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GOLDEN EAGLE FOOTBALL10 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 30 ALL-AMERICANS | FOUR POSTSEASON APPEARANCES

GAME 1TENNESSEE TECH vs. CHATTANOOGA

THURSDAY, AUG. 30 | 6 P.M. CT | CHATTANOOGA, TENN.FINLEY STADIUM (20,668)

VIDEO: ESPN3

RADIO: GOLDEN EAGLE SPORTS NETWORK

Play-By-Play: Chris Goforth, Analyst: Scott McMahen

Play-By-Play: Roger Ealey, Analyst: Dylan Vazzano

OVERALL: 40th meeting (Chattanooga leads 29-10)FIRST MEETING: 9/23/1938 in Chattanooga (L, 27-6)LAST MEETING: 11/15/2014 in Cookeville (L, 38-17)CURRENT STREAK: Chattanooga, Won 3LONGEST WINNING STREAK: Won 3, 2002/2003/2004LONGEST LOSING STREAK: Lost 10, 1938/1939/1940/1941/1942/1945/1946/1947/1948/1957IN CHATTANOOGA: Chattanooga leads 16-8SERIES NOTES: Tennessee Tech and Chattanooga will meet for the 40th time on Thursday night in the first game of the season for both teams. This will be the eighth time that these two teams have faced in Tech’s first game of the season. The Golden Eagles are 1-6 against the Mocs in season openers, the lone win coming in 2002. Chattanooga leads the all-time series 29-10 and has won the last three meetings in the series. Tennessee Tech last defeat-ed the Mocs 52-34 in Cookeville in 2004, the final game of a three-game winning streak. The Golden Eagles are 3-3 in their last six meetings with Chattanooga since 2000. The Mocs won the most recent game 38-17 in 2014 in Cookeville. Tennessee Tech head coach Dewayne Alexander has faced Chattanooga once as a head coach, taking his Cumberland University team to Finley Stadium on Sept. 6, 2008, falling 47-6. Chattanooga head coach Tom Arth has never faced the Golden Eagles.

GOLDEN EAGLES MOCS

2017 Record/OVC Record: 1-10/1-7 OVCSTATS FCS/AFCA Coaches Poll: NR/NRHead Coach: Dewayne AlexanderRecord at Tennessee Tech (Years) 0-0 (1st)Career Record (Years) 41-33 (8th)

2017 Record/OVC Record: 3-8/3-5 OVCSTATS FCS/AFCA Coaches Poll: NR/NRHead Coach: Tom ArthRecord at Chattanooga (Years) 3-8 (2nd)Career Record (Years) 43-16 (6th)

INSIDE THE SERIES

2018 SCHEDULE

TENNESSEE TECH (0-0, 0-0 OVC)8/30 at Chattanooga 6 p.m.9/6 Kennesaw State (ESPNU) 6 p.m.9/13 at Utah State 7 p.m.9/22 at Jacksonville State* 6 p.m.9/29 Eastern Illinois* 6 p.m.10/6 Southeast Missouri* 6 p.m.10/13 OPEN10/20 at Tennesse State*^ 4:30 p.m.10/27 at Austin Peay* 4 p.m.11/3 Murray State* 1:30 p.m.11/10 at UT Martin* 2 p.m.11/17 Eastern Kentucky* 1:30 p.m.

CHATTANOOGA (0-0, 0-0 SoCON)8/30 Tennessee Tech 6 p.m.9/8 at The Citadel* 5 p.m.9/15 at UT Martin 3 p.m.9/22 Samford* 6 p.m.9/29 at East Tennessee State* 6:30 p.m.10/6 Wofford* 2 p.m.10/13 at Western Carolina* 2:30 p.m.10/20 OPEN10/27 VMI* 2 p.m.11/3 at Furman* Noon11/10 Mercer* Noon11/17 at South Carolina TBA

^ Nissan Stadium - Nashville, Tenn.* Conference gameBold indicates home gameRankings listed are STATS FCS/AFCA CoachesAll Times Central

RANKINGS: Neither team is currently ranked or receiving votes in the current STATS FCS and AFCA Coaches’ Poll.

NEXT GAME: The Golden Eagles will return home to open their Tucker Stadium slate with a visit from Kennesaw State. Tech trails the series with the Owls 1-0 following their first meeting in the 2017 campaign. The Owls won the game 27-14 on Sept. 9 in front of 8,418 fans.

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TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL PRACTICE

All Tennessee Tech football practices are open to the public and media. However, all interview requests for coaches and players must come through the Sports Information office and football contacts Thomas Corhern and Mike Lehman. Interviews will not be held during practice unless permitted by Coach Alexander and his staff.

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE

Coach Alexander will participate weekly on the Ohio Valley Conference’s football teleconference. That will be held every Tuesday morning during the season, starting at 10 a.m. On the week of Oct. 22, the call will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 24 due to OVC Basketball Media Day in Evansville, Ind.Coach Alexander will appear at the 10:56 a.m. timeslot. To access the call, dial 1-615-280-8014. Contact Kyle Schwartz at the OVC ([email protected]) or Thomas Corhern at Tech ([email protected]) for the teleconference passcode.

MEDIA AVAILABILIY AND RESOURCES

PHONE INTERVIEWS

Requests for phone interviews with coaches and players must be made to football contact Thomas Corhern -- (931) 372-6139 or [email protected] -- or Sports Information Director Mike Lehman -- (931) 372-3088 or [email protected]. Requests will then be submitted to Coach Alexander for approval and scheduling. Please also provide a number for the interview subject to contact as personal numbers will not be provided.

TTUSPORTS.COM

The online home of Golden Eagle Athletics, the TTUsports.com website provides up-to-date information on all of Tennessee Tech’s varsity teams, including recaps, bios, statis-tics, media guides/record books and more. For football, the site’s page contains the latest rosters, coaching staff information, notes and schedule.

OVCSPORTS.COM

The website for the Ohio Valley Conference contains in-depth information for all of the member institutions, as well as record books for all of the league’s participating sports.

TENNESSEE TECH SPORTS INFORMATION

IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS

Requests for in-person interviews with coaches and players must be made to football contact Thomas Corhern -- (931) 372-6139 or [email protected] -- or Sports Infor-mation Director Mike Lehman -- (931) 372-3088 or [email protected]. Requests will then be submitted to Coach Alexander for approval and scheduling. Please note that post-practice interviews will be preferred.

SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORMIKE LEHMAN(Baseball, Men’s Basket-ball, Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf)(931) [email protected]

SPORTS INFORMATION COORDINATORTHOMAS CORHERN(Football, Softball)(931) [email protected]

SPORTS INFORMATION COORDINATORNATE PERRY(Women’s Basketball, Volleyball, Cross Country, Track and Field)(931) [email protected]

SPORTS INFORMATION COORDINATORDYLAN VAZZANO(Women’s Soccer, Men’s Tennis)(931) [email protected]

CREDENTIALS

Media seeking credentials should contact football contact Thomas Corhern -- (931) 372-6139 / [email protected] -- or Sports Information Director Mike Lehman -- (931) 372-3088 / [email protected]. Media will call is located on the west side of Tucker Stadium.

GAME 1 | AUG. 30, 2018 | @ CHATTANOOGA

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NEW ERA BEGINS: Thursday’s game marks the first game for Dewayne Alexander as the head coach of the Tennessee Tech football team. Alexander is in his fourth tenure with the Golden Eagles, serving as a GA running backs coach in 1997-98, defensive line coach in 2002-03, assistant head coach and offensive line coach from 2013-15 and was the acting head coach after Watson Brown resigned in 2015. Following the Marcus Satterfield’s run in 2016 and 2017, Alexander became the Golden Eagles’ 12th head football coach on Dec. 22, 2017.

EVERY GAME IS HOMECOMING: With the return of Dewayne Alexander as Tech’s head coach, the Golden Ea-gles also have five additional coaches who either played or coached at Tennessee Tech -- associate head coach/tight ends coach Doug Malone, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Tre Lamb, linebackers coach Bruce Hatfield, outside linebackers coach/special teams coordinator Taylor Hennigan (son of Tech football legend Mike Hennigan) and defensive line coach Sam Williamson. Tech’s Director of Football Operations and Leadership Development Chip Pugh was also the former Director of Athletic Development, while Academics Coordinator Cody Matthews is a former Golden Eagle player.

QUICK FACTS

THE UNIVERSITYLocation Cookeville, Tenn.Enrollment 10,504Founded March 27, 1915Conference Ohio ValleyColors Purple (PMS 266) and Gold (PMS 109)Nickname Golden EaglesPresident Dr. Philip OldhamDirector of Athletics Mark WilsonFaculty Athletics Representative Dr. Jeff Roberts

FOOTBALL HISTORYFirst Season 1922All-Time Record 420-506-31All-Time OVC Record 214-253-3First Year of Division I FCS 1978Division I FCS Record 178-269-2OVC Championships 10All-Americans 30Postseason Appearances 4FCS Playoff Appearances 1

COACHING STAFFHead Coach Dewayne AlexanderAlma Mater Tennessee Tech, 1989Collegiate Career Record (Years) 41-33 (8th)Tennessee Tech Record (Years) 0-0 (1st)Offensive Coordinator Tre LambAlma Mater Tennessee Tech, 2013Defensive Coordinator Donnie SuberAlma Mater Georgia Southern, 2013

TEAM INFORMATION2017 Overall Record 1-102017 OVC Record/Finish 1-7/Ninth

2017 OVC STANDINGS

School Overall OVCJacksonville State 10-2 8-0Austin Peay 8-4 7-1Eastern Illinois 6-5 5-3UT Martin 6-5 4-4Eastern Kentucky 4-7 3-5Southeast Missouri 3-8 3-5Tennessee State 6-5 2-5Murray State 3-8 2-5Tennessee Tech 1-10 1-7

1 DAMI ADEKUNJO (DAH-me) (ah-dey-KOON-joe)2 ADERICK Moore (uh-DARE-ick)10 Nick MADONIA (muh-DOAN-yuh)13 Chris MCELDERRY (mick-EL-dur-ree)15 MACKELL Pippen (muh-KELL)21 David GIST (hard ‘G’)22 QUINTAVIOUS Boyd (kin-TAY-vee-us)29 Adam SWAYZE (SWAY-zee)31 Eriq FADAHUNSI (FAHD-ah-HOON-see)36 Cole HUNER (HUGH-ner)37 KALIB Graves (cuh-LEEB)38 DI’ANDRE Johnson (dee-ON-dray)41 Ethan GUINN (GWIN)56 Michael SCAVO (SKA-voh)58 TRAE LATHAM (TRAY) (LAY-thum)65 Xavier SCHLUETER (SCHLOO-ter)67 Riley BODINE (BO-deen)72 MACKENAN Thompson (mack-KEN-in)74 McKenize VIAU (VEE-oh)75 SCHAEFER ALMOYAN (SHAY-fur) (al-MOY-un)82 Seth HUNER (HUGH-ner)84 Clint ZIERKE (ZUR-key)86 Taylor UBERTI (you-BUR-tee)88 D.J. WILKES (WILKS)93 HAIDAR ZAIDAN (HAY-dar) (ZAY-dan)99 JALE’N GLADNEY (JAY-len) (GLAD-knee)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

COACHING ASSIGNMENTS

Dewayne Alexander - Head Coach SidelineDoug Malone - Associate Head Coach/Tight Ends SidelineTre Lamb - Offensive Coordinator BoothDonnie Suber - Defensive Coordinator SidelineDominique Davenport - Running Backs BoothBruce Hatfield - Linebackers BoothTaylor Hennigan - Ouside Linebackers/Special Teams SidelineFred Marshall - Cornerbacks BoothAdam Mims - Wide Receivers SidelineJake Thornton - Offensive Line SidelineSam Williamson - Defensive Line Sideline


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YOUNG GUN: Bailey Fisher currently holds the top spot at quarterback, coming into the game as a true fresh-man. He graduated early after finishing his campaign at Rabun County (Ga.) and enrolled into Tech in January, going through spring practice with the Golden Eagles. He has shown plenty of promise with the Tech offense and could be a valuable weapon.

At Rabun County as a senior, he passed for 3,341 yards with 43 touchdowns, while also rushing for 1,283 yards. In his prep career, he threw for 9,383 yards and 113 touchdowns, while rushing for 3,075 yards and 57 more scores.

SWITCHING SIDES: Two major names from the Tennessee Tech defense will see action on the offensive side of the ball in 2018 as Josh Cunningham and Deven Sullivan return to offensive skill positions. Cunningham played as a cornerback in 2017, while Sullivan was in the linebacker corps to bolster their ranks after Josh Poplar had to miss the season.

Sullivan finished 2017 with 51 total tackles, including eight for-loss. He also recovered a fumble against Tennessee State. His season high was 10 tackles against Western Illinois. He was signed under then-head coach Watson Brown to play running back before Marcus Satterfield and his staff moved him to defense.

Cunningham finished 2017 with 53 tackles, six pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and a blocked kick. He recorded 11 tackles against Tennessee State. He spent 2016 as a wide receiver in Satterfield’s first season at Tech, catching 17 passes for 178 yards.

EMPTY NEST: The biggest hole to fill for Tech on offense is wide receiver Dontez Byrd, who wrapped up his eli-gibility and is currently with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. The first Golden Eagle to ever surpass the 1,000 receiving yard plateau in a season, Byrd leaves some pretty big shoes to fill.

Tech did bring in a graduate transfer and a few freshmen who could grow into the role, however. Melvin Holland Jr. joins the Golden Eagles from Minnesota, while Brad Clark, Jeremiah Edwards and Cam Singletary have all shown impressive moves in camp. With those players joining thr returning core of Cunningham, R.D. Ford, Seth Huner and Hunter Coleman, there could be some impressive days ahead for the Tech receivers.

GROUND GAME: Tech saw running back Yeedee Thaenrat transfer to Towson, but the Golden Eagles’ top runner from a season ago, Andrew Goldsmith, is back, ready to lead Tech on the running attack. Goldsmith finished 2017 with 589 yards and three touchdowns on 116 carries, while also catching 15 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown. He rushed for a career-high 121 yards against Eastern Illinois. Following Goldsmith on the charts is senior Sullivan, freshman David Gist -- a Cookeville product, and D.J. Worthy.

