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2020 OVC Football Report.Indd 2020-21 Ohio Valley Conference Football Report Austin Peay | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Kentucky | Jacksonville State | Murray State | Southeast Missouri | Tennessee State | Tennessee Tech | UT Martin February 16, 2021 Ohio Valley Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Contact: Kyle Schwartz Brentwood, TN 37027 Phone: (615) 690-6685 OVCSports.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: @OVCSports OVC STANDINGS (In games through November 21) OVC OVERALL W L PCT. PF PA W L PCT. PF PA Home Away Neutral Streak Austin Peay 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 .000 37 134 0-0 0-2 0-1 L3 Eastern Illinois 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Jacksonville State 0 0 .000 0 0 3 1 .750 101 96 1-0 2-1 0-0 W3 Murray State 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Southeast Missouri 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 .000 17 20 0-0 0-1 0-0 L1 Tennessee State 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Tennessee Tech 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - UT Martin 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Eastern Kentucky - - - - - 3 6 .333 217 299 2-2 1-4 0-0 W1 The Conference portion of the 2020 schedule was pushed to spring 2021. OVC teams were allowed to play a limited number of non-conference games in Fall 2020. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Sunday, February 21 none *Eastern Illinois at UT Martin, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *#13 Austin Peay at Tennessee Tech, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN+) *Jacksonville State at Tennessee State, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *Murray State at #25 Southeast Missouri, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+) * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL THIS WEEK’S OVC HIGHLIGHTS/STORYLINES After the Conference portion of the 2020 OVC football season was postponed to spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teams will begin play this Sunday...The eight OVC teams competing will play a round robin schedule of seven Conference games running February 21 through April 11 (April 17 would be used for a makeup weekend)...Games will primarily take place on Sunday's (with the exception of Easter weekend)...The 16-team FCS Playoff fi eld (down from 24 this year only) will be announced on Sunday, April 18...Austin Peay, Jacksonville State and Southeast Missouri played a limited number of non-conference games in the fall...APSU participated in the fi rst college football game of the season, as the FCS Kickoff in Montgomery, Alabama during Week Zero...Jacksonville State fi nished the fall with a 3-1 record after knocking off FBS foe FIU on October 23...It was the fi rst win for an OVC team over a FBS opponent since 2017; OVC teams have now won at least one FBS game in seven of the past 11 years...Overall it snapped a 66-game losing streak for FCS teams against FBS opponents dating back to September 2019. 2020-21 OVC Football Weekly Release - February 16 • 1 OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OVC MEDIA INFORMATION OVC Players of the Week will begin next week. During the spring season they will Kyle Schwartz Asst. Commissioner/Strategic Communications be released on Tuesday mornings. Phone: (615) 690-6685 Cell: (615) 775-1937 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.OVCSports.com ONLINE PRESS BOX: The OVC Football Online Press Box is a one-stop shop for gathering information about the OVC and its member schools. Media can access it at www.OVCSports.com/ footballpressbox or through links at OVCSports.com. SOCIAL MEDIA: Get breaking news about the OVC by follow- ing the OVC through Social Media. Check out the OVC sites at http://www.twitter.com/OVCSports and http://www.facebook. com/ovcsports. Also check out www.YouTube.com/ohiovalley- conference and the league’s blog at OVCExtra.com. WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players of the Week each Tuesday morning with its weekly report to be released each Tuesday afternoon. The report is available via e-mail, and is posted on the league’s Web site in text and PDF versions. Statistics are updated after each gameday on the OVC Web site. 2020-21 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE Feb. 23 Mar. 2 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 DEFENSIVE Feb. 23 Mar. 2 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 SPECIALIST Feb. 23 Mar. 2 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 NEWCOMER Feb. 23 Mar. 2 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Bold indicates player went on to be named National Player of the Week (STATS, HERO Sports or NCAA.com). 