TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY 2017 Tiger Football Game Notes Football Contact: Jose F. Garcia jgarcia1@tnstate.edu 615.838.4199 Notes * This marks the 12th meeting with Jacksonville State * Jacksonville State leads 9-2 the series * The two TSU wins have occured in Jacksonville (2006 and 2013) * The Tigers are 2-5 in Jacksonville * Rod Reed is 1-5 versus the Gamecocks Game 10 at Jacksonville State at Last Meeting * Jacksonville State claimed a 48-13 win in front of 23,413 * The Gamecocks (2-1) outgained TSU 576-208 * The Big Blue forced a 44-yard field goal attempt, which missed wide right, to open the game * On JSU's nest possession, Ezra Robinson jumped an Eli Jenkins pass at the TSU 17 and returned 83 yards for an apparent touchdown; two unsportsmanlike penalties nullified the score * Jacksonville State scored on the final three possessions of the half for a 21-0 lead at the break * Ronald Butler found Patrick Smith for an 84-yard touchdown to open the second half * Butler continued the comeback as he hit Isaiah Jeffries-Freeman on back-to-back pays of 22 and 23 yards, the second reception was a tocuhdown to cut the lead to 24-13. * The Gamecocks scored 24 consecutive points to close out the game * Butler finished 6-of-13 for 155 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions Head Coach Rod Reed * Coach Reed is in his eighth season at the helm of the Tigers * During his time at TSU, he has compiled a 49-41 record, including a 40-26 mark since 2012 * Reed is 24-34 in OVC play * Reed is the third winningest coach in Tennessee State Football History * John Merritt claimed 174 victories in his 20 years (1963-83) for a.806 winning percentage (174-35-7) * Harry Kean spent 10 years in charge of TSU from 1944-54 and compiled a 93-15-3 record (.838) * Coach has compiled a 12-12 record in Sgt. York Trophy Games * TSU is 7-1 in season openers under Rod Reed after a 17-10 win at Georgia State * The lone openeing day loss came at the hands of Bethune-Cookman, 12-9, in 2013 Tennessee State * The Tigers are riding a two-game win streak after a 23-20 win over Southeast Missouri * The victory gives Rod Reed his fifth winning season in the last seven years and the sixth non-losing campaign during the same stretch * Lane Clark booted a 44-yard field goal with 2:07 to play * Clark finished with three field goals on the day (45, 37, 44) * The senior kicker ranks fifth nationally in field goals made per game (1.44) * Freshman safety set up the game winning field goal with a blocked punt and recovery two minutes prior to the kick * Steven Newbold led all receivers with a career high, 153 yards * Newbold caught five passes, four of which went for 30 yards or longer * Sabree Curtis rushed for a team high 72 yards on nine carries, averaging 8.0 yards per carry * Michael Hughes completed 9-of-14 passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns * Chris Collins and LaQuarius Cook led the defense with nine tackles * Justin North recorded the second sack of his career, which forced a fumble that led to Clark s first field goal * TSU ranks second nationally in pass defense (148.7 yards/game) and fifth in total defense (257.0 yards/game) #BigBlueRising Tennessee State Tigers HC: Rod Reed (8th Year) (6-4, 2-4 OVC) 2016: 7-4 (4-3 OVC) Game Day Information Date: Thursday, Nov. 11, 2017 Time: 6:00 p.m. CT Where: Jacksonville, Ala. Stadium: Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium (24,000) Forecast: Mostly Clear, 67 2017 Tennessee State Schedule Jacksonville State Gamecocks HC: John Grass (4th Year) (9-1, 7-0 OVC) 2016: 10-2 (7-0 OVC) Television: ESPN3. Bob Belvin will serve as play-by-play along with Chip Hoback who will provide analysis. Radio: 102.1 FM will carry the game live with Greg Pogue (play-by-play), Albert Dawson (analyst), Gary Dawson (sideline) and Craig Ladd (Scoreboard). Pregame will begin at 5:30 p.m. CT Live Stats: Statbroadcast Series Information: This is the 12th meeting with the Gamecocks leading the series, 8-2. Seven of the 11 contests have been played in Jacksonville, Ala. where the Tigers are 2-5. The series began in 2003 when the Gamecocks became a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. JSU won the very first meeting, 34-7, in 2003. The Tigers first win came in 2006, 38-31. TSU last won in 2013 with a 31-15 victory at JSU. Last 10 Results: 2015 - Jacksonville State 48, Tennessee State 13 2014 - Jacksonville State 27, Tennessee State 20 2013 - Tennessee State 31, Jacksonville State 15 2012 - Jacksonville State 31, Tennessee State 28 (OT) 2011 - Jacksonville State 38, Tennessee State 16 2010 -Jacksonville State 24, Tennessee State 0 2008 - Jacksonville State 26, Tennessee State 21 2006 - Tennessee State 38, Jacksonville State 31 2005 - Jacksonville State 33, Tennessee State 3 2004 - Jacksonville State 49, Tennessee State 35 Date Opponent Result/Time TV Series Notes Aug. 31 Georgia State W, 17-10 ESPN3 TSU Leads 1-0 Cnris Collins had 12 tackles, nine solo, three for loss, a sack and a forced fumble to lead the defense to four takeaways Sept. 9 $ Jackson State (Southern Heritage Classic) W, 17-15 Fox Sports South TSU Leads 30-21-2 Patrick Smith returned a punt 58 yards for a touchdown; Defenseml; keeps JSU out of the end zone Sept. 16 Florida A&M (Raymond James Stadium - Tampa, Fla.) W, 24-13 TSU Leads 31-24 The offense totaled 514 yards, while the defense held an opponent under 16 points for the third consecutive game Sept. 23 *UT Martin L, 31-16 ESPN3 TSU Leads 16-11 The Tigers fell behind 24-0 early in the first quarter; DeVon Johnson returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown Sept. 30 ^*Eastern Illinois (John Merritt Classic) L, 19-16 2OT ESPN3 EIU Leads 14-8 Lane Clark kicked a 51-yard field goal to force overtime; The Defense held the Panthers to 237 yards of total offense Oct. 7 *Eastern Kentucky W, 45-21 OVCDN EKU Leads 23-7 Vincent Sellers recorded two pick-sixes, while Terrell Bonds added another; The Tigers had four intercepions in the game Oct. 14 ^*Austin Peay (Homecoming) L, 21-17 OVCDN TSU Leads 13-7 DeVon Johnson caught a 66-yard touchdown pass from Michael Hughes; Thomas Newberg caught a scoring pass from Patrick Smith Oct. 28 *Tennessee Tech L, 30-26 OVCDN TSU leads 18-13 Michael Hughes threw for 331 yards; Patrick Smith caught seven passes for 152 yards and three touchdowns Nov. 4 % Virginia University of Lynchburg W, 60-0 OVCDN TSU Leads 1-0 Michael Hughes threw six touchdown passes; Patrick Smith caught three scoring passes, while Steven Newbold pulled in two Nov. 11 %*Southeast Missouri (Senior Day) W, 23-20 OVCDN TSU Leads 14-11 Steven Newbold caught five passes for 153 yards; Lane Clark made three field goals including a 44-yard game winner Nov. 16 *Jacksonville State 6:00 p.m. ESPN3 JSU Leads 9-2 Ronald Butler hit Patrick Smith for a 84-yard TD pass; Sixth longest play in TSU history Bold - Home Games ^ - Played at Nissan Stadium % - Played at Hale Stadium $ - Played at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn. All Times CST * - Ohio Valley Conference Games
Game Notes tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) 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)...43-37, 22-30 OVC (8th year) Career Record...Same Offensive Coordinator/QBs... Jeff Parker Defensive Coordinator/Safties...Garry Fisher Offensive Line Coach...Russ Ehrenfeld Running Back Coach... Kevin Mashack Wide Receiver Coach... Chris Chestnut Tight Ends Coach...Antonio Bradford Defensive Line...Nick Davison Defensive Ends/Outside Linebackers Coach... Gerald Chatman Corners Coach...Sidney Powell Director of Operations... Jerad Coulter Director of Strength & Conditioning... J.T. Greenstone Equipmet Manager...LaTroy Johnson Athletic Trainer...Trevor Searcy TSU FOOTBALL HISTORY First Season...1912 All-Time Record...554-284-33 First Year in OVC...1988 Record in the OVC... 93-108 OVC Championships (Last)... 2 (1999) NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances (Last)... 5 (2013) HBCU National Championships (Last)... 14 (2013) Cumulative All-Americans...329 2016 TEAM INFORMATION 2016 Overall Record... 7-4 Home:... 3-1 Away:... 2-3 Neutral:... 1-0 2015 OVC Record (Finish)... 4-3 (4th) Home:... 2-1 Away:... 2-2 Neutral:...N/A Offensive Formation... Spread/Pro Style Defensive Formation... 4-3 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost... 7/4 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost... 8/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 60/21 Newcomers... 22 TWITTER @TSU_Tigers INSTAGRAM @TSUTigers FACEBOOK /TSUTigers SNAPCHAT TSU_Tigers PERISCOPE @TSU_Tigers YOUTUBE /TNStateTigers About Jacksonville State * Jacksonville State enters at 9-1, 7-0 in the OVC, after a 14-7 victory at UT Martin * JSU used a pair of Roc Thomas touchdowns and a defensive performance which held UTH to 176 yards of offense * JSU has won 31-straight OVC games and 40-consecutive regular season contests against non-fbs opponents * Thomas leads the Gamecocks high-powered rushing attack with 11 touchdowns, averaging 6.0 yards per carry and has 886 yards on 147 carries * Quarterback Bryant Horn has pitched in with 561 yards on 117 rushes * Horn has thrown for 1,173 and 10 touchdowns while completing 88 passes in 165 attempts and eight interceptions * Demontez Terry and Shaq Davidson lead the receiving unit with 28 and 24 receptions, respectively * Terry has gone for 356 yards with two scores, while Davidson has amassed 289 yards and one touchdown * Darius Jackson leads one of the top defenses in the country with 18.0 tackles-for-loss, 6.0 sacks and 19 quarterback hurries * JSU ranks second in rushing defense (67.9 yards/game), sixth in scoring defense (15.7 points/game) and seventh in tacklesfor-loss (8.4/game) A Strong Start * Michael Hughes has taken advantage of his opportunity, starting the last five games * The signal caller leads the Ohio Valley Conference and is 11th in the nation in Passing Efficiency (156.3) * During his time at the helm, Hughes has posted a 171.26 efficiency rate * The redshirt sophomore is 66-of-112 (58.9 pct.) for 1,043 yards with 14 touchdowns and four interceptions since being named starter * On the season, the Nashville native has completed 78 passes in 140 attempts for 1,222 yards * The quarterback is 3rd in FCS play and leads the OVC in Passing Yards per Completions (15.67) * Hughes is currently 45th in the nation and second in the OVC with 14 scoring passes History Watch * Patrick Smith is third on TSU's career touchdown list with 28 * The Tiger is fourth in Ohio Valley Conference history for Receiving Touchdowns * Smith is one receiving touchdown away from tying former Tiger C.J. Johnson (2000-03) on both lists * Chris Wright (2009-12) of Eastern Illinois is tied with Johnson for second on the OVC list * The conference record is 35, set by Erik Lora (2009-13) of EIU * The senior is fifth in both career receptions (149) and receiving yards (2,450) Tennessee State Rushing Att. Yd. Avg. TD Seth Rowland 89 413 4.6 2 Passing Comp. Att. Yd. TD Michael Hughes 78 140 1,222 14 Treon Harris 58 106 729 2 Receiving Rec. Yd. Avg. TD Patrick Smith 38 606 15.9 8 Steven Newbold 34 627 18.4 4 Punt Returns Att. Yd. Avg. LG Patrick Smith 11 55 5.0 56 Chris Rowland 5 84 16.8 30 Kick Returns Att. Yd. Avg. LG Chris Rowland 16 312 19.5 33 DeVon Johnson 8 207 25.9 96 Tackles UT-AT TT TFL SK Chris Collins 49-36 85 11.5-36 2.0 Tennessee State University Football Top Players * Smith is seven receptions behind Lawrence Segree (1992-95, 160) Now That's A First * Dante' Ferguson Jr. earned his first interception when he stepped in front of a pass against Virginia University Lynchburg * The linebacker returned the pick 36 yards for a touchdown * The INT was the first ever for the redshirt-sophomore * The Lithonia, Ga. product had an opportunity in high school, but came up short as he was unable to hold onto the ball Needed Action * Arkeem Granger saw action for the first time in his career on Nov. 4 versus Virginia University Lynchburg * The hardship freshman carried the ball a game high 17 times for 35 yards * Granger is in his third season with the Tigers * The Pembroke Pines, Fla. native observed a redshirt season in his first semster * The running back suffered a knee injury during the first scrimmage of Spring Ball, forcing him to miss the entire 2016 season Making Good * Michael Hughes followed up a career game by tossing six touchdown passes against Virginia University Lynchburg * Hughes finished one scoring pass shy of the TSU record set by Shannon Harris versus Jackson State (11/22/01) * Recorded highs in all catagories at Tennessee Tech with completitions (20), attempts (36), yards (331) and touchdowns (3) * Hughes earned a win in his first career start for TSU at Eastern Kentucky (10/7) * The redshirt sophomore threw for two touchdowns and added another on the ground * The Nashville native finished 12-of-23 for 106 yards with an interception; he ran for nine yards on seven carries * Down 21-17 in the fourth quarter, Hughes drove the Tigers 88 yards in 13 plays and capped off the series with a one yard sneak to put TSU ahead for good * His first collegiate tochdown pass was an 11-yard strike to Patrick Smith; he followed with an eight yard connection with Steven Newbold * Hughes has seen time in each of the last four games and has thrown for 285 yards, completing 24-of-51 pass attempts * Hughes graduated early from Hillsboro High School in December of 2014 and enrolled at Tennessee State for the spring semester * The quarterback redshirted in 2015 and did not see any action in 2016 behind Ronald Butler and O'Shay Ackerman-Carter Making A House Call * DeVon Johnson caught a 66-yard touchdown pass from Michael Hughes against Austin Peay * The play is the longest from scrimmage this season for TSU * The redshirt-junior has the two longest plays for the Tigers Jacksonville State Rushing Att. Yd. Avg. TD Roc Thomas 147 886 6.0 11 Passing Comp. Att. Yd. TD Bryant Horn 88 168 1,173 10 Receiving Rec. Yd. Avg. TD Demontez Terry 28 356 12.7 2 Shaq Davidson 24 289 12.0 1 Punt Returns Att. Yd. Avg. LG Demontez Terry 7 133 19.0 42 Kick Returns Att. Yd. Avg. LG De'Marcus Flowers 17 433 25.5 87 Tackles UT-AT TT TFL SK Marlon Bridges 34-38 72 6.0-18 --
Game Notes tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Rod Reed s Record Breakdown this season * Johnson returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown at UT Martin * DeVon Johnson is one 13 players at the FCS level to return a kick-off for a touchdown * The 96 yarder is the fourth longest in the nation this season * The return was TSU s first for a touchdown since Nov. 1, 2014; Darion Hall went 100 yards versus Eastern Kentucky The Long and Weary Road * The Tigers will conclude the season with a trip to Jacksonville, Ala., adding another 450 roundtrip miles * TSU played at Hale Stadium for consecutive weeks in November * This is the first time the Tigers played at home in back-to-back weeks; and only the fourth home contest this year * TSU hosted Virginia University of Lynchburg on Nov. 4 in the Hole for the first games at Hale Stadium this season * The Tigers road trip to Cookeville to face Tennessee Tech, after just their second game in the Music City, added another 158 miles to their schedule in 2017-18 * TSU traveled 448 miles (round trip) with a visit to Eastern Kentucky to continue their road tour * The Tigers played its first game in Nashville on Sept. 30, as they took on Eastern Illinois * The Big Blue traveled 2,624 total miles to start the 2017 campaign before returning to Nissan Stadium * TSU ventured away from Nashville for the first four games of the season, including trips to Atlanta (248 miles), Memphis (205), Tampa, Fla. (704) and Martin, Tenn. (155) * The John Merritt Classic started a stretch during the schedule where the Tigers will play at home four times over the next six dates, including a Homecoming date with Austin Peay on Oct. 14 * In 2016, the Tigers completed a three game road trip, traveling to Vanderbilt (three miles), Murray State (122 miles) and Austin Peay (49 miles) totaling 352 miles roundtrip to go along with their four home games Making History * Vincent Sellers tied an NCAA record with two interceptions returned for touchdowns in a game * The safety became the 29th player in Football Championship Subdivision history to record two interceptions returned for scores when he accomplished the feat at Eastern Kentucky (10/7) * Sellers was named STATS Freshman National Player of the Week, OVC Defensive Player and Newcomer of the Week, College Sports Madness OVC Defensive Player of the Week and the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Defensive Player of the Week * With six minutes remaining in the game, one play after TSU took a 24-21 lead, Sellers picked a pass and covered 34 yards, evading several Colonels as he crossed the goal line * Three minutes later, the true freshman secured his second pick and dashed 44 yards untouched giving the Tigers a 38-31 lead * The Sarasota, Fla. product tied for the team high in tackles (8) and solo's (7) * Sellers added a pass breakup to his evening Four Picks * The TSU defense picked off four passes in its win at EKU * The Tigers returned three for consecutive scores in a 3:31 span * Defensive tackle Jason Morrow secured the first INT as he stepped in front of a screen pass in the first quarter * Vincent Sellers recorded back-to-back pick sixes late in the fourth quarter * Terrell Bonds closed out the scoring four plays after Sellers' final pick, with his 36 yard return for a touchdown * The Tigers rank fifth in the FCS with three defensive touchdowns Tennessee State Air Defense * Terrell Bonds recorded the ninth interception of his career versus Southeast Missouri, giving the Tigers 14 on the season * The Big Blue is second in the OVC in swipes, 15th nationally * The Tigers swiped two passes at Tennessee Tech * TSU is ranked 18th in the nation in interceptions * Terrell Bonds recorded the teams ninth interception of the year against Austin Peay * The Tigers added four picks at Eastern Kentucky (10/7) and are ranked 16th in the nation with eight INT's * Vincent Sellers picked off two passes at EKU, while Terrell Bonds and Jason Morrow each recorded one * Sophomore Dajour Nesbeth secured the win at Georgia State with an interception with just over a minute to go in the contest * LaQuarius Cook and Joe Johnson each pulled down a pick versus Jackson State in the Southern Heritage Classic * Cook's return went for 71 yards, which is the fifth longest return in the FCS in 2017 * Justin North registered his first career pick against Eastern Illinois * As a unit, the defense pulled down 13 interceptions in 2016, surpassing the 2015 total of six * The Big Blue ranked 30th nationally in interceptions in 2016 * TSU went five-consecutive games with a pick in a stretch from early-september until mid-october * The Tigers picked-off 21 passes in 2013 and 16 in 2014 * Then-senior Ezra Robinson finished last season with five interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns * Robinson signed as a Free-Agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars * Now a senior, Terrell Bonds had three interceptions on the 2016 season as a junior Current Streak Won 2 Current Home Streak Won 2 Current Road Streak Lost 1 2017 2016 Total Overall 6-4 7-4 49-41 at Home 2-2 3-1 23-14 On the Road 2-2 3-3 17-25 Neutral Site 2-0 1-0 9-2 Playoff Games 0-0 0-0 1-1 Overtime Games 0-1 0-0 0-5 Ranked Opponents 0-1 0-1 1-9 In August 1-0 0-0 2-0 In September 2-2 3-0 23-10 In October 1-2 2-3 13-19 In November 2-0 2-1 11-11 In December 0-0 0-0 0-1 Outrushing Opponent 5-0 5-1 40-11 When Rushing 200-299 2-0 4-1 16-3 When Rushing 300+ 0-0 0-0 6-0 Outrushed by Opponent 1-3 2-3 9-29 When allowing 300+ 0-0 1-1 1-6 Outpassing Opponent 3-4 4-3 27-26 When Passing 300-399 0-1 0-2 4-11 When Passing 400+ 0-0 0-0 1-0 Outpassed by Opponent 3-0 3-1 22-15 When Allowing 300-399 0-0 3-1 7-7 When Allowing 400+ 0-0 0-0 1-2 Outgaining Opponent 4-4 4-1 35-15 When Having 400-499 Yards 1-1 3-1 14-14 When Having 500+ Yards 1-0 0-1 9-2 Outgained by Opponent 2-0 3-3 14-26 Allowing 400-499 Yards 0-0 0-3 2-13 Allowing 500+ 0-0 2-1 4-9 Less Turnovers 4-1 4-0 30-11 More Turnovers 1-3 0-3 9-24 Even Turnovers 1-0 3-1 10-6 Scoring First 6-0 3-2 29-13 Opponent Scores First 0-4 4-2 20-28 Tennessee State Opp 177 147 87 58 78 71 12 18 93-835 67-573 17-10 14-6 388 334 1,525 1,083 3.9 3.2 152.5 108.3 7 10 138-250-6 151-271-14 1,965 1,487 196.5 148.7 17 9 638 605 3,490 2,570 349.0 257.0 261 180 26.1 18.0 Team Comparison CATEGORY First Downs 1st By Rushing 1st By Passing 1st By Penalty Penalty Yards Fumbles-Lost Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards Yards Per Rush Rushing Yards Per Game Rushing TDs Pass Comp.-Att.-Int Passing Yards Passing Yards Per Game Passing TDs Total Offensive Plays Total Offense Total Offense Per Game Total Points Points Per Game Jacksonville State Opp 201 154 107 49 72 75 22 30 68-634 63-609 15-7 23-7 428 312 2,140 679 5.0 2.2 214.0 67.9 23 5 121-220-10 153-320-8 1,604 1,760 160.4 176.0 13 14 648 632 3,744 2,439 374.4 243.9 303 157 30.3 15.7 Leading After 1st 5-0 4-1 30-8 Trailing After 1st 0-4 2-3 14-25 Tied After 1st 1-0 1-0 5-8 Leading at Half 6-0 4-1 38-9 Trailing at Half 0-4 2-3 9-30 Tied at Half 0-0 1-0 2-2 Leading After 3rd 5-0 6-0 42-8 Trailing After 3rd 0-4 1-4 6-33 Tied After 3rd 1-0 0-0 1-0 Scoring 0-10 0-0 0-0 1-7 Scoring 11-20 2-3 0-2 6-11 Scoring 21-30 2-1 0-0 13-18 Scoring 31-40 0-0 4-2 15-3 Scoring 40+ 2-0 3-0 14-2 Opponent Scores 0-10 2-0 1-0 17-0 Opponent Scores 11-20 3-1 0-0 17-3 Opponent Scores 21-30 1-2 4-0 10-15 Opponent Scores 31-40 0-1 1-3 3-13 Opponent Scores 40+ 0-0 1-1 2-10 Individual 100-yard Rusher 0-0 4-1 22-12 With two 100-yard Rushers 0-0 0-0 1-0 Opponent 100-yard Rusher 1-2 1-2 6-20 Opponent two 100-yard Rushers 0-0 0-1 1-3 #BigBlueRising