UP FRONT: While there are a few familiar faces on the Tech offensive line, it’s pretty much an entirely different look for the Golden Eagle front five. Under the direction of Jake Thornton, who spent last season with the University of Alabama as a graduate assistant, the offensive line has been shaken up and reshaped. Providing protection at center is Daly Cull, who spent a year as a preferred walk-on at Memphis, then transferred to Tech, rejoining his high school head coach -- former Hendersonville High skipper Bruce Hatfield, who is currently coaching the Tech linebackers. Norman Hand, Mike Rhoades, Eric Kareem and Kurt Huff provide the first-line protection, while Schaefer Almoyan, Manny Avina, Riley Bodine, Philipp Tolksdorf and Mackenan Thompson provide back-up.

POWER PACK: Tech returns four tight ends who could prove to be gamechangers for the Golden Eagle offense. Mitchell McClurg, an Appalachian State transfer, is in his second full season with Tech, and could see a breakout season. Tavin Kilpatrick, a sophomore from Greenback, had a great freshman season, and they’ll be assisted with veteran leadership from senior Alex Carling and junior Clint Zierke. The foursome provides plenty of versa-tility or whichever package the offense sets up in.

OVERSEEING THE OFFENSE: Tech’s offensive coordinator should have a familiar name to those who have followed the Golden Eagles -- Tre Lamb, who was the quarterback for the Golden Eagles’ OVC Championship team in 2011. He was most recently at Mercer before coming home to Cookeville.

OFFENSE

BAILEY FISHER | FR. | QB

JOSH CUNNINGHAM | SR. | WR

DEVEN SULLIVAN | SR. | RB


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WELCOME BACK: Redshirt junior linebacker Josh Poplar has come a long way in just over a year. Just before the start of the 2017 fall camp, Poplar was diagnosed with a stroke following the team’s fitness test and a hole in his heart discovered. Poplar continued to work with the team, even though he was unable to play in the 2017 campaign. An all-Ohio Valley Conference second-team selection in 2016, it was hard to keep Tech’s leading tackler down, even if he was kept to the sidelines, serving as a student assistant.

Now Poplar is cleared to play and is back in old form, serving notice to opposing defenses that he’s back and ready to get to work. He’s joined by a fairly deep Tech linebacker corps, including Aderick Moore, who led the Golden Eagles in tackling in 2017, and Jake Warwick, who returns to the defense after a year as a fullback. Warwick is the grandson of famed Golden Eagle linebacker Lonnie Warwick, who later became a member of the legendary Minnesota Vikings’ Purple People Eaters defensive unit.

BRINGING THE HOUSE: It will be hard for opposing offenses not to see senior defensive end Tim Collins out on the field. With his imposing 6-5, 250-pound stature, Collins is the tallest starter on the Tech defense. He’s also known to make some noise as he disrupts the offense. A preseason all-Ohio Valley Conference selection, Collins looks to build on his 2017 campaign, where he finished the year with 51 tackles, including five for-loss for six yards, six QB hurries, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

NICKEL-PLATED: Tech is switching to the 4-2-5 defense this season from the 4-3 run in the past couple of seasons. With the switch, Eriq Fadhunsi and Branson Kramm will slightly shift duties as they take on the nickel position on the field. Fadahunsi, a Temple transfer, has been a reliable defensive back for the Golden Eagles and could make some noise in the adopted role.

EYES ON THE BALL: Providing deep support as a free safety, Deontay Wilson proved to be one of Tech’s top pass defenders in 2017, making 64 tackles, while picking off a pass and breaking up two. He also recovered a fumble for 13 yards. During the 2017 season, he had 12 tackles against Western Illinois, his career-high, and 10 against Austin Peay. There is some upperclassman leadership in the secondary with senior A.J. Flemister at left corner, junior Shannon Fayne at strong safety and junior Dami Adekunjo at right corner.

But following that first line, it’s a young, but talented group: Brian Thompson, a freshman at left corner, picked off eight passes for 186 yards as a senior at East Nashville Magnet last season, Aidan Raines at strong safety was a fantastic receiver at Mt. Juliet, and Seth Carlisle was a tremendous quarterback and defensive back at Macon County, picking off two passes and returning one for a touchdown.

UP FRONT: On the front four on Tech’s defensive line, there’s not a whole lot different. In addition to Collins at DE, Anthony Akers is at defensive tackle, Xavier Schlueter starts at nose, while Chris McElderry is taking on what the Tech staff is labeling the Five. The quartet is three seniors and one junior, giving Tech some valuable experience on the front lines.

Backing up Collins at DE is freshman Sam Oldham, a prized prospect from Cookeville, who is also the son of Ten-nessee Tech president Dr. Phil Oldham. His work ethic and skills impressed the staff enough to earn the second spot on the depth chart. Meanwhile, there is experience back on the relief spots on the defensive line with junior Taylor Underwood at DT, sophomore Jale’n Gladney at nose and redshirt junior Andrew Swicegood at Five.

OVERSEEING THE DEFENSE: When Dewayne Alexander took over the Golden Eagles, he knew exactly who he wanted to lead Tech’s defense as he brought in Donnie Suber as defensive coordinator. A graduate from Georgia Southern, Suber was the defensive coordinator at Cumberland, then took over as the head coach once Alexander left to become the offensive line coach for Watson Brown at Tech. After Brown’s retirement in 2015, Alexander went back to Cumberland to assist for Suber, before taking a position at East Tennessee State.

DEFENSE

JOSH POPLAR | R-JR. | LB

TIM COLLINS | SR. | DE

DEONTAY WILSON | R-JR. | FS


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PUTTING ON THE POINTS: Nick Madonia continues to be the kicker for the Golden Eagles, and he certainly has the numbers to back up why. A program-record 57-yarder in the books, nearly perfect on PATs and solid on field goals. He finished 2017 with a 21-for-21 mark on point-after attempts, while he was 9-for-14 on field goals. He was 1-for-1 from under 30, 6-for-7 from 30-to-39, 1-for-5 from 40-to-49, and 1-for-1 from beyond 50. His longest last season was 51 at Eastern Illinois.

Madonia has made 18 of his 25 field goals in his career, an accuracy mark of 72.0 percent. John Arnold has the best percentage, hitting 20 of his 27 (74.1). David Collett has the career record for field goals made with 49.

KICK OFF: Haidar Zaidan returns as Tech’s kickoff specialist. Last season, he had 34 kickoffs for a total of 2,020 yards, averaging 59.4 yards. He had 16 touchbacks and two sail out of bounds.

COMING TO AMERICA: The atest addition to the Golden Eagles’ special teams is Luke Maynard, a rugby-style punter from Australia. Signing with the Golden Eagles just under two weeks ago, Maynard has already started to show a lot of promise for Tech and opening up some options on the special teams. He came through the Prokick Australia program, which has instructed five consecutive Ray Guy Award winners and 12 All-Americans. The program’s alums include former Eastern Kentucky punter Keith Wrzuszczak, who was the top punter in the OVC in recent years.

TAKING IT BACK: On the depth chart for returners are running back Andrew Goldsmith and receiver Jeremiah Edwards. The two have had a lot of speed in camp and could provide some highlight reel quality returns for the Golden Eagles. Goldsmith returned four kicks last year for 100 yards, the longest at 31 yards. Edwards, a fresh-man from Hillsboro, Tenn., has had impressive speed and good hands as he looks to make his mark.

SPECIAL TEAMS

NICK MADONIA | SR. | K

LUKE MAYNARD | R-FR. | P

OFF THE FIELD

WILMORE GETS THE TEDDY: Former Golden Eagle linebacker Barry “Butch” Wilmore was named the recipient of the NCAA’s highest honor -- the Theodore Roosevelt Award -- in January. Wilmore played football from 1982 to 1985 at Tech. He then went on to become a decorated combat pilot in the Navy, then went on to become an astronaut, commanding the space shuttle Atlantis and served on missions to the International Space Station. Wilmore is also a member of the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame. He is the first former Tech and Ohio Valley Conference student-athlete to receive the award.

HELPING BUILD THE WALL: During the spring, the Tennessee Tech football team helped erect the visiting Vietnam Wall memorial -- “The Wall That Heals.” Tech coaches and players helped put together the traveling exhibit as people from all over the region visited the scale replica of the Vietnam War Memorial wall standing in Washington, D.C.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. --Tennessee Tech closed out the home portfolio of its 2014 schedule with Senior Day Saturday, falling to FCS No. 9 Chattanooga, 38-17, as the Mocs (8-3) won their fifth consecutive game. It was also Military and Public Safety Appreciation Day, as well as Scout Day.

The Golden Eagles (4-7) will put the wraps on the season next week with an Ohio Valley Conference finale at Austin Peay. Kickoff is at 4 p.m.

Tech battled early, pulling to within 7-3 on a John Arnold field goal early in the second quarter, and then used a 64-yard sprint by junior Ladarius Vanlier for a touchdown seven minutes later to close to within 14-10.

But the Mocs drove 60 yards for a touchdown to make it 21-10, and a minute later recovered a fumble following a sack at the TTU 22, and converted that turnover into another touchdown for a sudden 28-10 advantage heading into halftime.

The Chattanooga lead grew to 31-10 in the third quarter, and 38-10 on a short drive following Tech’s only other turnover.

The Golden Eagles put together the final scoring drive of the afternoon as Jared Davis rammed in from the one. It was his 42-yard completion to Cody Matthews that set up the score.

That catch gave Matthews 100 receptions for his Tech career.

The Mocs rolled up 457 yards of offense, gaining 234 through the air and 223 on the ground. Tech managed just 171 total yards, with 96 rushing and 75 through the air.

Chattanooga quarterback Jacob Huesman, the son of Moc head coach Russ Huesman, was the leading rusher with 89 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries. He also completed 21 of 27 passes for 234 yards and four more touchdowns. The Mocs also got 76 yards on 22 carries from Keon Williams.

Tech was led by Vanlier’s 81 yards on seven carries. Matthews finished with two catches for 50 yards.

Defensively, several Golden Eagles piled up big numbers on the tackle charts, topped by senior Cory Webber’s career-best 17 stops. Austin Tallant added 12 tackles and forced a fumble, while Jay Rudwall finished with 10 tackles and two tackles-for-loss. Marty Jones, the team’s leading tacklers this season, had nine tackles in the first half before leaving the contest with an injury.

The game was the final home appearance for 16 Golden Eagle seniors: DaJuan Brown, Neil Gannaway, James Huguely, Marty Jones, Cody Matthews, Tevin McDermott, Midoho Okpokowuruk, Patrick Prewitt, Randall Reeves, Zach Sharp, Matthew Smith, Conor Sparkman, Darian Stone, Austin Tallant, Ben Viaene, and Cory Webber.

LAST MEETING11/15/2014: No. 9 CHATTANOOGA 38, TECH 17 CHATTANOOGA 10-29

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.DATE SITE SCORE9/23/1938 CHATTANOOGA L, 27-69/29/1939 CHATTANOOGA L, 20-09/27/1940 CHATTANOOGA L, 28-09/26/1941 CHATTANOOGA L, 26-1910/16/1942 CHATTANOOGA L, 20-010/6/1945 UNKNOWN L, 20-710/4/1946 CHATTANOOGA L, 37-610/3/1947 CHATTANOOGA L, 12-010/1/1948 CHATTANOOGA L, 18-711/1/1957 CHATTANOOGA L, 26-011/1/1958 COOKEVILLE W, 13-1210/30/1959 CHATTANOOGA L, 6-310/29/1960 COOKEVILLE L, 20-69/23/1961 CHATTANOOGA L, 19-79/22/1962 COOKEVILLE L, 20-79/28/1963 CHATTANOOGA W, 7-59/26/1964 COOKEVILLE L, 18-09/25/1965 CHATTANOOGA L, 21-09/24/1966 COOKEVILLE L, 17-710/28/1967 CHATTANOOGA L, 28-1311/2/1968 COOKEVILLE L, 20-611/1/1969 CHATTANOOGA W, 23-1110/31/1970 COOKEVILLE L, 21-710/30/1971 CHATTANOOGA W, 14-710/28/1972 COOKEVILLE W, 24-810/27/1973 CHATTANOOGA L, 7-39/20/1986 CHATTANOOGA L, 33-311/14/1987 CHATTANOOGA W, 20-1311/24/1988 COOKEVILLE L, 41-09/9/1989 CHATTANOOGA W, 28-109/8/1990 COOKEVILLE L, 40-179/7/1991 CHATTANOOGA L, 35-149/6/1997 CHATTANOOGA L, 13-109/14/2002 COOKEVILLE W, 13-39/13/2003 CHATTANOOGA W, 35-1010/9/2004 COOKEVILLE W, 52-349/3/2005 CHATTANOOGA L, 30-23 (OT)8/31/2006 COOKEVILLE L, 31-711/15/2014 COOKEVILLE L, 38-17

THE SERIES

GAME LEADERS

TENNESSEE TECHPassing Jared Davis, 45 yds.Rushing Ladarius Vanlier, 81 yds.Receiving Cody Matthews, 50 yds.

CHATTANOOGAPassing Jacob Huesman, 234 yds.Rushing Jacob Huesman, 89 yds.Receiving R. Bagley, 67 yds.

TEAM STATS

TENNESSEE TECHPassing 75Rushing 96Turnovers 2T.O.P. 20:00

CHATTANOOGAPassing 234Rushing 223Turnovers 2T.O.P. 40:00


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TENNESSEE TECH MILESTONE VICTORIES

WIN SCORE (DATE AND SITE)1 Tennessee Tech 25, Bethel 13 X/X/1922 (Unknown)

50 Tennessee Tech 25, West Tennessee 0 10/3/1936 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

1 (OVC) Tennessee Tech 13, Evansville 0 11/18/1950 (Evansville, Ind.)

