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2014 Southern Conference Football Standings Last Week’s Results Conference Overall Furman 25, Mercer 20 C/SN Team W-L PF PA W-L PF PA Home Road Streak FUR - Gary Wilkins returned an INT 19 12/12 Furman 1-0 25 20 2-0 38 23 1-0 1-0 W2 yards for a TD in the fourth quarter. MER - Tyler Ward recorded a game-high Western Carolina 0-0 0 0 1-1 76 57 1-0 0-1 W1 18 tackles and an INT. Samford 0-0 0 0 0-1 14 48 0-0 0-1 L1 Wofford 0-0 0 0 0-1 19 38 0-0 0-1 L1 Western Carolina 45, Brevard 21 The Citadel 0-0 0 0 0-2 28 68 0-1 0-1 L2 MER - Darius Ramsey rushed for 88 17/14 Chattanooga 0-0 0 0 0-2 39 46 0-1 0-1 L2 yards and three TDs. VMI 0-0 0 0 0-2 45 90 0-0 0-2 L2 Jacksonville State 26, Chattanooga 23 (OT) Mercer 0-1 20 25 1-1 65 67 1-1 0-0 L1 UTC - The Mocs returned two INTs for C-FCS Coaches Poll; SN - Sports Network Poll touchdowns.

Bowling Green 48, VMI 7 This Week’s Schedule VMI - Doug Burton caught fi ve passes for September 11 Series Record TV/Internet Time 86 yards. Stillman at Samford SAM, 1-0 - 7:30 p.m. Florida State 37, The Citadel 12 September 13 Series Record TV/Internet Time CIT - Aaron Miller rushed for 61 yards Davidson at VMI VMI, 38-17-3 - 1:30 p.m. Catawba at Western Carolina CC, 18-8-2 - 3:30 p.m. and threw a TD. Chattanooga at Austin Peay UTC, 5-0 - 5:00 p.m. Mercer at Stetson MER, 8-1 - 6:00 p.m. Furman at Presbyterian FUR, 43-11-1 WMYA-TV 7:00 p.m. North Greenville at Wofford First Meeting - 7:00 p.m.

Quick Hits • Seven Southern Conference teams are in RANKINGS: Two Southern Conference teams are ranked in both major FCS polls this action this week, while The Citadel is idle. week. Chattanooga is ranked 17th by the FCS coaches and 14th by the Sports Network. Furman • Home teams are 0-1 in conference play was tabbed 12th in both polls. this season after going 21-15 last year. • Samford, Western Carolina and Wofford are among the teams receiving votes.

• The lone league game this season was AWARD CANDIDATES: The Southern Conference had one player named to the Walter decided by one possession. Sixteen of the Payton Award Watch List, while two were tabbed for the Buck Buchanan Award Watch List. SoCon’s 36 league games were decided by The Payton Award is presented annually to the most outstanding player at the FCS level, one possession last year. while the Buchanan honors the nation’s top defensive player in FCS. • Payton Award Finalist - Jacob Huesman (Chattanooga). • Chattanooga was picked fi rst in both the • Buchanan Award Finalists - Jaquiski Tartt (Samford) and Davis Tull (Chattanooga). preseason coaches and media polls. It is the fi rst time since 1982 that the Mocs were named preseason favorites.

Players of the Week Offense Defense Special Teams Freshman Darius Ramsey, Jr., RB Gary Wilkins, Sr., DE John Croft Hollingsworth, Fr., P/PK Lucas Webb, Fr., DB Accounted for 95 Recorded ten tackles Made 4-of-5 fi eld Recorded six tackles yards of total of- and returned an INT goal attempts includ- and took an INT 37 fense. Rushed for 19-yards for a TD in ing a 50-yard effort. yards for a score 88 yards and three the fourth quarter at Averaged 64.0 yards against Jacksonville TDs on nine carries. Mercer. on seven kickoffs. State.