Game Notes tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Big Play Tigers 300-Yard Games - Passing 331, Michael Hughes at Tennessee Tech 100-Yard Games - Receiving 153, Steven Newbold vs. Southeast Missouri 152, Patrick Smith at Tennessee Tech 118, Patrick Smith vs. Virginia University Lynchburg 117, Steven Newbold vs. Florida A&M 108, Steven Newbold at Tennessee Tech Rushing Plays of 50-69 59, Seth Rowland at Georgia State Rushing Plays of 40-49 Yards 42, Sabree Curtis vs. Virginia University Lynchburg 41, Sabree Curtis vs. Florida A&M Rushing Plays of 30-39 Yards 31, Sabree Curtis at Georgia State Rushing Plays of 20-29 Yards 29, Seth Rowland at UT Martin 28, Michael Hughes at Tennessee Tech 26, Andrew Knox at Eastern Kentucky 26, Treon Harris vs. Jackson State 24, Treon Harris vs. Jackson State 21, Treon Harris at Georgia State 20, Patrick Smith vs. Florida A&M Receiving Plays over 50 Yards 66, (TD) DeVon Johnson from Michael Hughes vs Austin Peay 52, (TD) Patrick Smith from Michael Hughes vs. Virginia Univ. Lynchburg 51, (TD) Steven Newbold from Michael Hughes vs. Virginia Univ. Lynchburg Receiving Plays of 40-49 Yards 44, Steven Newbold from Treon Harris vs. Florida A&M 43, (TD) Patrick Smith from Michael Hughes vs. Virginia Univ. Lynchburg 42, Steven Newbold from Treon Harris vs. Florida A&M Receiving Plays of 30-39 Yards 39, Steven Newbold from Michael Hughes at Tennessee Tech 38, Steven Newbold from Michael Hughes vs. Southeast Missouri 38, Patrick Smith from Michael Hughes at Tennessee Tech 36, Steven Newbold from Michael Hughes vs. Southeast Missouri 35, Steven Newbold from Michael Hughes vs. Southeast Missouri 33, Steven Newbold from Michael Hughes vs. Southeast Missouri 33, Patrick Smith from Michael Hughes at Tennessee Tech 32, Chris Rowland from Michael Hughes vs. Florida A&M 32, Patrick Smith from Treon Harris vs. Jackson State 30, Patrick Smith from Michael Hughes at Tennessee Tech 30, Steven Newbold from Treon Harris at UT Martin Receiving Plays of 20-29 Yards 28, (TD) Mahlon Medley from Michael Hughes vs. Southeast Missouri 28, Steven Newbold from Michael Hughes vs. Virginia University Lynchburg 28, Chris Rowland from Michael Hughes at Tennessee Tech 28, Patrick Smith from Michael Hughes vs. Eastern Illinois 25, Miles Cavitt from Michael Hughs vs Austin Peay 24, Mahlon Medley from Treon Harris vs. Jackson State 22, Mazio Rhodes from Treon Harrs vs. Florida A&M 21, Chris Rowland from Treon Harris vs. Eastern Illinois 21, Patrick Smith from Michael Hughes at UT Martin 21, Steven Newbold from Treon Harris at Georgia State 20, (TD) Ronnie Killings from Michael Hughes vs. Virginia Univ. Lynchburg 20, Chris Rowland from Treon Harris vs Austin Peay 20, Mazio Rhodes from Michael Hughes vs Austin Peay 20, DeVon Johnson from Michael Hughes vs. Eastern Illinois 20, Patrick Smith from Treon Harris vs. Eastern Illinois 20, Patrick Smith from Treon Harris at Georgia State 20, Patrick Smith from Treon Harris vs. Florida A&M Black College Hall of Fame Nominee * For the third consecutive year, Joe '747' Adams missed out on being selected to The Black College Hall of Fame Class of 2017 * Adams was one of 22 players and three coaches on the list * The Class of 2018 will be enshrined on Feb. 10, 2018 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Ga. * Adams ranks second at Tennessee State in career passing yards with 8,653 * The Gulfport, Miss., native tossed a TSU single season best 30 touchdowns in 1980 and 75 in his career (1977-80) * Adams was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 12th round of the 1981 NFL Draft * He continued his professional career by playing three seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts and Ottawa Rough Riders * Porcher spent two seasons at TSU, redshirting in 1987 before playing for the Big Blue in 1988 * Six TSU greats have been previously inducted. Eldridge Dickey and Claude Humphrey entered in 2012, Joe Gilliam, Jr., Ed Too Tall Jones and John Merritt were enshrined in 2013 and Richard Dent was the latest entrant in 2015. All-Americans * Four returning players earned All-American honors in 2016 * Defensive end Ebenezer Ebo Ogundeko, kicker Lane Clark, wide receiver Steven Newbold and return specialist Chris Rowland joined graduated Tigers Jessamen Dunker and Ezra Robinson as selections a year ago * Ogundeko was named 2016 HERO Sports FCS Third Team All-American * Clark was selected Associated Press Second Team All-American, HERO Sports FCS Second Team All-American, STATS FCS Third Team All-American and the BOXTOROW First Team All-American * Newbold and Rowland were both selected to the HERO Sports Freshman All-American squad Thirty-Something * The Tigers posted their highest point total since 2013 with 60 points against Virginia University Lynchburg * TSU crossed over the 30 point mark for the first time in 2017 with a 45-21 win at Eastern Kentucky * The previous high for Tennessee State was 24 points versus Florida A&M at the Tampa Classic * TSU has been held under 20 on six occassions this season * The Tigers started 3-0 in 2017 without scoring more than 24 Tennessee State University Football points in a game * TSU scored 30-plus points in six consecutive games to open the 2016 season for the first time since 1984 * The Tigers finished the 2016 season with nine games with 30- plus points out of the 11 games on the schedule * The '84 squad scored over 30 points during the first nine games and in 10 of 11 on the season; Scored a 24-15 victory over Louisville in lone game under 30 points * TSU ranked 26th in the FCS scoring with 32.3 points per game Buck Buchanan Watch * Senior defensive end Ebenezer Ogundeko has been named to the STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award for the second consecutive year * The defensive end led the Tigers witrh five tackles, in limited time, against Virginia University Lynchburg * Ogundeko recorded two tackles for loss and had a share of two sacks * The Brooklyn, N.Y. product registered a sack at Tennessee Tech * Ogundeko returned to action at Eastern Kentucky (10/7) after missing close to three games; the defensive end registered three quarterback hurries along with four tackles, two solo * The senior left the Tampa Classic after suffering an injury on a cut block during the first play of the contest * The injury cost him to miss the first two OVC contests * Ogundeko recorded two sacks for eight yards and had three breakups, to go along with seven tackles, four solos, versus Jackson State in the Southern Heritage Classic * In the opening weekend, Ogundeko notched four tackles, three solo, and recovered a fumble * Ogundeko is one of 21 players nominated to the 2017 preseason watch list * Ogundeko had 48 tackles in just eight games in 2016 and led Tennessee State in tackles for loss (11), sacks (5.5), quarterback hurries (five) and fumble recoveries (two) * The Brooklyn, N.Y., product is a two-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection Fred Mitchell Watch * Lane Clark has been named to the Fred Mitchell Award Watch List for 2017 * Clark scored 11 points versus Southeast Missouri in his final home game of his career * The senior converted on three field goals (45, 44, 37), including the game winner TSU In the Ohio Valley Conference and NCAA Rankings Stat OVC NCAA 3rd Down Conversions.416 2 30 3rd Down Conversions.353 4 41 4th Down Conversion Pct..667 2 12 4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense.353 2 25 Blocked Kicks 5 1 7 Blocked Punts 2 1 9 Defensive Touchdowns 4 1 4 First Downs Defense 147 1 6 Kickoff Return Defense 20.24 5 58 Passes Had Intercepted 6 1 16 Passes Intercepted 14 2 15 Passing Yards Allowed 148.7 1 2 Passing Yards Per Completion 14.24 1 20 Punt Returns 9.10 6 39 Rushing Defense 108.3 2 18 Rushing Offense 152.5 3 59 Scoring Defense 18.0 3 15 Scoring Offense 26.1 3 55 Team Passing Efficiency 138.86 1 30 Team Passing Efficiency Defense 102.44 1 6 Team Tackles for Loss 6.6 5 49 Time of Possession 32:07 2 16 Total Defense 257.0 2 5 Turnover Margin 0.40 2 33 Turnovers Gained 20 2 28 Turnovers Lost 16 2 52 Winning Percentage.600 3 38
Game Notes tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) * The place kicker registered 12 points against Virginia University Lynchburg with two field goals and six extra points * Clark was good from 49-yards out at Eastern Kentucky, tying for the 10th longest field goal in TSU history; was a perfect 4-for-4 on extra points and had three touchbacks on kickoffs, including two that sailed out of the end zone * Clark was a perfect 3-for-3 against Eastern Illinois, hitting field goals from 51, 36 and 40 yards * The senior made good on his first long distance kick of 2017 with a 49-yarder versus Florida A&M * Clark converted on a 26 yard field goal and had two extra points versus Jackson State; He made a 32-yarder in the fourth quarter, but the points were removed as the Tigers earned a first down on a Jackson State penalty * The kicker finished 1-for-4 in the first game of the season, while connecting on his two extra point opportunities * Clark is on a list of 36 place-kickers from all levels of college football, with the exception of the Football Bowl Subdivision * Clark was named to four All-American teams a season ago and has been placed on two preseason All-American teams this season * The Hays, Kan. native was selected to the preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference team heading into his final campaign * The fourth-year kicker accounted for four of the five longest distances in the FCS last season and finished 17-of-25 FG s (68.0%) and 38-of-42 PAT s * Clark was one of four kickers in all levels of the NCAA to kick four field goals from beyond 50-yards * Clark converted nine kicks from 44-yards and beyond, which was more field goals from 44-yards-plus than 120 of the 124 FCS teams even attempted from that distance * The senior led the Tigers last year in total points (89) * The recipient of the Fred Mitchell Award will be announced in mid-december based on performance on the football field and in the community It's Been A Long Time * Jackson State returned a kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter of the Southern Heritage Classic on Sept. 9 * It was the first kickoff for a score against the Tigers since Eastern Kentucky had a 97 yard return on Nov.14, 2004 * The span between returns for a touchdown was 138 games, which covered 13 years * TSU also gave up two other returns for a touchdown in 2004 * Southeast Missouri completed the feat a week prior to EKU on Nov. 6, 2004 with an 85 yard return * The first of the season came in the Southern Heritage Classic as Jackson State returned an 89-yarder (9/18/04) Preseason Offensive Player of the Year * Wide receiver Patrick Smith was selected as the Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Offensive Player of the Year * Smith caught three touchdown passes in consecutive weeks after pulling in scoring catches of 52, 43, and 16 versus Virginia University Lynchburg * The third year member had a season best receptions (7) and yards (152), while recording a career best three touchdowns at Tennessee Tech * Smith showed his versitility by throwing a 2-yard touchdown pass to Thomas Newberg * The wideout pulled in his second touchdown pass of the season at Eastern Kentucky (10/7), finishing with four receptions for 48 yards * Smith was also selected to the same honor by the Media and Lindy s * The senoir caught three passes for 60 yards against Eastern Illinois * The Memphis native hauled in five passes for 63 yards at UT Martin * Smith caught five passes for 40 yards and a touchdown versus Florida A&M * The wide out returned a punt 56 yards for the game-winning score versus Jackson State * Smith caught three passes for 46 yards at the Southern Heritage Classic during week two * Smith was held out of the end zone at Georgia State, despite hauling in six passes for 70 yards * The senior caught 61 passes for 966 yards and 13 touchdowns * His touchdown mark ranked seventh nationally and ranked seventh in OVC single-season history * Smith helped the offense become the top scoring unit in the OVC in 2016 at 32.6 points per game Initial Take Over * Treon Harris has rushed 51 times for 311 yards through his first five games at Tennessee State * Harris is averaging 6.1 yards per carry, which ranks second in the OVC and 21st nationally in the FCS level * The junior quarterback has three rushing touchdowns * Harris sat out the Tigers game at Eastern Kentucky * In five games, Harris has a 117.9 passing efficiency and has completed 53 passes in 95 attempts for 671 yards * Harris has thrown two scoring passes and only two interceptions * Harris transferred in from Florida to take over reigns of the offense after the departures of Ronald Butler and O Shay Ackerman-Carter * The redshirt-junior played in 21 games, starting 15, for the Gators, completing 174-of-346 passes for 2,695 yards, 10 TSU In the Ohio Valley Conference and NCAA Rankings Stat OVC NCAA Blocked Kicks Jason Morrow 3 1 3 Field Goal Percentage Lane Clark.722 4 42 Field Goals Per Game Lane Clark 1.44 1 5 Fumbles Recovered Blair Edwards 2 2 23 Kickoff Return for TDs DeVon Johnson 1 1 5 Passes Defended Dajour Nesbeth 1.0 4 55 Passing Efficiency Michael Hughes 156.3 1 11 Passing TDs Michael Hughes 14 2 45 Passing Yards per Completion Michael Hughes 15.67 1 3 Points Responible For Michael Hughes 90 2 61 Points Responible For Per Game Michael Hughes 11.3 1 42 Punt Return Touchdowns Patrick Smith 1 1 3 Punting Austin Rowley 39.5 8 65 Receiving TDs Patrick Smith 8 3 18 Receiving Yards Steven Newbold 627 5 62 Receiving Yards Per Game Steven Newbold 62.7 5 68 Scoring Lane Clark 7.1 1 29 Tackles for Loss Chris Collins 1.2 4 65 Total Tackles Chris Collins 8.5 2 56 Total Touchdowns Patrick Smith 9 3 43 Yards Per Pass Attempt Michael Hughes 8.73 1 12 Yards Per Reception Steven Newbold 18.44 2 32 Patrick Smith 15.95 4 63 #BigBlueRising Field Goals Over 40 Yards 51, Lane Clark vs. Eastern Illinois 49, Lane Clark at Eastern Kentucky 49, Lane Clark vs. Florida A&M 45, Lane Clark vs. Southeast Missouri 44, Lane Clark vs. Southeast Missouri Punts Over 50 Yards 58, Austin Rowley vs. Jackson State 57, Austin Rowley vs. Austin Peay 54, Austin Rowley at Georgia State Punt Returns Over 20 Yards 56, (TD) Patrick Smith vs. Jackson State 30, Chris Rowland vs. Virginia University Lynchburg 29, Vincent Sellers vs. Southeast Missouri 27, Chris Rowland vs. Virginia University Lynchburg 22, Chris Rowland vs. Virginia University Lynchburg Kickoff Returns Over 30 Yards 96, (TD) DeVon Johnson at UT Martin 33, Patrick Smith ve. Southeast Missouri 31, Chris Rowland vs. Jackson State Interception Returns Over 20 Yards 71, LaQuarius Cook vs. Jackson State 64, Ladarius Johnson vs. Virginia University Lynchburg 44, (TD) Vincent Sellers at Eastern Kentucky 36, (TD) Dante' Ferguson vs. Virginia University Lynchburg 36, (TD) Terrell Bonds at Eastern Kentucky 34, (TD) Vincent Sellers at Eastern Kentucky 26, Dajour Nesbeth at Tennessee Tech Future Schedules 2018 Sept. 1 Bethune-Cookman (John Merritt Classic) Sept. 8 Jackson State (Southern Heritage Classic) Sept. 15 at Hampton Sept. 22 at Eastern Illinois Sept. 29 OPEN Oct. 6 at Austin Peay Oct. 13 at Murray State Oct. 20 Tennessee Tech Oct. 27 at Vanderbilt Nov. 3 at Southeast Missouri Nov. 10 Jacksonville State Nov. 17 UT Martin Nov. 24 OPEN 2019 Aug. 31 Hampton (John Merritt Classic) Sept. 7 at Middle Tennessee Sept. 14 Jackson State (Southern Heritage Classic) Sept. 21 OPEN Sept. 28 at Eastern Kentucky Oct. 5 at Jacksonville State Oct. 12 Murray State Oct. 19 Austin Peay Oct. 26 OPEN Nov. 2 Southeast Missouri Nov. 9 Eastern Illinois Nov. 16 at UT Martin Nov. 23 at Tennessee Tech
Game Notes tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) TSU Record Books Career Receiving Yards 1. C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 3,903 2. Mike Jones, 1979-82 3,571 3. Golden Tate, 1980-83 3,100 4. Patrick Smith, 2015-Present 2,568 5. Corey Sullivan, 1996-99 2,487 6. Patrick Robinson, 1989-92 2,439 7. Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98 2,182 8. Chris Johnson, 2004-08 2,155 9. Lawrence Segree, 1992-95 2,102 10. Johnnie Robinson, 1964-65 1,702 Career Receptions 1. Mike Jones, 1979-82 197 2. C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 194 3. Golden Tate, 1980-83 162 4. Lawrence Segree, 1992-95 160 5. Patrick Smith, 2015-Present 153 6. Corey Sullivan, 1996-99 145 7. Patrick Robinson, 1989-92 140 8. Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98 131 9. Chris Johnson, 2004-08 127 10. Travis James, 2009-12 119 Career Touchdowns 1. Mike Jones, 1979-82 42 2. C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 32 3. Patrick Smith, 2015-Present 31 4. Golden Tate, 1980-83 27 5. Larry Dorsey, 1972-75 26 6. John Holland, 1970-73 22 7. Johnnie Robinson, 1964-66 20 8. Patrick Robinson, 1989-92 19 9. Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98 18 10. Leon Jamison, 1954-57 17 James Thaxton, 1969-72 17 Corey Sullivan, 1996-99 17 Single Season Touchdowns 1. Mike Jones, 1982 15 2. Patrick Smith, 2016 13 Golden Tate, 1980 13 Golden Tate, 1983 13 5. Barry Collins, 1984 12 6. C.J. Johnson, 2003 11 Tyrone Butterfield, 1998 11 John Holland, 1973 11 9. Patrick Smith, 2015 10 10. C.J. Johnson, 2002 9 Leon Jamison, 1954 9 -- Patrick Smith, 2017 8 Career Points 1. Jamin Godfrey 2010-13 311 2. Alfred Reese, 1969-72 306 3. Javarris Williams 2005-08 264 4. Mike Jones, 1979-82 258 5. Lane Clark, 2014-Present 254 6. Charles Anthony, 2001-04 252 7. Eric Benson, 2005-08 232 8. Larry Watkins, 1978-81 198 9. C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 192 10. Patrick Smith, 2015-Present 191 interceptions and 18 touchdowns during his two year career * Harris added 570 yards on the ground, carrying 171 times and reached the end zone on three occasions * As a sophomore, he started the final eight games of the season, including the 2015 SEC Championship game * As a true freshman, he started the final six games of the year, including an upset win over No. 9 Georgia in his first career start * He was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team after throwing for 1,019 yards with nine touchdowns 62 Years Later * The Tigers won the first two games of the 2017 season with 17 points in each contest * The last time the Tigers started 2-0 scoring 17 points or less was in 1955 under head coach Howard Gentry * TSU defeated Lincoln University (7-0) and Virginia State (12-7) before losing to Langston University (Okla.) 3-0 * In August and September, 1955: - President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour - Gunsmoke premieres on CBS - Willie Mayes became the 7th player to reach 50 home runs in a season - First World Series color TV Broadcast on NBC * Notables in 1955: House - $22,000, Average income - $4,137, Gas - $.23, Postage Stamp - $.03, Bread - $.18, Milk (1/2 gal.) - $.43 - The first McDonald's opens - Coca-Cola begins selling in cans - Disneyland opens in California - Rosa Parks is arrested after refusing to give up her seat - On the Waterfront wins Best Picture, Marlon Brando wins Best Actor and Grace Kelly wins Best Actress for 'The Country Girl' - Top songs in August and September: "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets and "The Yellow Rose of Texas" by Mitch Miller - Born in 1955, Whoopi Goldberg, Olga Korbut, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Dialing Long Distance * Lane Clark split the uprights from 51 yards out against EIU (9/30) * The distance is the sixth longest in the Tiger record book, as well as in FCS play this season * Clark is 6-of-9 from field goals beyond 40 yards * The kicker hit from 49 yards for the second time this season when he split the uprights at Eastern Kentucky (10/7), tying the 10th longest distance at TSU * Clark connected on, at the time, the ninth longest field goal in school hitory with a 49-yarder at the Tampa Classic (9/16) * The conversion tied his field goal length at Southeast Missouri last season (11/19/16) * Clark now owns eight of the top 11 distances in TSU history, including the top three (57, 55, 54) Tennessee State University Football * The Hays, Kan. native became just the third Tiger kicker to reach 200 points in his career * Clark has recorded 205 points in his career, behind jamin Godfrey (2010-13) with 311 and Erik Benson (2005-08) at 232 The First in 2017 * The Tigers were the first FCS team to defeat an FBS team this season * The Tigers 17-10 win over Georgia State took place on Aug. 31 in Atlanta, Ga. * The win total for the FCS over the FBS has reached nine * On Sept. 23, Western Illinois ran by Coastal Carolina (52-10) * On Sept. 16, North Carolina A&T dropped Charlotte (35-31) and Idaho State snuck by Nevada (30-28) * On Sept. 9, New Hampshire surprised Georgia Southern (22-12) and South Dakota stopped Bowling Green (35-27) * On Sept. 2, James Madison defeated East Carolina (34-14), Liberty beat Baylor (48-45) and Howard upset UNLV (43-40) Defeating the Big Guys * The Tigers earned their first win over an FBS opponent since the change from NCAA I-A in 2006 * Since that time period, TSU is 1-3 with two losses to Vanderbilt (2006, 2016) and one to Air Force (2011) * TSU defeated I-A Louisville in 1981 (42-30) and 1984 (24-15) * Tennessee State was an NCAA DI-A Independent program from 1978-80, before moving to I-AA The First in Two Years * The Tigers became the first team to have a run or pass from scrimmage totaling over 50-yards against Georgia State in two years * Running back Seth Rowland busted through the middle of the line for a 59 yard run in the third quarter * The Panthers were the lone team at the FBS level to not allow a play of over 50 yards in all of 2016; The last play of over 50 yards cam on a 58-yard pass play versus Troy (11/27/15) National Player of the Week * Linebacker Chris Collins earned STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Week for his play in the opening weekend at Georgia State * The Fairburn, Ga. native also was named College Sports Madness National Player of the Week, Ohio Valley Conference and TSWA Defensive Player of the Week * The Senior recorded 12 tackles, nine solo, three for loss, a sack and a forced fumble against the Panthers * His key stop came in the third quarter as he stopped a GSU runner inches short of the yard to gain on a 4th and goal at the TSU four yard line * Collins started all 11 games for the Tigers last year, earning Second Team All-OVC honors * He collected 87 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two interceptions, four pass breakups, three quarterback hurries and forced a fumble in 2016 * Collins led the OVC with 58 solo tackles and was 22nd in FCS averaging 5.3 solo tackles per game First Drives TSU TSU Opponent Opponent First Half Second Half First Half second Half Georgia State 3-0 1:12 Punt 3-4 1:41 Punt 3-19 1:01 Fumble 5-27 1:43 Downs vs Jackson State 4-63 1:23 TD 3-8 1:32 Punt 12-57 5:41 FG 10-69 3:27 INT vs Florida A&M 6-50 3:08 Fumble 16-89 9:19 TD 3-7 1:18 Punt 3-4 1:54 Punt UT Martin 2-13 0:45 Fumble 11-69 5:44 TD 11-76 5:46 TD 5-16 3:32 Punt EASTERN ILLINOIS 2-12 0:57 Fumble 3-4 0:47 Punt 4-21 1:38 TD 3- -3 1:59 Punt Eastern Kentucky 8-34 3:21 INT 3-8 1:36 Punt 5-29 2:15 INT 10-82 4:39 TD AUSTIN PEAY 3-1 1:36 Fumble 3-8 1:22 Punt 5-20 2:20 TD 10-60 5:16 TD Tennessee Tech 3-1 1:31 Punt 9-86 5:51 TD 5-47 2:01 FG 3-4 1:54 Punt VIRGINIA-LYNCHBURG 5-58 2:18 TD 14-62 6:34 FG 3-7 2:11 Punt 3-0 2:12 Punt SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 8-69 3:14 FG 11-53 6:38 FGA 6-26 3:21 Punt 9-44 5:31 TD Jacksonville State Totals: 44-301 19:35 76-391 41:04 57-310 27:32 61-283 32:07 Average: 4.4-30.1 1:57 7.6-39.1 4:06 5.7-31.0 2:45 6.1-28.3 3:12 td-2 FG-1 td-3 FG-1 TD-3 FG-2 td-3 Punt-2 Fumble-4 INT-1 FGA-1 Punt-5 Punt-3 Fumble-1 INT-1 Punt-5 INT-1 Downs-1