100 Tennessee Tech 42, Carson-Newman 6 9/22/1951 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

150 Tennessee Tech 48, Morehead State 0 10/3/1959 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

50 (OVC) Tennessee Tech 21, Eastern Kentucky 19 11/9/1963 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

1 (TS) Tennessee Tech 14, East Tennessee State 3 10/8/1966 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

200 Tennessee Tech 17, UT Martin 6 10/3/1970 (Martin, Tenn.)

250 Tennessee Tech 63, East Tennessee St. 20 10/29/1977 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

100 (OVC) Tennessee Tech 63, East Tennessee St. 20 10/29/1977 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

50 (TS) Tennessee Tech 10, Murray State 3 9/25/1982 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

300 Tennessee Tech 26, Tennessee State 15 11/7/1992 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

150 (OVC) Tennessee Tech 16, Murray State 13, OT 11/1/1997 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

350 Tennessee Tech 63, Tennessee State 13 11/10/2001 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

100 (TS) Tennessee Tech 13, Chattanooga 3 9/14/2002 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

400 Tennessee Tech 45, UT Martin 44, OT 11/10/2012 (Cookeville, Tenn.)

200 (OVC) Tennessee Tech 41, Southeast Missouri 16 11/9/2013 (Cape Girardeau, Mo.)

CURRENT RECORDSOVERALL 420-506-31OVC 214-253-3TUCKER STADIUM 146-128-2

TENNESSEE TECH WINNINGEST SEASONS

YEAR RECORD1972 10-21952 9-21977 9-21960 8-31971 8-21975 8-31993 8-32000 8-31953 7-41955 7-31958 7-31961 7-31992 7-42001 7-32011 7-41928 6-0-11930 6-2-11931 6-31938 6-31939 6-3-11957 6-41959 6-2-21963 6-41974 6-51981 6-51990 6-51997 6-52004 6-52009 6-51924 5-3-11941 5-41946 5-51948 5-61951 5-5-11956 5-4-11966 5-51969 5-51978 5-61987 5-61989 5-51994 5-61996 5-61999 5-52002 5-72010 5-62013 5-72014 5-72016 5-6

THE TENNESSEE TECH FIGHT SONGThere they go again today,What a team,Yea, the Eagles!You'll hear everybody say'Better get on the ball with the Eagles!'Make that touchdown play again,See them running up the score, forWe'll be leading all the wayWith our own Tech Golden Eagles!

THE TENNESSEE TECH HYMNThe quiet hills stand steadfastRound walls of russet brownOn halls serene and campus greenThe smoky hills look down;And proudly may I cherishWhat thou hast giv'n to me,Oh Alma Mater, Tennessee Tech,God prosper thee.

Deep purple stand the mountainsAnd golden sets the sun.We proudly wear these colors fairUntil our goal is won;We pledge thee faithful service,Our love and loyalty,Oh Alma Mater, Tennessee Tech,God prosper thee.


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When one has been around Tennessee Tech as long as Dewayne Alexander has been, it begins to feel like home.

Alexander went to school at Tech, played football at Tech, coached as an assistant coach for the Golden Eagles and was even the acting head coach after Watson Brown stepped down following the 2015 season.

While he didn’t follow in Brown’s shoes then, that didn’t deter Alexander.

After all, Tennessee Tech is home for him.

On Dec. 22, 2017, as he was announced as the Golden Eagle football team’s 12th all-time head coach and the welcome mat was rolled out for Alexander, he’s returned to a place that is near and dear to him and is determined to lead the Golden Eagles to championships.

“I’m honored,” Alexander said. “I feel very blessed. It’s exciting and I’m just so humbled by the whole thing. I couldn’t be more appreciative of (university president) Dr. (Phil) Oldham and (Tech director of athletics) Mark Wilson giving me the opportunity.”

There is hardly any doubt in the fact that Dewayne Alexander is the epitome of a Tech guy.

“It is an excellent fit,” Wilson said. “He loves Tennessee Tech. He truly bleeds purple and gold. He is the head coach to build a winning program here, can build a championship-level program, but do everything right with a commitment to academic excellence, a commitment to developing our football student-athletes as a whole person and provide great service to our community.”

But while he hardly had enough time to warm up the head coach’s chair two years ago, the opportunity to take the reins this time around is certainly a welcome one.

“I hadn’t been there long enough,” Alexander laughed. “It feels good. I’m just anxious to get started, ready to get started. I’m trying to get in touch with all of our players – hopefully some of them will be at the press conference -- but I want to talk to them, talk to their families, put one foot in front of the other and take Tennessee Tech football where I know it can go.”

With the research into where the program stands, as well as his past experience at Tech, for Alexander to say he’s excited may be an understatement.

“I’m a product of Tennessee Tech,” he said. “I have two degrees from Tech. I’m a former player. The one thing that has always made Tennessee Tech special is the people. It’s an amazing group, the continuity is special, and it’s something we want to do with the football team. We need very good staff continuity, we need enthusiasm and inject it into the program and I think we’re ready to do that.

“But I think the thing that impressed me the most in this whole process was the number of people who have just strong feelings for Tennessee Tech and I have always felt that it is the

people that make Tech special. I’ve been associated with Tech since 1983 in some form or fashion on and off, but the people have always made Tech what it is.”

It’s that family atmosphere that’s really made it hard for Alexander to stay away.

“Absolutely,” Alexander said. “From the top to the bottom in the athletic administration, that is definitely true. I know all of those people very well, they’re people I’ve worked with in the past and I really feel comfortable being around them. During the interview process, it was almost like I’ve never left. It’s very good to be a part of that.

“And Tech and Cookeville have been a great place for my family. I graduated from Tech, my son (Hayden) is in graduate school here, my daughter Kate was born at Cookeville Regional back in 2000. It’s home. It’s always had a family atmosphere and been a second home for me and my family.”

One of the biggest positives for Alexander is his many connections in football, not just from his roots in the Upper Cumberland, but throughout the country.

“He has great connections throughout the state of Tennessee and the southeast in recruiting,” Wilson said. “He’s been a high school coach, a collegiate head coach, a collegiate assistant coach. He has tremendous connections that will help us in recruiting, and I know the staff that he’s working to put together will be a great staff, a strong staff that will do great things as they build a championship football program together here at Tennessee Tech.”

Alexander added, “I’ve been blessed with the time I’ve spent in Cookeville and the Upper Cumberland. From coaching the Bees at Upperman High School, coaching at Jackson County High School, I’m very proud of that, proud of spending time in those communities and glad to still have a lot of friends and connections and familiar faces that I know and keep in touch with. It’s just going to be so exciting getting back to living in this area full-time. I just can’t wait to get here.”

Of course, he’s no stranger to being the head coach, putting together a successful tenure at Cumberland University, and that experience brings quite a bit to the table.

“It brings a lot, because I have been a head coach on both the high school and college levels,” Alexander said. “When I took over at Cumberland, the program was going through some ad-versity. I was their third head coach in four years and they had some struggles. I know what that looks like to rebuild football programs – I did it at Wilson Central High School as the head coach and I was able to do it at Cumberland University and get the program going in the right direction.

“I’ve been there and done that when it comes to those kinds of situations. Here at Tennessee Tech, we have a tremendous amount of resources. We have a great community, a great university to recruit to and I feel like we’re going to be able to get this program moving in the right direction real, real soon.”

And the burning question on most fans’ minds is probably this:

HEAD COACH DEWAYNE ALEXANDER

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE

1989-1996 -- Hendersonville High School -- Assistant Coach, Teacher1996-1997 -- Jackson County High School -- Head Football Coach, Assistant Principal, Athletic Director1997-1998 -- Tennessee Tech University -- Graduate Assistant Running Backs Coach1998-2001 -- Upperman High School -- Head Coach, Assistant Principal, Athletic Director2001-2002 -- Gallatin High School -- Offen-sive Coordinator, Special Education Teacher2002-2003 -- Tennessee Tech University -- Defensive Line Coach2003-2005 -- Wilson Central High School -- Head Coach, Teacher2006-2013 -- Cumberland University -- Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator2013-2015 -- Tennessee Tech University -- Assistant Head Coach / Offensive Line CoachDec. 2015-Jan. 2016 -- Tennessee Tech University -- Acting Head Coach2016-2017 -- Cumberland University -- Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks and Running Backs Coach2017 -- East Tennessee State University -- Offensive Line CoachDecember 22, 2017-Present -- Tennessee Tech University -- Head Coach


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what will it take to make Tech a winning program?

“By recruiting and stabilizing our current roster,” Alexan-der said. “We have to recruit. We are going to go all in on recruiting. We’re going to hire a staff of recruiters. To me, we’ve got a great area to recruit to. We host the TSSAA state championship games. That’s what it’s going to take – recruit-ing and doing things right in our program, whether it’s in the weight room, on the field, off the field. We’re going to hire good coaches who will do right by our players and work extremely hard. I’m a big believer that if we’re doing things the right way on and off the field, the wins will take care of themselves. They always have wherever I’ve been.”

On the side of Tucker Stadium, there’s the large banner that reads ‘Champions are made here.’ Alexander is definitely believer in that.

“There is so much truth in that,” Alexander said. “What an awesome thing it is for us to host the TSSAA state champi-onships. I look back at the 2011 Tech team who won the OVC championship and went to the FCS playoffs, and, in that same year, won the academic award in the OVC. That’s what Tennes-see Tech is all about. That’s what being a student-athlete at Tennessee Tech is all about. It’s being very competitive in the classroom and playing championship-caliber football. That’s what we’re going to do.”

It’s hard to question Alexander’s experience – a career that has spanned nearly 30 years.

Alexander returns to Tech following a season as the offensive line coach for East Tennessee State, helping the Buccaneers continue their rebuilding phase after the Johnson City school restarted its football program. Among his players were All-Southern Conference offensive lineman Alex Rios.

A 1989 graduate of Tech with a bachelor’s degree in political science, followed by a master’s in educational leadership in 1998, Alexander lettered for three seasons with the Golden Eagles from 1985 to 1987.

Following his graduation, he became an assistant coach at his prep alma mater, Hendersonville (Tenn.) High, between 1989 and 1996. He then became the head coach, assistant principal and athletic director at Jackson County (Tenn.) High from 1996 to 1997, leading the Blue Devils to a playoff berth.

From 1997 to 1998, Alexander returned to Tech as a graduate assistant, overseeing running backs. Then, from 1998 to 2001, he moved just down the road to nearby Baxter as he became the head coach, assistant principal and athletic director at Upperman High (Tenn.)

From 2001 to 2002, Alexander then moved to Gallatin as an offensive coordinator, leading the Green Wave to a 10-3 record and an appearance in the TSSAA state quarterfinals.

The 2002 season saw a return to Cookeville as he became the Golden Eagles’ defensive line coach, where he oversaw D.J. Bleisath, who was an All-OVC selection, a Buck Buchanan Award finalist, and later a Tech Sports Hall of Famer.

From 2003 to 2005, Alexander took over the reins of a Wilson Central (Tenn.) team that had gone 0-20 in its previous two seasons. By his second season, the Wildcats had a winning record. By his third, WCHS was 10-2 with the school’s first-ev-er playoff win and a fifth place ranking in the final Associated Press Tennessee prep poll.

In January 2006, Alexander became the head coach at Cumberland University. The NAIA program had only won four games in the previous three years and he was able to lead the team to its first conference championship in 61 years as the then-Bulldogs (the team has since rebranded as the Phoenix) won the Mid-South Conference championship.

While at Cumberland, he was named the American Football Coaches Association’s NAIA Region 1 Coach of the Year (2010) and the Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Coach of the Year (2011). That same season, CU ranked 14th nationally, its highest mark in 13 seasons. Between the span of 2010 and 2012, the Bulldogs won 23 games, the best stretch in the program’s then-76-year history. During that time, the team was ranked three straight years in the NAIA Top 25 for the first time.

In 2012, Cumberland led the nation with 16 NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athletes (with a 3.5 grade point average or better) and led the MSC with 31 conference scholar-athletes (3.25 GPA or better).

During his tenure at Cumberland, he recruited 44 first-team all-conference players, three first-team all-Americans, five national players of the week and the 2012 MSC Offensive Player of the Year in Lemeco Miller.

In 2013, Alexander returned to Tech, joining head coach Wat-son Brown’s staff as an assistant head coach and offensive line coach, a role he held until December 2015 as he became

the acting head coach after Brown’s retirement and oversaw the program until Marcus Satterfield was hired in January 2016.

But during Alexander’s next tenure with the Golden Eagles, he coached two all-OVC offensive linemen in Wesley Sherrill and Charles Mouton. He also oversaw recruiting efforts in the Upper Cumberland, Middle Tennessee, Georgia and Southern California.

After Satterfield’s hiring, Alexander returned for one season at Cumberland as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and running backs coach for the Phoenix. He followed that up with his latest stop at East Tennessee State.

Alexander has also been the NAIA representative on the American Football Coaches Association’s Ethics Committee (2010-2013), a member of the AFCA All-American Committee (2012), a conference rater for the NAIA Coaches’ Poll (2012), the head coach for the East team in the 2010 NAIA All-Star Game, and serves on the board of directors for the Nashville, Tenn., chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame from 2008 to the present.

Alexander is joined in Cookeville with his wife, Angela, and they have four children – Hayden (a MBA student at Tech), Kate and twin sons Ross and John.