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 1 2014 SoCon Composite Football Schedule SoCon vs Other Conferences August 28 (Thursday) October 11 FBS Opponents (0-6) Mercer 45, Reinhardt 42 Chattanooga at Tennessee TBA American (0-1) Central Michigan 20, Chattanooga 16 Charlotte at The Citadel 2 p.m. USF 36, Western Carolina 31 *Wofford at Western Carolina (ESPN3) 3:30 p.m. Atlantic Coast (0-2) August 30 VMI at Navy (CBS Sports Network) 3:30 p.m. Georgia Tech 38, Wofford 19 Furman 13, Garnder-Webb 3 Austin Peay at Mercer (ESPN3) 4 p.m. Florida State 37, The Citadel 12 Georgia Tech 38, Wofford 19 Bucknell 42, VMI 38 October 18 Big 12 (0-1) Coastal Carolina 31, The Citadel 16 Furman at South Carolina TBA TCU 48, Samford 14 TCU 48, Samford 14 *Chattanooga at The Citadel (ASN) 12 p.m. Independent (0-0) USF 36, Western Carolina 31 Gardner-Webb at VMI 1:30 p.m. VMI at Navy Oct. 11 *Wofford at Samford 3 p.m. September 6 *Western Carolina at Mercer (ESPN3) 4 p.m. Mid-American (0-2) Central Michigan 20, Chattanooga 16 *Furman 25, Mercer 20 Bowling Green 48, VMI 7 Western Carolina 45, Brevard 21 October 25 Jacksonville State 26, Chattanooga 23 (OT) *Mercer at Chattanooga (ASN) 12 p.m. Southeastern (0-0) Bowling Green 48, VMI 7 *Samford at Furman (ESPN3) 1:30 p.m. Chattanooga at Tennessee Oct. 11 Furman at South Carolina Oct. 18 Florida State 37, The Citadel 12 *VMI at Wofford 1:30 p.m. Western Carolina at Alabama Nov. 22 *The Citadel at Western Carolina 2 p.m. Samford at Auburn Nov. 22 September 11 (Thursday) Stillman at Samford 7:30 p.m. November 1 *Furman at VMI (ESPN3) 1:30 p.m. FCS Opponents (1-3) September 13 *Chattanooga at Western Carolina 2 p.m. Big South (1-1) Davidson at VMI 1:30 p.m. Concordia College at Samford 3 p.m. Coastal Carolina 31, The Citadel 16 Catawba at Western Carolina 3:30 p.m. *The Citadel at Mercer (ESPN3) 4 p.m. Furman 13, Gardner-Webb 3 Furman at Presbyterian Sept. 13 Chattanooga at Austin Peay 5 p.m. The Citadel at Charleston Southern Sept. 20 Mercer at Stetson 6 p.m. November 8 Wofford at Gardner-Webb Sept. 20 Furman at Presbyterian (WMYA-TV) 7 p.m. *Wofford at Chattanooga (ESPN3) 1 p.m. Gardner-Webb at The Citadel Sept. 27 North Greenville at Wofford 7 p.m. *Furman at The Citadel 2 p.m. Western Carolina at Presbyterian Oct. 4 Coastal Carolina at Furman Oct. 4 *Western Carolina at Samford (ASN) 3:30 p.m. Gardner-Webb at VMI Oct. 18 September 20 *VMI at Samford (ESPN3) 3 p.m. November 15 Independents (0-0) Furman at S.C. State 6 p.m. *Wofford at Furman (ESPN3) 12 p.m. Charlotte at The Citadel Oct. 11 The Citadel at Charleston Southern 6 p.m. *Samford at The Citadel 1 p.m. MEAC (0-0) Wofford at Gardner-Webb 6 p.m. *VMI at Western Carolina 2 p.m. Furman at South Carolina State Sept. 20 Ave Maria at Mercer (ESPN3) 6 p.m. Chattanooga at Tennessee Tech 2:30 p.m. Warner at Mercer (ESPN3) 4 p.m. Ohio Valley (0-1) Jacksonville State 26, Chattanooga 23 (OT) September 27 Chattanooga at Austin Peay Sept. 13 *Mercer at VMI 1:30 p.m. November 22 Austin Peay at Mercer Oct. 11 *Western Carolina at Furman (ASN) 3 p.m. Western Carolina at Alabama TBA Chattanooga at Tennessee Tech Nov. 15 Gardner-Webb at The Citadel 6 p.m. Samford at Auburn TBA Patriot League (0-1) *Samford at Chattanooga (ESPN3) 7 p.m. *Mercer at Wofford 1:30 p.m. Bucknell 42, VMI 38 Virginia Wise at Wofford 7 p.m. *The Citadel at VMI (ESPN3) 1:30 p.m. *Chattanooga at Furman (ASN) 3:30 p.m. Pioneer League (0-0) October 4 Davidson at VMI Sept. 13 Mercer at Stetson Sept. 13 *The Citadel at Wofford (ESPN3) 1:30 p.m. Western Carolina at Presbyterian 2 p.m. *Mercer at Samford 3 p.m. *VMI at Chattanooga 4 p.m. Non-Division I Opponents (2-0) Mercer 45, Reinhardt 42 Coastal Carolina at Furman (WMYA-TV) 7 p.m. Western Carolina 45, Brevard 21 Stillman at Samford Sept. 11 Catawba at Western Carolina Sept. 13 North Greenville at Wofford Sept. 13 Ave Maria at Mercer Sept. 20 Virginia Wise at Wofford Sept. 27 Concordia College at Samford Nov. 1 Warner University at Mercer Nov. 15