Game Notes tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) A Scoring Threat * Redshirt-senior wide receiver Patrick Smith has caught 28 touchdowns in 31 career games for TSU * The receiver crossed the goal line three times at Tennessee Tech * Smith was held out of the end zone during the first two games of the 2017 campaign and again in games four and five, which marked the longest streak in his career without a receiving touchdown * The Memphis native returned a punt for a touchdown versus Jackson State (9/9/17) giving him 25 end zone dances in 25 games at TSU * After putting up 10 touchdowns in 10 games in 2015, he scored 13 times in 11 games in 2016 * Smith has been held without a touchdown in six career games (two in 2015; two in 2016; two in 2017) * He has six career games with more than one touchdown Returner Returning * Wide receiver/return specialists Chris Rowland was one of two freshmen to make 1st Team All-Ohio Valley Conference in 2016 * Rowland broke punt returns of 30, 27 and 22 against Virginia University Lynchburg * The sophomore had two returns for 45 yards versus (22.5/per return) Florida A&M in the Tampa Classic * Rowland saw his first action of the year at the Southern Heritage Classic; His first return went for 31 yards * He led the nation in Combined Return Yards with 1,103 yards and finished third in the OVC in All-Purpose yards * Rowland returned 42 kickoffs for 993 yards (23.6 ypr) with a long of 66 and 13 punts for 111 yards (8.5 ypr) with a long of 20 * Offensively, Rowland caught 16 passes for 236 yards and rushed 14 times for 57 yards. William Jasper Hale Stadium Records Just Keep Rowland * Sophomore Seth Rowland received action as a running back for the first time in his career at Georgia State * Rowland scored on a four yard run on his first collegiate carry * The running back finished with 76 yards on nine carries, averaging 8.4 yards per carry * Rowland led the team in carries (12) and yardage (66) at UT Martin * The sophomore scored his second touchdown of the season versus Florida A&M on a 10-yard run * Rowland is the older brother of sophomore Chris Rowland, who was a FCS Freshman All-American a season ago as a return specialist and wide receiver * Chris never found the end zone during his rookie campaign * Seth served as a member of the special teams in 2016 Impressive Debut * Safety Vincent Sellers impressed in his first collegiate game collecting 10 tackles, seven solo * Sellers came up big on consecutive plays in the second quarter, forcing GSU to settle for a field goal * The freshman made a tackle at the two-yard line stopping the GSU runner in his tracks and followed with a tackle-for-loss to force the fourth down * Sellers earned Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week honors for his performance * Sellers also was named honorable mention STATS FCS Freshman of the Week Another Threat * Steven Newbold finished with a career high 153 yards on five receptions against Southeast Missorui (11/11) * The wide out went for over 30 yards a reception and has averaged 18.4 yards per reception on the season * Newbold scored touchdowns of four and 51 yards versus VUL * The sophomore led all receivers at the Tampa Classic with 117 yards on five grabs and a touchdown * Newbold had two receptions for over 40 yards * The first saw him hurdle a defender, while the second saw him weave from the left sideline to the right sideline then cutting back before diving into the end zone * The lengthy touchdown saw him avoid 10 tackle attempts * The Carol City, Fla. native collected his second touchdown reception at Eastern Kentucky * Newbold averaged over 20 yards a catch at UT Martin with 61 yards in three receptions * The sophomore concluded an explosive rookie campaign in 2016 which included 16 plays over 20 yards and added three more of 40 yards or more, highlighted by a 71 yard touchdown reception at Bethune-Cookman * Newbold finished 14th in the nation at 19.1 yards per catch * He was the top freshman receiver in the conference in receptions (41), yards (784) and touchdowns (6) Individual Records Most Rushing Yards: 230 Lee Derrick vs. Bluefield State 11/25/54 Most Passing Yards: 484 Gilbert Renfroe vs. District of Columbia 11/5/83 Most Receiving Yards: 248 Patrick Smith vs. Murray State 11/7/15 Most Receptions: 12 Lawrence Segree vs. Southeast Missouri 11/19/94 Most Rushing Touchdowns: 5 Charles Thomas vs. Central State 11/20/71 Most Receiving Touchdowns: 4 Mike Jones vs. North Carolina A&T 11/15/80 Most Points: 30 Charles Thomas vs. Central State 11/20/71 Most Rushes: 36 Darron Davis vs. UT Martin 11/17/92 Most PAT Attempted: 11 Roy Meneese vs. Kentucky State 11/24/66 Most PAT Made: 9 Roy Meneese vs. Kentucky State 11/24/66 Team Records Most Rushing Yards: 410 vs. UT Martin 11/5/77 Most Passing Yards: 484 vs. District of Columbia 11/5/83 Total Yards: 780 vs. District of Columbia 11/5/83 Most Points: 83 vs. Kentucky State 11/24/66 Fewest Passing Yards Allowed: 0 vs. Morris Brown 10/3/64 Fewest Completions Allowed: 0 vs. Morris Brown 10/3/64 Fewest First Downs Allowed: 0 vs. Morris Brown 10/3/64 Most Touchdown Passes: 8 vs. Kentucky State 11/24/66 Opponents Individual Most Rushing Yards: 221 Markus Thomas, Eastern Kentucky 11/2/91 Longest Rush: 90 James Jackson, Kentucky State 1964 Longest Kickoff Return: 100 Larry Douglas, Southern 10/28/78 Longest Interception Return: 92 Collier, Florida A&M 10/21/67 Longest Punt Return: 85 Donald Davis, Grambling State 10/9/71 Longest Pass Play: 96 Matthew Reed to Lee Fobbs, Grambling State 10/9/71 #BigBlueRising TSU Record Books Single Game Points 1. Charles Thomas vs. Central State (11/20/71) 30 2. Trabis Ward at Southeast Mo. (10/13/12) 24 Javarris Williams vs. Tenn.-Martin (11/17/07) 24 Golden Tate vs. North Carolina A&T (11/19/83) 24 Mike Jones vs. Mississippi Valley State (11/13/82) 24 Mike Jones vs. North Carolina A&T (11/15/80) 24 7. Patrick Smith vs. Virginia University Lynchburg (11/4/17) 18 Patrick Smith at Tennessee Tech (10/28/17) 18 Trabis Ward vs. Jackson State (9/8/12) 18 Brandon Belvin vs. Eastern Illinois (11/08/08) 18 Javarris Williams vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) 18 Javarris Williams vs. Murray State (11/03/07) 18 Antonio Heffner vs. Samford (10/28/06) 18 Javarris Williams vs. Jackson State (9/16/06) 18 C.J. Johnson at Samford (10/25/03) 18 Charles Anthony vs. UT-Martin (9/27/03) 18 Charles Anthony vs. S.C. State (8/30/03) 18 Marvin Jones vs. Jackson State (11/22/01) 18 KaRon Key vs. UT Martin (10/20/01) 18 Career Scoring Kicking 1. Jamin Godfrey (134 PAT, 59 FG), 2010-13 311 2. Lane Clark, (115 PAT, 46 FG) 2014-Present 253 3. Eric Benson, (118 PAT, 38 FG), 2005-08 232 4. Larry Watkins, 1978-81 198 5. Carlos Jones, 1982-1984 172 Career FG s Made 1. Jamin Godfrey, 2010-2013 59 2. Lane Clark, 2014-Present 46 3. Eric Benson, 2005-08 28 4. Joey Hudak, 2001-04 26 5. Larry Watkins, 1978-81 25 Single Game Scoring - Kicking 1. Jamin Godfrey vs. Tennessee Tech (10/27/12) 16 Joey Hudak vs. Jackson State, (11/22/01) 16 3. Lane Clark vs. UAPB (9/3/16) 14 4. Jamin Godfrey vs. Southeast Missouri (10/8/11) 13 Eric Benson vs. Austin Peay, (10/18/08) 13 6. Lane Clark vs. Virginia University Lynchburg (11/4/17) 12 7. Lane Clark vs. Southeast Missouri (11/11/17) 11 Lane Clark at Murray State (10/29/16) 11 Jamin Godfrey vs. Florida A&M (10/25/10) 11 Eric Benson vs. Jackson State, (09/13/08) 11 Longest FG Made 1. Lane Clark vs UT Martin (10/1/16) 57 2. Lane Clark vs Tennessee Tech (11/12/16) 55 3. Lane Clark vs UT Martin (10/1/16) 54 4. Seth Goodowens vs. Jackson State, 1999 53 5. Lane Clark at Eastern Illinois (10/8/16) 52 6. Lane Clark vs. Eastern Illinois (9/30/17) 51 Jamin Godfrey at Eastern Illinois (11/05/11) 51 8. Jamin Godfrey at Jacksonville State (10/12/13) 50 Lane Clark vs. Eastern Illinois (10/17/15) 50 10. Lane Clark at Eastern Kentucky (10/7/17) 49 Lane Clark vs. Florida A&M (9/16/17) 49 Lane Clark at Southeast Missouri (11/19/16) 49 Career PATs Made 1. Carlos Jones, 1982-84 136 2. Jamin Godfrey, 2010-13 134 3. Larry Watkins, 1978-81 123 4. Eric Benson, 2005-08 118 5. Lane Clark, 2014-Present 109 6. Joey Hudak, 2001-04 105 7. James Matthews, 1971-74 87
Game Notes tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) TSU Record Books Single Game Touchdowns - Passing 1. Shannon Harris vs. Jackson State (11/22/01) 7 2. Michael Hughes vs. Virginia University Lynchburg (11/4/17) 6 Michael German at Murray State (11/22/14) 6 Kenneth Biggles vs. Miss. Valley State (11/13/82) 6 4. Shannon Harris at Eastern Illinois (10/27/01) 5 Leon Murray at UT Martin (10/16/99) 5 Leon Murray vs. Alabama A&M (10/3/98) 5 Stacy Grear at Morgan State (1986) 5 8. Ronald Butler at Southeast Missouri (11/19/16) 4 Ronald Butler at Austin Peay (11/5/16) 4 O Shay Ackerman-Carter vs. Murray State (11/7/15) 4 Michael German at Austin Peay (11/8/14) 4 Michael German vs Eastern Kentucky (11/1/14) 4 Antonio Heffner vs. Eastern Illinois (11/8/08) 4 Kenton Evans vs. Southeast Missouri (11/18/00) 4 Kenton Evans at Murray State (11/11/00) 4 Kenton Evans vs. Jackson State (9/16/00) 4 Tackles in a Career 1. Roderick Reed, 1985-88 406 2. Nick Thrasher, 2011-14 358 3. Randy Fuller, 1990-93 308 4. Rico Council, 2008-11 293 5. Brent Alexander, 1991-93 283 6. Jermaine Beale, 1999-02 271 7. Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2011-14 261 8. Chris Collins, 2014-Present 254 9. Simon Shanks, 1989-90 246 10. Elliot Pilton, 1990-91 210 Most Career Punts 1. Taylor Cisneros, 2007-2010 230 2. Joey Hudak, 2001-04 225 3. Clifford Green, 1993-96 215 4. Colin Godfrey, 1989-1992 213 5. Ashley Johnson, 1997-2000 184 6. Greg Swinney, 1976-79 144 7. Leon Holderhead, 2013-14 138 8. Austin Rowley, 2015-Present 134 9. Thomas Headen, 1979-82 131 Career Interceptions 1. Granville Lyons, 1971-74 19 2. Craig Gilliam, 1966 14 3. Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2011-14 11 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2004-07 11 Roger Robinson, 1983-1984 11 6. Justin Williams, 2002-05 10 Darrell Hinton, 1995-1998 10 8. Terrell Bonds, 2014-Present 9 Steven Godbolt III, 2011-2013 9 Deon Giddens, 2002-2003 9 Roger Holmes, 1985-1987 9 Reese s Senior Bowl Watch * Senior wide receiver Patrick Smith and senior defensive end Ebenezer Ogundeko were named to the 2017-18 Reese s Senior Bowl Watch List * There were a total of 31 FCS players named to the list, including five from the OVC * The Senior Bowl's 2017 Watch List includes more than 400 student athletes who are eligible to play in the 2017 game from nearly every level of college football. These players are looking to fill the 110 roster spots that form the North and South squads for the nation's premier all-star game * The two seniors hope to join Jessamen Dunker (2016), Ezra Robinson (2016), Kadeem Edwards (2014) and Robert Myers (2015) who have all represented the Tigers in the Reese s Senior Bowl * The game will be played on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala. and will be televised on the NFL Network Home Sweet Home * TSU is one of the few teams in the nation that splits games between two home sites * The Tigers used on-campus Hale Stadium from 1953-1998 before moving into Nissan Stadium in 1999 * TSU returned to Hale in 2012 and has gone 7-3 since then. In total, TSU is 180-60-5 at home all-time * The Tigers finished 3-1 at home during the 2016 season (2-0 at Nissan; 1-1 in "the Hole") HBCU Hall of Fame Player of the Year Watch List * The Black College Football Hall of Fame (BCFHOF) announced Patrick Smith and Ebenezer Ogundeko to the 2017 Watch List for the Black College Football Player of the Year Award * The Award is in its second year and is presented to the most outstanding football player from a Historically Black College & University * Former North Carolina A&T and current Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen was the inaugural recipient of the Award in 2016 *Smith and Ogundeko are a part of a list of 50 players representing 27 different Historically Black Colleges and Universities * The winner of the 2017 Player of the Year Award will be honored with the Deacon Jones Trophy during the Black College Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Feb. 10, 2018 in Atlanta * Four finalists will be unveiled on December 12 Valued Experience * The Tigers played 21 freshmen last season providing depth and experience for the current campaign * The offense lists only two seniors as starters, while the defense boasts six senior starters * Freshmen All-Americans Steven Newbold and Chris Rowland lead the way of returning sophomores * The running game is youthful with Earl Harrison, Sabree Curtis and Andrew Knox * Harrison gained 475 yards on 73 carries and crossed the goal line twice * Sabree Curtis, Jr. rushed for 170 yards with two touchdowns and had seven receptions for 68 yards and a touchdown * Knox played in nine games at fullback and rushed for a touchdown and pulled in three receptions for 24 yards * Jamahl Jelks, Lachavious Simmons and Camren Jones saw time on a line for the top scoring team in the OVC * Jelks played in 11 games, starting the last seven * Simmons had a pair of starts at left tackle, also saw time at right tackle; he played in all eleven games * Jones played in multiple games at guard * Michael Perry and Justin Culpepper gained valuable experience in extensive action * Perry played the last seven games after sitting the first four games due to injury * Culpepper registered 12 tackles and one sack * The Tigers defensive backfield was decimated with injuries thrusting true freshmen Larry Wilhoite and Dajour Nesbeth into action, along with redshirt freshman Shakur Jackson Tennessee State University Football * Wilhoite played nine games, seven starts, and had 33 tackles, shared a tackle for loss, a fumble recovery and an interception * Nesbeth registered 14 tackles, 13 solo, while playing in nine games at cornerback * Shakur Jackson had five tackles, a break-up, a pass defended and a QB hurry * Long snapper Thomas Newberg handled the duties for all punts and field goal attempts; He notched two tackles on punt coverage TSU vs. HBCUs * Tennessee State University holds a 397-141-19 record against other HBCUs, good for a.742 winning percentage * Since taking over in 2010, Rod Reed holds a 20-4 against HBCUs for a winning percentage of.833 * TSU s most wins against D-I HBCU opponents are: Florida A&M (29), Jackson State (28) and Southern (27) Sgt. York Trophy Race * The Tigers dropped all three contests in 2017 * Austin Peay claimed the outright bragging rights for 2017 with a eprfect 3-0 record * Tennessee Tech and UT Martin are each 1-1 * In 2016, Tennessee State, UT Martin and Tennessee Tech shared the Sgt. York Trophy. * Tennessee State finished 2-1 with wins over UT Martin and Austin Peay; TTU defeated APSU and lost at UTM * UTM finished 2-1 defeating TTU and APSU * The three-way tie between TSU, TTU and UTM allowed the Skyhawks to retain the trophy * The Skyhawks had won the past two trophies * TSU has the most titles (6) in the nine years of competition * UTM has five titles, TTU has three and APSU has one Where they Stand * The TSU coaching staff will have both coordinators on the field for the third consecutive season * Offensive Coordinator Jeff Parker spent most of the 2015 season in the booth, before moving to field level where he remained for the entire 2016 schedule * Tight ends and Tackles coach Antonio Bradford along with quality control coach Chad Jenkins will be in the booth for the offensive unit * Defensive line coach Nick Davison, cornerbacks coach/special teams coordinator Sidney Powell and player personal assistant Anthony Brown will be in the box for the Tiger defense * Joining Head Coach Rod Reed on the sidelines with Parker and Defensive Coordinator Garry Fisher, will be offensive line coach Russ Ehrenfeld, running backs coach Kevin Mashack, wide receivers coach Chris Chestnut, defensive ends/outside linebackers coach Gerald Chatman and quality control caoch Rico Council * The Director of Strength and Conditioning, T.J. Greenstone will be on the sideline and hold the role of "get back" coach In the Classroom * The Tigers saw 12 former players walk across the stage during the 2016 Spring Commencement * Amonst the dozen football players, Ebenezer "Ebo" Ogundeko and Justin North earned their degrees; the duo are currently in Grad School at TSU to play out their eligibility * Senior linebacker Chris Collins has accumilated a 3.64 Grade Point Average in Mass Communications and was one of four TSU student-athletes to be recognized as a 2017 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar * 11 Tigers earned a place on the OVC Commissioner s Honor Roll; Honorees posted a GPA of 3.25 or better for the 2016-17 academic year * Returners Honored: Lane Clark, Patrick Smith, Chris Collins, LaQuarius Cook, Timerik Cook, Jerquez Hughey, Shakur Jackson, Latrelle Lee * Former Tigers Honored: O'Shay Ackerman-Carter, Ronald Butler and Patrick Hill
Game Notes tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) TSU Single Season Records with Current Players Single Season Passing Yards 1. Brian Ransom, 1981 3,182 10. Joe Adams, 1978 2,328 -- Michael Hughes 1,222 Single Season Touchdowns 1. Joe Adams, 1980 30 8. Leon Murray, 1998 22 Brian Ransom, 1981 22 Kenneth Pettiford, 1972 22 Michael German, 2014 22 -- Michael Hughes 14 Single Season Completions 1. Brian Ransom, 1981 221 10. Todd Valentine, 1996 160 -- Michael Hughes 78 Single Season Attempts 1. Michael German, 2014 397 10. James Wade, 1992 308 -- Michael Hughes 140 Single Season Interceptions 1. Eldridge Dickey, 1965 22 9. Chauncey Hines, 1989 16 Joe Adams, 1978 16 Lonnie Stewart, 1974 16 -- Michael Hughes 4 -- Treon Harris 2 Single Season Completion Percentage 1. Kenneth Biggles, 1984 60.9 2. Leon Murray, 1999 60.3 3. Joe Adams, 1980 60.0 Michael German, 2012 60.0 Michael German, 2013 60.0 6. Antonio Heffner, 2008 59.8 7. Brian Ransom, 1981 59.1 8. Ronald Butler, 2013 58.7 9. Ronald Butler, 2016 57.8 10. Daryl Williams, 1993 57.4 -- Michael Hughes 55.7 Single Season Rushing Yards 1. Charles Anthony 2004 1,739 10. Charles Anthony, 2002 882 -- Seth Rowland 413 Single Season Attempts 1. Charles Anthony, 2003 322 10. Trabis Ward, 2011 193 -- Seth Rowland 89 Single Season Receiving Yards 1. Golden Tate, 1983 1,307 7. Patrick Smith, 2015 996 9. Patrick Smith, 2016 966 10. Mike Jones, 1980 934 -- Steven Newbold 627 -- Patrick Smith 606 Single Season Receptions 1. Tyrone Butterfield, 1998 72 Juan Hall, 1996 72 7. Patrick Smith, 2016 61 10. Weldon Garlington, 2014 58 -- Patrick Smith 38 Single Season Points 1. Alfred Reese, 1972 112 Alfred Reese, 1970 112 9. Mike Jones, 1982 90 Trabis Ward, 2012 90 -- Lane Clark 65 -- Patrick Smith 54 Single Season FG Attempts 1. Jamin Godfrey, 2013 29 2. Lane Clark, 2016 25 3. Jamin Godfrey, 2011 24 Seth Goodowens, 1999 24 -- Lane Clark 21 Single Season FG s Made 1. Jamin Godfrey, 2013 18 2. Lane Clark, 2016 17 3. Jamin Godfrey, 2012 16 Jamin Godfrey, 2011 16 5. Eric Benson, 2008 14 -- Lane Clark 13 Most Punts in a Season 1. Terence Harris, 1987 80 9. Clifford Green, 1994 59 Joey Hudak, 2003 59 -- Austin Rowley 44 Interceptions in a Season 1. Craig Gilliam, 1966 14 9. De Ante Saunders, 2014 5 Justin Williams, 2005 5 Deon Giddens, 2002 5 Darrell Hinton, 1996 5 Randy Fuller, 1990 5 -- Terrell Bonds 3 Tackles in a Season 1. Rod Reed, 1987 197 10. Jermaine Beal, 2002 110 Lee Smith Jr., 1987 110 Nick Thrasher, 2013 110 -- Chris Collins 84 Solo Tackles in a Season 1. Elliot Pilton, 1991 119 10. Rod Reed, 1988 69 Nick Thrasher 2013 69 -- Chris Collins 49 Tackles For Loss in a Season 1. Jermaine Beale, 2001 21.0 Lamar Carter, 1996 21.0 8. Shaun Richardson, 2007 14.5 Brent Sterling, 1999 14.5 Anthony Bass, 2013 14.5 -- Chris Collins 11.0 Sacks in a Season 1. Joe Turkey Jones, 1968 19.0 10. Alex Carter, 1984 10.0 -- Ebenezer Ogundeko 4.0 Passing Offense Fewest Interceptions: 4 (2013) 6 (2017) Passing Defense Fewest Yds Per Completion: 10.74 (1970) 9.8 (2017) Most TDs on Interceptions: 5 (1971, 1986) 4 (2017) Highest Completion Percentage: 59.5% (2016) 55.7% (2017) First Downs - Defense (Since 1971) Fewest Rushing First Downs: 60 (1984) 58 (2017) Fumbles (Since 1977) Fewest Fumbles Recovered: 9, 3x (Last 2016) 6 (2017) #BigBlueRising Longest Interception Returns 1. Dave Coleman vs. Grambling State (11/6/79) 97 2. Ezra Robinson vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/15/16) 93 Garr Holland (1999) 93 4. Sidney Tarver, Tennessee Tech (10/13/09) 89 Danny Taylor at Grambling State (10/11/86) 89 6. Ahmed Safeullah vs. Prairie View A&M (9/7/02) 85 7. Marquez Hall, Eastern Illinois, (10/27/07) 78 8. Ezra Robinson at Jacksonville State (9/19/16) 72 9. LaQuarius Cook vs. Jackson State (9/9/17) 71 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Murray State, (11/03/07) 71 De Ante Saunders vs. Jackson State (9/14/2013) 71 Interception Return Yards - Game 1. Justin Williams, Eastern Kentucky, (11/19/05) 98 2. Dave Coleman vs. Grambling State (11/6/79) 97 3. James Johnson vs. Alabama A&M (9/15/73) 95 Fay Mitchell vs. Prairie View State (10/56) 95 5. Ezra Robinson vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/15/16) 94 6. Garr Holland (1999) 93 7. Sidney Tarver, Tennessee Tech (10/13/09) 89 Danny Taylor at Grambling State (10/11/86) 89 9. Ahmed Safeullah vs. Prairie View A&M (9/7/02) 85 10. Vincent Sellers at Eastern Kentucky (10/7/17) 78 Marquez Hall, Eastern Illinois, (10/27/07) 78 Career Interception Return Yards 1. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2004-07 281 2. Justin Williams, 2002-05 250 3. Ezra Robinson, 2014-16 221 4. Roger Robinson, 1984 176 5. Terrell Bonds, 2014-Present 174 6. Ahmed Safeullah, 2002-03 145 7. Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2011-14 140 8. Mark McCutcheon, 1990 139 9. Brent Alexander, 1993 121 TSU in the Weekly Rankings STATS Coaches Rank Pts Rank Pts Preseason RV (35) 102 RV (33) 26 Wk 1 - Sept. 4 23 406 24 81 Wk 2 - Sept. 11 22 634 24 93 Wk 3 - Sept. 18 20 1,026 20 166 Wk 4 - Sept. 25 24 355 24 59 Wk 5 - Oct. 2 RV (35) 46 RV (29) 19 Wk 6 - Oct. 9 RV (32) 74 RV (29) 15 Wk 7 - Oct. 16 -- -- -- -- Wk 8 - Oct. 23 -- -- -- -- Wk 9 - Oct. 30 -- -- -- -- Wk 10 - Nov. 6 -- -- -- -- Wk 11 - Nov. 13 -- -- -- -- Wk 12 - Nov. 20