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DEWAYNE ALEXANDER YEAR-BY-YEAR2006CUMBERLAND | 4-6/2-39/2/06 @ Southern Virginia W, 24-179/9/06 Austin Peay L, 28-219/23/06 @ Virginia-Wise L, 59-429/30/06 Lambuth* L, 41-2410/7/06 West Virginia Tech W, 42-710/14/06 @Pikeville L, 41-3810/21/06 Campbellsville* W, 27-710/26/06 @ Shorter College* L, 30-1011/4/06 Bethel College* W, 1-011/11/06 @ Belhaven College* L, 39-7

2007CUMBERLAND | 3-7/1-49/6/07 @ Tennessee Tech L, 45-219/15/07 Georgetown College* L, 63-39/22/07 @ Lambuth* L, 39-289/29/07 @ Faulkner W, 35-710/6/07 @ Union L, 21-1410/13/07 Univ. of the Cumberlands L, 13-1010/20/07 @ Bethel College* L, 54-1410/27/07 @ Campbellsville* W, 41-711/3/07 Shorter College* L, 34-711/10/07 Belhaven College W, 35-34

2008CUMBERLAND | 6-5/4-1 | MCC Co-Champs8/30/08 @ Campbellsville W, 48-389/6/08 @ Chattanooga L, 47-69/13/08 @ Georgetown College L, 45-149/27/08 @ Univ. of the Cumberlands L, 52-3710/4/08 Bethel College* W, 44-1610/11/08 @ Faulkner* W, 38-310/18/08 Virginia-Wise L, 27-1410/25/08 @ Belhaven College* W, 46-4311/1/08 Shorter College* L, 27-2411/8/08 Kentucky Christian* W, 51-1411/15/08 Lambuth W, 29-26

2009CUMBERLAND | 5-6/3-39/5/09 Campbellsville L, 38-379/12/09 Georgetown College W, 31-219/19/09 @ Newberry College L, 20-39/26/09 Univ. of the Cumberlands L, 14-1310/3/09 @ Bethel* L, 13-310/10/09 Faulkner* W, 23-610/17/09 @ Virginia-Wise W, 27-2010/24/09 Belhaven College* L, 7-6 OT10/31/09 @ Shorter College* W, 14-1311/7/09 @ Kentucky Christian* W, 45-2011/14/09 @ Lambuth* L, 35-7

2010CUMBERLAND | 8-3/4-2 | #179/2/10 @ Austin Peay L, 38-69/11/10 Campbellsville W, 33-219/18/10 + Kentucky Christian W, 35-69/25/10 West Virginia Tech W, 30-710/2/10 Lindsey Wilson College W, 23-710/9/10 Shorter* W, 22-1410/16/10 @ Faulkner* L, 20-17 OT10/23/10 @ Bethel* W, 23-1710/30/10 Union* W, 29-1811/6/10 Belhaven* W, 45-711/13/10 @ Univ. of the Cumberlands* L, 52-27+ at Marshall University, Huntington, W.Va.

2011CUMBERLAND | 7-3/4-2 | #149/3/11 @ Lindsey Wilson College W, 23-139/10/11 @ Campbellsville L, 30-279/17/11 Kentucky Christian W, 33-179/24/11 @ West Virginia Tech W, 31-2610/8/11 @ Shorter* W, 21-1710/15/11 Faulkner* W, 49-2810/22/11 Bethel* W, 36-3410/29/11 @ Union* W, 43-3511/5/11 @ Belhaven* L, 34-2111/12/11 Univ. of the Cumberlands* L, 31-27

2012CUMBERLAND | 8-3/4-2 | #219/1/12 + Kansas Wesleyan W, 31-109/8/12 Univ. of the Cumberlands L, 55-139/15/12 Belhaven W, 36-309/22/12 @ Virginia-Wise W, 24-179/29/12 @ Pikeville W, 41-2310/6/12 Union* W, 42-2110/13/12 @ Faulkner* L, 42-1410/20/12 Campbellsville* W, 28-2310/27/12 @ Bethel* L, 32-3011/3/12 Bluefield* W, 49-011/10/12 @ Lindsey Wilson College W, 33-32 OT+ at Dyersburg, Tenn.

2018TENNESSEE TECH | 0-08/30/18 @ Chattanooga


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NUMERICAL ROSTERNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School)1 Dami Adekunjo DB 6-0 180 R-So. Clinton, Md. (Glen Burnie HS)2 Aderick Moore LB 6-1 245 Jr. Selma, Ala. (Selma HS)2 Cam Singletary WR 5-8 162 Fr. Norman Park, Ga. (Colquitt County HS)3 Deven Sullivan RB 6-3 215 Sr. Tuscumbia, Ala. (Muscle Shoals HS)4 Eriq Fadahunsi DB 5-11 190 Jr. Bryans Road, Md. (Temple)4 Bailey Fisher QB 6-0 195 Fr. Tiger, Ga. (Rabun County HS)5 Anthony Akers DL 6-0 290 Sr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS)5 Melvin Holland Jr. WR 6-3 206 Gr. Ashburn, Va. (Minnesota)6 Alex Carling TE 6-5 245 Sr. Scranton, Pa. (Temple)7 Jeremiah Edwards WR 5-10 160 Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (Hillsboro HS)7 Josh Poplar LB 6-0 220 R-Jr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Central HS)8 Brad Clark WR 6-2 200 Fr. Lakeland, Fla. (Victory Christian Academy)8 Tim Collins DL 6-5 250 Sr. Birmingham, Ala. (Restoration Academy)9 Josh Cunningham WR 5-10 175 Sr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS)10 Nick Madonia K 5-10 185 Sr. Arrington, Tenn. (Centennial HS)10 Cade Smith QB 6-0 190 Fr. Cookeville, Tenn. (Cookeville HS)11 A.J. Flemister DB 6-1 200 Sr. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Notre Dame HS)12 Drew Martin QB 6-2 205 Fr. Franklin, Tenn. (Battle Ground Academy)12 Deontay Wilson DB 6-3 190 R-Jr. Trussville, Ala. (Trussville HS)13 Chris McElderry DL 6-1 250 Sr. Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City HS)14 Adam Browner QB 6-4 225 So. New Hope, Ala. (Garden City CC)14 Shannon Fayne DB 6-0 195 Jr. Nashville, Tenn. (Donelson Christian Academy)15 Marcus McMeans DB 6-0 170 So. Talladega, Ala. (Winterboro HS)15 Luke Ward QB 6-3 225 Jr. Decaturville, Tenn. (Riverside HS)16 Jackson Guy QB 6-0 200 So. Englewood, Tenn. (McMinn Central HS)16 Brian Thompson DB 6-1 180 Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (East Nashville Magnet)17 Darrius Stafford WR 6-2 195 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Kirby HS)18 Seth Carlisle DB 6-1 205 Fr. Lafayette, Tenn. (Macon County HS)19 R.D. Ford WR 6-3 185 Jr. Huntsville, Ala. (Buckhorn HS)20 Tai Carter DB 5-10 183 Fr. Spring Hill, Tenn. (Summit HS)21 David Gist RB 5-11 190 Fr. Cookeville, Tenn. (Cookeville HS)22 Quintavious Boyd DB 5-10 160 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS)23 Andrew Goldsmith RB 6-0 210 Jr. Jackson, Tenn. (Trinity Christian Academy)24 Mackell Pippen DB 6-0 165 So. Birmingham, Ala. (Jackson-Olin HS)25 Branson Kramm WR 6-0 194 So. Springfield, Tenn. (White House-Heritage HS)26 Jamaal Thompson DB 5-10 175 R-Fr. Hendersonville, Tenn. (Pope John Paul II HS)27 Aidan Raines DB 6-1 180 Fr. Mt. Juliet, Tenn. (Mt. Juliet HS)28 Slater Howard WR 6-2 195 So. Brentwood, Tenn. (Nashville Christian HS)29 Adam Swayze DB 6-3 190 R-So. Spring Hill, Tenn. (Independence HS)30 Will Warner LB 6-2 205 So. Rockwood, Tenn. (Rockwood HS)31 Luke Maynard P 6-0 185 R-Fr. Bannockburn, Australia (Belmont HS)32 D.J. Worthy RB 5-9 191 So. Kennesaw, Ga. (Sprayberry HS)33 Riley Darden DB 5-8 184 Jr. Tullahoma, Tenn. (Motlow State CC)34 Heath Rexroat RB 6-0 190 Fr. Jamestown, Tenn. (York Institute)35 DeMarius McBroom DB 5-10 180 Fr. Lebanon, Tenn. (Wilson Central HS)36 Cole Huner DB 5-9 160 R-Fr. Thompson’s Station, Tenn. (Independence HS)37 Kalib Graves WR 6-0 175 Fr. Lebanon, Tenn. (Wilson Central HS)38 Di’Andre Johnson DB 5-9 140 Fr. Alcoa, Tenn. (Alcoa HS)39 Randy Lewis LB 6-3 210 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Grand Street HS)40 Andrew Swicegood DL 6-1 215 Jr. Fletcher, N.C. (Reynolds HS)41 Ethan Guinn LB 6-1 258 R-Fr. Kingston, Tenn. (Roane County HS)42 Bryson Tolley LB 6-1 220 So. Erwin, Tenn. (Science Hill HS)43 Blake Alberts P 5-11 195 R-Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS)44 Josh Lee LB 6-2 245 R-Fr. Kathleen, Ga. (Georgia Southern)45 Storm Williams LB 5-11 195 Jr. Milan, Tenn. (Milan HS)46 Sam Oldham DL 6-0 215 Fr. Cookeville, Tenn. (Cookeville HS)

2018 TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL ROSTERALPHABETICAL ROSTERNo. Name Pos.1 Dami Adekunjo DB5 Anthony Akers DL43 Blake Alberts P75 Schaefer Almoyan OL70 Manny Aviña OL67 Riley Bodine OL22 Quintavious Boyd DB51 Barrett Brown DL14 Adam Browner QB6 Alex Carling TE18 Seth Carlisle DB20 Tai Carter DB8 Brad Clark WR80 Hunter Coleman WR73 JayQuan Coles DL8 Tim Collins DL87 Hunter Cope WR79 Nathan Counts OL54 Daly Cull OL9 Josh Cunningham WR33 Riley Darden DB61 Joe Dennis OL7 Jeremiah Edwards WR4 Eriq Fadahunsi DB14 Shannon Fayne DB4 Bailey Fisher QB11 A.J. Flemister DB19 R.D. Ford WR77 Bryson Garrett OL21 David Gist RB99 Jale’n Gladney DL23 Andrew Goldsmith RB37 Kalib Graves WR41 Ethan Guinn LB16 Jackson Guy QB59 Norman Hand OL5 Melvin Holland Jr. WR28 Slater Howard WR50 Kurt Huff OL36 Cole Huner DB82 Seth Huner WR38 Di’Andre Johnson DB63 Eric Kareem OL71 Jarrett Key LS89 Tavin Kilpatrick TE94 Richie Koons DL25 Branson Kramm WR58 Trae Latham OL44 Josh Lee LB39 Randy Lewis LB10 Nick Madonia K66 Bryce Martin OL12 Drew Martin QB 31 Luke Maynard P 35 DeMarius McBroom DB 90 Matthew McClurg DL


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47 Jake Warwick LB 6-1 230 Sr. Alcoa, Tenn. (Alcoa HS)48 Mitchell McClurg TE 6-3 226 So. Alcoa, Tenn. (Appalachian State)48 Justin Scott LB 6-0 205 R-Fr. Acworth, Ga. (Kennesaw Mountain HS)49 Jack Warwick LB 6-1 215 Fr. Alcoa, Tenn. (Alcoa HS)50 Kurt Huff OL 6-4 285 R-Fr. Camden, N.J. (Camden HS)51 Barrett Brown DL 6-3 220 R-Fr. Franklin, Tenn. (Memphis)52 Taylor Underwood DL 6-3 280 R-Jr. New Market, Ala. (Hazel Green HS)54 Daly Cull OL 6-1 285 R-Fr. Hendersonville, Tenn. (Memphis)55 Chris Tucker DL 6-3 245 So. Jackson, Tenn. (Temple)56 Michael Scavo LB 5-11 225 Fr. Cookeville, Tenn. (Cookeville HS)57 Mike Rhoades OL 6-3 275 R-Fr. Jacksboro, Tenn. (Campbell County HS)58 Trae Latham OL 6-2 270 Fr. Oxford, Ala. (Oxford HS)59 Norman Hand OL 6-4 255 Jr. Walterboro, S.C. (Colleton County HS)61 Joe Dennis OL 6-2 265 R-So. Maryville, Tenn. (Heritage HS)62 Aidan Panni LS 6-5 205 So. Birchwood, Tenn. (Ooltewah HS)63 Eric Kareem OL 6-4 310 Jr. Waldorf, Md. (College of the Desert)64 Philipp Tolksdorf OL 6-4 280 So. Norderstedt, Germany (Gymnasium Heidberg)65 Xavier Schlueter DL 6-2 315 Jr. Petersburg, Tenn. (Lincoln County HS)66 Bryce Martin OL 6-3 280 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Elder HS)67 Riley Bodine OL 6-0 255 Fr. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Baylor School)68 Wesley Stripling OL 6-4 315 R-So. Knoxville, Tenn. (Mars Hill University)69 Riley Patton LS 6-0 195 Jr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Halls HS)70 Manny Aviña OL 6-5 335 R-So. Chino, Calif. (Riverside City College)71 Jarrett Key LS 6-0 225 Fr. Livingston, Tenn. (Livingston Academy)72 Mackenan Thompson OL 6-4 280 Fr. Calera, Ala. (Calera HS)73 JayQuan Coles DL 6-2 275 So. Stockbridge, Ga. (Woodland HS)74 McKenzie Viau OL 6-4 285 R-Fr. Fairview, Tenn. (Fairview HS)75 Schaefer Almoyan OL 6-6 290 Fr. Clarksville, Ga. (Habersham Central HS)77 Bryson Garrett OL 6-5 290 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Karns HS)79 Nathan Counts OL 6-4 305 Fr. Lebanon, Tenn. (Lebanon HS)80 Hunter Coleman WR 6-1 195 Jr. Roswell, Ga. (Bowling Green)81 Brian Puckett WR 5-11 170 So. Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis Central HS)82 Seth Huner WR 5-11 180 Jr. Thompson’s Station, Tenn. (Independence HS)83 Landon Miller WR 6-1 180 Fr. Lenoir City, Tenn. (Anderson County HS)84 Clint Zierke TE 6-4 230 Jr. Wayne, Ill. (Bartlett HS)86 Taylor Uberti WR 6-3 188 So. Red Lion, Pa. (Red Lion HS)87 Hunter Cope WR 6-2 180 R-Jr. Greenback, Tenn. (Carson-Newman)88 D.J. Wilkes TE 6-3 230 Jr. Jackson, Tenn. (Liberty Tech Magnet HS)89 Tavin Kilpatrick TE 6-4 245 So. Greenback, Tenn. (Greenback HS)90 Matthew McClurg DL 6-5 245 Jr. Alcoa, Tenn. (Appalachian State)93 Haidar Zaidan K 6-0 202 Jr. Dearborn, Mich. (Henry County HS)94 Richie Koons DL 6-2 280 R-So. Maryville, Tenn. (Maryville HS)95 Andrew Williamson DL 6-4 235 Fr. Columbia, Tenn. (Columbia Central HS)97 Will Whitson LB 6-4 200 R-Fr. Ooltewah, Tenn. (Ooltewah HS)99 Jale’n Gladney DL 6-0 285 So. Birmingham, Ala. (Ramsay HS)