Southern Conference Streaks Consecutive Wins Consecutive SoCon Wins Consecutive Home Wins Consecutive Home SoCon Wins 2 Furman 6 Furman 5 Samford 4 Samford 2 The Citadel 4 Furman 4 Chattanooga 2 Samford 3 Furman 2 The Citadel

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Stillman (0-1, 0-0 SIAC) at Samford (0-1, 0-0 SoCon) Stillman (0-1, 0-0 SIAC) Samford (0-1, 0-0 SoCon) vs Coach: Tedd Keaton Coach: Pat Sullivan Career: 19-15 (4th year) Career: 64-82-1 (14th year) At SC: Same At SAM: 40-40 (8th year)

Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 Offense: Spread Offense: Spread Rush: Jovontae Thurmon (8-71 yds, 1 TD) Rush: Michael Eubank (16-46 yds, 0 TD) 7:30 p.m. Pass: Josh Straughan (16-28-179 yds, 1 TD) Pass: Michael Eubank (8-15-63 yds, 0 TD) Rec.: Dondre Purnell (9-93 yds, 0 TD) Rec.: Devon Schmitt (1-32 yds, 0 TD) Birmingham, Ala. Defense: 4-3 Defense: 4-3 Seibert Stadium (6,700) Tackles: Cameron Stallings (8 tackles) Tackles: J. Cooper/J. Tartt (12 tackles) Sacks: N/A Sacks: Josh Killett (1.5-16 yds) Series: SAM leads 1-0 Int.: Wiley Isaac (1-1 yds) Int.: Jamerson Blount (1-55 yds) Last Meeting: Sept. 10, 2011 Samford 48, Football Contact: William Bright Football Contact: Joey Mullins Stillman 6 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (Birmingham, Ala.)

Davidson (1-1, 0-0 Pioneer) at VMI (0-2, 0-0 SoCon) Davidson (1-1, 0-0 Pioneer) VMI (0-2, 0-0 SoCon) vs Coach: Paul Nichols Coach: Sparky Woods Career: 1-12 (2nd year) Career: 78-100-5 (17th year) At DAV: Same At VMI: 15-54 (7th year)

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 Offense: Multiple Offense: Multiple Rush: David Rogers (24-152 yds, 2 TD) Rush: Deon Watts (33-137 yds, 0 TD) 1:30 p.m. Pass: J.P. Douglas (29-40-245 yds, 3 TD) Pass: Al Cobb (53-83-532 yds, 4 TD) Rec.: Cam Cheuvront (8-92 yds, 1 TD) Rec.: Doug Burton (12-195 yds, 1 TD) Lexington, Va. Defense: 4-3 Defense: 3-4 Foster Stadium (10,000) Tackles: Matt Casey (18 tackles) Tackles: Alex James (13 tackles) Sacks: Thomas Sykes (1.0-14 yds) Sacks: Ryan Francis (1.0-10 yds) Series: VMI leads 38-17-3 Int.: Ryan Felice (1-0 yds) Int.: James Fruehan (1-[-10] yds) Last Meeting: Sept. 2, 2006 VMI 20, Football Contact: Mark Brumbaugh Football Contact: Wade Branner Davidson 19 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (Lexington, Va.)