Game Notes tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) 2017 Senior Class 1 - Ebo Ogundeko - Brooklyn, N.Y. Graduated - Spring, 2017 Criminal Justice Graduate Courses - Sports Administration 2 - Patrick Smith - Memphis, Tenn. Graduation Date: Fall, 2017 Human Performances & Sports Sciences 5 - Terrell Bonds - Miami, Fla. Graduation Date: Spring, 2018 Arts & Sciences 19 - Justin North - Orlando, Fla. Graduation Date: Spring, 2017 Business Administration Graduate Courses - Sports Administration 32 - Chris Collins - Fairburn, Ga. Graduation Date: Fall, 2017 Communications 39 - Terence Harris II - Nashville, Tenn. Graduation Date: Fall, 2017 Arts & Sciences 41 - Lane Clark - Hays, Kan. Graduation Date: Spring, 2017 Biology/Pre-Med 50 - Joe Johnson - Nashville, Tenn. Graduation Date: Spring, 2018 Economics & Finance 65 - Ty Allen - Warner Robbins, Ga. Graduation Date: Summer, 2018 Arts & Sciences 76 - Terrence Summers - Springfield, Tenn. Graduation Date: Fall, 2017 Arts & Sciences 92 - Jason Morrow - Nashville, Tenn. Graduation Date: Fall, 2017 Arts & Sciences Merritt Selected as 2017 AFCA Trailblazer Award Winner * John Merritt was named the American Football Coaches Association s recipient of the 2017 Trailblazer Award * The award will be presented, posthumously, at the AFCA Honors Luncheon on Monday, January 8, at the 2018 AFCA Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina * The AFCA Trailblazer Award was created to honor early leaders in the football coaching profession who coached at historically black colleges and universities * Past Trailblazer Award winners include Charles Williams of Hampton (2004), Cleve Abbott of Tuskegee (2005), Arnett Mumford of Southern (2006), Billy Nicks of Prairie View A&M (2007), Alonzo Jake Gaither of Florida A&M (2008), Fred Pops Long of Wiley (2009), Harry R. Big Jeff Jefferson of Bluefield State (2010), Edward P. Hurt of Morgan State (2011), Vernon Skip McCain of Maryland-Eastern Shore (2012), Marino Casem of Alcorn State (2013), Gideon Smith of Hampton (2014), Eddie Robinson of Grambling State (2015) and Oree Banks of South Carolina State and West Virginia State (2016). * In his 10 years, Merritt led the JSU Tigers to an overall record of 60-33-4 and back-to-back appearances in the Orange Blossom Classic in 1961 and 1962 * In 1963, Merritt took the reigns at Tennessee State * He guided the Big Blue to an overall 172-33-7 record, including six Black College national championships and five undefeated seasons * Merritt s teams claimed three wins and a tie in the Grantland Rice Bowl, and a victory in the Pioneer Bowl * The Big Blue never had a losing season under Merritt s watch * At Tennessee State, Merritt had 84 players drafted into the National Football League, including seven first round picks * Top among those were two first-round picks in 1974, Ed Too Tall Jones (No. 1 overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys) and Waymond Bryant (No. 4 overall pick by the Chicago Bears) * In 1968, Merritt had two first-round picks in Claude Humphrey (No. 3 overall by the Atlanta Falcons) and Eldridge Dickey (No. 25 overall by the Oakland Raiders) * Merritt was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame in 1994 and earned the 1995 AFCA Amos Alonzo Stagg Award * He is also a member of the Tennessee State University Sports Hall of Fame and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame * In 1982, the city of Nashville named old Centennial Tennessee State University Football Boulevard between 28th and 44th Avenues John A. Merritt Boulevard in his honor * TSU started the John Merritt Classic in 1999, an annual football game that honors the late coach and helps raise funds for scholarships and related needs for TSU students * Merritt earned Louisville Defender All-American and All-Midwestern Conference honors as an offensive guard at Kentucky State, where he earned the nickname, Big John. * After graduating Kentucky State in 1950, he earned his Master s degree from the University of Kentucky in 1952 * Merritt began his coaching career in 1953 as the head coach at Jackson State Tigers in the Pros * Tennessee State continues to produce players on the next level as 12 athletes are in uniform in 2017 * Seven former Tigers spent time with NFL teams in 2017: - Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, CB (NYG) - 10 year pro; 4th season with NYG - Anthony Levine, S (Baltimore) - In his 6th season with the Ravens - Kadeem Edwards, OL (Dallas) - Picked up by the Cowboys late in 2016 - Jessamen Dunker, OL (New York Giants) First season with the Giants - Robert Myers, OL (Seattle) In his 3rd season in the NFL - Demetrius Rhaney, OL (Jacksonville) Spent two seasons with the Rams before being traded in the offseason to the Jaguars - Ezra Robinson, CB (Jacksonville) In his first season with the Jaguars * One former athlete is in the Canadian Football League: - A.C. Leonard (Saskatchewan) * One Tiger is overseas in the German Football League: - Anthony Bass (Kiel) * TSU had three in the Arena Football League this season: - Cornelius Lewis (Jacksonville) - Devin Wilson (Cleveland) - Joe Hills (Tampa Bay) * Hills was named the 2017 AFL Wide Receiver of the Year * The wide out was named 2016 Arena Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award
Game Notes tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) #BigBlueRising
Coaches tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Rod Reed Head Coach 8th Season Overall Record: 43-37 OVC Record: 22-30 Rod Reed enters his eighth season at the helm of the Tennessee State football program after being named head coach on December 18, 2009. 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 Reed s tutelage in linebacker Rico Council and Joseph Wylie. He also helped Lamar Divens and Sidney Tarver ink NFL contracts. The 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 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 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. In 2014, 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. After breaking a streak of three consecutive non-losing seasons in 2015, the Tigers bounced back to finish 7-4 in 2016. TSU reemerged as one of the top teams in the OVC under Reed with nine all-conference players and six All-Americans. The offense led the OVC in points scored and finished second in total offense. Cornerback Ezra Robinson and offensive lineman Jessamen Dunker both earned First Team All-OVC selections, All-American status and were invited to play in the Reese s Senior Bowl. The duo also participated in the NFL combine and signed free agent contracts. Reed has coached a total of 28 All-Americans and 62 All-OVC Players in his seven seasons as a head coach and has staked a 43-37 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, Jamar 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, 92-95), 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. THE ROD REED FILE Tennessee State (13 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 (Four Years) Linebackers Coach... 1992-1995 Prairie View A&M (One Year) Linebackers Coach... 1991 Tennessee State Year-by-Year Results Year Overall Pct. OVC Pct. 2017 6-4.600 2-4.333 2016 7-4.636 4-3.500 2015 4-6.400 1-6.143 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 49-41.544 24-34.414 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 Ast.Coach 36-43.456 25-26.490 TSU Total 85-84.503 49-60.450 Jeff Parker Asst. Head Coach Off. Coord./QBs FIELD Russ Ehrenfeld Offensive Line FIELD Kevin Mashack Running Backs FIELD Chris Chestnut Wide Receivers FIELD Antonio Bradford Tight Ends BOOTH Garry Fisher Defensive Coord./ Safeties FIELD Gerald Chatman Defensive Ends/ Outside LBs FIELD Nick Davison Defensive Ends BOOTH Sidney Powell Special Tms Coord./ Cornerbacks BOOTH Tennessee State University Football
The NFL and The Legends tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie Anthony Levine Kadeem Edwards Cornerback New York Giants 10th NFL Year in 2017 2-time NFL Pro Bowler ( 09, 15) 2008 1st Round NFL Draft Pick Has played for Arizona, Philadelphia, Denver and New York Giants Seasons at TSU: 2003-07 Defensive Back Baltimore Ravens 8th NFL Year in 2017 2-time NFL Superbowl Champion (XLV - 45 & XLVII - 47) 2010 Undrafted Free Agent Has played for Green Bay and Baltimore Seasons at TSU: 2006-09 Offensive Lineman Dallas Cowboys 4th NFL Year in 2017 2014 5th Round NFL Draft Pick Has played for Tampa Bay, Jacksonville and Dallas Seasons at TSU: 2010-13 Demetrius Rhaney Robert Myers Jessamen Dunker Offensive Lineman Jacksonville Jaguars 4th NFL Year in 2017 2014 7th Round NFL Draft Pick Has played for St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville Seasons at TSU: 2012-13 Offensive Lineman Seattle Seahawks 3rd NFL Year in 2017 Super Bowl 50 Champion (with Denver) 2015 5th Round NFL Draft Pick Has played for Baltimore, Indianapolis, Denver and Seattle Seasons at TSU: 2011-14 Offensive Lineman New York Giants 1st NFL Year in 2017 2017 Undrafted Free Agent Seasons at TSU: 2013-16 Richard Dent - RETIRED Claude Humphrey - RETIRED Ed Too Tall Jones - RETIRED Defensive End 15 Years in the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011 1983 8th Round NFL Draft Pick Played for Chicago, San Francisco, Indianapolis and Philadelphia 2-time Super Bowl Champion (XX, XXIX); 4-time Pro Bowler Seasons at TSU: 1979-82 Defensive End 14 Years in the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2014 1968 1st Round NFL Draft Pick (3rd Overall) Played for Atlanta and Philadelphia 6-time Pro Bowler; Atlant Falcons Ring of Honor Seasons at TSU: 1964-67 #BigBlueRising Defensive End 16 Years in the NFL 1974 1st Round NFL Draft Pick (1st Overall) Played entire career for Dallas Super Bowl Champion (XII-12) 3-time Pro Bowler Seasons at TSU: 1970-74
Sgt. York Trophy tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) 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 2 nd battalion, 328 th 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 Team Points: 61 - UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (10/8/11) Total Offensive Yards: 644 - Austin Peay vs. Tennessee State (11/5/16) First Downs: 36 - Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State (10/15/11) Rushing Yards: 377 - Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) Rushing Attempts: 63 - Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay (9/15/07) Rushing Touchdowns: 5 - Tennessee Tech vs. Austin Peay (11/19/11) Passing Yards: 387 - UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (10/8/11) Passing Attempts: 58 - Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State (10/15/11) Passing Touchdowns: 6 - UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (10/8/11) Completions: 34 - Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State (10/15/11) Interceptions: 3 - Done Seven Times INT Return Yards: 92 - Tennessee State vs. Tennessee Tech (10/31/09) Fumbles Lost: Fumble Recoveries: SGT. YORK GAME RECORDS 3 - Done Five Times 3 - Done Five Times Sacks: 8 - UT Martin vs. Tennessee Tech (10/3/15) Turnovers Committed: 5 - Done Three Times Penalites: 15 - Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) Penalty Yards: 164 - UT Martin vs. Tennessee Tech (10/10/09) Tennessee State University Football 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 2015 - UT Martin 2016 - UT Martin*, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech *Took home the trophy due to winning the tiebreaker 2016 Sept. 10 Tennessee Tech 41, @ Austin Peay 7 Sept. 24 @ UT Martin 44, Tennessee Tech 23 Oct. 1 @ Tennessee State 34, UT Martin 30 Oct. 8 @ UT Martin 45, Austin Peay 31 Nov. 5 Tennessee State 41, @ Austin Peay 40 Nov. 12 Tennessee Tech 44, @Tennessee State 16 2017 Sept. 23 @ UT Martin 31, Tennessee State 16 Sept. 30 @ Austin Peay 7, UT Martin 0 Oct. 14 Austin Peay 21, @ Tennessee State 17 Oct. 28 @ Tennessee Tech 30, Tennessee State 26 Nov. 4 Austin Peay 35, @ Tennessee Tech 28 Nov. 18 UT Martin at Tennessee Tech 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. Individual Rushing Yards: 195 - Javarris Williams, TSU vs. APSU (10/18/08) Rushing Attempts: 35 - Don Chapman, UTM vs. TSU (11/17/07) Rushing Touchdowns: 4 - Javarris Williams, TSU vs. UTM (11/17/07) Longest Rush: 84 - Ronald Butler, TSU vs. APSU (11/5/16) Passing Yards: 387 - Derek Carr, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/11) Passing Attempts: 58 - Tre Lamb, TTU vs. TSU (10/15/11) Completions: 34 - Tre Lamb, TTU vs. TSU (10/15/11) Passing Touchdowns: 6 - Derek Carr, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/11) Longest Pass: 84 - Jeremy Perry, TSU vs. TTU (10/23/10) Most Interceptions: 3 - Done Three Times Receiving Yards: 198 - Ben Axline, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/16) Receptions: 11 - Quentin Sims, UTM vs. TSU (11/12/11) Receiving Touchdowns: 3 - Done Two Times Longest Reception: 84 - Calvin McNairl, TSU vs. TTU (10/23/10) Field Goals Made: 4 - Done Three Times Longest Field Goal: 57 - Lane Clark, TSU vs. UTM (10/1/16) 57 - Nick Madonia, TTU vs. TSU (11/12/16) Punts: 10 - Jonathan King, TTU vs. UTM (10/3/15) Longest Punt: 66 - Devin Stuart, APSU vs. TTU (9/10/16) Punt Return Yards: 107 - CJ Estelle, UTM vs. APSU (11/6/10) Longest Punt Return: 76 - CJ Estelle, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/11) Kick Return Yards: 243 - Terrence Holt, APSU vs. UTM (11/21/09) Longest Kick Return: 100 - Weldon Garlington, TSU vs. APSU (10/1/11) All-Purpose Yards: 312 - Terrence Holt, APSU vs. UTM (11/21/09) Interceptions: 2 - Done Six Times Tackles: 20 - Corey Reed, TTU vs. UTM (10/16/08) Sacks: 2.5 - Antonio Harper, TSU vs. TTU (10/15/11) 2.5 - Jaison Williams, APSU vs. UTM (9/30/17)
Ohio Valley Conference/Polls tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) 2017 OVC Standings OVC Pct Home Away Overall Pct Home Away Neut Streak 2017 OVC Predicted Order #2 Jacksonville State 7-0 1.000 3-0 4-0 9-1.900 4-0 4-1 1-0 W8 Austin Peay 6-1.857 2-1 4-0 7-4.636 3-1 4-3 0-0 W2 Eastern Illinois 5-2.714 3-1 2-1 6-4.600 3-2 3-2 0-0 W1 UT Martin 3-4.429 2-2 1-2 5-5.500 3-1 2-4 0-0 L1 Eastern Kentucky 3-5.375 2-2 1-3 3-7.300 2-1 1-6 0-0 L2 Tennessee State 2-4.333 1-2 1-2 6-4.600 2-2 1-3 2-0 W2 Murray State 2-4.333 1-3 1-1 3-7.300 2-4 1-3 0-0 W1 Southeast Missouri 2-5.286 2-1 0-4 2-8.200 2-2 0-6 0-0 L4 Tennessee Tech 1-6.143 1-2 0-4 1-9.100 1-3 0-6 0-0 L2 This Week's OVC Schedule Thursday, November 16 *Tennessee State at #2 Jacksonville State (ESPN3) 6:00 p.m. Saturday, November 25 NCAA FCS Playoffs Saturday, November 18 Saint Francis at Eastern Kentucky 12:00 p.m. *Murray State at Southeast Missouri 1:00 p.m. *UT Martin at Tennessee Tech 1:30 p.m. *Eastern Illinois at Austin Peay 4:00 p.m. 2017 adidas PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE Sept. 3 Roc Thomas, RB - Jacksonville State Sept. 10 Ladarius Galloway, RB - UT Martin Sept. 17 JaVaughn Craig, QB - Austin Peay Troy Cook, QB - UT Martin Sept. 24 Roc Thomas, RB - Jacksonville State Ladarius Galloway, RB - UT Martin Oct. 1 Scotty Gilkey, QB - Eastern Illinois Oct. 8 Roc Thomas, RB - Jacksonville State Oct. 15 Isaiah Johnson, RB - Eastern Illinois Oct. 22 Kentel Williams, RB - Austin Peay Oct. 29 Roc Thomas, RB - Jacksonville State Nov. 5 Roc Thomas, RB - Jacksonville State Nov. 12 Jeremiah Oatsvall, QB - Austin Peay Nov. 19 Next Week's OVC Schedule DEFENSIVE Sept. 4 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Chris Collins, LB - Tennessee State Jonathan Hagler, LB - Jacksonville State Jeffrey Canady, LB - Eastern Kentucky Anthony Brown, DL - UT Martin Kobie Grace, S - Eastern Kentucky Jaison Williams, DE - Austin Peay Nick Horne, LB - Eastern Illinois Vincent Sellers, S - Tennessee State Darius Jackson, DE - Jacksonville State Corey Glass, LB - Eastern Kentucky Aderick Moore, LB - Tennessee Tech Bradley Dewberry, S - Eastern Illinois Darius Jackson, DE - Jacksonville State First Round 1. Jacksonville State (16) 128 2. UT Martin (2) 107 3. Tennessee State 96 4. Eastern Illinois 81 5. Eastern Kentucky 68 6. Tennessee Tech 64 7. Southeast Missouri 42 8. Murray State 41 9. Austin Peay 21 STATS Top 25 No. Team Record Pts. LW 1 James Madison (163) 10-0 4075 1 2 Jacksonville State 9-1 3840 2 3 Central Arkansas 9-1 3700 3 4 North Dakota State 9-1 3510 5 5 Sam Houston State 9-1 3451 4 6 South Dakota State 8-2 3331 6 7 Wofford 9-1 3043 8 8 North Carolina A&T 10-0 2829 9 9 Western Illinois 7-3 2417 11 10 Stony Brook 8-2 2263 12 11 Elon 8-2 2197 7 12 Weber State 8-2 2096 14 13 Grambling State 9-1 1942 13 14 Southern Utah 8-2 1823 15 15 South Dakota 7-3 1769 10 16 New Hampshire 7-3 1667 18 17 Samford 7-3 1598 16 18 Eastern Washington 6-4 1049 19 19 McNeese 8-2 967 20 20 Furman 7-3 954 21 21 Illinois State 6-4 798 17 22 Kennesaw State 9-1 787 23 23 Northern Arizona 7-3 717 24 24 UNI 6-4 515 25 25 Nicholls 8-2 485 NR SPECIALIST Sept. 4 Keith Wrzuszczak, P - Eastern Kentucky Gabriel Vincente, K - Murray State Sept. 10 Patrick Smith, WR/PR - Tennessee State Sept. 17 Lane Clark, K - Tennessee State Nick Madonia, K/P - Tennessee Tech Sept. 24 Keith Wrzuszczak, P - Eastern Kentucky Oct. 1 Lane Clark, K - Tennessee State Oct. 8 De'Marcus Flowers, RS - UT Martin Gabriel Vincente, K - Murray State Oct. 15 Jake Reynolds, P - Southeast Missouri Oct. 22 Keith Wrzuszczak, P - Eastern Kentucky Peyton Logan, RS - UT Martin Oct. 29 Kyran Moore, RS/WR - Austin Peay Cade Stinnett, K - Jacksonville State Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Matt Severino, K - Eastern Illinois Lane Clark, K - Tennessee State Dean Kelly, P - Jacksonville State BOXTOROW Coaches Poll 1. North Carolina A&T (18) 10-0 198 1 2. Grambling (2) 9-1 182 2 3. Alcorn State 7-3 148 4 4. Southern 7-3 130 5 5. Howard 7-3 120 6 6. Bethune-Cookman 6-4 92 7 7. North Carolina Central 7-3 89 3 8. Tennessee State 6-4 64 8 9. Prairie View A&M 4-5 40 10 10. Hampton 5-5 24 9 Others: Alabama State (3-6) 2, Florida A&M (3-7) 1, South Carolina State (3-5) 1 NEWCOMER Sept. 4 Vincent Sellers, S - Tennessee State Sept. 10 Ladarius Galloway, RB - UT Martin Sept. 17 Treon Harris, QB - Tennessee State Sept. 24 Ladarius Galloway, RB - UT Martin Oct. 1 Scotty Gilkey, QB - Eastern Illinois Marquis Terry, RB - Southeast Missouri Oct. 8 Vincent Sellers, S - Tennessee State Oct. 15 Isaiah Johnson, RB - Eastern Illinois Oct. 22 Jeremiah Oatsvall, QB - Austin Peay Oct. 29 Jeremiah Oatsvall, QB - Austin Peay Tim Boyle, QB - Eastern Kentucky Nov. 5 Scotty Gilkey, QB - Eastern Illinois Dresser Winn, QB - UT Martin Nov. 12 Jeremiah Oatsvall, QB - Austin Peay Nov. 19 BOXTOROW Media Poll 1. North Carolina A&T (15) 10-0 159 1 2. Grambling (1) 9-1 144 2 3. Virginia State 10-0 124 3 4. Alcorn State 7-3 94 6 5. Bowie State 9-1 89 5 6. Southern 7-3 73 7 7. Howard 7-3 60 8 8. North Carolina Central 7-3 54 4 9. Tuskegee 9-2 40 9 10. Langston 10-0 26 10 Others: Bethune-Cookman (6-4) 9, Hampton (5-5) 4, Tennessee State (6-4) 3 #BigBlueRising Others: Monmouth (366), Delaware (225), Montana (215), Yale (89), Richmond (83), Western Carolina (70), Austin Peay (46), Columbia (18), North Carolina Central (16), Sacramento State (7), Youngstown State (6), Howard (5), Central Connecticut State (3), Dartmouth (2), San Diego (1) FCS Coaches Top 25 No. Team Record Pts. LW 1 James Madison (26) 10-0 650 1 2 Jacksonville State 9-1 618 2 3 Central Arkansas 9-1 572 3 4 Sam Houston State 9-1 558 4 5 South Dakota State 8-2 544 5 6 North Dakota State 9-1 535 6 T-7 North Carolina A&T 10-0 473 7 T-7 Wofford 9-1 473 8 9 Weber State 8-2 397 12 10 Western Illinois 7-3 387 13 11 Grambling State 9-1 385 11 12 Stony Brook 8-2 318 15 13 Samford 7-3 312 14 14 New Hampshire 8-2 307 16 15 Elon 8-2 269 9 16 South Dakota 7-3 257 10 17 Nicholls 8-2 217 17 18 Southern Utah 8-2 213 19 19 McNeese 8-2 199 18 20 Eastern Washington 6-4 138 21 21 Kennesaw State 9-1 136 23 22 Monmouth 9-1 135 22 23 Northern Arizona 7-3 77 24 24 Furman 7-3 73 RV 25 Illinois State 6-4 67 20 Others: Northern Iowa (60), Montana (25), Richmond (15), Delaware (15), Yale (11), Western Carolina (7), Austin Peay (5), Central Connecticut (1), San Diego (1).