2018 TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL ROSTER48 Mitchell McClurg TE 13 Chris McElderry DL15 Marcus McMeans DB83 Landon Miller WR2 Aderick Moore LB46 Sam Oldham DL62 Aidan Panni LS69 Riley Patton LS24 Mackell Pippen DB7 Josh Poplar LB81 Brian Puckett WR27 Aidan Raines DB34 Heath Rexroat RB57 Mike Rhoades OL56 Michael Scavo LB65 Xavier Schlueter DL48 Justin Scott LB2 Cam Singletary WR10 Cade Smith QB17 Darrius Stafford WR68 Wesley Stripling OL3 Deven Sullivan RB29 Adam Swayze DB40 Andrew Swicegood DL16 Brian Thompson DB26 Jamaal Thompson DB72 Mackenan Thompson OL64 Philipp Tolksdorf OL42 Bryson Tolley LB55 Chris Tucker DL86 Taylor Uberti WR52 Taylor Underwood DL74 McKenzie Viau OL15 Luke Ward QB30 Will Warner LB49 Jack Warwick LB47 Jake Warwick LB97 Will Whitson LB88 D.J. Wilkes TE45 Storm Williams LB95 Drew Williamson DL12 Deontay Wilson DB32 D.J. Worthy RB93 Haidar Zaidan K84 Clint Zierke TE


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2018 TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART

DE 8 Tim Collins 6-5 250 Sr. Birmingham, Ala. 46 Sam Oldham 6-0 215 Fr. Cookeville, Tenn. 55 Chris Tucker 6-3 245 So. Jackson, Tenn.DT 5 Anthony Akers 6-0 290 Sr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 52 Taylor Underwood 6-3 280 R-Jr. New Market, Ala.NT 65 Xavier Schlueter 6-2 315 Jr. Petersburg, Tenn. 99 Jale’n Gladney 6-0 285 So. Birmingham, Ala.FIVE 13 Chris McElderry 6-1 250 Sr. Gadsden, Ala. 40 Andrew Swicegood 6-1 235 R-Jr. Fletcher, N.C.NICKEL 4 Eriq Fadahunsi 5-11 190 Jr. Bryans Road, Md. 25 Branson Kramm 6-0 194 So. Springfield, Tenn.MIKE 2 Aderick Moore 6-1 245 Jr. Selma, Ala. 7 Josh Poplar 6-0 220 R-Jr. Knoxville, Tenn.SAM 39 Randy Lewis 6-3 210 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. 47 Jake Warwick 6-1 230 Sr. Alcoa, Tenn.LC 11 A.J. Flemister 6-1 200 Sr. Chattanooga, Tenn. 16 Brian Thompson 6-1 180 Fr. Nashville, Tenn.SS 14 Shannon Fayne 6-0 195 Jr. Nashville, Tenn. 29 Adam Swayze 6-3 190 R-So. Spring Hill, Tenn. 27 Aidan Raines 6-1 190 Fr. Mt. Juliet, Tenn.FS 12 Deontay Wilson 6-3 190 R-Jr. Trussville, Ala. 29 Adam Swayze 6-3 190 R-So. Spring Hill, Tenn. 18 Seth Carlisle 6-1 205 Fr. Red Boiling Springs, Tenn.RC 1 Dami Adekunjo 6-0 180 Jr. Clinton, Md. 22 Quintavious Boyd 5-10 160 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn.

DEFENSE

LT 59 Norman Hand 6-4 255 Jr. Walterboro, S.C 75 Schaefer Almoyan 6-6 290 Fr. Clarksville, Ga.LG 57 Mike Rhoades 6-3 275 R-Fr. Jacksboro, Tenn. 70 Manny Avina 6-5 335 R-So. Chino, Calif.C 54 Daly Cull 6-1 285 R-Fr. Hendersonville, Tenn. 67 Riley Bodine 6-0 255 Fr. Signal Mountain, Tenn.RG 63 Eric Kareem 6-4 310 Jr. Waldorf, Md. 64 Philipp Tolksdorf 6-4 280 So. Norderstedt, GermanyRT 50 Kurt Huff 6-4 285 R-Fr. Camden, N.J. 72 Mackenan Thompson 6-4 280 Fr. Calera, Ala.TE 48 Mitchell McClurg 6-3 226 So. Alcoa, Tenn. 89 Tavin Kilpatrick 6-4 245 So. Greenback, Tenn. 6 Alex Carling 6-5 245 Sr. Scranton, Pa. 84 Clint Zierke 6-4 230 Jr. Wayne, Ill.QB 4 Bailey Fisher 6-0 195 Fr. Clayton, Ga. 15 Luke Ward 6-3 225 R-Jr. Decaturville, Tenn.RB 23 Andrew Goldsmith 6-0 210 Jr. Jackson, Tenn. 3 Deven Sullivan 6-3 215 Sr. Tuscumbia, Ala. 21 David Gist 5-11 190 Fr. Cookeville, Tenn. 32 D.J. Worthy 5-9 191 So. Kennesaw, Ga.X 5 Melvin Holland, Jr. 6-3 206 Gr. Ashburn, Va. 19 R.D. Ford 6-3 185 Jr. Huntsville, Ala.F 9 Josh Cunningham 5-10 175 Sr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 82 Seth Huner 5-11 180 Jr. Thompson’s Station, Tenn. 2 Cam Singletary 5-8 162 Fr. Moultrie, Ga.Z 8 Brad Clark 6-2 200 Fr. Lakeland, Fla. 80 Hunter Coleman 6-1 195 Jr. Roswell, Ga. 7 Jeremiah Edwards 5-10 160 Fr. Nashville, Tenn.

OFFENSE

LS 69 Riley Patton 6-0 195 Jr. Knoxville, Tenn. 71 Jarrett Key 6-0 225 Fr. Cookeville, Tenn.H 82 Seth Huner 5-11 190 Jr. Thompson’s Station, Tenn. 43 Blake Alberts 5-11 195 R-Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn.K 10 Nick Madonia 5-10 185 Sr. Arrington, Tenn. 93 Haidar Zaidan 6-0 202 Jr. Dearborn, Mich.KO 93 Haidar Zaidan 6-0 202 Jr. Dearborn, Mich. 10 Nick Madonia 5-10 195 Sr. Arrington, Tenn.P 31 Luke Maynard 6-0 185 R-Fr. Bannockburn, Australia 10 Nick Madonia 5-10 195 Sr. Arrington, Tenn.KOR 23 Andrew Goldsmith 6-0 210 Jr. Jackson, Tenn. 7 Jeremiah Edwards 5-10 160 Fr. Nashville, Tenn.

SPECIAL TEAMS


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SERGEANT YORK TROPHY

This year marks the 12th year of the Sgt. York Championshippresented by Delta Dental of Tennessee. The trophy (founded in2007 by the Nashville Sports Council and OVC) goes to the winnerof the quadrangular season football series between the four OVCfootball-playing schools located in the state of Tennessee (AustinPeay, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and UT Martin).The award is only the second traveling trophy that involves morethan two teams in college sports; the other is the Commander inChief’s Trophy which has been contested between Air Force, Armyand Navy annually since 1972.The award is named in honor of Alvin C. York, the most notedSoldier of World War I. As a corporal in the 2nd battalion, 328thInfantry, in the Battle of the Meuse River-Argonne (Oct. 8, 1918),York and seven other soldiers captured 132 prisoners, was promotedto sergeant and received the Distinguished Service Cross, theFrench Croix de Guerre, the French Legion of Honor, the Croce diGuerra of Italy and the War Medal of Montenegro. Upon his returnto the United States in 1919, he was bestowed the CongressionalMedal of Honor.The trophy goes to the team with the best record against theother schools (in case of a tie there will be co-champions and theactual trophy will be retained by the defending champion if they areinvolved in the tie or if the defending champion is not involved inthe tie it will go to the institution that has gone the most seasonswithout winning the trophy).

2007 - Tennessee State*, Austin Peay2008 - Tennessee State2009 - Tennessee Tech2010 - UT Martin2011 - Tennessee State*, Tennessee Tech2012 - Tennessee State*, UT Martin2013 - Tennessee State2014 - UT Martin2015 - UT Martin2016 - UT Martin*, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State2017 - Austin Peay*Took home the trophy due towinning the tiebreaker

YORK TROPHY WINNERS

YORK TROPHY STANDINGS

Austin Peay 0 0Tennessee State 0 0Tennessee Tech 0 0UT Martin 0 0

YORK TROPHY SCHEDULE

Sept. 22Austin Peay at UT Martin, 2 p.m.

Oct. 6Tennessee State at Austin Peay, 6 p.m.

Oct. 20Tennessee Tech at Tennessee State, 4:30 p.m.

Oct. 27Tennessee Tech at Austin Peay, 4 p.m.

Nov. 10Tennessee Tech at UT Martin, 2 p.m.

Nov. 17UT Martin at Tennessee State, 2 p.m.


#WINGSUP16

LONGEST PLAYS IN PROGRAM HISTORYLongest Run From Scrimmage Yards Player 92* Michael Penix vs. Murray State, 1994 89* Lorenza Rivers vs. Chattanooga, 1987 88* Larry Schreiber vs. Middle Tennessee, 1967 87* Derek White vs. UT Martin 2003 87* Jerome Tillman vs. Middle Tennessee, 1997 85* Patrick Pope vs. Austin Peay, 1985 84* Radir Annoor vs. UNI, 2014 80* Patrick Pope vs. Liberty, 1987 76* Jack Kelley vs. Morehead State, 1980 75* Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1993 75* Eddie Hayward vs. Tennessee State, 1985 74* Darian Stone vs. Maryville, 2011 74 Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1991 72* Michael Penix vs. Southeast Missouri, 1992 72* Lorenza Rivers vs. Morehead State, 1987 72* Cameron Kirnes vs. Eastern Illinois, 2005 72 Lorenza Rivers vs. Youngstown State, 1987 71 Henry Sailes vs. Tennessee State, 2007 71* Brant Billen vs. Middle Tennessee, 1997 71 Jesse Dorsey vs. Eastern Illinois, 1975

Longest Pass Completion Yards Player 87* Grant Swallows to Tony Fragale vs. W. Kentucky, 1999 86* Brent McNeal to Antonio Minor vs. E. Illinois, 2004 85* Rock Horne to Harry Abofs vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1968 85* Gordon Mason to Rudy Schmittou vs. MTSU, 1960 82% Robert Craft to Ronnie Sidler vs. Murray, 2002 (longest non-scoring play) 82* Randy Beaman to Marshall Hale vs. APSU, 1991 80* Andre Caballero to Walter Hill vs. Eastern Illinois, 1996 80* Tony Costantine to Larry Hamrick vs. ETSU, 1981 80 Grant Swallows to Steveland Sills vs. Murray State, 2000 79* Darian Stone to Ryan Tilghman vs. UT Martin, 2012 78* Lee Sweeney to Henry Sailes vs. Austin Peay, 2008 78* Robert Craft to Derek White vs. UT Martin, 2004 78* Bert Browne to Marshall Hale vs. Western Ky., 1990 78* James Aaron to Jack Kelley vs. Morehead State, 1980 77* Tre Lamb to Adam Urbano vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2012 73* Robert Craft to Derek Lee vs. Valparaiso, 2002 73 Robert Craft to Anton Thomison vs. No. Illinois, 2003 72* Tre Lamb to Tim Benford vs. UT Martin, 2011 72* Patrick Pope to Ken Gilstrap

vs. Morehead State, 1987 72 Mike Jones to Brad Perry vs. Tennessee State, 1993 71* Tre Lamb to Tim Benford vs. Maryville. 2011 71* Mike Jones to Willie Queen vs. Tennessee State, 1994 71* Thomas DeBow to Ken Gilstrap vs. E. Carolina, 1988 70 Michael Peeples to Nick Solomon vs. SEMO, 1998

Longest Punt Return Yards Player 87* Joe Lancaster vs. Howard, 1950 79* Marshall Hale vs. Ohio, 1991 74* Kendall Taylor vs. Morehead State, 1981 74* Jim Whaley vs. Morehead State, 1963 72* Mike Stewart vs. Southeast Missouri, 1992

Longest Kickoff Return Yards Player 100* Dickie Fulton vs. East Tennessee, 1973 100* Dontez Byrd vs. Mercer, 2016 99* Lorenza Rivers vs. Youngstown State, 1987 97* Larry Shipp vs. Concordia, 2007 96* Lamar Mike vs. East Tennessee, 1976 95* Jim Schaeffer vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1961 94* Ladarius Vanlier vs. Murray State, 2012 90* Larry Schreiber vs. Middle Tennessee, 1967 90* Mike Vise vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1977 87* Henry Sailes vs. UT Martin, 2008 87* Larry Shipp vs. Cumberland, 2007 83* Billy Blaylock vs. Northeast Missouri, 1981

Longest Interception Return Yards Player 98* Joshua Symonette vs. Austin Peay, 1997 96* Robert Taylor vs. Southeast Missouri, 1995 92* Robert Taylor vs. Samford, 1995 92* Chip Holmes vs. Austin Peay, 1989 91* John Deathridge vs. East Tennessee, 1975 90* Mike Stewart vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1990 78 David McMahan vs. Tennessee State, 2003 78* John Fitzpatrick vs. East Tennessee, 1972 72 Brandon Shelby vs Tennessee State, 2003 68* Brad Simmons vs. Lock Haven, 1993 68 Skeet Owen vs. Middle Tennessee, 1981 68 Mike Hennigan vs. Murray State, 1971 68* Butch Strickland vs. Middle Tennessee, 1970

