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 10-20 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 44-12 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 36-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 27-6 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-21 Virginia Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 10-0 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 17-14 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 17-0 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 56-0 Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 41-0 1975 Coach John Merritt Won 5 Lost 4 Tied 0 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-14 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-43 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-7 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 25-28 Virginia Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 14-7 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-20 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-9 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-31 Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 31-14

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1973 Tigers - Black College National Champions

1979 Tigers - Black College National Champions 1976 Coach John Merritt Won 7 Lost 2 Tied 1 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-17 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 23-20 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-7 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 18-24 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 34-20 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-3 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-7 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 21-26 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 14-14 1977 Coach John Merritt Won 8 Lost 1 Tied 1 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 27-0 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 17-7 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 23-10 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 23-7 *Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 17-0 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 26-8 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-31 Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 15-7 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 55-7 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 14-14 *forfeited to TSU

1978 Coach John Merritt Won 8 Lost 3 Tied 0 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-6 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 24-35 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 20-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-16 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 13-11 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 11-16 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-21 Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 30-13 North Carolina Central . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 41-7 Cameron (Okla.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 34-0 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-23

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1979 Coach John Merritt Won 8 Lost 3 Tied 0 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 21-27 Southern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 16-18 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-3 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 40-8 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-13 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 20-3 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 17-7 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 37-14 Nevada/Las Vegas . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-36 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-13 California Poly-Tech . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 71-3

1983 Coach John Merritt Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 1 Hampton Institute . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 20-14 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 31-35 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 40-28 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 23-13 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 52-19 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 7-7 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-19 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 49-24 Univ. District of Columbia . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 55-6 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 38-51 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 57-0

1985 Coach William Thomas Won 7 Lost 4 Tied 0 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 31-15 Western Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 17-22 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 44-31 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 12-0 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 13-28 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 24-31 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-13 Morgan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 10-13 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-17 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-14

1980 Coach John Merritt Won 9 Lost 1 Tied 0 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 20-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-3 Long Beach State . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 35-18 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 27-52 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 35-17 Nicholls State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 40-15 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 49-9 Central State University . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 30-8 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 25-16 Kentucky State University . . . . . W . . . . . . . 38-13

1984 Coach William Thomas Won 11 Lost 0 Tied 0 Hampton Institute . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 44-0 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 34-14 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 42-21 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 41-20 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 34-24 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 33-3 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 71-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 42-7 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 41-8 Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-15 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 44-14

1986 Coach William Thomas Won 10 Lost 2 Tied 1 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 27-0 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 20-10 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 34-12 East Texas State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 15-6 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-10 Western Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 25-3 Morgan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 52-10 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 17-17 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 13-10 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 6-7 (Division I-AA Playoffs) Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 32-23 Nevada-Reno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-33

1981 Coach John Merritt Won 9 Lost 2 Tied 0 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 23-31 Southern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 17-14 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 48-25 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-20 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 14-10 Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 42-30 Nicholls State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 49-11 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 28-18 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 43-0 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 9-28 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-18 (Division I-AA Playoffs) *South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 25-26 *-denotes later voided 1982 Coach John Merritt Won 9 Lost 0 Tied 1 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-0 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 34-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 20-20 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 42-0 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 22-8 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-21 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 41-11 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 28-21 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 63-41 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 34-6 (Division I-AA Playoffs) #Eastern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 20-19 #Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-13 #-denotes later voided

1981 Tigers - Black College National Champions

1982 Tigers - Black College National Champions

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1987 Coach William Thomas Won 3 Lost 7 Tied 1 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 19-55 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 17-17 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-16 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-31 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 9-51 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 17-7 Morgan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 37-17 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-14 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 13-16 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 21-30 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 9-27 1988 Coach William Thomas Overall: Won 3 Lost 7 Tied 1 OVC: Won 2 Lost 4

Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-14 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . 26-26 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 13-6 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-23 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 0-10 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 33-35 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-22 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 29-14 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-23 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 12-16 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-10 1989 Coach Joe Gilliam, Sr. Overall: Won 5 Lost 5 Tied 1 OVC: Won 3 Loss 3

Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-36 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-33 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 14-13 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 9-21 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L . . . . . . . . 9-21 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 15-14 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 24-27 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 23-14 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-19 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 38-10 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 7-7 1990 Coach Joe Gilliam, Sr. Overall: Won 7 Lost 4 OVC: Won 4 Lost 2 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-38 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 23-14 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 20-37 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 20-16 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 14-35 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 33-7 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 17-55 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 23-17 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 36-14 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 31-21 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 45-7