Starters/Leaders/Captains tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game-by-Game Starters OFFENSE QB RB WR WR WR/FB TE/WR LT LG C RG RT at Georgia State Harris Curtis Smith Newbold Johnson Medley Morris Jelks Allen Simmons Brooks vs Jackson State Harris Curtis Smith Newbold Killings Medley Okeke Jelks Allen Simmons Brooks vs Florida A&M Harris Curtis Smith Johnson C. Rowland Medley Okeke Jelks Allen Simmons Brooks at UT Martin Harris Curtis Smith Newbold Knox Medley Okeke Jelks Allen Simmons Brooks Eastern Illinois Harris Curtis Johnson Newbold C. Rowland Rhodes Okeke Jelks Burton Allen Brooks at Eastern Kentucky Hughes Knox Smith Newbold C. Rowland Medley Okeke Jelks Burton Allen Brooks Austin Peay Hughes Knox Smith Newbold C. Rowland Medley Okeke Jelks Burton Allen Morris at Tennessee Tech Hughes S. Rowland Smith Newbold Knox Cavitt Okeke Simmons Burton Allen Brooks Virginia-Lynchburg Hughes S. Rowland Smith Newbold C. Rowland Rhodes Okeke Jelks Burton Allen Morris Southeast Missouri Hughes Knox Smith Newbold Rhodes Cavitt Okeke Jelks Burton Allen Brooks at Jacksonville State DEFENSE DE DT NT DE SLB MLB WLB CB FS SS CB at Georgia State Ogundeko Morrow Summers Porter Edwards Collins North Bonds Cook Sellers Nesbeth vs Jackson State Ogundeko Morrow Summers Porter Edwards Collins North Armstrong Cook Sellers Nesbeth vs Florida A&M Ogundeko Morrow Summers Porter Edwards Collins North Armstrong Cook Sellers Nesbeth at UT Martin Lee Morrow Summers Porter Edwards Collins North Bonds Cook Jackson Nesbeth Eastern Illinois Lee Morrow Summers Porter Edwards Collins North Bonds Cook Sellers Nesbeth at Eastern Kentucky Ogundeko Morrow Summers Maddox Edwards Collins North Bonds Cook Sellers Nesbeth Austin Peay Ogundeko Morrow Summers Maddox Edwards Collins North Bonds Cook Sellers Nesbeth at Tennessee Tech Ogundeko Morrow Summers Maddox Edwards Collins North Bonds Cook Sellers Nesbeth Virginia-Lynchburg Ogundeko Morrow Summers Maddox Edwards Collins North Bonds Cook Sellers Nesbeth Southeast Missouri Ogundeko Morrow Summers Maddox Edwards Collins North Bonds Cook Sellers Nesbeth at Jacksonville State SPECIAL TEAMS KO PK P H PR KR KR LS SS at Georgia State Weiss Clark Rowley Rowley Smith Simpkins -- Newberg Newberg vs Jackson State Weiss Clark Rowley Rowley Smith C. Rowland DV. Johnson Newberg Newberg vs Florida A&M Weiss Clark Rowley Rowley Smith C. Rowland -- Newberg Newberg at UT Martin Clark Clark Rowley Rowley Smith C. Rowland DV. Johnson Newberg Newberg Eastern Illinois Clark Clark Rowley Rowley Smith C. Rowland -- Newberg Newberg at Eastern Kentucky Clark Clark Rowley Rowley Smith C. Rowland DV. Johnson Newberg Newberg Austin Peay Weiss Weiss Rowley Rowley Smith C. Rowland DV. Johnson Newberg Newberg at Tennessee Tech Weiss Clark Rowley Rowley Smith C. Rowland DV. Johnson Newberg Newberg Virginia-Lynchburg Weiss Clark Rowley Rowley C. Rowland C. Rowland Curtis Newberg Newberg Southeast Missouri Clark Clark Rowley Rowley Sellers Smith Newbold Newberg Newberg at Jacksonville State Game-by-Game Leaders Opponent Passing Attempts Rushing Yards Receptions Receiving Yards Touchdowns Tackles Sacks at Georgia State Harris (145) Harris (11) Harris (91) Smith (6) Smith (70) Harris, S. Rowland (1) Collins (12) Collins, Morrow, Armstrong (1.0) vs Jackson State Harris (78) Harris (11) Harris (91) Smith (3) Smith (46) Harris, Smith (1) Edwards (12) Ogundeko (2.0) vs Florida A&M Harris (211) Harris (18) Curtis (80) Newbold, Smith (5) Newbold (117) Newbold, S.Rowland, Smith (1) Collins (7) -- at UT Martin Harris (118) Harris (18) S. Rowland (66) Smith (5) Smith (63) Harris, DV. Johnson (1) North (11) Morrow, Maddox (0.5) Eastern Illinois Harris (119) S. Rowland (12) Harris (67) DV. Johnson (5) Smith (60) Harrison (1) Summers, Collins (10) -- at Eastern Kentucky Hughes (106) Knox (12) S. Rowland (73) Smith, Newbold (4) Smith (48) Smith, Newbold, Hughes (1) Edwards, Sellers (8) Edwards (1.0) Austin Peay Hughes (148) Knox (12) Knox (42) DV. Johnson (4) DV. Johnson (91) Newberg, DV. Johnson (1) Collins (12) Team (1.0) at Tennessee Tech Hughes (331) S. Rowland (15) S. Rowland (62) Smith, Newbold (7) Smith (152) Smith (3) Cook (9) Ogundeko (1.0) Virginia-Lynchburg Hughes (262) Granger (17) Curtis (53) Smith (4) Smith (118) Smith (3) Ogundeko (5) Five Players (1.0) Southeast Missouri Hughes (196) Knox, Hughes (12) Curtis (72) Newbold (5) Newbold (153) Medley, Harris (1) Cook, Collins (9) North (1) at Jacksonville State Captains Opponent at Georgia State Chris Collins Patrick Smith Lane Clark Ebo Ogundeko vs Jackson State Chris Collins Patrick Smith Lane Clark Ebo Ogundeko vs Florida A&M Chris Collins Patrick Smith Lane Clark Ebo Ogundeko at UT Martin Chris Collins Patrick Smith Lane Clark Ebo Ogundeko Eastern Illinois Chris Collins Patrick Smith Lane Clark Ebo Ogundeko at Eastern Kentucky Chris Collins Patrick Smith Lane Clark Ebo Ogundeko Austin Peay Chris Collins Patrick Smith Lane Clark Ebo Ogundeko at Tennessee Tech Chris Collins Patrick Smith Lane Clark Ebo Ogundeko Virginia-Lynchburg Chris Collins Patrick Smith Lane Clark Ebo Ogundeko Southeast Missouri Chris Collins Patrick Smith Lane Clark Ebo Ogundeko at Jacksonville State Scoring 1 2 3 4 OT Total Tennessee State 56 78 45 76 6 264 Opponents 53 32 42 51 9 177 TSU High vs Virginia University Lynchburg 21 vs Virginia University Lynchburg 17 vs Virginia University Lynchburg 10 at Eastern Kentucky 28 Opponent High at UT Martin 17 2x, at Tennessee Tech 7 at Eastern Kentucky 14 5x, Southeast Missouri 7 Tennessee State University Football
Depth Chart tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) OFFENSE LT 75 Chidi Okeke 6-6 315 So. Anambra, Nigeria 71 Christian Morris 6-6 320 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. LG 72 Camren Jones 6-4 315 R-So. Memphis, Tenn. 73 Jamahl Jelks 6-5 305 So. Gadsden, Ala. C 64 Thomas Burton 6-2 305 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 65 Ty Allen 6-3 290 Sr. Warner Robbins, Ga. RG 60 Lachavious Simmons 6-5 289 R-So. Selma, Ala. 65 Ty Allen 6-3 290 Sr. Warner Robbins, Ga. RT 67 Justin Brooks 6-5 270 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 71 Christian Morris 6-6 320 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. TE 8 Mahlon Medley 6-3 225 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. 82 Aaron Cauthen 6-5 235 R-Fr. Douglasville, Ga. WR 1 Steven Newbold 5-11 170 So. Carol City, Fla. 11 Mazio Rhodes 6-0 180 R-Jr. Nashville, Tenn. WR 2 Patrick Smith 6-0 190 R-Sr. Memphis, Tenn. 3 Chris Rowland 5-8 170 So. Nolensville, Tenn. FB 38 Andrew Knox 5-11 250 Sr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 39 Terence Harris II 6-1 242 R-Sr. Nashville, Tenn. RB 33 Seth Rowland 5-6 185 So. Nolensville, Tenn. 4 Sabree Curtis 5-10 175 So. Fairburn, Ga. QB 12 Michael Hughes 6-2 230 R-So. Nashville, Tenn. 5 Treon Harris 5-11 195 R-Jr. Miami, Fla. DEFENSE DE 1 Ebenezer Ogundeko 6-3 255 R-Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y. 81 Justin Hurston 6-4 240 R-Fr. Stockbridge, Ga. DT 92 Jason Morrow 6-2 285 R-Sr. Nashville, Tenn. 97 Justin Culpepper 6-1 255 So. Lakeland, Fla. NT 76 Terrence Summers 6-2 310 R-Sr. Springfield, Tenn. 94 Jeremy Patterson 6-3 350 R-Jr. Screven, Ga. DE 91 Marvin Maddox 6-3 245 R-Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. 45 Dell Porter 6-1 250 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. SB 30 Blair Edwards 6-1 195 Jr. Gadsden, Ala. 27 James Green 6-1 205 Fr. Orlando, Fla. MB 32 Chris Collins 5-11 230 Sr. Fairburn, Ga. 50 Joe Johnson 6-1 215 Sr. Nashville, Tenn. WB 19 Justin North 6-2 230 R-Sr. Orlando, Fla. 54 Dante' Ferguson 6-2 225 R-So. Lithonia, Ga. CB 10 Dajour Nesbeth 6-1 187 So. Winter Garden, Fla. 14 Ladarious Johnson 5-10 185 R-Jr. Nashville, Tenn. FS 26 LaQuarius Cook 6-0 175 R-Jr. Birmingham, Ala. 22 Lakhalon Holland 5-10 190 R-Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. SS 25 Vincent Sellers 6-1 180 Fr. Sarasota, Fla. 20 Shakur Jackson 5-9 170 R-So. Roswell, Ga. CB 5 Terrell Bonds 5-9 176 Sr. Miami, Fla. 21 Neiman Armstrong 6-1 185 So. Dallas, Texas SPECIALISTS PK 41 Lane Clark 5-11 170 Sr. Hays, Kan. 96 Coby Weiss 5-9 160 Fr. Gainesville, Fla. P 18 Austin Rowley 5-11 165 Jr. San Diego, Calif. 41 Lane Clark 5-11 170 Sr. Hays, Kan. KO 41 Lane Clark 5-11 170 Sr. Hays, Kan. 96 Coby Weiss 5-9 160 Fr. Gainesville, Fla. LS 40 Thomas Newberg 6-4 190 So. Franklin, Tenn. 97 Justin Culpepper 6-1 255 So. Lakeland, Fla. SS 40 Thomas Newberg 6-4 190 So. Franklin, Tenn. 97 Justin Culpepper 6-1 255 So. Lakeland, Fla. H 18 Austin Rowley 5-11 165 Jr. San Diego, Calif. 2 Patrick Smith 6-0 190 R-Sr. Memphis, Tenn. PR 2 Patrick Smith 6-0 190 R-Sr. Memphis, Tenn. 3 Chris Rowland 5-8 170 So. Nolensville, Tenn. KR 3 Chris Rowland 5-8 170 So. Nolensville, Tenn. 4 Sabree Curtis 5-10 175 So. Fairburn, Ga. #BigBlueRising Career Starts OFFENSE 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total 1 Steven Newbold -- -- -- 9 9 18 2 Patrick Smith -- -- 10 11 9 30 3 Chris Rowland -- -- -- 3 5 8 4 Sabree Curtis -- -- -- 0 5 5 5 Treon Harris -- -- -- -- 5 5 6 Earl Harrison -- -- -- 1 0 1 7 Ronnie Killings -- -- -- 3 1 4 8 Mahlon Medley -- -- 0 8 6 14 11 Mazio Rhodes -- 0 0 0 3 3 12 Michael Hughes -- -- -- 0 5 5 13 DeVon Johnson -- -- -- -- 3 3 33 Seth Rowland -- -- -- 0 2 2 38 Andrew Knox -- -- 0 1 5 6 60 Lachavious Simmons -- -- -- 2 5 7 64 Thomas Burton -- -- 6 11 6 23 65 Ty Allen -- -- -- 4 10 14 67 Justin Brooks -- -- 1 10 8 19 71 Christian Morris -- -- -- -- 3 3 72 Camren Jones -- -- -- 0 0 0 73 Jamahl Jelks -- -- -- 7 9 16 75 Chidi Okeke -- -- -- -- 9 9 80 Miles Cavitt -- -- -- -- 2 2 DEFENSE 1 Ebenezer Ogundeko -- -- 3 4 8 15 5 Terrell Bonds -- 0 10 11 8 29 10 Dajour Nesbeth -- -- -- 0 10 10 12 Larry Wilhoite -- -- -- 7 0 7 16 Reggie Gunn -- -- -- 0 0 0 19 Justin North 1 7 3 8 10 29 20 Shakur Jackson -- -- 0 0 1 1 21 Neiman Armstrong -- -- -- -- 2 2 22 Lakhalon Holland -- 0 -- 1 0 1 24 Trevion Duncan -- -- 1 4 0 5 25 Vincent Sellers -- -- -- -- 9 9 26 LaQuarius Cook -- -- 10 8 10 28 30 Blair Edwards -- -- 2 2 10 14 32 Chris Collins -- 1 9 11 10 31 45 Dell Porter -- -- 1 3 5 9 50 Joe Johnson -- 0 0 1 0 1 58 Latrelle Lee -- 0 9 6 3 18 76 Terrence Summers -- -- -- 11 10 21 91 Marvin Maddox -- -- 4 4 5 13 92 Jason Morrow -- 0 1 4 10 15 97 Justin Culpepper -- -- -- 3 0 3 99 Michael Perry -- -- -- 0 0 0 Reed vs. Opponents Record Home Away Neutral Air Force 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Alabama A&M 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 Alabama State 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 Austin Peay 5-3 3-2 2-1 0-0 Bethune-Cookman 1-1 0-1 2-0 0-0 Butler 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Central State 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 Eastern Illinois 1-7 0-4 1-3 0-0 Eastern Kentucky 3-4 2-1 1-3 0-0 Edward Waters 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 Florida A&M 6-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 Georgia State 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Jackson State 6-2 0-0 0-0 6-2 Jacksonville State 1-5 0-2 1-3 0-0 Murray State 2-5 1-1 1-4 0-0 North Carolina A&T 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Southeast Missouri 5-2 4-0 1-2 0-0 Southern 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 Tennessee Tech 4-4 2-2 2-2 0-0 UT Martin 3-5 2-1 1-4 0-0 Vanderbilt 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Virginia U. Lynchburg 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 49-41 23-14 18-25 8-2
Rosters tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. 65 Ty Allen OL 21 Neiman Armstrong CB 66 Bradford Beard DT 35 Jordan Bell RB 15 Tyler Black RB 31 Tyler Bond DB 5 Terrell Bonds CB 43 Mitchell Boudreaux K 67 Justin Brooks OL 56 Justin Brown LB 64 Thomas Burton OC 82 Aaron Cauthen TE 80 Miles Cavitt TE 41 Lane Clark K 32 Chris Collins LB 26 LaQuarius Cook SS 59 Timerik Cook LS 52 Andrew Cothran DE 29 Michael Crawford LB 97 Justin Culpepper DT 4 Sabree Curtis, Jr. RB 61 Tyrell Doss OG 24 Trevion Duncan SS 30 Blair Edwards LB 54 Dante Ferguson, Jr. LB 88 Zarius Gamble WR 55 Anthony Geter OC 62 J.C. Goins III DT 34 Arkeem Granger RB 27 James Green LB 74 Kenkhari Green OL 16 Reggie Gunn LB 3 Nick Harper, Jr. DB 39 Terence Harris II FB 5 Treon Harris QB 6 Earl Harrison RB 22 Lakhalon Holland CB 86 Aaron Hudson WR 12 Micheal Hughes QB 98 Jerquez Hughey DT 84 DJ Hunter WR 23 Xavier Hurge S 81 Justin Hurston TE 20 Shakur Jackson DB 73 Jamahl Jelks OL 36 Desmond Johnson DB 13 DeVon Johnson WR 50 Joseph Johnson LB 14 Ladarious Johnson CB 72 Camren Jones OG 90 Kahlil Jones DT 7 Ronnie Killings WR 38 Andrew Knox FB 17 Moris Lugo LB 91 Marvin Maddox DE 42 Antowan Malone LB 51 Ian Martin LB 28 Shawn McColley RB 8 Mahlon Medley TE 9 Al-Malik Moore WR 71 Christian Morris OT NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Ebenezer Ogundeko DE 6-3 255 R-Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Clemson) 1 Steven Newbold WR 5-11 170 So. Carol City, Fla. (Miami Carol City HS) 2 Patrick Smith WR 6-0 190 R-Sr. Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS) 3 Chris Rowland WR 5-8 170 So. Nolensville, Tenn. (Ravenwood HS) 3 Nick Harper, Jr. DB 5-11 175 R-Fr. Brentwood, Tenn. (Ravenwood HS) 4 Sabree Curtis, Jr. RB 5-10 175 So. Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside HS) 5 Terrell Bonds CB 5-9 176 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Miami Central HS) 5 Treon Harris QB 5-11 195 R-Jr. Miami, Fla. (Florida) 6 Earl Harrison RB 6-1 205 So. Memphis, Tenn. (Ridgeway HS) 7 Ronnie Killings WR 6-1 185 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Navy) 8 Mahlon Medley TE 6-2 225 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek HS) 9 Al-Malik Moore WR 6-1 170 Fr. Miami, Fla. (Northwestern HS) 10 Dajour Nesbeth CB 6-1 187 So. Winter Garden, Fla. (West Orange HS) 11 Mazio Rhodes WR 6-0 180 R-Jr. Nashville, Tenn. (Hunters Lane HS) 12 Micheal Hughes QB 6-2 230 R-So. Nashville, Tenn. (Hillsboro HS) 12 Larry Wilhoite S 6-0 185 So. Nashville, Tenn. (Franklin Road Academy) 13 DeVon Johnson WR 6-1 175 R-Jr. Huntsville, Ala. (Alabama A&M) 14 Ladarious Johnson CB 5-10 185 R-Jr. Nashville, Tenn. (Hillwood HS) 14 Kullen Wells QB 6-4 190 R-Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Troy) 15 Tyler Black RB 5-10 180 R-So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS) 16 Josh Trueheart QB 6-5 235 Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (Stratford HS) 16 Reggie Gunn LB 6-1 195 So. Jacksonville, Fla. (Trinity Christian Academy) 17 Moris Lugo LB 6-0 210 Fr. Opa Locka, Fla. (Miami Carol City HS) 18 Austin Rowley P 6-2 180 Jr. San Diego, Calif. (Helix Charter HS) 19 Justin North LB 6-2 230 R-Sr. Orlando, Fla. (Freedom HS) 20 Shakur Jackson DB 5-9 170 R-So. Roswell, Ga. (Roswell HS) 21 Neiman Armstrong CB 6-1 185 So. Dallas, Texas (Cisco College) 22 Lakhalon Holland CB 5-10 190 R-Jr. Jacksonville, Fla (Ribault HS) 23 Xavier Hurge S 6-1 206 R-Jr. Coral Springs, Fla. (Florida State) 24 Trevion Duncan SS 5-11 180 Jr. Houston, Texas (Lamar HS) 25 Vincent Sellers DB 6-1 180 Fr. Sarasota, Fla. (Riverview HS) 26 LaQuarius Cook SS 6-0 190 R-Jr. Birmingham, Ala. (Wenonah HS) 27 James Green LB 6-1 205 Fr. Orlando, Fla. (Olympia HS) 28 Shawn McColley RB 5-11 210 Fr. Chattanooga, Tenn. (McCallie HS) 29 Michael Crawford LB 6-1 210 Fr. Lansing, Ill. (Thornton Fractional South HS) 30 Blair Edwards LB 6-1 202 Jr. Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City HS) 31 Tyler Bond DB 5-9 180 R-Fr. Chapel Hill, Tenn. (Chapel Hill HS) 32 Chris Collins LB 5-11 230 Sr. Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside HS) 33 Seth Rowland RB 5-6 185 So. Brentwood, Tenn. (Georgia Prep) 34 Arkeem Granger RB 6-0 220 R-So. Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Flanagan HS) 35 Jordan Bell RB 5-10 200 Fr. Antioch, Tenn. (Cane Ridge HS) 36 Desmond Johnson DB 6-1 190 R-Fr. Huntsville, Ala. (J.O. Johnson HS) 38 Andrew Knox FB 5-11 250 R-So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Siegel HS) 39 Terence Harris II FB 6-1 242 R-Sr. Nashville, Tenn. (Montgomery Bell Academy) 40 Thomas Newberg LS 6-4 190 So. Thompson Station, Tenn. (Independence HS) 41 Lane Clark K 5-11 170 Sr. Hays, Kan. (Hays HS) 42 Antowan Malone LB 5-11 225 Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (Pearl-Cohn HS) 43 Mitchell Boudreaux K 5-5 150 R-So. Slidell, La. (Brother Martin HS) 45 Dell Porter DE 6-1 250 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Melrose HS) 47 Ahmad Richardson DB 5-11 180 Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (Cordova HS) 49 Elijah Walton DB 5-9 175 Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Siegal HS) 50 Joseph Johnson LB 6-1 230 Sr. Nashville, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy) 51 Ian Martin LB 6-2 245 R-Fr. Johnson City, Tenn. (David Crockett HS) 52 Andrew Cothran DE 5-11 235 R-So. Nashville, Tenn. (East HS) 53 Mike Smith OG 6-3 310 R-Jr. Miami, Fla. (USF) 54 Dante Ferguson, Jr. LB 6-2 225 R-So. Lithonia, Ga. (Arabia Mountain HS) 55 Anthony Geter OC 5-11 258 Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS) 56 Justin Brown LB 6-2 220 Fr. Smiths Station, Ala. (Smiths Station HS) 59 Timerik Cook LS 6-1 215 R-So. Decatur, Ga. (DeKalb HS) 60 Lachavious Simmons OT 6-5 305 R-So. Selma, Ala. (Selma HS) 61 Tyrell Doss OG 6-2 290 R-So. Dyersburg, Tenn. (Dyersburg HS) Tennessee State University Football
Rosters tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 62 J.C. Goins III DT 6-0 310 Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (Germantown HS) 64 Thomas Burton OC 6-2 305 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS) 65 Ty Allen OL 6-3 300 Sr. Warner Robins, Ga. (Merced CC) 66 Bradford Beard DT 6-1 280 Fr. Lebanon, Tenn. (Wilson Central HS) 67 Justin Brooks OL 6-5 300 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Melrose HS) 68 Adrian Sims DT 6-0 300 Fr. Brookwood, Ga. (Brookwood HS) 69 Penidre Ndiaye OL 6-3 305 R-Fr. Cookeville, Tenn. (Cookeville HS) 71 Christian Morris OT 6-6 320 Gr. Memphis, Tenn. (Ole Miss) 72 Camren Jones OG 6-3 315 R-So. Memphis, Tenn. (Ridgeway HS) 73 Jamahl Jelks OL 6-5 305 So. Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City HS) 74 Kenkhari Green OL 6-3 305 Fr. Plant City, Fla. (Plant City HS) 75 Chidi Okeke OL 6-6 315 So. Anambra, Nigeria (LSU) 76 Terrence Summers DT 6-2 310 R-Sr. Springfield, Tenn. (Hutchinson CC) 77 Keith Thomas OL 6-3 315 R-Fr. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Tyner HS) 80 Miles Cavitt TE 6-3 230 So. Greenfield, Tenn. (Greenfield HS) 81 Justin Hurston DE 6-4 240 R-Fr. Stockbridge, Ga. (Georgia) 82 Aaron Cauthen TE 6-5 235 R-Fr. Douglasville, Ga. (Douglas County HS) 83 Lawrence Segree II WR 6-0 175 Fr. La Vergne, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy) 84 DJ Hunter WR 5-11 190 Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (Pearl-Cohn HS) 85 Vincent Thomas WR 6-0 178 Fr. Orlando, Fla. (Jones HS) 86 Aaron Hudson WR 6-0 185 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Grady HS) 87 Jared Simpkins WR 5-9 175 Fr. Norcross, Ga. (Norcross HS) 88 Zarius Gamble WR 5-9 170 Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS) 89 Kyle Oliver TE 6-4 226 R-So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Memphis) 90 Kahlil Jones DT 6-0 300 R-Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (Stratford HS) 91 Marvin Maddox DE 6-3 245 R-Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Ribault HS) 92 Jason Morrow DT 6-2 285 R-Sr. Nashville, Tenn. (Glencliff HS) 94 Jeremy Patterson DT 6-3 350 R-Jr. Screven, Ga. (Wisconsin) 96 Coby Weiss K 5-9 160 Fr. Gainesville, Fla. (Bucholz HS) 97 Justin Culpepper DT 6-1 275 So. Lakeland, Fla. (Kathleen HS) 98 Jerquez Hughey DT 6-4 275 R-Fr. Montezuma, Ga. (Air Force Prep) 99 Michael Perry III DT 6-1 315 So. Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS) Coaching Staff: Head Coach: Rod Reed (Tennessee State, 1988), Eighth Season Assistant Coaches: Jeff Parker (Bethune-Cookman, 1994), Assistant Head/Offensive Coordinator/QB s, Eighth Season Garry Fisher (Bowling Green, 2002), Defensive Coordinator/Safeties, First Season Russ Ehrenfeld (Chattanooga, 1981), Offensive Line Coach, Sixth Season Antonio Bradford (Alabama State, 2005), Tight Ends Coach, Third Season Kevin Mashack (Tennessee State, 2007), Running Backs Coach, Third Season Chris Chestnut (Western Michigan, 2008), Wide Receivers Coach, First Season Nick Davison (Chattanooga, 2012), Defensive Line Coach, Second Season Gerald Chatman (Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2010), Safeties Coach, First Season Sidney Powell (Morehouse 1997), Corners Coach/Special Teams Coordinator, Second Season Jerad Coulter (Tennessee State, 2015), Director of Operations, First Season TJ Greenstone (Vanderbilt, 2011), Director of Strength & Conditioning, Second Season Trevor Searcy (Middle Tennessee, 2006), Head Athletic Trainer, Second Season LaTroy Johnson (Clemson, 2004), Equipment Manager, First Season Staff Pronounciations Russ Ehrenfeld...ERN-Feld Kevin Mashack...May-Shack Trevor Searcy... SEAR-cee NCAA Stastical Information Tennessee State University - 691 1 Steven Newbold WR 1 1 Ebenezer Ogundeko DE 1A 5 Treon Harris QB 5 5 Terrell Bonds CB 5A 12 Michael Hughes QB 12 12 Larry Wilhoite S 1B 14 Kullen Wells QB 14 14 Ladarius Johnson CB 1C 16 Josh Trueheart QB 16 16 Reggie Gunn LB 1D #BigBlueRising ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. 92 Jason Morrow DT 10 Dajour Nesbeth CB 40 Thomas Newberg LS 1 Steven Newbold WR 69 Penidre Ndiaye OL 19 Justin North LB 1 Ebenezer Ogundeko DE 75 Chidi Okeke OL 89 Kyle Oliver TE 94 Jeremy Patterson DT 99 Michael Perry III DT 45 Dell Porter DE 11 Mazio Rhodes WR 47 Ahmad Richardson DB 3 Chris Rowland WR 33 Seth Rowland RB 18 Austin Rowley P 83 Lawrence Segree II WR 25 Vincent Sellers DB 60 Lachavious Simmons OT 87 Jared Simpkins WR 68 Adrian Sims DT 53 Mike Smith OG 2 Patrick Smith WR 76 Terrence Summers DT 77 Keith Thomas OL 85 Vincent Thomas WR 16 Josh Trueheart QB 49 Elijah Walton DB 96 Coby Weiss K 14 Kullen Wells QB 12 Larry Wilhoite S Player Pronounciations 1 Ebenezer ( Ebo ) Ogundeko...E-Bow OH-Gun-Deck-Oh 4 Sabree Curtis... SAH-bree 5 Treon Harris... TREE-on 5 Terrell Bonds...TAH-rell 8 Mahlon Medley... MAY-Len 10 Dajour Nesbeth...DAY-jour 20 Shakur Jackson...Sha-CORE 21 Neiman Armstrong...Knee-mehn 22 LaKhalon Holland...Lah-KAY-lun 23 Xavier Hurge... X-Zavier 43 Mitchell Boudreaux... BOO-dr-oh 59 Timerik Cook... Teh-Mare-eck 60 Lachavious Simmons...Lah-CHAY-Vee-Us 96 Coby Weiss... WICE (rhymes with Nice)
Players to Watch tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) 5 Treon Harris R-Jr. Quarterback 12 Michael Hughes R-So. Quarterback 25 Sabree Curtis So. Running Back Season Highs Completions 14, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Attempts 25, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Yards 211, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Long 44, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) TD 2, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Interceptions 1, (2x, Last vs Eastern Illinois, 10/4/17) Rush Yards 91, (2x, Last vs Jackson State, 9/9/17) Rush Long 26, (vs Jackson State, 9/9/17) TD 1, (3x, Last at UT Martin, 9/23/17) Career Highs Completions 19, (2x, Last vs. Florida State, 11/28/15) Att. 38, (vs. Florida State, 11/28/15) Yards 271, (at LSU, 10/17/15) Long 86, (vs. East Carolina, 1/3/15) TD 2, (7x, vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Rush Yards 111, (vs. South Carolina, 11/15/14) Rush Long 33, (at Vanderbilt, 11/8/14) TD 2, (at Vanderbilt, 11/8/14) Career Statistics - Passing Year Comp. Att. Yds TD Int. 2014 (Florida) 55 111 1,019 9 4 2015 (Florida) 119 235 1,676 9 6 2016 redshirted - Transfered to Tennessee State 2017 58 106 729 2 2 TSU Total 58 106 729 2 2 Total 232 452 3,424 20 12 OVC Newcomer of the Week - Sept. 17 Southern Heritage Classic MVP Season Highs Completions 20, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Attempts 36, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Yards 331, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Long 66, (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) TD 6, (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Interceptions 2, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Rush Yards 12, (vs Florida A&M 9/17/17) Rush Long 28, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) TD 1, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Career Highs Completions 20, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Attempts 36, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Yards 331, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Long 66, (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) TD 6, (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Interceptions 2, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Rush Yards 12, (vs Florida A&M 9/17/17) Rush Long 28, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) TD 1, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Career Statistics - Passing Year Comp. Att. Yds TD Int. 2016 0 0 0 0 0 2017 78 140 1,222 14 4 Total 78 140 1,222 14 4 Threw for six touchdowns versus Virginia Lynchburg - Nov. 4 Season Highs Attempts 17, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Yards 80, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Long 42, (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Receptions 2, (2x, Last vs. Austin Peay 10/14/17) Yards 26, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Long 14, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Career Highs Attempts 17, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Yards 80, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Long 42, (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) TD 1, (2x, Last vs. Eastern Kentucky, 10/15/16) Receptions 3, (at Murray State, 10/29/16) Yards 41, (at Murray State, 10/29/16) Long 22, (at Murray State, 10/29/16) TD 1, (at Murray State, 10/29/16) Career Statistics - Rushing Year Att. Yds TD Rec. Yds TD 2016 39 170 2 7 68 1 2017 79 381 0 8 65 0 Total 118 551 2 15 133 1 33 Seth Rowland So. Running Back 38 Andrew Knox R-So. Running Back 3 Chris Rowland So. Wide Receiver Season Highs Attempts 15, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Yards 76, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Long 59, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) TD 1, (2x, Last vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Receptions 1, (3x, Last at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Yards 11, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Long 11, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Season Highs Attempts 12, (3x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Yards 64, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Long 26, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Receptions 2, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Yards 11, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Long 11, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Season Highs Receptions 4, (2x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Yards 43, (2x, Last vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Long 32, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Attempts 6, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Yards 47, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Long 28, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Career Highs Attempts 15, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Yards 76, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Long 59, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) TD 1, (2x, Last vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Receptions 1, (3x, Last at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Yards 11, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Long 11, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Career Highs Attempts 12, (2x, Last vs. Austin Peay 10/14/17) Yards 64, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Long 26, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) TD 1, (vs. Eastern Kentucky, 10/15/16) Receptions 3, (vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 9/3/16) Yards 24, (vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 9/3/16) Long 11, (2x, Last at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Career Highs Receptions 5, (at Murray State, 10/29/16) Yards 70, (at Murray State, 10/29/16) Long 39, (2x, Last vs. Tennessee Tech, 11/12/16) Attempts 6, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Yards 47, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Long 24, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Career Statistics - Rushing Year Att. Yds TD Rec. Yds TD 2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 89 413 2 3 20 0 Total 89 413 2 3 20 0 Career Statistics - Rushing Year Att. Yds TD Rec. Yds TD 2015 1 3 0 0 0 0 2016 3 3 1 3 24 0 2017 41 133 0 5 32 0 Total 45 139 1 8 56 0 Career Statistics - Receiving / Rushing Year Rec. Yds TD Att. Yds TD 2016 16 236 0 14 57 0 2017 15 144 0 18 111 0 Total 31 380 0 32 168 0 Tennessee State University Football