Longest Punt Yards Player 86 Justin Kraemer vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2007 86 Andy Dorsey vs. Eastern Illinois, 1998 85 Carl Heinzig vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1975 84 Jon Mahan vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2007 75 Scott Meadows vs. Morehead State, 1983 73 Jon Mahan vs. Jacksonville State, 2005 73 Steve Davis vs. Middle Tennessee, 1977

71 Mark Pemberton vs. Morehead State, 1980 71 Steve Davis vs. Middle Tennessee, 1979 69 Jason Lennartz vs. Eastern Illinois, 2009 68 Tracy Graham vs. Austin Peay, 1988 68 Scott Meadows vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1985 67 Chad Brummitt vs. UT Martin, 1992 67 Tom Pemberton vs. Youngstown State, 1974

Longest Field Goal Attempted Yards Player 61 Ray Mullican vs. Middle Tennessee, 1983 60 David Collett vs. Fayetteville State, 2001 60 Murray Cunningham vs. Murray State, 1973 57 Derek Scott vs. Tennessee State, 1994

Longest Field Goal Made Yards Player 57 Nick Madonia vs. Tennessee State, 2017 53 Ryan Weeks vs. Morehead State, 1989 53 Murray Cunningham vs. W. Kentucky, 1974 51 Justin Kraemer vs. SE Missouri, 2008 51 Justin Kraemer vs. Murray State, 2007 51 Josh Foster vs. Lambuth, 2005 51 Ryan Weeks vs. Tennessee State, 1989 51 Bruce Winningham vs. Akron, 1984 51 Murray Cunningham vs. Eastern Illinois, 1975 51 John Swords vs. Austin Peay, 1966 50 Ryan Weeks vs. Austin Peay, 1989 49 Zach Sharp vs. Tennessee State, 2011 49 David Collett vs. UT Martin, 2000 49 Derek Scott vs. Samford, 1994 48 David Collett vs. Bowling Green, 1999 48 Ryan Kelly vs. Samford, 1995 48 Ryan Weeks vs. Tennessee State, 1989 48 Wayne Anderson vs. Murray State, 1980 48 Murray Cunningham vs. Appalachian State, 1975

Longest Scoring Play Yards Player 100 Dontez Byrd kick return vs. Mercer, 2016 100 Dickie Fulton kick return vs. East Tennessee, 1973 99 Lorenza Rivers kick return vs. Youngstown State, 1987 98 Joshua Symonette int. return vs. Austin Peay, 1997 97 Larry Shipp kick return vs. Concordia, 2007 96 Robert Taylor int. return vs. SEMO., 1995 96 Lamar Mike kick return vs. East Tennessee, 1976 95 Jim Schaeffer kick return vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1961 94 Ladarius Vanlier kick return vs. Murray State, 2012 92 Robert Taylor int. return vs. Samford, 1995 92 Michael Penix run vs. Murray State, 1994 92 Chip Homes int. return vs. Austin Peay, 1989 91 John Deathridge int. return vs. ETSU, 1975


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261 Michael Penix vs. SE Missouri, 1993 255 Larry Schreiber vs. NW Louisiana, 1969 235 Travis Rogers vs. W. Carolina, 2000 219 Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1969 215 Larry Schreiber vs. Murray State, 1969 213 Derek White vs. Cumberland, 2007 Trey Bonner vs. Chattanooga, 2004 208 Michael Penix vs. Morehead St., 1995 203 Larry Schreiber vs. Chattanooga, 1969 194 Derek White vs. Concordia, 2007 192 Dontey Gay vs. Austin Peay, 2011 Larry Schreiber vs. Murray State, 1967 190 Darian Stone vs. UT Martin, 2012 Michael Penix vs. Morehead State, 1994 Randy Beaman vs. UT Martin, 1991 Reggie Bazel vs. Austin Peay, 1982 187 Jeff Axel vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1971 185 Jason Ballard vs. UT Martin, 2002 184 Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1968 180 Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1991 179 Lorenza Rivers vs. Morehead State, 1987 178 Michael Penix vs. Samford, 1995 176 Travis Rogers vs. Murray State, 2000 173 Derek White vs. Murray State, 2007 Lorenza Rivers vs. Murray St., 1987 171 Michael Penix vs. Murray St., 1994 Lorenza Rivers vs. Chattanooga, 1987 170 Willie Queen vs. Austin Peay, 1992 Larry Schreiber vs. Middle Tennessee, 1967 Larry Schreiber vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1969 164 Reggie Bazel vs. Morehead State, 1979 Ronald Bond vs. Middle Tennessee, 1979 Yeedee Thanerat vs. Tennessee State, 2016 162 Derek White vs UT Martin, 2003 Michael Penix vs. Tennessee State, 1995 160 Michael Penix vs. UT Martin, 1995 158 Adam Urbano vs. Hampton, 2012 156 Larry Schreiber vs. NW Louisiana, 1968 Jerome Tillman vs. Samford, 1999 155 Dontey Gay vs. Maryville, 2011 154 Anthony Ash vs. Lambuth, 2005 Brant Billen vs. Middle Tennessee, 1997 Michael Penix vs. Southeast Missouri, 1995 153 Nick Solomon vs. W. Carolina, 1998 Willie Queen vs. Tennessee State, 1992 Larry Schreiber vs. Western Kentucky, 1969 152 Willie Queen vs. Lock Haven, 1992

Jason Ballard vs. Murray State, 2003 150 Derek White vs Murray State, 2003 149 Michael Penix vs. Samford, 1994 Eddie Hayward vs. UNLV, 1985 148 Larry Schreiber vs. Middle Tennessee, 1968 Cecil Fore vs. Murray State, 1978 147 Trey Bonner vs. Valparaiso, 2002 146 Dontey Gay vs. Southeast Missouri, 2011 Derek White vs. Gardner-Webb, 2004 Eddie Hayward vs. Tennessee State, 1985 145 Larry Schreiber vs. Arkansas State, 1968 144 Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1992 141 Willie Queen vs. Tennessee State, 1994 140 Ladarius Vanlier vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 139 Marvin McClennon vs. Austin Peay, 1980 138 Trey Bonner vs. UT Martin, 2004 Jerome Tillman vs. Middle Tennessee, 1997 Willie Queen vs. Illinois State, 1993 Michael Penix vs. Morehead State, 1993 Jeff Axel vs. Morehead State, 1971 137 Adam Urbano vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2011 Lamar Mike vs. Austin Peay, 1977 136 Michael Penix vs. Middle Tennessee, 1993 135 Randy Beaman vs. Southeast Missouri, 1991 Ronald Bond vs. Cameron, 1979 134 Cameron Kirnes vs. Eastern Illinois, 2005 Marshall Williams vs. Middle Tennessee, 1977 133 Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1993 132 Roger Hill vs. Middle Tennessee, 1969 130 Darian Stone vs. Austin Peay, 2014 Oscar Bonds vs. Fayetteville, 2001 129 Jeff Axel vs. Murray State, 1971 Patrick Pope vs. Murray State, 1985 128 Larry Schreiber vs. Western Kentucky, 1968 Jocque Crawford vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2010 127 Marvin McClennon vs. Murray State, 1981 Jerome Tillman vs. Southeast Missouri, 1999 Jocque Crawford vs. Eastern Illinois 2010 126 Allen Lawrence vs. Morehead State, 1983 125 Dontey Gay vs. SE Missouri, 2009 123 Larry Schreiber vs. Morehead State, 1967 Jason Ballard vs. Chattanooga, 2002 122 Adam Urbano vs. North Greenville, 2012

Willie Queen vs. Lock Haven, 1993 121 Nick Solomon vs. Tennessee State, 2001 Sylvester Gregory vs. Morehead State, 1984 Andrew Goldsmith vs. Eastern Illinois, 2017 120 Jason Ballard vs. E. Illinois, 2002 119 Darian Stone vs. E. Illinois, 2012 Adam Urbano vs. Murray State, 2011 Terry Johnson vs. Appalachian State, 1974 Lorenza Rivers vs. Youngstown State, 1987 Ron Reeves vs. E. Kentucky, 1965 Jason Ballard vs. E. Kentucky, 2003 118 Trey Bonner vs. Chattanooga, 2005 Jason Ballard vs. Tennessee State, 2002 Yeedee Thanerat vs. Murray State, 2016 117 Derek White vs. Samford, 2006 Nick Solomon vs. Eastern Illinois, 2000 Eddie Hayward vs. Morehead State, 1985 116 Jeff Axel vs. Murray State, 1972 Terry Parks vs. Western Kentucky, 1966 Jason Ballard vs. Chattanooga, 2003 115 Derek White vs. UT Martin, 2007 Brock McCoin vs. Austin Peay, 2015 114 Terry Johnson vs. Middle Tennessee, 1971 113 Henry Sailes vs. Southeast Missouri, 2008 112 Brant Billen vs. UT Martin, 1996 Michael Penix vs. SE Missouri, 1994 Willie Queen vs. Morehead State, 1991 Patrick Pope vs. Liberty, 1987 Reggie Bazel vs. Murray State, 1982 Cecil Fore vs. Austin Peay, 1977 Eddie Hayward vs. Murray State, 1985 111 Jason Ballard vs. SE Missouri, 2002 Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1994 Lamar Mike vs. East Tenn., 1977 Terry Parks vs. Western Kentucky, 1965 110 Anthony Ash vs. E. Kentucky, 2006 Darryl Robinson vs. Morehead State, 1973 109 Jeff Axel vs. Western Kentucky, 1973 Larry Schreiber vs. Morehead State, 1969 Jason Ballard vs. Southeast Missouri, 2003 Larry Schreiber vs. Murray State, 1968 108 Dontey Gay vs. Iowa, 2011 Cameron Kirnes vs. Southeast Missouri, 2005 Willie Queen vs. Morehead State, 1992 Fred Lowery vs. Murray State, 1989 107 Anthony Ash vs. Eastern Illinois, 2006

Larry Schreiber vs. Arkansas State, 1969 Larry Schreiber vs. Chattanooga, 1967 106 Mike Stewart vs. Samford, 1989 Eddie Hayward vs. Youngstown State, 1985 Larry Schreiber vs. Chattanooga, 1968 Larry Schreiber vs. East Tennessee, 1968 105 Derek White vs. Samford, 2007 Anthony Ash vs. Samford, 2005 Jerome Tillman vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, 1998 Jerome Tillman vs. UT Martin, 1998 Jason Ballard vs. UT Martin, 2003 104 Derek White vs. UT Martin, 2004 103 Nick Solomon vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2000 Willie Queen vs. Southeast Missouri, 1992 Cecil Fore vs. Murray State, 1977 102 Darian Stone vs. Austin Peay, 2012 Dontey Gay vs. Murray State, 2009 Anthony Ash vs. Samford, 2006 Cameron Kirnes vs. Samford, 2005 Roger Hill vs. UT Martin, 1970 Larry Schreiber vs. East Tennessee, 1969 Nick Solomon vs. Murray, 1999 101 Michael Penix vs. Lock Haven, 1994 Billy Shackelford vs. Samford, 1989 Ron Reeves vs. Morehead State, 1965 Lorenza Rivers vs. Youngstown State, 1985 Andrew Goldsmith vs. Tennessee State, 2017 100 John Webb vs. Murray State, 1989

All players with 100-yard games Larry Schreiber, RB 21 Willie Queen, TB 13 Michael Penix, TB 13 Derek White, TB 11 Jason Ballard, TB 11 Dontey Gay, RB 6 Eddie Hayward, FB 6 Jeff Axel, FB 5 Jerome Tillman, TB 5 Nick Solomon, TB 5 Lorenza Rivers, TB 5 Anthony Ash, RB 5 Adam Urbano, RB 4 Darian Stone, QB 3 Trey Bonner, TB 3 Terry Parks, RB 3 Reggie Bazel, FB 3 Ron Reeves, FB 3 Cameron Kirnes, RB 3 Cecil Fore, RB 3 Jocques Crawford, RB 2 Ronald Bond, FB 2 Marvin McClennon, TB 2 Roger Hill, RB 2 Terry Johnson, RB 2 Yeedee Thanerat, RB 2 Andrew Goldsmith, RB 2