Catawba (1-0, 0-0 SAC) at Western Carolina (1-1, 0-0 SoCon) Catawba (1-0, 0-0 SAC) Western Carolina (1-1, 0-0 SoCon) vs Coach: Curtis Walker Coach: Career: 7-5 (2nd year) Career: 4-21 (3rd year) At CC: Same At WCU: Same

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 Offense: Multiple Offense: Spread/Read Option Rush: Trey Mashore (8-78 yds, 0 TD) Rush: Darius Ramsey (24-146 yds, 4 TD) 3:30 p.m. Pass: Mike Sheehan (12-13-174 yds, 3 TD) Pass: Troy Mitchell (59-81-516 yds, 2 TD) Rec.: Carlos Tarrats (4-46 yds, 1 TD) Rec.: Terryon Robinson (18-182 yds, 1 TD) Cullowhee, N.C. Defense: 3-4 Defense: 4-3 E.J. Whitmire Stadium (13,742) Tackles: Mark McDaniel (8 tackles) Tackles: Ace Clark (19 tackles) Series: CC leads 18-8-2 Sacks: N/A Sacks: N/A Int.: Jamal Lackey (1-67 yds) Int.: Ace Clark (1-10 yds) Last Meeting: Oct. 11, 1969 Western Carolina 22, Football Contact: Jim Lewis Football Contact: Daniel Hooker Catawba 16 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (Cullowhee, N.C.)

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Chattanooga (0-2, 0-0 SoCon) at Austin Peay (0-1, 0-0 OVC) Chattanooga (0-2, 0-0 SoCon) Austin Peay (0-1, 0-0 OVC) vs Coach: Russ Huesman Coach: John Grass Career: 31-27 (6th year) Career: 35-99 (13th year) At UTC: Same At APSU: 0-13 (2nd year)

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 Offense: Multiple Offense: Pro Spread Rush: Keon Williams (35-126 yds, 0 TD) Rush: Justin Roberson (8-50 yds, 0 TD) 5 p.m. Pass: Jacob Huesman (22-40-188 yds, 2 TD) Pass: Trey Taylor (4-9-20 yds, 0 TD) Rec.: Tommy Hudson (2-78 yds, 2 TD) Rec.: Jared Beard (2-9 yds, 0 TD) Clarksville, Tenn. Defense: Multiple Defense: 4-2-5 Governors Stadium (7,000) Tackles: Muhasibi Wakeel (25 tackles) Tackles: J. Shuler/D. Whitfi eld (9 tackles) Sacks: Derrick Lott (1.0-6 yds) Sacks: N/A Series: Chattanooga leads 5-0 Int.: Dee Virgin (1-55 yds) Int.: Roderick Owens (1-0 yds) Last Meeting: Sept. 14, 2013 Chattanooga 42, Football Contact: Jay Blackman Football Contact: Brad Kirtley Austin Peay 10 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (Chattanoga, Tenn.)

Mercer (1-1, 0-1 SoCon) at Stetson (1-1, 0-1 Pioneer) Mercer (1-1, 0-1 SoCon) Stetson (1-1, 0-0 Pioneer) vs Coach: Bobby Lamb Coach: Roger Hughes Career: 78-43 (12th year) Career: 50-60 (12th year) At MER: 11-3 (2nd year) At SU: 3-10 (2nd year)

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 Offense: Pistol Offense: Multiple Rush: Alex Lakes (36-186 yds, 3 TD) Rush: AJ Washington (21-73 yds, 0 TD) 6 p.m. Pass: John Russ (27-43-381 yds,5 TD) Pass: Ryan Tentler (18-30-172 yds, 1 TD) Rec.: JT Palmer (11-140 yds, 2 TD) Rec.: Chris Crawford (6-77 yds, 1 TD) DeLand, Fla. Defense: 3-4 Defense: 4-2-5 Spec Martin Memorial Stadium (6,000) Tackles: Tyler Ward (32 tackles) Tackles: Davion Belk (14 tackles) Sacks: Tripp Patterson (1.0-12 yds) Sacks: Davion Belk (1.0-8 yds) Series: Mercer leads 8-1 Int.: Tyler Ward (1-9 yds) Int.: Chris Atkins (1-12 yds) Last Meeting: Nov. 23, 2013 Mercer 41, Football Contact: Jordon Bruner Football Contact: Ricky Hazel Stetson 14 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (Macon, Ga.)