Players to Watch tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) 2 Patrick Smith R-Sr. Wide Receiver 1 Steven Newbold So. Wide Receiver 13 DeVon Johnson R-Jr. Wide Receiver Season Highs Receptions 7, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Yards 152, (at Tennessee Tech, 10/4/17) Long 52, (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) TD 3, (2x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Season Highs Receptions 7, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Yards 153, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Long 51, (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) TD 2, (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Season Highs Receptions 5, (vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Yards 91, (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Long 66, (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) TD 1, (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Career Highs Receptions 11, (at Southeast Missouri, 11/19/16) Yards 248, (vs. Murray State, 11/7/15) Long 93, (at Vanderbilt, 10/22/16) TD 3, (2x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Career Highs Receptions 7, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Yards 153, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Long 71, (at Bethune-Cookman, 9/17/16) TD 2, (2x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Career Highs Receptions 5, (vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Yards 91, (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Long 66, (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) TD 2 (vs. Alcorn State, 11/8/14) Career Statistics - Receiving Year Rec. Yds TD Avg. 2015 54 996 10 18.4 2016 61 966 13 15.8 2017 38 606 8 15.9 Total 153 2,568 31 16.8 Career Statistics - Receiving Year Rec. Yds TD Avg. 2016 41 784 6 19.1 2017 34 627 4 18.4 Total 75 1,411 10 18.8 Career Statistics - Receiving Year Rec. Yds TD Avg. 2014 13 190 2 14.6 2015 11 52 0 4.7 2016 redshirted - Transfered from Alabama A&M 2017 10 158 1 15.8 TSU Total 10 158 1 15.8 Total 34 400 3 11.8 OVC Specialist of the Week - Sept. 10 Tampa Classic MVP 96 Yard Kickoff Return for Touchdown at UT Martin 9/23/17 8 Mahlon Medley Jr. Tight End 18 Austin Rowley Jr. Punter 41 Lane Clark Sr. Kicker Season Highs Receptions 2, (2x, Last vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Yards 28, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Long 28, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) TD 1, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Career Highs Receptions 3, (3x, Last at Southeast Missouri, 11/19/16) Yards 55, (vs. Eastern Kentucky, 10/15/16) Long 38, (at Southeast Missouri, 11/19/16) TD 2, (at Southeast Missouri, 11/19/16) Career Statistics - Receiving Year Rec. Yds TD Avg. 2015 4 24 0 6.0 2016 13 186 3 14.3 2017 9 117 1 13.0 Total 26 327 4 12.6 Season Highs Punts 6, (2x, Last vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Yards 249, (vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Long 58, (vs Jackson State, 9/9/17) Average 45.0, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Inside 20 10 Inside 10 4 50+ 3 Touch Back 3 Blocked 1 Career Highs Punts 8, (at Florida A&M, 9/26/15) Yards 339, (at Florida A&M, 9/26/15) Long 58, (vs Jackson State, 9/9/17) Average 45.0, (vs Florida A&M 9/16/17) Inside 20 4, (at Florida A&M, 9/26/15) Inside 10 2, (2x, Last at Eastern Illinois, 10/8/16) 50+ 2, (2x, Last at Austin Peay, 11/5/16) Touch Back 2, (vs. Alabama State, 9/6/15) Blocked 2, (vs. Jackson State, 9/10/16) Career Statistics - Punting Year Att. Yds Long Blk Avg. 2015 58 2,234 57 2 38.5 2016 35 1,382 53 3 39.5 2017 44 1,736 58 1 39.5 Total 137 5,352 58 6 39.1 Season Highs Makes 3, (2x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Attempts 4, (2x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Long 51, (vs Eastern Illinois 9/30/17) PATs 6-6, (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) 20-29 4-4 30-39 2-4 40-49 5-6 50+ 1-2 PATs 25-25 Career Highs Makes 3, (6x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Attempts 5, (at Murray State, 10/20/16) Long 57 yards (vs. UT Martin, 10/1/15) PATs 6-6, (3x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) 20-29 11-13 30-39 11-17 40-49 16-28 50+ 6-8 PATs 115-119 Career Statistics - Kicking Year Make Att. Long Blk 40+ 2014 8 15 46 1 4-8 2015 8 14 50 3 3-5 2016 17 25 57 1 9-16 2017 13 18 51 1 6-8 Total 46 72 57 6 22-37 OVC Specialist of the Week - Sept. 17, Oct. 1 & Nov. 12 #BigBlueRising
Players to Watch tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) 1 Ebenezer "Ebo" Ogundeko R-Sr. Defensive End 10 Dajour Nesbeth So. Cornerback 92 Jason Morrow R-Sr. Defensive Tackle Season Highs Tackles 8, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Solos 4, (2x, Last at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Tackles for Loss 2, (2x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Sacks 2, (vs Jackson State, 9/9/17) Quarterback Hurries 3, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 1, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Season Highs Tackles 7, (2x, Last vs Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Solos 6, (vs Jackson State 9/9/17) Tackles for Loss 0.5, (2x, Last vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Interceptions 1, (2x, Last at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Pass Breakups 3, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 Season Highs Tackles 7, (at UT Martin 9/23/17) Solos 3, (vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Tackles for Loss 1.5, (at UT Martin 9/23/17) Sacks 1.0, (2x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Quarterback Hurries 1, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 Career Highs Tackles 11, (vs. Jackson State, 9/10/16) Solos 7, (2x, Last vs. UT Martin, 10/1/16) Tackles for Loss 3.5, (vs. Murray State, 11/7/15) Sacks 3.0, (vs. Murray State, 11/7/15) Quarterback Hurries 3, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Forced Fumbles 1, (2x, Last vs. Jackson State, 9/10/16) Fumble Recoveries 1, (3x, Last at Georgia State, 8/31/17)) Career Highs Tackles 7, (2x, Last vs Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Solos 6, (vs Jackson State 9/9/17) Tackles for Loss 0.5, (2x, Last vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Interceptions 1, (2x, Last at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Pass Breakups 3, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 Career Highs Tackles 7, (at UT Martin 9/23/16) Solos 3, (vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Tackles for Loss 2.0, (vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 9/3/16) Sacks 1.0, (4x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Quarterback Hurries 1, (3x, Last at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Sack QBH FF-FR 2015 52 31 10.0 5.0 3 1-0 2016 48 25 11.0 5.5 5 1-2 2017 36 18 6.5 4.0 4 0-1 Total 136 74 27.5 14.5 12 2-3 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Int. PBU FF-FR 2016 14 13 0.0 0 1 0-0 2017 41 29 1.0 2 8 0-0 Total 55 42 1.0 2 9 0-0 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Sack QBH FF-FR 2014 3 2 0.0 0.0 0 0-0 2015 12 6 4.0 1.0 2 0-0 2016 16 7 6.0 3.0 0 0-0 2017 21 10 5.0 2.5 1 0-0 Total 52 25 15.0 6.5 3 0-0 Interception at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17 Has Blocked Three Kicks in 2017 97 Justin Culpepper So. Defensive Tackle 76 Terrence Summers R-Sr. Defensive Tackle 21 Neiman Armstrong So. Cornerback Season Highs Tackles 2 (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Solos 2 (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Tackles for Loss 1.0 (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Sacks 1.0 (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Quarterback Hurries 0 Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 1 (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Season Highs Tackles 10, (vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Solos 6, (vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Tackles for Loss 1.0 (vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Sacks 0 Quarterback Hurries 1, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 Season Highs Tackles 8, (vs Jackson State 9/9/17) Solos 3, (vs Jackson State 9/9/17) Tackles for Loss 1.0, (2x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Sacks 1.0, (at Georgia State 8/31/17) Quarterback Hurries 0 Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 Career Highs Tackles 4, (at Austin Peay, 11/5/16) Solos 2, (2x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Tackles for Loss 1.0 (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Sacks 1.0 (vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Quarterback Hurries 0 Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 1, (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Career Highs Tackles 10, (vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Solos 6, (vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Tackles for Loss 1.0, (2x, Last vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Sacks 0.5, (vs. UT Martin, 10/1/16) Quarterback Hurries 1, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 Career Highs Tackles 8, (vs Jackson State 9/9/17) Solos 3, (vs Jackson State 9/9/17) Tackles for Loss 1.0, (2x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Sacks 1.0, (at Georgia State 8/31/17) Quarterback Hurries 0 Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Sack QBH FF-FR 2016 12 7 1.0 1.0 0 0-0 2017 5 4 1.0 1.0 0 0-1 Total 17 11 2.0 2.0 0 0-1 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Sack QBH FF-FR 2016 22 7 2.5 0.5 0 0-0 2017 15 7 0.0 0.0 1 0-0 Total 37 14 2.5 0.5 1 0-0 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Sack QBH FF-FR 2016 cisco Junior College 2017 17 9 2.0 1.0 0 0-0 Total 17 9 2.0 1.0 0 0-0 Tennessee State University Football
Players to Watch tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) 32 Chris Collins Sr. Linebacker 53 Justin North R-Sr. Linebacker 30 Blair Edwards Jr. Linebacker Season Highs Tackles 12, (2, Last vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Solos 12, (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Tackles for Loss 3, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Sacks 1, (2x, Last vs Jackson State, 9/9/17) Quarterback Hurries 1, (at UT Martin 9/23/17) Forced Fumbles 1, (2x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Fumble Recoveries 0 Season Highs Tackles 11, (at UT Martin 9/23/17) Solos 5, (at UT Martin 9/23/17) Tackles for Loss 2, (2x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Sacks 1, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Quarterback Hurries 0 Forced Fumbles 1, (2x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Fumble Recoveries 1, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Season Highs Tackles 12, (vs Jackson State, 9/9/17) Solos 7, (2x, Last at Eastern Kentucky, 10/7/17) Tackles for Loss 1.5, (2x, Last at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Sacks 1.0, (2x, Last at Eastern Kentucky, 10/7/17) Quarterback Hurries 1, (at UT Martin 9/23/17) Forced Fumbles 1, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Fumble Recoveries 1, (2x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Career Highs Tackles 13, (at Jacksonville State, 9/19/15) Solos 12, (vs Austin Peay 10/14/17) Tackles for Loss 3.0, (2x, Last at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Sacks 1.0, (4x, Last vs Jackson State, 9/9/17) Quarterback Hurries 1, (5x, Last at UT Martin 9/23/16) Forced Fumbles 1, (3x, Last vs Virginia University Lynchburg 11/4/17) Fumble Recoveries 1, (2x, Last vs. Murray State, 11/7/15) Career Highs Tackles 11, (at UT Martin 9/23/15) Solos 5, (2x, Last at UT Martin 9/23/15) Tackles for Loss 2.0, (3x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Sacks 1.0, (2x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Quarterback Hurries 0 Forced Fumbles 1, (2x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Fumble Recoveries 1, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Career Highs Tackles 13, (2x, Last vs. Murray State, 11/7/15) Solos 7, (2x, Last at Eastern Kentucky, 10/7/17) Tackles for Loss 1.5, (2x, Last at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Sacks 1.0, (3x Last at Eastern Kentucky, 10/7/17) Quarterback Hurries 1, (at UT Martin 9/23/17) Forced Fumbles 1, (2x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Fumble Recoveries 1, (4x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Sack QBH FF-FR 2014 5 4 0.0 0.0 0 0-1 2015 79 38 6.0 1.0 1 0-1 2016 87 58 9.5 1.5 3 1-0 2017 82 50 11.0 2.5 1 2-0 Total 253 150 26.5 4.0 5 3-2 STATS Defensive Player of the Week - Sept. 4 OVC Defensive Player of the Week - Sept. 3 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Sack QBH FF-FR 2013 9 7 2.0 1.0 0 0-0 2014 16 8 1.0 0.0 0 0-0 2015 (Med-RS) 20 9 0.0 0.0 0 0-0 2016 25 11 2.5 0.0 0 0-0 2017 54 28 8.0 1.0 0 2-1 Total 125 63 13.5 2.0 0 2-1 First Career Interception vs Eastern Illinois 9/30/17 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Sack QBH FF-FR 2015 33 17 1.0 1.0 0 1-1 2016 20 12 0.5 0.0 0 0-1 2017 49 28 4.5 2.0 1 1-2 Total 102 57 6.0 3.0 1 2-4 25 Vincent Sellers Fr. Safety 5 Terrell Bonds Sr. Cornerback 26 Laquarius Cook R-Jr. Safety Season Highs Tackles 10, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Solos 7, (2x, Last at Eastern Kentucky, 10/7/17) Tackles for Loss 1, (2x, Last at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Interceptions 2, (at Eastern Kentucky, 10/7/17) Pass Breakups 2, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 TD 2, (at Eastern Kentucky, 10/7/17) Season Highs Tackles 5, (at UT Martin 9/23/17) Solos 4, (2x, Last vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Tackles for Loss 0.5, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Interceptions 1, (3x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Pass Breakups 2, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 TD 1, (at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Season Highs Tackles 9, (3x, Last vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Solos 7, (at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Tackles for Loss 1, (vs Jackson State, 9/9/17) Interceptions 1, (2x, Last at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Pass Breakups 1, (2x, Last vs Eastern Illinois, 9/30/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 Career Highs Tackles 10, (at Georgia State, 8/31/17) Solos 7, (2x, Last at Eastern Kentucky, 10/7/17) Tackles for Loss 1, (2x, Last at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Interceptions 2, (at Eastern Kentucky, 10/7/17) Pass Breakups 2, (vs. Southeast Missouri 11/11/17) Forced Fumbles 0 Fumble Recoveries 0 TD 2, (at Eastern Kentucky, 10/7/17) Career Highs Tackles 7, (vs. UT Martin, 10/1/16) Solos 6, (vs Alabama State, 9/6/15) Tackles for Loss 1.0, (at Murray State, 10/29/16) Interceptions 2, (at Bethune-Cookman, 9/17/16) Pass Breakups 3, (at UT Martin, 10/10/15) Forced Fumbles 1, (3x, Last vs Southeast Missouri, 11/19/16) Fumble Recoveries 0 TD 1, (2x, Last at Eastern Kentucky 10/7/17) Career Highs Tackles 12, (at Eastern Illinois, 10/8/16) Solos 9, (at Austin Peay, 11/5/16) Tackles for Loss 2.0, (at Austin Peay, 11/5/16) Interceptions 1, (2x, Last at Tennessee Tech 10/28/17) Pass Breakups 3, (at Bethune-Cookman, 9/17/16) Forced Fumbles 2, (at Austin Peay, 11/5/16) Fumble Recoveries 0 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Int. PBU FF-FR 2017 48 35 2.0 2 5 0-0 Total 48 35 2.0 2 5 0-0 STATS Freshman Player of the Week - Oct. 9 OVC Newcomer of the Week - Sept. 4 & Oct. 8 OVC Defensive Player of the Week - Oct. 8 Recorded a Safety at Tennessee Tech - Oct. 28 Blocked a Punt versus Southeast Missouri - Nov. 11 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Int. PBU FF-FR 2014 18 12 0.0 2 1 1-0 2015 28 23 0.5 1 7 1-0 2016 30 22 1.0 3 9 1-0 2017 18 15 0.5 3 3 0-0 Total 94 72 2.0 9 20 3-0 Career Statistics - Defense Year Tck. Solo TFL Int. PBU FF-FR 2015 58 30 2.0 0 2 0-0 2016 66 38 2.0 0 6 3-0 2017 54 34 2.5 2 2 0-0 Total 178 101 6.5 2 10 3-0 #BigBlueRising
2017 Game Recaps tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game 1 Tennessee State 17, Georgia State 10 Quotes and Notes Junior Offensive Tackle Christian Morris - On beating an FBS Team First of all, this is a huge win. We re an FCS team, and we came out there and beat an FBS team. They were very talented, but we handled business. - On the offensive line The Offensive line played phenomenal tonight. We had a couple mishaps, but we played phenomenal. Senior Linebacker Chris Collins - On winning the opener It means a lot to the team. We felt like we wanted to start off the season strong. We feel like we played a great defensive game. Offensively, we played well too. I feel like we played a great game and now we just have to get ready for Jackson State. - On beating an FBS Team I don t think many people outside of us thought we would win, but it s good to prove people wrong. In our heart, we felt like we re the best, so we expect to do things like that. Game 1 Aug. 31, 2017 Georgia State Stadium (24,333) Atlanta, Ga. 1 2 3 4 Final Tennessee State 3 7 7 0 17 Georgia State 0 3 0 7 10 Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 06:05 TSU - CLARK, Lane 18 yd field goal, 13-72 6:42 2nd 10:15 TSU - ROWLAND, Seth 4 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 9-64 4:11 04:07 GSU - Wright, Brandon 20 yd field goal, 12-49 6:08 3rd 04:32 TSU - HARRIS, Treon 12 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 10-96 4:47 4th 11:29 GSU - Bateman, Taz 36 yd pass from Winchester, A. (Wright, Brandon kick), 6-63 3:25 TSU GSU FIRST DOWNS 21 14 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-238 29-49 PASSING YDS (NET) 145 224 Passes Att-Comp-Int 25-12-0 23-18-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 67-383 52-273 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-10 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-44 3-42 Interception Returns-Yards 1-32 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-37.8 3-36.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-3 Penalties-Yards 12-101 6-51 Possession Time 34:59 25:01 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 14 4 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 1-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-17 1-3 RUSHING: Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 11-91; ROWLAND, Seth 9-76; CURTIS, Sabree 17-73; KNOX, Andrew 3-2; TEAM 2-minus 4. Georgia State-Bateman, Taz 11-31; Winchester, A. 8-12; Manning, Conner 4-6; Neal, Kyler 5-2; TEAM 1-minus 2. PASSING: Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 12-25-0-145. Georgia State-Manning, Conner 14-17-0-159; Winchester, A. 4-6-1-65. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 6-70; NEWBOLD, Steven 2-37; CAVITT, Miles 1-12; KNOX, Andrew 1-11; JOHNSON, DeVon 1-10; MEDLEY, Mahlon 1-5. Georgia State-Bateman, Taz 6-74; Hart, Penny 5-36; Werts, Ari 2-62; Boyd, Todd 2-36; Neal, Kyler 1-8; Scaife, Emiere 1-5; Smith, Glenn 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-NESBETH, Dajour 1-32. Georgia State-None. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 1-0. Georgia State-Winchester, A. 1-1; Bateman, Taz 1-1; Neal, Kyler 1-1. Tennessee State (1-0) vs. Georgia State (0-1) Date: Aug 31, 2017 Site: Atlanta, Ga. Stadium: Georgia St. Stadium Attendance: 24333 Kickoff time: 7:05 pm End of Game: 10:14 pm Total elapsed time: 3:09 Officials: Referee: Jason Autrey; Umpire: Jason Yates; Linesman: Jim Kelley; Line judge: Ryan Hagan; Back judge: Tim Smith; Field judge: Wes Booker; Side judge: Fred Wiedower; Center judge: Kyle Olson; Temperature: 81 Wind: SW 4MPH Weather: Mostly Cloudy Sophomore Running Back Seth Rowland - On the win It means a lot to us. Coming into this game, I wanted to do it for the alumni and for our school. The alumni are what started this. Before the game, I tweeted, keep the tradition alive, and that s what we wanted to do. - On scoring a touchdown That was my first touchdown so I was really excited, but I have to give the credit to Sabree (Curtis) for getting us down there in the first place, and the line for blocking as well as they did. Treon (Harris) had a great drive, and it just played out for us. Freshman Safety Vincent Sellers - On getting the win It feels good. It s been a long camp, and we ve been working very hard. Coach (Garry) Fisher has been on us every single day and it got us better. I just want to thank God because it s a true blessing. - On winning his first college game I have my mom and dad here supporting me. They ve been waiting to see me play my first college game. It was a total team effort. (Laquarius) Cook taught me everything I know right now, and we re just going to keep pushing from here on. NOTES Captains for TSU were Lane Clark, Ebo Ogundeko, Patrick Smith and Chris Collins... Georgia State won the coin toss and deferred the opening kickoff... Weather at the time of kickoff was 82 degrees and mostly sunny... TSU was facing Georgia State for the first time in program history... Thursday was the first-ever collegiate game at the new Georgia State Stadium, formerly Turner Field... The official attendance for the game was 24,333, which is a sellout crowd... TSU was squaring off with an FBS program for the second season in a row after taking on Vanderbilt during the 2016 season... TSU is now 1-3 versus FBS opponents... The Tigers have gone 7-1 in season openers under Head Coach Rod Reed... Senior All-American kicker Lane Clark scored the team s first points on a 19-yard field goal in the opening quarter... Sophomore running back Seth Rowland scored TSU s first touchdown of the season. The touchdown was a four-yard rush in the second quarter... With nine minutes left in the 3rd quarter, TSU picked up a 59-yard rush by Seth Rowland, which was the longest play allowed by Georgia State since the 2015 season... Thursday s game aired live on ESPN3 Tennessee State University Football