100+ YARD RUSHING GAMES


#WINGSUP18

481 Tre Lamb vs. Southeast Missouri, 2012 437 Lee Sweeney vs. Southeast Missouri, 2006 412 Grant Swallows vs. Jacksonville State, 2001 410 Robert Craft vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 367 Lee Sweeney vs. Samford, 2007 348 Tre Lamb vs. Tennessee State, 2011 346 Jamie Sander vs. Tennessee State, 1995 339 Tre Lamb vs. Hampton, 2012 336 James Aaron vs. UT Martin, 1980 333 Robert Craft vs. Eastern Illinois, 2002 329 Grant Swallows vs. Eastern Illinois, 2001327 Michael Birdsong vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2016 324 Lee Sweeney vs. Austin Peay, 2008 John Conrad McCrary vs. Tennessee State, 2005 Robert Craft vs. Northern Illinois, 2003 322 Patrick Pope vs. Morehead State, 1987 321 Bert Browne vs. Morehead State, 1990 318 Lee Sweeney vs. UT Martin, 2009312 Jared Davis vs. Houston, 2015 305 Lee Sweeney vs. Tennessee State, 2006 304 Andre Sale vs. E. Kentucky, 2017 302 Lee Sweeney vs. Eastern Illinois, 2007301 Jared Davis vs. Mercer, 2015 299 Jamie Sander vs. Austin Peay, 1995 297 Andre Sale vs. Kennesaw State, 2017294 Michael Birdsong vs. Eastern Illinois, 2016 291 Tre Lamb vs. Central Arkansas, 2011 (FCS Playoffs) 284 Robert Craft vs. Jacksonville State, 2004 283 Tre Lamb vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2012 Tre Lamb vs. Southeast Missouri, 2011 Robert Craft vs. Gardner-Webb, 2004 282 Grant Swallows vs. Southeast Missouri, 2001 281 Robert Craft vs. UT Martin, 2004 Tony Costantine vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1980280 Michael Birdsong vs. Austin Peay, 2016 278 Tre Lamb vs. Murray State, 2012 Mike Jones vs. Illinois State, 1993 Michael Birdsong vs. Murray State, 2016 277 Darian Stone vs. UT Martin, 2012 Robert Craft vs. Chattanooga, 2003 276 Mark Powers vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1983 274 Tre Lamb vs. North Greenville, 2012 Michael Birdsong

vs. UT Martin, 2016 273 Cass Barnes vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2010 271 Cass Barnes vs. Jacksonville State, 2010 269 Robert Craft vs. Southeast Missouri, 2004 267 Mike Jones vs. Austin Peay, 1994 266 Robert Craft vs. Valparaiso, 2002 James Aaron vs. NE Missouri, 1980 265 Robert Craft vs. VMI, 2004 264 Bert Browne vs. Western Kentucky, 1990 Jared Davis vs. Murray State, 2015 262 Lee Sweeney vs. Gardner-Webb, 2006 256 Robert Craft vs. Bowling Green, 2002 251 Lee Sweeney vs. Murray St., 2006 249 Grant Swallows vs. Tennessee State, 2001 246 Tony Costantine vs. Western Kentucky, 1981 Tre Lamb vs. Southeast Missouri, 2010 245 Darian Stone vs. Austin Peay, 2012 Andre Caballero vs. Eastern Illinois, 1997 242 Mike Jones vs. Lock Haven, 1994 Mike Jones vs. Middle Tennessee, 1993 241 Mike Jones vs. Tennessee State, 1993 240 Tre Lamb vs. Eastern Illinois, 2011 239 Grant Swallows vs. Western Kentucky, 1999 Michael Birdsong vs. Mercer, 2016 Andre Sale vs. Ball State, 2017 238 Robert Craft vs. Samford, 2004 237 Bert Browne vs. Ohio, 1990 Bert Browne vs. Middle Tennessee, 1989 Mark Powers vs. UT Martin, 1982 234 Lee Sweeney vs. Austin Peay, 2009 232 Lee Sweeney vs. Samford, 2006 Bert Browne vs. Tennessee State, 1990 Patrick Pope vs. Abilene Christian, 1987 231 Thomas DeBow vs. Liberty, 1988 229 Lee Sweeney vs. Southeast Missouri, 2008 228 Jamie Sander vs. Murray St., 1995 Tony Costantine vs. Youngstown State, 1983 227 Tre Lamb vs. UT Martin, 2011 Stephen Britton vs. Chattanooga, 2005 225 Grant Swallows vs. Murray State, 2000 Grant Swallows vs. Western Kentucky, 1999 Darian Stone vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 224 Thomas DeBow vs. Samford, 1988 223 Mike Jones vs. Lock Haven, 1993 Andre Sale vs. Western Illinois, 2017 222 Tre Lamb vs. Maryville, 2011 Grant Swallows

vs. Murray State, 2001 220 Mike Jones vs. Southeast Missouri, 1994 219 Lee Sweeney vs. Eastern Illinois, 2008 218 Andre Caballero vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1997 216 Darian Stone vs. Southeast Missouri, 2014 Michael Birdsong vs. Wofford, 2016 215 Andre Caballero vs. UT Martin, 1997 214 Lee Sweeney vs. Cumberland, 2007 Michael Peeples vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1998 213 Grant Swallows vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2001 212 Grant Swallows vs. Harding, 2000 211 Stephen Britton vs. Murray State, 2005 Milt Jenkins vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1977 207 Tre Lamb vs. UT Martin, 2010 206 Joey Bailey vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2003 Brock McCoin vs. Austin Peay, 2015 204 Robert Craft vs. Eastern Illinois, 2004 203 Cass Barnes vs. Murray State, 2010 202 Grant Swallows vs. UT Martin, 2001 201 Luke Ward vs. Murray State, 2017

All players with 200-yard passing games Robert Craft 13 Lee Sweeney 13 Tre Lamb 13 Grant Swallows 10 Michael Birdsong 7 Mike Jones 7 Andre Caballero 5 Darian Stone 4 Andre Sale 4 Bert Browne 5 Jamie Sander 3 Tony Costantine 3 Cass Barnes 3 Patrick Pope 2 James Aaron 2 Mike Peeples 2 Thomas DeBow 2 Six players 1

200+ YARD PASSING GAMES


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303 Da’Rick Rogers vs. Southeast Missouri, 2012 264 Brock McCoin vs. Houston, 2015 262 Kenneth Gilstrap vs. Morehead State, 1987 206 Craig Rolle vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1977 198 Dontez Byrd vs. Murray State, 2016 191 Larry Shipp vs. Samford, 2007 183 Derek Lee vs. Valparaiso, 2002 178 Anton Thomison vs. Jacksonville, 2002 177 Tim Benford vs. Southeast Missouri, 2010 171 Cody Matthews vs. Austin Peay, 2014 170 Ryan Nichols vs. VMI, 2004 169 Dontez Byrd vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2017 164 Larry Shipp vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2007 159 Tim Benford vs. UT Martin, 2009 156 Anton Thomison vs Northern Illinois, 2003 153 Larry Shipp vs. Chattanooga, 2005 146 Larry Shipp vs. Southeast Missouri, 2006 144 Kenneth Gilstrap vs. Abilene Christian, 1987 141 Walter Hill vs. UT Martin, 1999 139 Rudy Schmittou vs. Ft. Campbell, 1961 Craig Rolle vs. Eastern Illinois, 1976 136 Jim Bishop vs. Middle Tennessee, 1969 Jack Kelley vs. UT Martin, 1980 135 Jack Kelley vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1983 Kenneth Gilstrap vs. Akron, 1986 132 Derek Lee vs. Bowling Green, 2002 131 Tim Benford vs. Maryville, 2011 130 Antonio Robinson vs. Austin Peay, 2009 Craig Rolle vs. Middle Tennessee, 1976 Tony Fragale vs. Western Kentucky, 1999 128 Brock McCoin vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 Craig Rolle vs. Morehead State, 1978 127 Walter Hill vs. Eastern Illinois, 1997 126 Derek Lee vs. UT Martin, 2001 Dontez Byrd vs. Eas 125 Sam Brooks vs. Ohio, 1990 124 Tim Benford vs. Eastern Illinois, 2011 123 Ryan Tilghman vs. UT Martin, 2012 Tim Benford vs. Austin Peay, 2008 Marshall Hale vs. Tennessee State, 1990 Craig Rolle vs. Furman, 1976 Jack Kelley vs. Western Kentucky, 1980 Derek Lee vs. Eastern Illinois, 2002 122 Tim Benford vs. Tennessee State, 2011 Tim Benford vs. Tennessee State, 2009 Tim Benford vs. UT Martin, 2010

121 Dontez Byrd vs. Tennessee, 2016 Larry Shipp vs. Southeast Missouri, 2005 Larry Shipp vs. Samford, 2006 120 Brock McCoin vs. Southeast Missouri, 2014 119 Cody Matthews vs. Murray State, 2012 Walter Hill vs. Eastern Illinois, 1996 Jack Kelley vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1980 117 Larry Shipp vs. Tennessee State, 2005 116 Tim Benford vs. Murray State, 2011 Dontez Byrd vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2016 Derek Lee vs. Eastern Illinois, 2001 Derek Lee vs. Jacksonville State, 2001 Craig Rolle vs. Murray State, 1976 114 Tim Benford vs. Jacksonville State, 2010 113 Craig Rolle vs. Nicholls State, 1978 112 Derek White vs. UT Martin, 2004 Marshall Hale vs. Morehead State, 1990 Craig Rolle vs. Western Kentucky, 1976 Kendall Taylor vs. Western Kentucky, 1981 Dontez Byrd vs. Tennessee State, 2016 111 Dontez Byrd vs. Tennessee State, 2017 110 Walter Hill vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1997 Sam Brooks vs. Morehead State, 1990 Bubba Griffin vs. Austin Peay, 1981 Craig Rolle vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1978 109 Marshall Hale vs. Morehead State, 1989 Dontez Byrd vs. Kennesaw State, 2017 108 Anton Thomison vs. Chattanooga, 2002 Jack Kelley vs. Middle Tennessee, 1980 Larry Hamrick vs. Austin Peay, 1984 Brock McCoin vs. Murray St., 2015 107 Anton Thomison vs. Southeast Missouri, 2001 Stevland Sills vs. Murray State, 2000 Nate Hooks vs. Austin Peay, 1986 106 David Hudson vs. Morehead State, 1967 105 Walter Hill vs. Tennessee State, 1997 Jack Kelley vs. NE Missouri, 1980 104 Trey Bonner vs. Jacksonville State, 2004 Derek Lee vs. Memphis, 2003 102 Gerald Bentley vs. Austin Peay, 1995 Gerald Bentley vs. Murray State, 1995 Harry Abofs vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1968 101 Dontey Gay vs. Southeast Missouri, 2011

Kenneth Gilstrap vs. Tulsa, 1986 100 Larry Shipp vs. Murray State, 2005 Steve Harris vs. Illinois State, 1993 Marshall Hale vs. Western Kentucky, 1990 Sammy Scott vs. Chattanooga, 1965

All players with 100-yard games Tim Benford 10 Larry Shipp 9 Craig Rolle 9 Dontez Byrd 8 Derek Lee 7 Jack Kelley 6 Marshall Hale 4 Brock McCoin 4 Ken Gilstrap 4 Cody Matthews 2 15 players 1

100+ YARD RECEIVING GAMES


#WINGSUP20

LAST TIME IT HAPPENEDINDIVIDUALRUSHING30+ Rush Attempts Tennessee Tech: 38, Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1969 Opponent: 31, Demarcus James, Jacksonville State, 2013

300+ Yards Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

200-299 Yards Tennessee Tech: 213, Derek White, vs. Cumberland, 2007 Opponent: 201, Bell, Indiana State, 2013

150-199 Yards Tennessee Tech: 164, Yeedee Thaenrat, vs. Tennessee State, 2016 Opponent: 172, DeMichael Jackson, Southeast Missouri, 2014

QB Rushed for 100+ Yards Tennessee Tech: 115, Brock McCoin, vs. Austin Peay, 2015 Opponent:

QB Rushed for a TD of 50+ Yards Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Had 4+ Rushing TDs Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Had 3 Rushing TDs Tennessee Tech: Ladarius Vanlier, vs. Austin Peay, 2015 Opponent: Brad Butler, Wofford, 2016

Had a Run of 80+ Yards Tennessee Tech: 84, Ladarius Vanlier, vs. Austin Peay, 2014 Opponent: 84, Holland, Kennesaw State, 2017

Had a Run of 70-79 Yards Tennessee Tech: 70, Ladarius Vanlier, vs. Tennessee State, 2015 Opponent: 76, McCullough, Easterm Illinois, 2017

Had 2+ Players With 100+ Yards Tennessee Tech: Ladarius Vanlier and Brock McCoin, vs. Austin Peay, 2015 Opponent:

Has 2+ Players with 150+ Yards Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

PASSING400+ Yards Tennessee Tech: 481, Tre Lamb, vs. Southeast Missouri, 2012 Opponent: 464, Bennie Coney, Eastern Kentucky, 2016

300-399 Yards Tennessee Tech: 304, Andre Sale, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2017 Opponent: 331, Michael Hughes, Tennessee State, 2017

45+ Pass Attempts Tennessee Tech: 45, Darian Stone, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 Opponent: 63, K.D. Humphries, Murray State, 2016

40+ Completions Tennessee Tech: Opponent: 42, K.D. Humphries, Murray State, 2016

30-39 Completions Tennessee Tech: 31, Andre Sale, vs. Kennesaw State, 2017 Opponent: 32, Bennie Coney, Eastern Kentucky, 2016

Threw 5+ TDs Tennessee Tech: 5, Grant Swallows, vs. Eastern Illinois, 2001 Opponent: Bennie Coney, Eastern Kentucky, 2015

Threw 4 TDs Tennessee Tech: Michael Birdsong, vs. Austin Peay, 2016 Opponent: Neal, UT Martin, 2015

Threw 5+ Interceptions Tennessee Tech: 6, Joey Bailey, vs. Southeast Missouri, 2003 Opponent:

Threw 4 Interceptions Tennessee Tech: Jared Davis, vs. Eastern Illinois, 2015 Opponent:

Had a Pass For 75+ Yards Tennessee Tech: 77, Jared Davis, vs. Houston, 2016 Opponent: 79, Taylor, Austin Peay, 2015

Threw Completions to 10+ Receivers Tennessee Tech: 13, Andre Sale, vs. Kennesaw State, 2017 Opponent: 11, Josh Dobbs, Tennessee, 2016

RECEIVINGCaught 15+ Passes Tennessee Tech: 18, Da’Rick Rogers vs. Southeast Missouri, 2012 Opponent: 19, J. Harness, Murray State, 2014

Had 200+ Receiving Yards Tennessee Tech: 264, Brock McCoin, vs. Houston, 2015 Opponent:


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Caught 3 TDs Tennessee Tech: Da’Rick Rogers, vs. Southeast Missouri, 2012 Opponent: Hollins, Eastern Illinois, 2017

Two Players With 100+ Yards Tennessee Tech: Opponent: Hollins and Turner, Eastern Illinois, 2017

Three Players With 100+ Yards Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

TOTAL OFFENSEHad 500+ Yards Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Had 400-499 Yards Tennessee Tech 467, Darian Stone, vs. Tennessee State, 2012 Opponent:

QB Had 100+ Yards Rushing and Passing Tennessee Tech: Darian Stone, vs. Austin Peay, 2014 Opponent:

DEFENSE3+ Interceptions Tennessee Tech: 4, Marty Jones, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 Opponent:

2 Interceptions Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Recovered 2+ Fumbles Tennessee Tech: 2, Trey Thompson, vs. Jacksonville State, 2014 Opponent: 2, Nick Thrasher, Tennessee State, 2013