Furman (2-0, 1-0 SoCon) at Presbyterian (1-1, 0-0 Big South) Furman (2-0, 1-0 SoCon) Presbyterian (1-1, 0-0 Big South) vs Coach: Bruce Fowler Coach: Harold Nichols Career: 19-19 (4th year) Career: 10-45 (6th year) At FUR: Same At PC: Same

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 Offense: Spread Offense: Spread Rush: Antonio Wilcox (25-107 yds, 0 TD) Rush: LaQua Mayes (19-192 yds, 2 TD) 7 p.m. Pass: Dillon Woodruff (17-33-256 yds, 0 TD) Pass: Heys McMath (15-22-182 yds, 2 TD) Rec.: Jordan Snellings (13-162 yds, 1 TD) Rec.: Daryl Wilson (5-121 yds, 2 TD) Clinton, S.C. Defense: 4-3 Defense: 4-3 Bailey Memorial Stadium (6,500) Tackles: Cory Magwood (25 tackles) Tackles: Donelle Williams (16 tackles) Series: Furman leads 43-11-1 Sacks: Gary Wilkins (2.5-12 yds) Sacks: Khari Rosier (2.0-11 yds) Int.: Gary Wilkins (1-19 yds) Int.: N/A Last Meeting: Sept. 14, 2013 Furman 21, Football Contact: Hunter Reid Football Contact: Simon Whitaker Presbyterian 20 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (Greenville, S.C.)

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North Greenville (1-0) at Wofford (0-1, 0-0 SoCon) North Greenville (1-0) Wofford (0-1, 0-0 SoCon) vs Coach: Jeff Farrington Coach: Mike Ayers Career: 6-6 (2nd year) Career: 187-143-2 (30th year) At NGU: Same At WOF: 176-122-1 (27th year)

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 Offense: Multiple Offense: Wingbone Rush: Trey Walker (12-131 yds, 1 TD) Rush: Ray Smith (4-108 yds, 1 TD) 7 p.m. Pass: Nelson Hughes (15-25-324 yds, 3 TD) Pass: Evan Jacks (5-9-26 yds, 0 TD) Rec.: Robbie Brown (7-206 yds, 3 TD) Rec.: Ray Smith (1-24 yds, 0 TD) Spartanburg, S.C. Defense: 3-4 Defense: Multiple 50 Gibbs Stadium (13,000) Tackles: KJ McDonald (9 tackles) Tackles: Chris Armfi eld (5 tackles) Sacks: Anthony Blair (0.5-3 yds) Sacks: N/A Series: First meeting Int.: Rochar Witherspoon (1-0 yds) Int.: N/A

Football Contact: Cory Guinn Football Contact: Brent Williamson Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 5 Southern Conference News and Notes 2014 SoCon Football Preseason Coaches Poll NEW SCHOOLS: The Southern Conference offi cially added East Tennessee State Univer- sity, Mercer University and Virginia Military Institute to the league on July 1. School (First-place votes) Points • Mercer and VMI begin competing in football in 2014 while ETSU will join the league on 1. Chattanooga (6) 48 2. Furman (1) 40 the gridiron in the fall of 2016. Samford (1) 40 4. Wofford 30 CONFERENCE CROWN: Furman, Samford and Chattanooga all shared the Southern Con- 5. Western Carolina 24 ference crown last season with identical 6-2 records. 6. The Citadel 22 • It was UTC’s fi rst conference title since 1984 and the fi rst for Samford since joining the 7. Mercer 10 league in 2008. VMI 10 • Furman won its 13th conference title in 2013, the most in league history.