2017 Game Recaps tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game 2 Tennessee State 17, Jackson State 15 Quotes and Notes Defensive Coordinator Garry Fisher - On what he liked from the defense They just fought. That was the biggest thing. They fought hard all night. No matter what the situation was, they rose up to the occasion. We gave up some yards and they got into the red zone a couple times, but we were able to hold them to field goals, which was huge for us tonight. - On bending but not breaking I thought we tackled well. They hit us with a couple of plays. Their passing attack was on point, so they found some creases in our defense, and they drove down there, but we work on red zone defense every day. We were able to hold them to field goals and come up with a big interception. - On the defense coming up big We take pride as a team. No matter how the game goes, we have to find a way to stop the other team s offense. Both defenses played well but at the end of the night, our defense outplayed theirs. Game 2 Sept. 9, 2017 Liberty Bowl (47,407) Memphis, Tenn. 1 2 3 4 Final Tennessee State 10 0 0 7 17 Jackson State 3 6 0 6 15 Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 13:30 TSU - HARRIS, Treon 13 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 4-63 1:23 07:45 JKST - Ch. Jacquemin 34 yd field goal, 12-57 5:41 03:56 TSU - CLARK, Lane 26 yd field goal, 10-52 3:44 2nd 12:06 JKST - Adrian Salazar 25 yd field goal, 15-59 6:41 00:00 JKST - Ch. Jacquemin 49 yd field goal, 8-20 1:09 4th 05:03 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 56 yd punt return (CLARK, Lane kick) 04:48 JKST - Terrell Kennedy 89 yd kickoff return, 1-0 0:00 TSU JKST FIRST DOWNS 11 21 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-160 33-107 PASSING YDS (NET) 78 196 Passes Att-Comp-Int 17-5-1 46-24-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 52-238 79-303 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 3-41 3-31 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-49 4-144 Interception Returns-Yards 2-77 1--2 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-41.8 5-41.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-97 9-75 Possession Time 26:22 33:38 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 13 8 of 18 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 2 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 3-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-18 1-4 RUSHING: Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 11-91; ROWLAND, Seth 9-34; HARRISON, Earl 10-18; CURTIS, Sabree 4-15; NEWBOLD, Steven 1-2. Jackson State-Brent Lyles 13-55; Jordan Johnson 16-48; Terrell Kennedy 4-4. PASSING: Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 5-17-1-78. Jackson State-Brent Lyles 24-45-2-196; TEAM 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 3-46; MEDLEY, Mahlon 1-24; NEWBOLD, Steven 1-8. Jackson State-Jevon Floyd 6-43; Carle Ollie 4-45; Miquel James 4-34; Kyland Richey 3-24; Benjy Parrish 3-22; Keenan Young 2-18; Jordan Williams 1-6; Terrell Kennedy 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-COOK, Laquarius 1-71; JOHNSON, Joseph 1-6. Jackson State-Dario Robinson 1-minus 2. Senior Wide Receiver Patrick Smith - On winning in Memphis It s very important. It being a rivalry game and me being from Memphis, you never want to come back home and lose a game whether it s conference or non-conference. It was very big for us to come out here and get a win. I m proud of my team. The defense really stepped up for us. The offense wasn t really clicking like how we expected, but we know it s early in the season. - On the punt return for a touchdown It was a designed left return. As soon as I caught the ball I saw a lot of white jerseys on the left, so I knew it was going to be a good return. As soon as I started to run, I just took advantage of it and took it to the endzone. Junior Safety Laquarius Cook - On being 2-0 It s big. The team came out playing hard and kept our confidence up. The win was good for us. - On winning with room for improvement It lets us know that if we get to hitting on all cylinders, that we ll be running and we ll be unstoppable. Senior Defensive Lineman Jason Morrow - On being 2-0 It s a great feeling to be 2-0, but it s still the beginning of the season. We still have a long road ahead of us. We can t look too far ahead in the season. - On the positives of the defense We just kept fighting. That s one thing Coach Fisher told us. You don t quit. If everything is going wrong, you still don t quit. You don t hold your head down. You just keep fighting, and that s what we did tonight, and that s a big reason why we won tonight. Notes Tennessee State entered Saturday night's game ranked No. 23 in the STATS Top 25 and 24th in the FCS Coaches Poll... For the second game in a row Lane Clark, Ebo Ogundeko, Chris Collins and Patrick Smith served as team captains for TSU... Jackson State won the coin toss and deferred the opening kickoff... Weather at the time of kickoff was 79 degrees and clear... Official attendance for the game was 47,407... TSU is 17-11 all time in Southern Heritage Classic Games... The Tigers are 30-21-2 in the all-time series versus Jackson State.. TSU has won six in a row over Jackson State... TSU is 2-0 for the third year in a row FUMBLES: Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 1-0; HARRISON, Earl 1-1. Jackson State-None. Tennessee State (2-0) vs. Jackson State (0-2) Date: Sep 09, 2017 Site: Memphis, Tenn. Stadium: Liberty Bowl Attendance: 47407 Kickoff time: 6:05 PM End of Game: 9:31 PM Total elapsed time: 3 h 26m Officials: Temperature: 73 deg. Wind: ENE 9mph Weather: Clear 2017 Southern Heritage Classic #BigBlueRising
2017 Game Recaps tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game 3 Tennessee State 24, Florida A&M 13 Quotes and Notes Senior Defensive Lineman Jason Marrow - On the win tonight It s always good to win. I m going to say what I said last week, it s still early in the season. We still have to go out there and keep working because we still have a long road ahead of us. We ve got a lot of teams that we need to beat on our schedule. - On blocking the kicks Being relentless and coming off the ball. Not taking no for an answer. Points are points. We have to do whatever we can to keep the offense off the board. - On how he blocked the kicks It was just in the moment. I just did what I was taught. I just wanted to get back there and make something happen. Senior Wide Receiver Patrick Smith - On the play of the offense We stepped it up, especially after the first two games. In the first half, we started off slowly, but we saw that we could do what we wanted to do. We picked it up in the second half. As we keep going on throughout the season, especially going into conference play, we need to keep getting better. Game 3 Sept. 16, 2017 Raymond James Stadium (17,102) Tampa, Fla. 1 2 3 4 Final Tennessee State 3 7 7 7 24 Florida A&M 0 6 0 7 13 Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 03:29 TSU - CLARK, Lane 49 yd field goal, 11-53 7:05 2nd 14:56 FAMU - BOWERS,Devin 1 yd run (ALY,Yahia kick blockd), 10-68 3:31 01:15 TSU - NEWBOLD, Steven 44 yd pass from HARRIS, Treon (CLARK, Lane kick), 5-77 2:26 3rd 03:41 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 2 yd pass from HARRIS, Treon (CLARK, Lane kick), 16-89 9:19 4th 09:16 TSU - ROWLAND, Seth 10 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 9-95 4:51 00:24 FAMU - WILLIAMS.Marcus 18 yd pass from STANLEY,Ryan (FADDOUL,Chris kick), 7-80 1:38 TSU FAMU FIRST DOWNS 23 14 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 38-241 15-46 PASSING YDS (NET) 273 216 Passes Att-Comp-Int 25-18-0 34-21-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 63-514 49-262 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-7 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-63 4-82 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 2-45.0 5-34.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 14-141 4-25 Possession Time 38:25 21:35 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 11 6 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 2-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-2 RUSHING: Tennessee State-CURTIS, Sabree 9-80; ROWLAND, Seth 11-58; HARRIS, Treon 8-37; BLACK, Tyler 4-22; SMITH, Patrick 1-20; HARRISON, Earl 3-14; HUGHES, Michael 1-12; TEAM 1-minus 2. Florida A&M-BOWERS,Devin 12-34; STANLEY,Ryan 3-12. PASSING: Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 14-18-0-211; HUGHES, Michael 4-7-0-62. Florida A&M-STANLEY,Ryan 21-34-0-216. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-NEWBOLD, Steven 5-117; SMITH, Patrick 5-40; ROWLAND, Chris 2-43; RHODES, Mazio 2-36; CURTIS, Sabree 2-26; KNOX, Andrew 1-6; ROWLAND, Seth 1-5. Florida A&M-NORWOOD,Brandon 8-76; WILLIAMS.Marcus 4-28; HUNTER,Chad 2-46; NOIRD,Desmond 2-30; YISRAEL,Emmanue 2-25; SMITH,Kareem 1-4; BOWERS,Devin 1-4; SPELLS,Tevin 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-None. Florida A&M-None. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 1-0; HARRISON, Earl 1-1. Florida A&M-None. Tennessee State (3-0) vs. Florida A&M (1-2) Date: Sep 17, 2017 Site: Tampa, Fla Stadium: Raymond James Attendance: 17102 - On being 3-0 It s very important to be 3-0 right now. It builds confidence in the team. It helps you think about being 4-0, 5-0 and take it one game at a time. We feel like the only people who can stop us is us. You can tell from this game. We had a lot of mistakes that took us back on offense, but once we get it together, we ll be very, very explosive and hard to stop. Senior Defensive Lineman Latrelle Lee - On the defense We missed a couple tackles here and there. We weren t as precise and fundamentally sound as we ve been, but we played a good game and got the win. - On being undefeated through three games That s big. Just mentally being 3-0 is always a good thing. To be undefeated heading into conference and keeping that streak alive, we want to keep it going. - On beating Florida A&M It s always good to beat your rivals. It s a storied rivalry, so it s great to get the win. Junior Quarterback Treon Harris - On the success of the offense Controlling the line of scrimmage was big. We controlled the line of scrimmage from the offensive line. They did a great job of moving their guys out of the way to create some lanes to run the ball and throw the ball. - On beating FAMU It means a lot. Nobody wants to leave the stadium with a loss in a classic game and a rivalry game like this. We prepared all week and we got better. We executed the plan that we had. - On winning in the state of Florida In my home state. It was great. I had my mother, my dad, my grandma, my auntie and friends here. And my daughter, this was her first game seeing me play, so it s special. NOTES Tennessee State is ranked 22nd in the STATS Top 25 and 24th in the FCS Coaches Poll... Captains for TSU were Chris Collins, Patrick Smith, Ebo Ogundeko and Lane Clark... FAMU won the coin toss and deferred the opening kickoff... Official attendance for the FAMU Tampa Classic was 17,102... Tennessee State now leads the all-time series versus Florida A&M by a 30-25 margin... TSU has won six in a row versus the Rattlers... TSU is 3-0 for the second year in a row... Smith moved into eighth in career receiving yards at TSU with 2,118, passing Lawrence Segree (1992-95)... Smith now has 129 career receptions, helping him move into eighth ahead of Chris Johnson (2004-08) who had 127 catches... Lane Clark kicked a 49 yard field goal which is tied for the ninth longest kick in TSU history... Clark tied his own mark from Nov. 19, 2016 at Southeast Missouri... The senior now owns seven of the top 10 distances in school history... Clark became the third Tiger kicker to surpass the 200 point scoring mark... Jamin Godfrey (2010-13) scored 311 points, while Erik Benson (2005-08) finished his career with 232 Kickoff time: 6:07 pm End of Game: 8:49 om Total elapsed time: 2:41 Officials: Referee: Jason Soistman; Umpire: Dauntae Finer; Linesman: John Rice; Line judge: Jared Williams; Back judge: Harlan Bizzell; Field judge: Corey Berry; Side judge: Bobby Gallagher; Center judge: FAMU Sports Inf; Temperature: 92 Wind: NNE 4MPH Weather: Partly Cloudy Tennessee State University Football
2017 Game Recaps tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game 4 UT Martin 31, Tennessee State 16 Quotes and Notes Junior Safety LaQuarius Cook - On the defense I thought we played alright. We can always play better when there s 31 points on the board. We ve got to do better. - On moving on to next week EIU, I haven t really looked at them yet, but we ll know by tomorrow. Junior Defensive End Dell Porter - On playing at home next week It will be very nice to go home and play in front of our fan base there. It s going to be exciting. - On opening Ohio Valley Conference play During non-conference games, we re trying to see what tools we have and what we can work with. In conference games, everyone s just trying to play to the best of their abilities. Fourth and goal that s the mentality. Game 4 Sept. 23, 2017 Hardy M. Graham Stadium (6,484 ) Martin, Tenn. 1 2 3 4 Final Tennessee State 0 9 7 0 16 UT Martin 17 7 7 0 31 Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 09:14 UTM - GALLOWAY, Ladar 3 yd run (MERSMAN, Mitch kick), 11-76 5:46 06:12 UTM - MERSMAN, Mitch 32 yd field goal, 6-11 2:11 00:02 UTM - WEATHERS, Caylo 1 yd pass from COOK, Troy (MERSMAN, Mitch kick), 9-58 4:52 2nd 09:49 UTM - HOWARD, Devonte 0 yd blocked punt return (MERSMAN, Mitch kick) 09:36 TSU - JOHNSON, DeVon 96 yd kickoff return (CLARK, Lane kick) 08:42 TSU - TEAM safety 3rd 09:10 TSU - HARRIS, Treon 1 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 11-69 5:44 03:02 UTM - GALLOWAY, Ladar 12 yd run (MERSMAN, Mitch kick), 3-49 0:57 TSU UTM FIRST DOWNS 15 21 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-100 35-100 PASSING YDS (NET) 159 140 Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-13-0 32-20-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 61-259 67-240 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-5 Punt Returns-Yards 3-3 1-14 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-160 3-67 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-34.7 6-38.2 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-0 Penalties-Yards 8-80 3-53 Possession Time 26:35 33:25 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 13 5 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-5 2-12 RUSHING: Tennessee State-ROWLAND, Seth 12-66; HARRIS, Treon 10-25; CURTIS, Sabree 7-10; ROWLAND, Chris 1-7; HARRISON, Earl 1-3; SMITH, Patrick 1-3; HUGHES, Michael 1-1; TEAM 2-minus 15. UT Martin-GALLOWAY, Ladar 25-90; BROWN, Ty 7-33; WEATHERS, Caylo 1-4; COOK, Troy 1-minus 5; TEAM 1-minus 22. PASSING: Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 10-18-0-118; HUGHES, Michael 3-8-0-41. UT Martin-COOK, Troy 20-32-0-140. Junior Wide Receiver DeVon Johnson - On affecting the game on special teams We went over a lot of films on special teams this week. They gave me an opportunity and I just hit the hole. - On scoring his first TSU touchdown It feels the same. I ve been playing football for a long time, but I m happy to be able to help the team today. Sophomore Running Back Seth Rowland - On the offense today We didn t really play our A Game today. The defense has been playing great for us, but we need to help the defense out by going out and having long drives. We have to hold the ball. We can t just let the defense have to go back out there. We have to get our groove back on. - On moving on Losing is the worst feeling in the world. I don t take losing very well. It s a terrible feeling. We ve just got to regroup and come together. We need to pick ourselves up. NOTES: Tennessee State is ranked 20th in the STATS Top 25 and the FCS Coaches Top 25 this week... UT Martin is ranked 24th in the STATS Top 25 and receiving votes in the FCS Coaches Top 25... UT Martin won the coin toss and decided to receive the opening kickoff... Weather at the kickoff was 91 degrees and sunny... DeVon Johnson s second quarter kickoff for a touchdown was TSU s first kickoff return for a touchdown since Nov. 1, 2014 by Darion Hall versus Eastern Kentucky... TSU is now 16-11 in the all-time series versus UT Martin... In road games versus the Skyhawks, TSU is 5-9... The Tigers are 12-10 in Sgt. York Trophy Games under Head Coach Rod Reed RECEIVING: Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 5-63; NEWBOLD, Steven 3-61; MEDLEY, Mahlon 2-21; ROWLAND, Chris 2-3; CURTIS, Sabree 1-11. UT Martin-WEATHERS, Caylo 4-37; THOMPSON, Brett 4-22; MOORE, Jaylon 4-16; LEE, Londell 3-17; GALLOWAY, Ladar 2-28; WILLIAMS, Donne 1-13; HOWARD, Devonte 1-4; BROWN, Ty 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-None. UT Martin-None. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-MEDLEY, Mahlon 1-1; HARRIS, Treon 1-1. UT Martin-MOORE, Jaylon 1-0; TEAM 1-0. Tennessee State (3-1,0-1) vs. UT Martin (3-1,1-0) Date: Sep 23, 2017 Site: Martin, Tenn. Stadium: Graham Stadium Attendance: 6484 Kickoff time: 4 p.m. End of Game: 7:31 pm Total elapsed time: 3:31 Officials: Referee: Stephen Hazle; Umpire: S. Marshall; Linesman: Chris Barney; Line judge: D. Crosthwaite; Back judge: G. Laurentius; Field judge: Burney Jenkins; Side judge: Steve Thomas; Temperature: 90 Wind: 5 mph NE Weather: Sunny #BigBlueRising
2017 Game Recaps tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game 5 Eastern Illinois 19, Tennessee State 16 2OT Notes Notes: Tennessee State is ranked 24th in the STATS Top 25 and the FCS Coaches Top 25... EIU won the coin toss and elected to defer the opening kickoff... Captains for TSU are Lane Clark, Ebo Ogundeko, Chris Collins and Patrick Smith... Weather at the time of kickoff was 73 degrees and sunny... Saturday marked the first home game of the season for TSU after four games on the road to start the season... Today was one of two games at Nissan Stadium for the Tigers on the season... Official attendance for the John Merritt Classic was 11,013... TSU s last overtime game was on Nov. 7, 2015 versus Murray State... TSU s record in the all-time series is now 8-14... TSU is 21-13 in home games under Head Coach Rod Reed. TOTALS - The Tigers outgained EIU, 278-237 - The Panthers rushed for 191 yards against the Tigers - The Big Blue defense allowed 46 yards through the air - TSU committed a season high four turnovers Game 5 Sept. 30, 2017 Nissan Stadium (11,103) Nashville, Tenn. 1 2 3 4 2ot Final Eastern Illinois 7 3 0 0 9 19 Tennessee State 0 7 0 3 6 16 Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 12:25 EIU - GILKEY, Scotty 9 yd run (WILSON, Nick kick), 4-21 1:38 2nd 09:30 EIU - WILSON, Nick 32 yd field goal, 10-34 5:18 02:17 TSU - HARRISON, Earl 1 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 12-79 7:07 4th 03:18 TSU - CLARK, Lane 51 yd field goal, 8-46 2:45 OT 15:00 EIU - SEVERINO, Matt 42 yd field goal, 7-0 0:16 15:00 TSU - CLARK, Lane 36 yd field goal, 6-6 0:00 15:00 TSU - CLARK, Lane 40 yd field goal, 4-2 0:00 15:00 EIU - GILKEY, Scotty 1 yd run, 8-25 0:00 EIU TSU FIRST DOWNS 14 14 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 52-191 37-83 PASSING YDS (NET) 46 195 Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-11-1 30-17-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 78-237 67-278 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-8 2-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-26 3-48 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-22 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-35.0 6-41.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-3 Penalties-Yards 6-55 12-91 Possession Time 31:01 28:59 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 20 3 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-9 0-0 INDIVIDUAL - Lane Clark s 51 yard field goal is tied for the fifth longest in FCS play this season - The distance is tied for sixth best in TSU history; matching Jamin Godfrey at EIU in 2011 - Justin North recorded his first interception of his career - Patrick Smith passes Tyrone Butterfield (1997-98) in career receiving yards in TSU history; Smith now has 2,241 (Butterfield - 2,182) - Chris Collins moved past Elliott Pilton (1990-91) and Lee Smith (1987-90) in career tackles at TSU - Collins has amassed 216 stops, while Pilton finished with 210 and Smith at 206 - Treon Harris completed 12-of-17 passes for 119 yards; he rushed for 67 yards on 11 carries - DeVon Johnson led the Tigers with five receptions, which resulted in 57 yards - Collins and Terrence Summers each recorded 10 stops - Blair Edwards notched seven solo tackles, ahead of Summers (6) and Collins (5) RUSHING: Eastern Illinois-GILKEY, Scotty 25-104; JOHNSON, Isaiah 16-55; McCULLOUGH, D 8-40; GOOCH, Aaron 1-12; TEAM 1-0; HOLLINS, A. 1-minus 20. Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 11-67; CURTIS, Sabree 9-14; HARRISON, Earl 2-7; ROWLAND, Seth 12-5; ROWLAND, Chris 1-minus 1; HUGHES, Michael 2-minus 9. PASSING: Eastern Illinois-GILKEY, Scotty 11-26-1-46. Tennessee State-HARRIS, Treon 12-17-1-119; HUGHES, Michael 5-13-0-76. RECEIVING: Eastern Illinois-GOOCH, Aaron 4-19; McCULLOUGH, D 2-minus 11; LOFTON, Robbie 1-17; WELCH, Jacob 1-10; TURNER, Dennis 1-4; HOLLINS, A. 1-4; JOHNSON, Isaiah 1-3. Tennessee State-JOHNSON, DeVon 5-57; ROWLAND, Chris 4-43; SMITH, Patrick 3-60; NEWBOLD, Steven 2-11; RHODES, Mazio 1-12; CURTIS, Sabree 1-8; HARRISON, Earl 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: Eastern Illinois-HORNE, Nick 1-0. Tennessee State-NORTH, Justin 1-22. FUMBLES: Eastern Illinois-HOLLINS, A. 1-0; GILKEY, Scotty 1-0. Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 1-1; JOHNSON, DeVon 1-1; HUGHES, Michael 1-1. Eastern Illinois (3-2,2-0) vs. Tennessee State (3-2,0-2) Date: Sep 30, 2017 Site: Nashville, Tenn. Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 11013 Kickoff time: 6 p.m. End of Game: 9:56pm Total elapsed time: 3:56 Officials: Referee: Drew Myers; Umpire: John Graham; Linesman: Steve Horn; Line judge: James Bryant; Back judge: P.J. Doyen; Field judge: Randy Jackson; Side judge: Greg Eddy; Temperature: 76 Wind: WE13 MPH Weather: Cloudy 2017 John Merritt Classic Tennessee State University Football
2017 Game Recaps tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game 6 Tennessee State 45, Eastern Kentucky 21 Quotes and Notes Safety Vincent Sellers - On the defense We had to come out with the w for Coach Fisher. He put together a great scheme for us. We had good practices all week. The scout team had been running their plays, and we just came out and we executed. - First thoughts after getting the INT I was thinking, man, I have to score. Once I got in the end zone, I couldn t do anything but thank God. It was a wonderful feeling. - On getting the first Ohio Valley Conference win It means a lot. I ve been hoping that we get this win for the seniors. I play this game for them right now. We just have to keep it going. Offensive Lineman Thomas Burton - On getting the first Ohio Valley Conference win It means a lot. Coming off two losses back-to-back, that s never a good feeling. It feels great to bounce back like we did. - On the offense As far as the offense, today we came out and we wanted to make a statement running the ball. I feel like we did just that. Game 6 Oct. 7, 2017 Roy Kidd Stadium (8,410) Richmond, Ky. 1 2 3 4 Final Tennessee State 3 14 0 28 45 Eastern Kentucky 0 0 14 7 21 Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 03:58 TSU - CLARK, Lane 49 yd field goal, 7-17 3:57 2nd 10:36 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 11 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 14-76 5:54 02:22 TSU - NEWBOLD, Steven 8 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 11-64 5:28 3rd 08:45 EKU - BOYLE, Tim 1 yd run (WILLIAMS, Lucas kick), 10-82 4:39 01:05 EKU - MARKUSH, Ryan 10 yd pass from BOYLE, Tim (WILLIAMS, Lucas kick), 6-48 1:55 4th 13:27 EKU - MARKUSH, Ryan 6 yd pass from BOYLE, Tim (WILLIAMS, Lucas kick), 4-39 1:42 06:53 TSU - HUGHES, Michael 1 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 13-88 6:34 06:40 TSU - SELLERS, V. 34 yd interception return (CLARK, Lane kick) 03:47 TSU - SELLERS, V. 44 yd interception return (WEISS, Coby kick) 03:09 TSU - BONDS, Terrell 36 yd interception return (BOUDREAUX, M. kick) TSU EKU FIRST DOWNS 21 16 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 46-193 32-124 PASSING YDS (NET) 106 246 Passes Att-Comp-Int 23-12-1 35-21-4 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 69-299 67-370 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1--3 3-19 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-25 2-18 Interception Returns-Yards 4-116 1-18 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-37.4 4-45.2 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 3-24 8-72 Possession Time 34:09 25:51 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 14 8 of 16 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-1 1-1 RUSHING: Tennessee State-ROWLAND, Seth 11-69; KNOX, Andrew 12-64; CURTIS, Sabree 10-39; HUGHES, Michael 7-9; BLACK, Tyler 3-8; ROWLAND, Chris 2-4; TEAM 1-0. Eastern Kentucky-McCLESKEY, D. 11-73; LEWIS, Jason 4-27; SCOTT, LJ 7-12; THOMAS, Ethan 2-12; SMITH, BK 1-7; MARKUSH, Ryan 1-6; BOYLE, Tim 4-3; TEAM 2-minus 16. PASSING: Tennessee State-HUGHES, Michael 12-23-1-106. Eastern Kentucky-BOYLE, Tim 18-27-3-212; SCOTT, Austin 3-8-1-34. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 4-48; NEWBOLD, Steven 4-30; MEDLEY, Mahlon 1-15; CAVITT, Miles 1-12; ROWLAND, Seth 1-4; ROWLAND, Chris 1-minus 3. Eastern Kentucky-PAUL, Dan 8-76; MARKUSH, Ryan 5-74; CARTER, Jaelin 2-39; SCOTT, LJ 2-23; THOMAS, Ethan 2-13; CREAMER, Neiko 1-12; SMITH, BK 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-SELLERS, V. 2-78; BONDS, Terrell 1-36; MORROW, Jason 1-2. Eastern Kentucky-REED, Eric 1-18. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-JOHNSON, DeVon 1-0; HUGHES, Michael 1-0. Eastern Kentucky-TEAM 2-0. Tennessee State (4-2,1-2) vs. Eastern Kentucky (1-4,1-2) Date: Oct 07, 2017 Site: Richmond, Ky. Stadium: Roy Kidd Stadium Attendance: 8410 Quarterback Michael Hughes - On the offense I m glad we were able to click tonight. We did a great job preparing for the game this week, and I m just glad we came out here and executed all of the plays that we needed to execute to get this win. - On getting the first OVC victory It means everything. I m just glad these guys are happy. I just want to get the w for the team. That s all that matters at this point. - On his first start It started off a little rough, but I finally got into the groove of things. I took care of the ball and did what I had to do. I did my part it was great. NOTES: Tennessee State received votes is this week s STATS Top 25 and FCS Coaches Top 25 polls... Captains for TSU were Lane Clark, Ebo Ogundeko, Chris Collins and Patrick Smith... TSU won the coin toss and elected to defer the opening kickoff... Weather at the time of kickoff was 81 degrees and cloudy... Saturday marked the first time TSU held an opponent off the scoreboard in the first half this season... TSU is now 7-23 in the all-time series versus EKU... The Tigers improve to 3-14 against EKU in Richmond, Ky... Vincent Sellers tied an NCAA FCS record with two interceptions returned for touchdowns... The feat has been accomplished by 27 other players, last by Ray Mitchell of UNI on Nov. 23, 2013... Michael Hughes earns his first collegiate start... Hughes completed two of his first three attempts, before tossing an interception at the EKU two yard line... Hughes finished with three touchdowns two passing, one rushing as he completed 12-of-23 for 106 yards, while running for nine yards on seven carries... Ebenezer Ogundeko returned to action after missing the last two contests... Ogundeko was injured on the first play of the game in the third contest of the season versus Florida A&M... The senior defensive end finished with four stops and three quarterback hurries... Lane Clark tied for the 10th longest field goal in TSU history with a 49-yarder late in the first quarter... The distance matched Clark s distance versus Florida A&M (9/16) and his mark at Southeast Missouri (11/19/16)... Andrew Knox entered the contest with a career seven carries for eight yards; and 49 combined yards... Knox rushed 12 times for 64 yards in the contest... Seth Rowland led TSU in rushing with 69 yards on 11 attempts... Patrick Smith pulled in four receptions, giving him 141 in his career... Smith moves past Patrick Robinson (1989-92, 140) into sixth all-time at TSU... Steven Newbold matched Smith with receptions and scored his second touchdown of the season... Sellers and Blair Edwards led the defense with eight stops, seven solos... Edwards added 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a pass breakup Kickoff time: 6:00 pm End of Game: 8:58 pm Total elapsed time: 2:58 Officials: Referee: David Seewer; Umpire: Bill Ballard; Linesman: Mike Freeman; Line judge: Travis Muhammad; Back judge: W. Kirk Walker; Field judge: Al Studstill; Side judge: Troy McMaken; Center judge: Steve Joest; Temperature: 80-83 Wind: 8-9 SSW Weather: overcast 60% humid Hall of Fame game #BigBlueRising