Forced 2 or More Fumbles Tennessee Tech: 2, Stephen Bush, vs. Houston, 2015 Opponent: 2, Adam Noble, Austin Peay, 2012

Recorded 4+ Sacks Tennessee Tech: 5, Branon Vaughn, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1998 Opponent:

Recorded 3 Sacks Tennessee Tech: Opponent: Underwood, Indiana State, 2013

Had 15+ Tackles Tennessee Tech: 18, Elliott Normand, vs. Western Illinois, 2017 Opponent: 17, Canady, Eastern Kentucky, 2016

Returned an INT for a TD Tennessee Tech: Deven Sullivan, vs. Murray State, 2016 Opponent: Mike Viti, Western Illinois, 2017

Returned a Fumble for a TD Tennessee Tech: Andrew Swicegood, vs. Austin Peay, 2017 Opponent:

4.5+ Tackles-for-Loss Tennessee Tech: 6, Eric Allen, vs. Eastern Illinois, 2000 Opponent: 6, Elijah Daniel, Murray State, 2015

SPECIAL TEAMS13+ Points From Kicking Tennessee Tech: 13, Nick Madonia, vs. Murray State, 2016 Opponent: 14, McCrum, Southeast Missouri, 2014

Made 4+ FGs Tennessee Tech: 4, Zach Sharp, vs. Tennessee State, 2011 Opponent: 4, McCrum, Southeast Missouri, 2014

Made 2+ FGs of 50+ Yards Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Made a FG of 55+ Yards Tennessee Tech: 57, Nick Madonia, vs. Tennessee State, 2016 Opponent:

Had a Punt of 70+ Yards Tennessee Tech: 70, Chad Zinchini, vs. Wisconsin, 2013 Opponent: 76, Keith Wrzuszczak, Eastern Kentucky, 2017

Had a Punt of 60-69 Yards Tennessee Tech: 63, Nick Madonia, vs. Eastern Illinois, 2017 Opponent: 60, Campbell, Austin Peay, 2012

Punted 9+ Times Tennessee Tech: 10, Jonathan King, vs. UT Martin, 2015 Opponent: 9, Stratton, Murray State, 2017

Net Punt Average of 50+ Yards Tennessee Tech: 50.3, Nick Madonia, vs. Mercer, 2016 Opponent: 50.2, MacInnes, Jacksonville State, 2014

100+ Kick Return Yards Tennessee Tech: 101, Rodrick Napper, vs. Eastern Illinois, 2017 Opponent: 149, J. Sanders, Eastern Kentucky, 2016

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Kickoff Return For TD Tennessee Tech: Dontez Byrd, vs. Mercer, 2016 Opponent: Martin, UT Martin, 2016

100+ Punt Return Yards Tennessee Tech: 105, Kendall Taylor, vs. Morehead State, 1981 Opponent: 114, Calloway, Tennessee, 2016

Punt Return For a TD Tennessee Tech: Ladarius Vanlier, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 Opponent: Calloway, Tennessee, 2016

Blocked a Punt Tennessee Tech: Jordan Patrick, Eastern Illinois, 2015 Opponent:

Blocked a Field Goal Tennessee Tech: Josh Cunningham, vs. Ball State, 2017 Opponent: Hamm-Bey, Southeast Missouri, 2014

Returned a Blocked FG for TD Tennessee Tech: James Huguely, vs. Indiana State, 2013 Opponent: S. Absanon, Eastern Kentucky, 2014

Blocked a PAT Tennessee Tech: Mike Cain, vs. Jacksonville State, 2015 Opponent: Eric Jackson, Mercer, 2016

Returned a Blocked PAT for 2 Points Tennessee Tech: Maleek Hall, vs. Tennessee State, 2015 Opponent:

Scored a 2-Pt. Conversion Tennessee Tech: Michael Birdsong to Alex Carling, vs. UT Martin, 2016 Opponent: Ackerman-Carter to Bowens, Tennessee State, 2015

TEAMRUSHING400+ Yards Tennessee Tech: Opponent: 446, Wofford, 2015

300-399 Yards Tennessee Tech: 323, vs. Cumberland, 2013 Opponent: 309, Kennesaw State, 2017

200-299 Yards Tennessee Tech: 210, vs. Murray State, 2016 Opponent: 299, Jacksonville State, 2017

100-199 Yards Tennessee Tech: 101, vs. Austin Peay, 2017 Opponent: 179, UT Martin, 2017

51-99 Yards Tennessee Tech: 55, vs. UT Martin, 2017 Opponent: 83, Tennessee State, 2017

11-50 Yards Tennessee Tech: 41, vs. Wofford, 2015 Opponent: 43, Murray State, 2016

<11 Yards Tennessee Tech: 0, vs. Western Illinois, 2017 Opponent: -23, Lane College, 2010

70+ Attempts Tennessee Tech: 74, vs. Austin Peay, 1977 Opponent: 72, Wofford, 2015

60-69 Attempts Tennessee Tech: 61, vs. Austin Peay, 2011 Opponent:

50-59 Attempts Tennessee Tech: 52, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2016 Opponent: 57, Austin Peay, 2017

10 TDs Tennessee Tech: vs. UT Martin, 2002 Opponent:

6 TDs Tennessee Tech: Opponent: Houston, 2015

5 TDs Tennessee Tech: vs. Austin Peay, 2013 Opponent:

4 TDs Tennessee Tech: vs. Tennessee State, 2016 Opponent: Austin Peay, 2017

PASSING500+ Yards Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

400-499 Yards Tennessee Tech: 481, vs. Southeast Missouri, 2012 Opponent: 491, Murray State, 2015



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300-399 Yards Tennessee Tech: 331, vs. Tennessee State, 2017 Opponent: 378, Murray State, 2016

200-299 Yards Tennessee Tech: 201, vs. Murray State, 2017 Opponent: 210, UT Martin, 2017

<75 Yards Tennessee Tech: 60, vs. Tennessee State, 2015 Opponent: 42, Wofford, 2016

50+ Attempts Tennessee Tech: 57, vs. Southeast Missouri, 2012 Opponent: 63, Murray State, 2016

40-49 Attempts Tennessee Tech: 40, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2017 Opponent: 49, Eastern Kentucky, 2016

30-39 Attempts Tennessee Tech: 35, vs. UT Martin, 2017 Opponent: 39, Murray State, 2017

<20 Attempts Tennessee Tech: 8, vs. Wofford, 2016 Opponent: 14, Austin Peay, 2017

30+ Completions Tennessee Tech: 31, vs. Kennesaw State, 2017 Opponent: 42, Murray State, 2016

20-29 Completions Tennessee Tech: 26, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2017 Opponent: 23, Murray State, 2017

<10 Completions Tennessee Tech: 9, vs. Jacksonville State, 2015 Opponent: 7, Austin Peay, 2017

6+ TDs Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

5 TDs Tennessee Tech: vs. Southeast Missouri, 2012 Opponent: Eastern Kentucky, 2015

4 TDs Tennessee Tech: vs. Murray State, 2016 Opponent: UT Martin, 2015

3 TDs. Tennessee Tech: vs. Murray State, 2017 Opponent: Tennessee State, 2017

0 TDs Tennessee Tech: vs. Ball State, 2017 Opponent: Wofford, 2016

7 INTs Thrown Tennessee Tech: Opponent: Middle Tennessee, 1980

6 INTs Thrown Tennessee Tech: Opponent: Southeast Missouri, 2003

5 INTs Thrown Tennessee Tech: vs. Eastern Illinois, 2015 Opponent:

4 INTs Thrown Tennessee Tech: Opponent: Eastern Kentucky, 2014

3 INTs Thrown Tennessee Tech: vs. Kennesaw State, 2017 Opponent: Eastern Kentucky, 2015

0 INTs Thrown Tennessee Tech: vs. UT Martin, 2017 Opponent: UT Martin, 2017

Completions to 10+ Receivers Tennessee Tech: 13, vs. Kennesaw State, 2017 Opponent: 11, Tennessee, 2016

Completions to 9 Receivers Tennessee Tech: vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2017 Opponent: Ball State, 2017

Completions to 8 Receivers Tennessee Tech: vs. Austin Peay, 2017 Opponent: Murray State, 2017

Completions to 7 Receivers Tennessee Tech: vs. UT Martin, 2017 Opponent: Tennessee State, 2017

Completions to 6 Receivers Tennessee Tech: vs. Tennessee State, 2017 Opponent: Austin Peay, 2017



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TOTAL OFFENSE700+ Total Yards Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

600-699 Total Yards Tennessee Tech: 644, vs. Valparaiso, 2002 Opponent: 619, Jacksonville State, 2015

500-599 Total Yards Tennessee Tech: 523, vs. Murray State, 2016 Opponent: 522, Austin Peay, 2017

400-499 Total Yards Tennessee Tech: 416, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2017 Opponent: 410, Murray State, 2017

<100 Total Yards Tennessee Tech: 92, Northerm Iowa, 2014 Opponent:

85+ Plays Tennessee Tech: 94, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2016 Opponent: 88, Murray State, 2016

<55 Plays Tennessee Tech: 52, Western Illinois, 2017 Opponent: 54, Austin Peay, 2016

SCORING80+ Points Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

70-79 Points Tennessee Tech: Opponent: 70, Murray State, 2012

60-69 Points Tennessee Tech: 63, vs. Cumberland, 2013 Opponent: 63, Oregon, 2012

50-59 Points Tennessee Tech: 55, vs. Murray State. 2016 Opponent: 55, Tennessee, 2016

40-49 Points Tennessee Tech: 44, vs. Tennessee State, 2016 Opponent: 41, Western Illinois, 2017

30-39 Points Tennessee Tech: 30, vs. Tennessee State, 2017 Opponent: 31, Murray State, 2017

0 Points Tennessee Tech: vs. UT Martin, 2017 Opponent: Austin Peay, 2013

Won by 45+ Tennessee Tech: 63-7, vs. Cumberland, 2013 Opponent: 55-0, Tennessee, 2016

Won by 30-44 Tennessee Tech: 55-19, vs. Murray State, 2016 Opponent: 51-20, Eastern Illinois, 2015

Won by 20-29 Tennessee Tech: 44-16, Tennessee State, 2016 Opponent: 24-0, UT Martin, 2017

Scored on 1st Drive Tennessee Tech: TD, vs. Murray State, 2017 Opponent: FG, Murray State, 2017

Recorded a Safety Tennessee Tech: vs. Kentucky Christian, 2014 Opponent: Tennessee State, 2017

Recorded 2+ Safeties Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Scored on Blocked FG: Tennessee Tech: Opponent: Eastern Kentucky, 2014

Scored on 1st Offensive Play Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

TURNOVERSLost 8+ Turnovers Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Lost 7 Turnovers Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Lost 6 Turnovers Tennessee Tech: vs. Eastern Illinois, 2015 Opponent:



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Lost 5 Turnovers Tennessee Tech: vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2017 Opponent:

Lost 4 Turnovers Tennessee Tech: vs. Murray State, 2014 Opponent: Murray State, 2015

Lost 4 Fumbles Tennessee Tech: Opponent: Murray State, 2015

Threw 4+ Interceptions Tennessee Tech: vs. Eastern Illinois, 2015 Opponent:

No Turnovers Tennessee Tech: vs. Murray State, 2016 Opponent: Tennessee, 2016

Lost W/O Committing a Turnover Tennessee Tech: vs. UT Martin, 2017 Opponent:

Two Turnovers for a TD Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Two Interceptions for a TD Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Two Fumbles for a TD Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

DEFENSE10+ Sacks Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

9 Sacks Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

8 Sacks Tennessee Tech: vs. Eastern Illinois, 2010 Opponent: UT Martin, 2015



5 Sacks Tennessee Tech: vs. Austin Peay, 2015 Opponent: Eastern Illinois, 2017

10+ Tackles-For-Loss Tennessee Tech: 12, vs. Murray State, 2017 Opponent: 11, Jacksonville State, 2017

10+ Broken Up Passes Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

SPECIAL TEAMSReturned a Punt for a TD Tennessee Tech: vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 Opponent: Tennessee, 2016

Returned a Blocked Punt for a TD Tennessee Tech: vs. Indiana State, 2014 Opponent: Southeast Missouri, 2015

Blocked Punt for a Safety Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Returned a Kickoff for a TD Tennessee Tech: vs. Mercer, 2016 Opponent:

Blocked a Punt Tennessee Tech: vs. Eastern Illinois, 2015 Opponent:

10+ Punts Tennessee Tech: 10, vs. UT Martin, 2015 Opponent:

Did Not Punt Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

Blocked a FG Tennessee Tech: vs. Ball State, 2017 Opponent: Southeast Missouri, 2014

Blocked a PAT Tennessee Tech: vs. Jacksonville State, 2015 Opponent:



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Returned a Blocked PAT Tennessee Tech: vs. Tennessee State, 2015 Opponent:

Recovered an Onside Kick Tennessee Tech: vs. Tennessee State, 2016 Opponent:

Made 5+ Field Goals Tennessee Tech: Opponent: Northern Iowa, 2014

Made 4 Field Goals Tennessee Tech: Opponent: Southeast Missouri, 2014

MISCELLANEOUS30+ 1st Downs Tennessee Tech: 36, vs. Tennessee State, 2011 Opponent: 31, Jacksonville State, 2015

<10 1st Downs Tennessee Tech: 9, vs. Chattanooga, 2014 Opponent:

20+ Penalties Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

15-19 Penalties Tennessee Tech: Opponent:

100+ Penalty Yards Tennessee Tech: 117, vs. Austin Peay, 2012 Opponent: 126, Murray State, 2017

<25 Penalty Yards Tennessee Tech: 10, vs. Southeast Missouri, 2016 Opponent: 3, Southeast Missouri, 2014

0 Penalties Tennessee Tech: vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2015 Opponent:

35+ Minutes of Possession Tennessee Tech: 35:20, vs. Eastern Illinois, 2017 Opponent: 37:20, Western Illinois, 2017

99-yd Scoring Drive Tennessee Tech: Opponent:



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