THE FRIENDLY CONFINES OF HOME: Southern Conference teams are 3-2 at home in 2014 SoCon Football Preseason Media Poll nonconference games this season. • League teams went 8-7 at home in 2013 and were 13-2 at home in 2012 after go- School (First-place votes) Points ing 15-1 in 2011. SoCon teams own a record of 50-15 (.769) in nonconference home 1. Chattanooga (29) 235 games since the start of the 2010 season. 2. Furman (1) 203 3. Samford 174 A NEW START: Mercer and VMI entered the Southern Conference for the 2014 season. 4. Wofford 155 5. Western Carolina 105 Chattanooga (1977) and Georgia Southern (1991) are the only two programs to win the 6. The Citadel 103 league championship in their fi rst years of eligibility. Below are the records during the inau- 7. Mercer 67 gural seasons of the last fi ve teams to enter the SoCon: 8. VMI 38 • Samford (2008): 4-4 • Elon (2003): 1-7 • Wofford (1997): 2-6 2014 Southern Conference Preseason • Georgia Southern (1993): 7-1 All-Conference First Team • ETSU (1979): 2-3

Off. POY: Jacob Huesman, Jr., QB, UTC POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Seven schools in the Southern Conference have reached Def. POY: Davis Tull, Sr., DL, UTC the postseason at least once. Offense QB Jacob Huesman, Jr., UTC Current SoCon Schools in the Playoffs RB Hank McCloud, Sr., FUR Team App. Won Lost Pct. Champion Runner-up RB Keon Williams, Sr., UTC The Citadel 3 1 3 .250 0 0 OL Charles Emert, Sr., FUR East Tennessee State 1 1 1 .500 0 0 OL Gunnar Bromelow, Jr., SAM Furman 16 18 15 .545 1 2 OL Synjen Herren, Jr., UTC Mercer 0 0 0 .000 0 0 OL Josh Wineberg, Jr., WCU Samford 3 2 3 .400 0 0 OL T.J. Chamberlin, Jr., WOF Chattanooga 1 0 1 .000 0 0 TE Faysal Shafaat, Sr., UTC WR Andrej Suttles, So., FUR VMI 0 0 0 .000 0 0 WR Karnorris Benson, Jr., WCU Western Carolina 1 3 1 .750 0 1 Wofford 6 5 6 .455 0 0 Defense DL Justin Oxendine, Sr., CIT AWARD CANDIDATES: The Southern Conference had one player named to the Walter DL Gary Wilkins, Sr., FUR Payton Award Watch List, while two were tabbed for the Buck Buchanan Award Watch List. DL Davis Tull, Sr., UTC The Payton Award is presented annually to the most outstanding player at the FCS level, DL Tarek Odom, Sr., WOF while the Buchanan honors the nation’s top defensive player in FCS. LB Carl Robinson, Sr., CIT LB Marcus McMorris, Sr., FUR • Payton Award Candidate - Jacob Huesman (Chattanooga). LB Carl Rider, Jr., FUR Former Winners: 1992 Michael Payton, QB, Marshall DB Reggie Thomas, Jr., FUR 1999 Adrian Peterson, RB, Georgia Southern DB James Bradberry, Jr., SAM 2000 Louis Ivory, RB, Furman DB Jaquiski Tartt, Sr., SAM 2007 Jayson Foster, QB, Georgia Southern DB Sertonuse Harris, Jr., WCU 2008 , QB, Appalachian State 2009 Armanti Edwards, QB, Appalachian State Specialists PK Warren Handrahan, So., SAM P Greg Peranich, Sr., SAM • Buchanan Award Candidates - Jaquiski Tartt (Samford) and Davis Tull (Chattanooga). RS Shaun Warren, Sr., WCU Former Winners: 1995 Dexter Coakley, LB, Appalachian State 1996 Dexter Coakley, LB, Appalachian State