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1991 Coach Joe Gilliam, Sr. Overall: Won 3 Lost 8 OVC: Won 2 Lost 5 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-10 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 6-42 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 19-41 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 21-24 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-43 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 28-7 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 34-37 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 17-31 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 20-27 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 14-10 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 33-14

1995 Coach Bill Davis Overall: Won 2 Lost 9 OVC: Won 1 Lost 7 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 7-11 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 19-24 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 7-24 South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 15-14 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 45-14 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 7-28 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 6-28 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L . . . . . . . 20-56 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 24-28 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 19-24 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 24-41

1992 Coach Joe Gilliam, Sr. Overall: Won 5 Lost 6 OVC: Won 5 Lost 3 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 31-35 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 18-38 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-38 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 12-20 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-14 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 23-15 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 35-14 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-49 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 15-26 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 19-10 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 37-27

1996 Coach L.C. Cole Overall: Won 4 Lost 7 OVC: Won 3 Lost 5 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 20-35 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-14 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 14-21 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 18-19 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 43-26 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 37-14 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 38-14 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 10-30 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 19-21 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 14-50 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 21-24

1993 Coach Bill Davis Overall: Won 4 Lost 7 OVC: Won 4 Lost 4 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 15-23 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 18-24 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-33 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 34-33 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L . . . . . . . 13-52 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-16 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 14-21 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 15-0 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 21-24 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-13 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 13-14

1997 Coach L.C. Cole Overall: Won 4 Lost 7 OVC: Won 4 Lost 3 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-43 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 25-16 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-31 South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . .L . . . . . . . 28-34 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 37-49 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-49 Tennessee-Chattanooga . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-28 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-20 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 28-21 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 7-13 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 32-27

1994 Coach Bill Davis Overall: Won 5 Lost 6 OVC: Won 4 Lost 4 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 10-45 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 12-31 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 48-10 South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 32-28 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 10-14 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 17-28 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-22 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 20-3 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 20-28 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-21 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 12-17

1998 Coach L.C. Cole Overall: Won 9 Lost 3 OVC: Won 6 Lost 1 Sept. 5 at Middle Tennessee State L 28-27 Sept. 12 vs. Jackson State W 33-21 Sept. 26 vs. Florida A&M L 23-31 Oct. 3 Alabama A&M W 59-24 Oct. 10 at Eastern Kentucky W 31-21 Oct. 17 at Southeast Missouri W 38-7 Oct. 24 UT-Martin W 76-0 Oct. 31 at Eastern Illinois W 27-21 Nov. 7 at Tennessee Tech W 42-21 Nov. 14 at Murray State W 46-44 Nov. 21 Texas Southern W 28-14 (Division I-AA Playoffs) Nov. 28 Appalachian State L 31-45

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1999 Ohio Valley Conference Champions

2003 Coach James Reese Overall: Won 7 Lost 5 OVC: Won 5 Lost 3 Aug. 30 South Carolina State W 37-20 18,124 Sept. 6 at Alabama A&M L 31-24 18,085 Sept. 13 vs. Jackson State. W 44-14 52,603 Sept. 20 vs. Florida A&M L 10-7 70,185 Sept. 27 UT Martin W 41-10 8,434 Oct. 11 at Tennessee Tech W 27-23 8,127 Oct. 18 Jacksonville State L 34-7 8, 023 Oct. 25 at Samford W 29-24 10,360 Nov. 1 Eastern Illinois W 24-14 25,037 Nov. 8 at Southeast Missouri L 35-52 5,375 Nov. 15 Eastern Kentucky L 38-43 3,875 Nov. 22 at Murray State W 35-10 2, 814 2004 Coach James Reese Overall: Won 4 Lost 7 OVC: Won 2 Lost 5 Sept. 4 Alabama A&M W 42-7 25,117 Sept. 9 at UT-Martin W 27-13 7,019 Sept. 18 vs. Jackson State. W 21-20 55,015 Sept. 25 vs. Florida A&M L 15-21 67,712 Oct. 2 vs. South Carolina State L 13-30 51,082 Oct. 16 at Jacksonville State L 35-49 14,722 Oct. 23 Samford L 36-42 5,041 Oct. 30 at Eastern Illinois L 24-34 5,422 Nov. 6 Southeast Missouri W 38-36 23,421 Nov. 13 at Eastern Kentucky L 14-29 7,100 Nov. 20 Murray State L 13-30 4,864