2017 Game Recaps tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game 7 Tennessee State 17, Austin Peay 21 Quotes and Notes Middle Linebacker Chris Collins -On the game "The game didn t go the way we wanted to go. We beat ourselves. There were high points, but they canceled out with the low points. We have to bounce back and harmonize as one, then everything else will work itself out." -On preparations for TN Tech "We ll buckle down. We ll watch extra film, do extra work and make sure everyone is on the same page players and coaches." Quarterback Michael Hughes -On the game "It started off a little rough, eventually bounced back, but didn t do a good job of finishing the game. We missed a lot of big opportunities and left a lot on the field. We didn t finish like we were supposed to." Game 7 Oct. 14, 2017 Nissan Stadium ( 21,127) Nashville, Tenn. 1 2 3 4 Final Austin Peay 7 0 7 7 21 Tennessee State 3 0 7 7 17 Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 11:04 APSU - WILLIAMS, Kente 3 yd run (BIRCHFIELD, Log kick), 5-20 2:20 03:06 TSU - WEISS, Coby 39 yd field goal, 7-6 3:32 3rd 09:33 APSU - MOMODU, Prince 1 yd run (BIRCHFIELD, Log kick), 10-60 5:16 02:31 TSU - NEWBERG, Thomas 2 yd pass from SMITH, Patrick (WEISS, Coby kick), 8-42 4:20 4th 10:18 TSU - JOHNSON, DeVon 66 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (WEISS, Coby kick), 7-91 3:15 01:26 APSU - TANNER, Ahmaad 2 yd run (BIRCHFIELD, Log kick), 5-49 1:15 APSU TSU FIRST DOWNS 15 16 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 44-179 38-106 PASSING YDS (NET) 85 208 Passes Att-Comp-Int 14-9-1 31-16-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 58-264 69-314 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-17 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-54 2-13 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-82 3-64 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-4 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-38.6 4-43.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-60 10-85 Possession Time 27:05 32:55 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 12 7 of 18 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 2 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-11 1-5 RUSHING: Austin Peay-OATSVALL, Jerem 11-82; TANNER, Ahmaad 12-41; WILLIAMS, Kente 8-26; CRAIG, JaVaughn 3-10; HARLEY, Baniko 3-9; MOMODU, Prince 2-7; MOORE, Kyran 2-6; NATION, Tre 2-2; ROLLINS-DAVIS 1-minus 4. Tennessee State-KNOX, Andrew 12-42; ROWLAND, Seth 8-31; ROWLAND, Chris 2-15; CURTIS, Sabree 6-11; HARRIS, Treon 3-7; HUGHES, Michael 7-0. PASSING: Austin Peay-OATSVALL, Jerem 9-13-1-85; HARLEY, Baniko 0-1-0-0. Tennessee State-HUGHES, Michael 10-19-0-148; HARRIS, Treon 5-11-0-58; SMITH, Patrick 1-1-0-2. RECEIVING: Austin Peay-SOUMARE, Gorel 4-48; MOORE, Kyran 4-37; ALEXANDER, Josh 1-0. Tennessee State-JOHNSON, DeVon 4-91; CAVITT, Miles 2-26; NEWBOLD, Steven 2-19; CURTIS, Sabree 2-13; MEDLEY, Mahlon 2-8; ROWLAND, Chris 1-20; RHODES, Mazio 1-20; SMITH, Patrick 1-9; NEWBERG, Thomas 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS: Austin Peay-None. Tennessee State-BONDS, Terrell 1-4. FUMBLES: Austin Peay-OATSVALL, Jerem 1-1. Tennessee State-JOHNSON, DeVon 1-0; HUGHES, Michael 1-1. Austin Peay (4-3,3-1) vs. Tennessee State (4-3,1-3) Date: Oct 14, 2017 Site: Nashville, Tenn. Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 21127 -On preparations for Tennessee Tech "We keep working. We still have an opportunity to make it to the playoffs. We can finish this thing 8-3, so we just keep working, keep winning, keep playing." Defensive Lineman Marvin Maddox -On the game "We came out and played hard. We made a few mistakes here and there. We have to study our mistakes, work on it and build from there." -On preparations for Tennessee Tech "We have to get back in the office and study. We have to go harder. We cannot stop. This is not the end of the road for us. We know what we have to do. We just have to go back and rebuild." Tight End Miles Cavitt: -On the game "The game went well, but we didn t finish. So the result was offense not getting enough points." -On preparations for Tennessee Tech "We get a little break for a few days, and then we ll get right back at it. We ll work on passing offense, getting blocks and knowing our assignments." NOTES TSU won the toss and deferred the opening kickoff Tennessee State received votes in the STATS Top 25 and the FCS Coaches Top 25 this week TSU s captains were Ebo Ogundeko, Lane Clark, Patrick Smith and Chris Collins The official attendance for the game was 21,127 TSU leads the all-time series versus Austin Peay, 13-7 The Tigers are now 8-2 in games versus Austin Peay in Nashville Saturday marked TSU s final game at Nissan Stadium this season Kickoff time: 6 p.m. End of Game: 9:06 pm Total elapsed time: 3:06 Officials: Referee: Stephen Hazle; Umpire: S. Marshall; Linesman: Chris Barney; Line judge: D. Crosthwaite; Back judge: G. Laurentius; Field judge: Burney Jenkins; Side judge: Steve Thomas; Temperature: 84 Wind: S 10 MPH Weather: Partly Cloudy TSU Homecoming 2017 Tennessee State University Football
2017 Game Recaps tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game 8 Tennessee State 26, Tennessee Tech 30 Quotes and Notes Wide Receiver Steven Newbold - On the offense I thought we did some really good things. We capitalized on the mistakes, so the offense did pretty good today. - On the connection with Michael Hughes The connection got stronger as the season went on. We just need more chemistry though. - On moving on The best thing we can do is just keep our head up and just try to keep winning on and finish the season strong. Quarterback Michael Hughes - On three touchdown passes to Patrick Smith Pat is definitely one of the best receivers in the country. We worked a lot in the offseason, and today we finally got to connect. He got open and he saw what I was seeing. We connected, and we scored. It was great to see him catch a few touchdowns today. Game 8 Oct. 28, 2017 Tucker Stadium (5,235) Cookeville, Tenn. 1 2 3 4 Final Tennessee State 7 10 7 2 26 Tennessee Tech 13 7 7 3 30 Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 12:59 TTU - MADONIA, Nick 40 yd field goal, 5-47 2:01 10:43 TTU - BYRD, Dontez 27 yd pass from GOLDSMITH, Andr (MADONIA, Nick kick), 2-39 0:39 06:32 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 16 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-63 4:05 00:57 TTU - MADONIA, Nick 37 yd field goal, 12-51 5:27 2nd 14:38 TTU - GOLDSMITH, Andr 31 yd run (MADONIA, Nick kick), 2-46 0:16 05:29 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 30 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-37 1:21 00:38 TSU - CLARK, Lane 23 yd field goal, 9-53 2:08 3rd 09:05 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 16 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 9-86 5:51 04:06 TTU - KILPATRICK, Tav 8 yd pass from SALE, Andre (MADONIA, Nick kick), 7-32 2:59 4th 06:31 TTU - MADONIA, Nick 39 yd field goal, 6-51 3:20 02:14 TSU - SELLERS, V. safety TSU TTU FIRST DOWNS 19 18 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 31-83 39-160 PASSING YDS (NET) 331 172 Passes Att-Comp-Int 36-20-2 24-11-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 67-414 63-332 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1--2 1-13 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-135 3-56 Interception Returns-Yards 2-26 2-3 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-34.5 3-39.7 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 11-104 8-69 Possession Time 30:23 29:37 Third-Down Conversions 9 of 16 1 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-9 4-30 - On connecting with Steven Newbold Newbold is really smart on the field. We talk a lot. We communicate on the field. I m proud Newbold got seven catches. We ve still got a lot of work to do. There was some stuff we missed, but it s only up from here. Defensive End Ebo Ogundeko - On the defense I feel like we could have played a lot better. We started off pretty slow and it s all up to us as the players to lock in and start off fast. We need to finish strong as well. We started to play better in the beginning of the second quarter, but we just need to play better as a defense and just finish out the season strong. - On the turnovers forced by the defense Those are big. Our coaches always emphasize on getting turnovers. Coach (Garry) Fisher and Coach (Rod) Reed both put an emphasis on getting turnovers. That helped us out, but we just have to play better in all three phases." GAME NOTES Captains were Lane Clark, Patrick Smith, Ebo Ogundeko and Chris Collins... TSU won the coin toss and deferred the opening kickoff... Weather at kickoff was 42 degrees and cloudy... TSU wide receiver Patrick Smith moved from fifth to third place on TSU's career touchdown list with 28 in his career. Smith also moved from sixth to fifth place in TSU history in both career receptions (149) and career receiving yards (2,450)... Running back Seth Rowland and tight end Miles Cavitt made their first career starts... Tennessee State is 18-13 in the all-time series versus Tennessee Tech... The Tigers are now 4-2 away from home this season RUSHING: Tennessee State-ROWLAND, Seth 15-62; CURTIS, Sabree 4-15; ROWLAND, Chris 3-9; NEWBOLD, Steven 1-0; HUGHES, Michael 6-minus 1; KNOX, Andrew 2-minus 2. Tennessee Tech-GOLDSMITH, Andr 12-101; THAENRAT, Yeede 17-41; SALE, Andre 6-14; BYRD, Dontez 1-8; TEAM 3-minus 4. PASSING: Tennessee State-HUGHES, Michael 20-36-2-331. Tennessee Tech-SALE, Andre 10-23-2-145; GOLDSMITH, Andr 1-1-0-27. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 7-152; NEWBOLD, Steven 7-108; KNOX, Andrew 2-9; ROWLAND, Chris 1-28; MEDLEY, Mahlon 1-16; ROWLAND, Seth 1-11; CURTIS, Sabree 1-7. Tennessee Tech-BYRD, Dontez 5-111; KILPATRICK, Tav 2-21; CARLING, Alex 1-18; THAENRAT, Yeede 1-12; GOLDSMITH, Andr 1-5; WRIGHT, Jerome 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-NESBETH, Dajour 1-26; CLARK, Lane 1-0. Tennessee Tech-DAVIS, Clay 2-3. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-KNOX, Andrew 1-1; SMITH, Patrick 1-1. Tennessee Tech-None. Tennessee State (4-4,1-4) vs. Tennessee Tech (1-7,1-4) Date: Oct 28, 2017 Site: Cookeville, Tenn. Stadium: Tucker Stadium Attendance: 5235 Kickoff time: 1:34 p.m End of Game: 4:37 Total elapsed time: 3:03 Officials: Referee: Andy Faust; Umpire: Thomas Floyd; Linesman: Jeff Irwin; Line judge: Craig Dunn; Back judge: Jim Toth; Field judge: K. Merriweather; Side judge: Jimmy Colwell; Temperature: 42 Wind: breezy Weather: overcast #BigBlueRising
2017 Game Recaps tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game 9 Tennessee State 60, Virginia University Lynchburg 0 Quotes and Notes Sophomore Quarterback Michael Hughes (Nashville, Tenn.) -On seeing the field I ve been getting more comfortable with the game. The receivers and I are connecting a little more, so it s been great. -On the game It was a great opportunity to get better that s what I did, that s what the whole team did. Hopefully we carry that on next week. -On the Ronnie Killings touchdown Ronnie is definitely great. He s a good guy to come off the bench and go to. When he comes in, I feel just as comfortable with him as when Steve and Pat are in. It felt good to give him one. Sophomore Wide Receiver Ronnie Killings -On first touchdown at TSU It felt great. It felt like a long time coming, but it felt great to finally get into the end zone. I knew I was going to have the opportunity to get into the end zone, it just depended on if I was going to get the ball or not. Once I saw the ball and that I had the right position on the defender, I just went up for the ball and made the play. Sophomore Linebacker Dante Ferguson, Jr. (Lithonia, Ga.) -On the game Today was a good day for us defensively and offensively as a whole. We ran up the scoreboard, got defensive plays all across the board. Game 9 Nov. 4, 2017 William J. Hale Stadium (7.487) Nashville, Tenn. 1 2 3 4 Final Virginia U. Lynchburg 0 0 0 0 0 Tennessee State 21 17 10 12 60 Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 10:31 TSU - NEWBOLD, Steven 4 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 5-58 2:18 06:07 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 43 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 4-59 1:54 03:03 TSU - NEWBOLD, Steven 51 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-74 1:22 2nd 07:37 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 16 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 5-49 2:30 04:01 TSU - CLARK, Lane 20 yd field goal, 4-4 1:30 00:28 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 52 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 4-58 1:47 3rd 08:14 TSU - CLARK, Lane 27 yd field goal, 14-62 6:34 02:44 TSU - KILLINGS, R. 20 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 6-56 3:13 4th 12:21 TSU - FERGUSON, Dante 36 yd interception return (WEISS, Coby kick) 12:07 TSU - TEAM safety 02:08 TSU - WEISS, Coby 25 yd field goal, 10-28 5:22 VUL TSU FIRST DOWNS 5 23 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 27--21 41-174 PASSING YDS (NET) 79 274 Passes Att-Comp-Int 18-4-2 23-16-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 45-58 64-448 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 6-94 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-54 1-18 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-100 Punts (Number-Avg) 10-41.8 3-40.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 12-78 9-70 Possession Time 26:59 33:01 Third-Down Conversions 0 of 11 5 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 6-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-19 6-34 RUSHING: VUL-Maurice Richard 11-21; Eric Clay 1-4; Kevin McBride 1-minus 1; Tomas Newman 1-minus 1; Bryan Reed 1-minus 2; TEAM 1-minus 4; DeAnthony Walke 4-minus 11; Thomas Jones 7-minus 27. Tennessee State-CURTIS, Sabree 4-53; BLACK, Tyler 8-44; GRANGER, Arkeem 17-35; ROWLAND, Chris 3-30; ROWLAND, Seth 2-12; KILLINGS, R. 1-11; RHODES, Mazio 1-6; TEAM 1-minus 2; WELLS, Kullen 1-minus 4; HUGHES, Michael 3-minus 11. PASSING: VUL-DeAnthony Walke 2-9-2-20; Thomas Jones 1-6-0-8; Kevin McBride 1-3-0-51. Tennessee State-HUGHES, Michael 15-20-0-262; WELLS, Kullen 1-3-0-12. RECEIVING: VUL-Corye Smith 2-51; Decarlos Frazie 1-20; Kevin McBride 1-8. Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 4-118; ROWLAND, Chris 4-10; NEWBOLD, Steven 3-83; KILLINGS, R. 3-44; RHODES, Mazio 2-19. INTERCEPTIONS: VUL-None. Tennessee State-JOHNSON, L. 1-64; FERGUSON, Dante 1-36. FUMBLES: VUL-DeAnthony Walke 1-1; Thomas Jones 1-0. Tennessee State-WELLS, Kullen 1-0. VUL (0-8) vs. Tennessee State (5-4,1-4) Date: Nov 04, 2017 Site: Nashville, Tenn. Stadium: Hale Stadiuum Attendance: 7487 -On contribution to the 12th ranked defense in the country It was my first interception ever, including high school. It feels good to have a pick six. All I ve been doing is following coaching and doing whatever they ve said to do since camp, just executing. It was my time to prove myself for the upcoming two years. Freshman Running Back Arkeem Granger -On first carry at TSU My first time going out, I was nervous, I had butterflies and I didn t know what to think, but once I got the first contact I was ready to go. It feels great to be back. Thank you, God. -On the game This game was a confidence booster. We plan on going out next week and attacking them, taking it one game at a time. Hopefully we ll end up in the playoffs if we beat SEMO and Jacksonville State. Junior Defensive End Marvin Maddox (Jacksonville, Fla.) -On VUL s negative rushing yards It s a good [thing], but we have to carry that on to next week. We re going to enjoy this win, but tomorrow we ll be back up and running and working hard for the next game. -On defense It goes back to everybody doing their jobs. Nobody wants to be the big guy to make the plays, everybody sticks to their job and with that more good things will happen. Notes TSU won the coin toss and deferred the opening kickoff... Captains for TSU Lane Clark, Ebo Ogundeko, Chris Collins and Patrick Smith... Weather at the time of kickoff was 75 degrees and mostly sunny... The 60 points for TSU are the most since putting up 73 in a 73-6 win over Central State on Sept. 28, 2013... Saturday was the first-ever meeting between TSU and Virginia University of Lynchburg... Redshirt sophomore running back Arkeem Granger picked up his first career carry on the afternoon... Redshirt senior wide receiver Patrick Smith now has 31 career receiving touchdowns, moving to a tie for fourth in Ohio Valley Conference history... Smith increased his receiving yards total to 2,568, moving him past Corey Sullivan for third in TSU history... The last time TSU had a quarterback throw for six touchdowns was Nov. 22, 2014 when Michael German tossed four at Murray State... Sophomore wide receiver Ronnie Killings caught his first career touchdown... Redshirt sophomore Dante Ferguson, Jr. secured his first career interception and first career pick six... Tennessee State was playing its first game at Hale Stadium this season... TSU s defense picked up a safety for the second week in a row... The last time TSU s defense posted a shutout was Sept. 3, 2016 a 44-0 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the 2016 John Merritt Classic. Kickoff time: 2 pm End of Game: 4:55 pm Total elapsed time: 2:55 Officials: Referee: Douglas Mercer; Umpire: Jason Morgan; Linesman: Jeff Estes; Line judge: Scott Speropoul; Back judge: Jaime Martinez; Field judge: Gary McCarthy; Side judge: Kirt Shay; Temperature: 76 deg Wind: 7 mph S Weather: Mostly Cloudy Tennessee State University Football
2017 Game Recaps tennessee State at Jacksonville State (Nov. 16, 2017) Game 10 Tennessee State 23, Southeast Missouri 20 Quotes and Notes Head Coach Rod Reed -On the game We talked in pre-game about the things we needed to do to be successful, and the main thing was to protect the football, dominate on our kicking game and dominate on both sides of the lines of scrimmage win at the offense line, win at the defensive line and win at the line of scrimmage. Out guys came out and did that. We played hard. With the exception of a few big plays we gave up defensively, we did extremely well. Newbold gave us a shot when we needed it, giving us a good field position to make plays. L. Cook makes the checks in the secondary. SEMO does a lot in the secondary with motions and shifts and we did a good job defensively. Coach Fisher had a great game plan for this team, as did Coach Parker. Senior Kick Lane Clark -On the game It was intense. It came all the way down to the end. Both sides of the ball played hard and special teams was a big part of the game today. Game 10 Nov. 11, 2017 William J. Hale Stadium (8,693) Nashville, Tenn. 1 2 3 4 Final Southeast Missouri 6 0 7 7 20 Tennessee State 6 7 0 10 23 Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 07:25 TSU - CLARK, Lane 37 yd field goal, 8-69 3:14 03:57 TSU - CLARK, Lane 45 yd field goal, 6--7 3:16 02:09 SEMO - ALEXANDER, D. 21 yd interception return (LITANG, N. kick blockd) 2nd 02:14 TSU - MEDLEY, Mahlon 28 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-92 3:55 3rd 02:46 SEMO - WILKERSON, K. 9 yd pass from HOSKET, Jesse (LITANG, N. kick), 9-44 5:31 4th 13:27 TSU - HARRIS, Terence 9 yd pass from HUGHES, Michael (CLARK, Lane kick), 7-81 4:05 09:12 SEMO - WILKERSON, K. 8 yd pass from HOSKET, Jesse (LITANG, N. kick), 7-50 4:04 02:07 TSU - CLARK, Lane 44 yd field goal, 4-4 2:21 SEMO TSU FIRST DOWNS 9 14 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 28-148 45-147 PASSING YDS (NET) 83 196 Passes Att-Comp-Int 19-12-1 14-9-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 47-231 59-343 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-5 1-29 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-97 4-103 Interception Returns-Yards 1-21 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-29.8 4-32.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-35 6-42 Possession Time 24:33 35:27 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 12 4 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 3-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 5-33 1-5 RUSHING: SEMO-TERRY, Marquis 16-116; SANDERS, C. 8-28; HOSKET, Jesse 4-4. Tennessee State-CURTIS, Sabree 9-72; ROWLAND, Chris 6-47; KNOX, Andrew 12-27; SMITH, Patrick 4-7; TEAM 2-minus 1; HUGHES, Michael 12-minus 5. PASSING: SEMO-HOSKET, Jesse 12-19-1-83. Tennessee State-HUGHES, Michael 9-14-1-196. RECEIVING: SEMO-WILKERSON, K. 7-55; WILLIAMS, Eric 1-12; TERRY, Marquis 1-8; BILLINGTON, T. 1-5; SANDERS, C. 1-3; SMITH, Zack 1-0. Tennessee State-NEWBOLD, Steven 5-153; MEDLEY, Mahlon 1-28; HARRIS, Terence 1-9; KNOX, Andrew 1-6; CURTIS, Sabree 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: SEMO-ALEXANDER, D. 1-21. Tennessee State-BONDS, Terrell 1-0. FUMBLES: SEMO-HOSKET, Jesse 2-1. Tennessee State-None. SEMO (2-8,2-5) vs. Tennessee State (6-4,2-5) Date: Nov 11, 2017 Site: Nashville, Tenn. Stadium: Hale Stadium Attendance: 8693 -On moving into No. 5 in all-time career points Points don t mean that much. It feels good, but when it comes down to it, I m going to be ready regardless. -On short week preparation Same thing as every week I m starting to feel stronger. Protection has been doing really well. Each day we re going to work special teams like we always do, hopefully I ll be kicking a lot of PATs instead of field goals. Sophomore Quarterback Michael Hughes -On the offense It started off a little rough. I threw a pick six, but eventually we bounced back and put up some more points on the scoreboard. We came out the win. -On pass options Today was actually Steven Newbold. I think they were trying to double-team Pat because of what he s produced in the past, but they left Steve 1-on-1 on the backside a lot, so I went to him and made big plays. Senior Linebacker Chris Collins -On how he wants to finish out the season I think Jacksonville State is top five in the nation, so a W there I would be satisfied. It ll be a huge win for us. NOTES TSU won the coin toss and chose to defer to the second half... Captains for TSU Lane Clark, Ebo Ogundeko, Chris Collins and Patrick Smith... Seven seniors served as secondary captains... Weather at kickoff was 58 degrees and Mostly Cloudy... The Tigers lead the series with the Redhawks 14-11... TSU is 9-2 versus SEMO in Nashville... Tennessee State is 6-0 this season when scoring first... The Tigers forced two turnovers on the day... The Big Blue entered the game ranked 34th in the nation... Senior kicker Lane Clark surpassed Charles Anthony to place fifth in all-time career points with 254 after kicking for 11 today... Terence Harris scored his first touchdown of his career during his final game at home... The pass play was the first reception for the senior fullback in his four year career; Harris also has no rush attempts during his career Kickoff time: 2:00 pm End of Game: 4:48 pm Total elapsed time: 2:48 Officials: Referee: Andy Faust; Umpire: Thomas Flay; Linesman: Jeff Irwin; Line judge: Craig Dunn; Back judge: Jimmy Colwell; Field judge: K. Merriweather; Side judge: Jim Toth; Center judge: Wilson Jackson; Temperature: 59 deg Wind: E 6mph Weather: Partly Sunny #BigBlueRising