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 6 Southern Conference News and Notes MAKING THE GRADE: In addition to achieving success on the gridiron, SoCon teams Records Watch boast impressive academic credentials. In the latest data released by the NCAA in May, Southern Conference football teams posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 974, Total Offense (Career) ranking third nationally and second among FCS conferences. It was the fi fth consecutive 1. Armanti Edwards, APP (2006-09) 14,753 season that the SoCon average was higher than the national rate for Division I. 2. Scott Riddle, Elon (2001-10) 13,147 • Nine Southern Conference’s sports (football, men’s golf, wrestling, men’s cross coun- 3. Richie Williams, APP (2002-05) 9,370 try, men’s indoor and outdoor track, women’s cross country and women’s indoor and 4. Todd Wells, ETSU (1997-00) 8,711 outdoor track & fi eld) ranked among the top 10 of Division I for their four-year averages. 5. Greg Ryan, ETSU (1993-96) 7,703 6. Michael Payton, MAR (1989-92) 7,530 WORKING OVERTIME: Southern Conference teams are 27-33 (.450) all-time in overtime 7. Dustin Taliaferro, SAM (2008-11) 7,476 games. The most recent overtime game was Nov. 16, 2013, when Samford topped Chat- 8. Chris Sanders, UTC (1999-00) 7,247 tanooga, 17-14. 9. Steve Brown, APP (1977-80) 7,129 Team OT Record Pct. 10. Kenyon Earl, UTC (1991-94) 7,097 The Citadel 5-7 .417 Jacob Huesman, UTC (2012-pres.) 5,386 Furman 4-7 .364 Mercer 0-0 .000 Most Rushing Yards By A QB (Career) Samford 2-0 1.000 1. Armanti Edwards, APP (2006-09) 4,361 2. Jerick McKinnon, GSU (2010-13) 3,899 Chattanooga 5-11 .313 3. Jack Douglas, CIT (1989-91) 3,674 VMI 6-1 .857 4. Jayson Foster, GSU (2004-07) 3,664 Western Carolina 2-6 .250 5. Greg Hill, GSU (1996-99) 3,309 Wofford 3-1 .750 6. Chaz Williams, GSU (2001-04) 2,768 Total 27-33 .450 7. Tony Sacales, VMI (1989-92) 2,475 8. Travis Wilson, WOF (1989-01) 2,069 EXPERIENCED COACHES: Wofford head coach Mike Ayers is the dean of SoCon coach- 9. Jacob Huesman, UTC (2012-pres.) 1,849 es. Ayers has tallied 130 wins at East Tennessee State and Wofford while coaching in the 10. DeAndre Presley, APP (2010-11) 1,629 Southern Conference. He ranks third on the league’s all-time wins list behind Appalachian State’s Jerry Moore and Duke’s Wallace Wade. Mercer’s Bobby Lamb is tied for seventh on Quarterback Sacks (Career) the all-time wins list with 68. 1. Josh Jeffries, APP (1999-02) 36.5 2. , APP (2003-06) 36.0 SoCon Wins Leaders Wins 3. James Russell, ETSU (1993-96) 32.5 1. Jerry Moore, Appalachian State (1989-2012) 215 4. Kelly Fletcher, FUR (1986-89) 31.5 2. Wallace Wade, Alabama (1923-30); Duke (1931-41; 1946-50) 171 Bryan Dailer, FUR (1994-97) 31.5 3. Mike Ayers, ETSU (1985-87); Wofford (1997-present) 130 6. Anthony Jones, WOF (1999-02) 30.5 4. D.C. Walker, Wake Forest (1937-50) 77 7. Louis Copper, WCU (1981-85) 30.0 5. Frank Howard, Clemson (1940-52) 69 Edward Thomas, GSU (1993-96) 30.0 Dick Sheridan, Furman (1978-85) 69 9. K.T. Stovall, APP (2000-03) 29.5 7. H.C. Byrd, Maryland (1921-34) 68 10. Davis Tull, UTC (2011-pres.) 26.5 Bobby Lamb, Furman (2002-2010) and Mercer (2014-pres.) 68 9. Jimmy Satterfi eld, Furman (1986-93) 66 , Western Carolina (1977-88) 66