1998 Ohio Valley Conference Champions 1999 Coach L.C. Cole Overall: Won 11 Lost 1 OVC: Won 7 Lost 0 Sept. 3 Alabama State W 41-8 31,119 Sept. 10 vs. Jackson State W 48-33 50,723 Sept. 18 vs. Florida A&M W 42-25 43,800 Oct. 2 at Alabama A&M W 36-15 18,339 Oct. 9 Eastern Illinois W 19-33 4,185 Oct. 16 at UT-Martin W 43-7 6,148 Oct. 23 Western Kentucky W 28-21 13,100 Oct. 30 Eastern Kentucky W 33-28 10,017 Nov. 6 Tennessee Tech W 25-19 41,132 Nov. 13 Murray State W 42-4 11,135 Nov. 20 at Southeast Missouri W 35-28 6,850 (Division I-AA Playoffs) Nov. 27 North Carolina A&T L 10-24 10,736 2000 Coach James Reese Overall: Won 3 Lost 8 OVC: Won 2 Lost 5 Sept. 2 Alabama State W 39-8 20,463 Sept. 9 vs. North Carolina A&T L 14-16 30,300 Sept. 16 vs. Jackson State. L 39-42 52,173 Sept. 23 vs. Florida A&M L 6-31 62,455 Oct. 7 at Eastern Illinois L 19-33 8,164 Oct. 14 UT-Martin W 33-6 26,708 Oct. 21 Western Kentucky L 14-52 6,932 Oct. 26 at Eastern Kentucky L 0-28 7,345 Nov. 2 at Tennessee Tech L 23-56 6,845 Nov. 11 at Murray State L 40-62 4,257 Nov. 18 Southeast Missouri W 51-33 1,845

2001 Coach James Reese Overall: Won 8 Lost 3 OVC: Won 3 Lost 3 Sept. 1 Alabama A&M W 27-6 Sept. 8 Florida A&M W 27-7 Sept. 15 Southeast Missouri. W 20-14 Sept. 22 Howard University W 45-0 Sept. 29 Mississippi Valley St. W 41-3 Oct. 6 UT Martin W 55-7 Oct. 13 Eastern Illinois L 49-52 Oct. 27 Murray State W 38-25 Nov. 3 Tennessee Tech L 13-63 Nov. 10 Eastern Kentucky L 10-13 Nov. 17 Jackson State W 64-33 2002 Coach James Reese Overall: Won 2 Lost 10 OVC: Won 1 Lost 5 Aug. 31 at South Carolina State L 20-26 8,741 Sept. 7 vs. Prairie View A&M W 41-8 18,652 Sept. 14 vs. Jackson State. L 28-31 38,496 Sept. 21 vs. Grambling State L 14-49 22,537 Sept. 27 vs. Florida A&M L 24-37 67,167 Oct. 5 at Southeast Missouri L 25-49 8,135 Oct. 12 at Alabama A&M L 21-25 16,162 Oct. 26 UT-Martin W 26-8 22,438 Nov. 2 Eastern Illinois L 48-54 7,216 Nov. 9 at Murray State L 27-51 3,774 Nov. 16 Tennessee Tech L 14-20 4,217 Nov. 21 Murray State L 20-45 2,329

2005 Coach James Webster Overall: Won 2 Lost 9 OVC: Won 1 Lost 6 Sept. 3 Alabama A&M L 14-27 25,342 Sept. 10 vs. Jackson State. W 20-14 48,300 Sept. 17 at UT-Martin L 20-42 5,263 Sept. 24 vs. Florida A&M L 7-12 56,297 Oct. 1 vs. North Carolina A&T L 3-16 42,310 Oct. 13 at Tennessee Tech W 31-20 10,226 Oct. 22 Jacksonville State L 3-33 6,490 Oct. 29 at Samford L 11-31 8,278 Nov. 5 Eastern Illinois L 3-27 23,481 Nov. 12 at Southeast Missouri L 24-32 2,512 Nov. 19 Eastern Kentucky L 0-49 4,779 2006 Coach James Webster Overall: Won 6 Lost 5 OVC: Won 5 Lost 2 Sept. 2 Alabama A&M L 20-27 19,487 Sept. 9 Murray State W 25-15 10,613 Sept. 16 vs. Jackson State . W 31-30 53,441 Sept. 23 at Vanderbilt L 9-38 27,460 Sept. 30 vs. Florida A&M L 22-25 57,885 Oct. 14 Tennessee Tech W 30-20 9,720 Oct. 21 at Jacksonville State W 38-31 11,800 Oct. 28 Samford W 29-7 18,758 Nov. 4 at Eastern Illinois L 3-29 5,912 Nov. 11 Southeast Missouri W 31-0 4,271 Nov. 18 at Eastern Kentucky L 3-20 5,500