2020-21 OVC Football Weekly Release - February 16 • 2 NOTES FROM AROUND THE GRIDIRON COACHES TELECONFERENCE Sundays in the Spring: The Conference portion of the 73rd season of Ohio Valley Conference Beginning this spring, OVC coaches will hold a football was postponed to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four OVC teams played a weekly video conference via Zoom. The sessions will limited number of non-conference games in the fall. This year's spring OVC schedule will include be on Tuesday between 10am-12pm CT, with each a round-robin format, featuring the eight teams that elected to play competing in seven conference coach appearing for a maximum of 10 minutes. The games over an eight-week period (with an open date at the end of the schedule for potential make- fi rst session will be on Tuesday, Feb. 16. A schedule up games). Games will be contested on Sundays (with the exception of Easter weekend when the of what times coaches will appear weekly is below. games will be played on Saturday) and start during a 1-3 p.m. window local time. For information on how to access the Zoom, please contact Kyle Schwartz in the OVC Offi ce (615-690- 6685 or [email protected]). Austin Peay and Southeast Missouri Ranked Preseason Stats Perform Poll: At the conclusion of the 2019 season Austin Peay and Southeast Missouri were ranked in the national polls. The two 10:00 - Dean Hood Murray State OVC teams were ranked in the Stats Perform Preseason Top 25 released in August. Austin Peay 10:10 - Tom Matukewicz, Southeast Missouri was ranked No. 13 while SEMO was No. 25. Stats Perform will release its next poll on February 22 while the fi rst AFCA Coaches Top 25 poll will be released in mid-March. 10:20 - John Grass, Jacksonville State 10:40 - Jason Simpson, UT Martin OVC Teams Against FBS Opponents: On October 24, Jacksonville State topped FIU 19-10, giving 11:00 - Adam Cushing, Eastern Illinois the Gamecocks its sixth all-time win over a FBS opponent and fi rst since 2013 (Georgia State). It was 11:10 - Dewayne Alexander, Tennessee Tech the fi rst time since September 2019 that any FCS team had topped a FBS opponent (The Citadel over 11:30 - Rod Reed, Tennessee State Georgia Tech), ending a streak of 66-straight losses for FCS teams. It was the fi rst win for an OVC 11:50 - Scotty Walden Austin Peay team over a FBS opponent since 2017 (Tennessee State over Georgia State). Overall OVC teams have wins over FBS opponents in seven of the past 11 years (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020) and are 36-252-1 all-time against FBS foes. OVC SID DIRECTORY NCAA Division I Playoff Information: The 2020 FCS Playoff s were pushed to the spring. This year's AUSTIN PEAY fi eld will be 16 teams (down from 24) and include 10 automatic qualifi ers and six at-large selections. Cody Bush (931) 221-7561 The NCAA will announce the selections for a revised 16-team playoff fi eld on Sunday, April 18. The Cell Phone (931) 980-4940 fi rst round is scheduled for the weekend April 24 with the FCS National Championship game to be Email [email protected] played on either May 16 in Frisco, Texas. Web site LetsGoPeay.com Press Box Number (931) 221-7191 Academic Success: During the past academic year (2019-20) there were 162 OVC football student- EASTERN ILLINOIS athletes who were named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll for having a 3.25 grade point average Rich Moser (217) 581-7480 or higher. In addition, 13 student-athletes were awarded the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for Cell Phone (217) 508-8317 achieving perfect 4.0 GPAs. The OVC also awards a Team Academic Award for the football program Email [email protected] with the highest percentage of players with a 3.25 grade point average or higher; that award went Web site EIUpanthers.com to Austin Peay for 2019-20. Press Box Number (217) 581-7770 EASTERN KENTUCKY Two OVC Players Named to FCS Punter of the Year Watch List: Two OVC football players have Kevin Britton (859) 622-2006 been named to the 2020 FCS Punter of the Year Award Watch List by the Augusta Sports Council. Cell Phone (859) 358-8359 Southeast Missouri senior Jake Reynolds and Tennessee State junior Kaleb Mosley were two Email [email protected] of the 22 selections nationally. The 2020 watch list was compiled based on the 2019 FCS Punter Web site EKUSports.com of the Year watchlist, the 2019 All-Conference teams, the 2019 All-American Teams and the 2020 Press Box Number (859) 622-226 preseason All-Conference Teams.
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