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 2007 Coach James Webster Overall: Won 5 Lost 6 OVC: Won 4 Lost 3 Sept. 1 Alabama A&M L 23-49 23,440 Sept. 8 vs. Jackson State W 16-13 50,879 Sept. 15 at Austin Peay . W 33-32(OT) 8,359 Sept. 22 at Southern L 34-41 15,371 Sept. 29 vs. Florida A&M L 17-18 56,990 Oct. 11 at Tennessee Tech W 45-28 9,369 Oct. 20 at #21 Eastern Kentucky L 7-49 11,500 Oct. 27 #25 Eastern Illinois L 35-38 8,935 Nov. 3 Murray State W 42-28 24,878 Nov. 8 at Samford W 38-28 4,193 Nov. 17 UT Martin L 38-43 7,859 2008 Coach James Webster Overall: Won 8 Lost 4 OVC: Won 5 Lost 3 Aug. 30 at Alabama A&M W 34-13 10,072 Sept. 6 Southern W 34-32 28,830 Sept. 13 vs. Jackson State. W 41-18 50,794 Sept. 20 Eastern Kentucky W 34-20 8,276 Sept. 27 vs. Florida A&M L 21-28 50,428 Oct. 4 at UT Martin W 30-27 7,549 Oct. 18 Austin Peay W 37-34 9,358 Oct. 25 at Southeast Missouri L 20-27(OT) 9,750 Nov. 1 Tennessee Tech W 41-14 24,361 Nov. 8 Eastern Illinois W 45-24 6,393 Nov. 15 at Jacksonville State L 21-26 7,956 Nov. 22 at Murray State L 17-24 2,292

ALL TIME COACHING RECORDS COACH.............................................SEASONS........... YEARS......RECORD.....PCT. H.N. ROBINSON.......................................... 1912-13...................... 2.................9-1-0*......... .900 BUCK HUNT.....................................................1916......................... 1.................0-0-1*......... .000 JOE SCRUGGS............................................. 1921-24...................... 4.................7-3-1*......... .636 GEORGE DAVENPORT.............................. 1925-26...................... 2.................5-3-3*......... .454 FELTON GALE..................................................1927......................... 1.................1-2-3*......... .166 HARRY LONG...................................................1928......................... 1.................0-4-1*......... .000 ALTON JACKSON............................................1929......................... 1.................4-1-1*......... .667 T. D. UPSHAW.............................................. 1930-31...................... 2..................4-4-0.......... .500 WALTER S. DAVIS........................................ 1934-36...................... 3.................11-5-4......... .550 REUBIN MUNDY..............................................1937......................... 1..................3-1-1.......... .600 LAWRENCE SIMMONS#................. 1938-39 / 1961-62............ 4............... 14-15-3....... .438 HENRY KEAN............................................... 1944-54.....................10............. 93-15-3....... .838 HOWARD GENTRY, SR............................... 1956-60...................... 5............... 42-10-1....... .792 JOHN MERRITT........................................... 1963-83.....................20............ 174-35-7...... .806 WILLIAM THOMAS..................................... 1984-88...................... 5............... 34-20-3....... .507 JOE GILLIAM, SR......................................... 1989-92...................... 4............... 20-23-1....... .455 BILL DAVIS.................................................... 1993-95...................... 3............... 11-22-0....... .333 L. C. COLE...................................................... 1996-99...................... 4............... 28-18-0....... .609 JAMES REESE............................................... 2000-04...................... 5................. 24-33......... .421 JAMES WEBSTER........................................ 2005-09...................... 5................. 25-31......... .446 ROD REED................................................ 2010-present................. 5................. 32-27......... .542 * - FROM 1912-1932 SOME RECORDS ARE INCOMPLETE BUT THE LISTED HAVE BEEN VERIFIED # - SERVED TWO SEPERATE COACHING TERMS

2009 Coach James Webster Overall: Won 4 Lost 7 OVC: Won 3 Lost 4 Sept. 5 Alabama A&M L 7-24 23,871 Sept. 12 vs. Jackson State. W 14-7 43,257 Sept. 19 at Southern L 17-24 12,247 Sept. 26 at Florida A&M L 12-31 51,950 Oct. 3 Southeast Missouri W 23-17 6,314 Oct. 10 at #16 Eastern Kentucky W 20-17 7,100 Oct. 17 Murray State L 6-9 5,572 Oct. 31 at Tennessee Tech L 13-20 7,999 Nov. 7 UT Martin L 7-28 22,092 Nov. 14 at Austin Peay L 21-24 6,968 Nov. 19 at #13 Eastern Illinois W 21-10 3,509

2011 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 5 Lost 6 OVC: Won 4 Lost 4 Sept. 3 Southern W 23-7 25,209 Sept. 10 vs. Jackson State. L 15-29 43,532 Sept. 17 at Murray State L 27-58 10,031 Sept. 24 at Air Force L 24-63 33,487 Oct. 1 at Austin Peay. L 34-37 8,614 Oct. 8 Southeast Missouri W 55-3 6,234 Oct. 15 at #19 Tennessee Tech W 42-40 8,676 Oct. 22 at Eastern Kentucky L 22-33 10,800 Nov. 5 at Eastern Illinois. W 18-17 6,774 Nov. 12 UT Martin W 35-30 19,537 Nov. 19 Jacksonville State. L 16-38 6,137

2010 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 3 Lost 8 OVC: Won 0 Lost 7 Sept. 4 Alabama A&M W 27-14 22,607 Sept. 11 vs. Jackson State.. L 26-33 44,688 Sept. 18 Austin Peay L 23-26 8,502 Sept. 25 at Florida A&M W 29-18 54,202 Oct. 2 at North Carolina A&T W 37-7 35,217 Oct. 9 at #25 Southeast Missouri L 17-19 10,316 Oct. 16 at #3 Jacksonville State L 0-24 15,218 Oct. 23 Tennessee Tech L 10-21 6,739 Nov. 6 Eastern Illinois L 28-31(OT) 21,596 Nov. 13 at UT Martin L 0-37 3,141 Nov. 20 at Murray State L 23-28 2,904

2012 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 8 Lost 3 OVC: Won 4 Lost 3 Sept. 1 Florida A&M W 17-14 15,652 Sept. 8 vs. Jackson State.. W 38-12 42,257 Sept. 15 Austin Peay W 34-14 14,264 Sept. 22 at Bethune-Cookman W 21-14 9,461 Sept. 29 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 40-13 31,765 Oct. 6 #16 Eastern Kentucky W 23-20 9,878 Oct. 13 Southeast Missouri W 40-28 4,800 Oct. 20 at Jacksonville State L 28-31(OT) 14,867 Oct. 27 Tennessee Tech W 22-21 11,373 Nov. 3 at Murray State L 28-49 3,112 Nov. 17 at UT Martin . L 26-35 6,322

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2013 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 10 Lost 4 OVC: Won 6 Lost 2 Sept. 1 Bethune-Cookman L 9-12 16,108 Sept. 7 at Florida A&M W 27-7 14,237 Sept. 14 vs. Jackson State W 26-16 42,400 Sept. 21 at Tennessee Tech W 41-21 10,044 Sept. 28 vs. Central State W 73-6 22,000 Oct. 5 Sotheast Missouri W 40-16 7,374 Oct. 12 at Jacksonville State W 31-15 19,092 Oct. 19 at UT Martin. W 29-15 14,867 Oct. 26 Eastern Illinois L 16-34 22,157 Nov. 2 at Eastern Kentucky L 0-44 5,700 Nov. 9 Austin Peay . W 31-6 5,258 Nov. 16 Murray State W 17-10 6,412 FCS Playoffs Nov. 30 at Butler W 31-0 1,982 Dec. 7 at Eastern Illinois L 10-51 4,825 2014 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 6 Lost 6 OVC: Won 3 Lost 5 Aug. 30 Edward Waters. W 58-6 10,541 Sept. 6 at Alabama State L 21-27 15,725 Sept. 13 vs. Jackson State W 35-7 46,914 Sept. 20 Tennessee Tech W 10-7 9,217 Sept. 27 Florida A&M W 27-7 29,225 Oct. 4 at Sotheast Missouri L 21-28 8,089 Oct. 11 Jacksonville State L 20-27 5,849 Oct. 18 UT Martin. L 16-21 6,738 Oct. 25 at Eastern Illinois L 3-28 8,289 Nov. 1 Eastern Kentucky L 42-56 5,052 Nov. 8 at Austin Peay . W 31-27 6,143 Nov. 22 at Murray State W 48-33 1,962

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2015 Tennessee State Football Team Guide

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