Southern Conference Coaching Records Coach, School Years at School Record at School SoCon Record SoCon Pct. Career Record Career Pct. Mike Houston, The Citadel 1 0-2 0-0 .000 29-10 .744 Bruce Fowler, Furman 4 19-19 14-11 .560 19-19 .500 Bobby Lamb, Mercer 2 11-3 0-1 .000 78-43 .644 Pat Sullivan, Samford 8 40-40 24-24 .500 64-82-1 .442 Russ Huesman, Chattanooga 6 31-27 23-17 .575 31-27 .534 Sparky Woods, VMI 7 15-54 0-0 .000 78-100-5 .440 Mark Speir, Western Carolina 3 4-21 1-15 .063 4-21 .160 Mike Ayers, Wofford 27 177-121-1 87-66 .569 188-142-2 .569

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 7 Southern Conference News and Notes CAUGHT IN THE DRAFT: The Southern Conference had three players taken in the 2014 This Is The Southern Conference ... NFL Draft in May. It was the 10th straight year the SoCon had at least one player taken in the draft. 2 Buck Buchanan Award Winners • Georgia Southern’s Jerick McKinnon (RB) was chosen in the third round (#96) by the Minnesota Vikings. McKinnon’s teammate Lavelle Westbrooks (DB) was chosen in the 4 Eddie Robinson Award Winners seventh round (#252) by Cincinnati. • Furman offensive lineman Dakota Dozier was selected in the fourth round by the New 6 Walter Payton Award Winners York Jets with the 137th overall pick. 8 FCS National Titles COACHES TELECONFERENCE: The Southern Conference coaches weekly media tele- conferences are held every Tuesday beginning Aug. 26 and continue through Nov. 18. The 13 SoCon Titles Won By Furman calls are archived on the Southern Conference website approximately three hours following the call. Contact the Southern Conference offi ce for the phone number. 16 FCS Title Game Appearances

Weekly schedule: 19 NCAA Postgraduate Scholars • Mike Houston, CIT - 10:00 a.m. • Russ Huesman, UTC - 10:32 a.m. • Bruce Fowler, FUR - 10:08 a.m. • Sparky Woods, VMI - 10:40 a.m. 27 Wins Over FBS Opponents • Bobby Lamb, MER - 10:16 a.m. • Mark Speir, WCU - 10:48 a.m. • Pat Sullivan, SAM - 10:24 a.m. • Mike Ayers, WOF - 10:56 a.m. 35 400-Yard Passing Performances

42 Teams That Have Competed In The SoCon

59 Players In The HOF

62 Football Players On League’s 2012 Southern Conference Television Schedule All-Academic Team Date Matchup Time Network Aug. 28 Reinhardt at Mercer 7:00 p.m. ESPN3 92 NFL Draftees From Current Members Aug. 30 Wofford at Georgia Tech 12:00 p.m. Fox Sports South 93.4 Robert Neyland’s Win Percentage Aug. 30 Samford at TCU 7:00 p.m. SportSouth Aug. 30 Western Carolina at South Florida 7:00 p.m. ESPN3 100 FCS Playoff Wins Sept. 6 VMI at Bowling Green 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 127 200-Yard Rushing Performances Sept. 6 Furman at Mercer 6:00 p.m. ESPN3 Sept. 6 The Citadel at Florida State 7:30 p.m. SportSouth 231 AP All-Americans Sept. 13 Furman at Presbyterian 7:00 p.m. WMYA-TV Sept. 20 VMI at Samford 3:00 p.m. ESPN3 755 Career Tackles by Brian Ruff (CIT), Sept. 20 Ave Maria at Mercer 6:00 p.m. ESPN3 the SoCon record Sept. 27 Western Carolina at Furman 3:30 p.m. ASN 974 League’s Football APR Sept. 27 Samford at Chattanooga 7:00 p.m. ASN Oct. 4 The Citadel at Wofford 1:30 p.m. ESPN3 2014 93rd Season Of SoCon Football Oct. 4 Coastal Carolina at Furman 7:00 p.m. WMYA-TV Oct. 11 Wofford at Western Carolina 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 5,250 Career Receiving Yards by Terrell Oct. 11 VMI at Navy 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network Hudgins (Elon), the SoCon record Oct. 11 Austin Peay at Mercer 4:00 p.m. ESPN3 6,559 Career Rushing Yards by Adrian Oct. 18 Chattanooga at The Citadel 1:30 p.m. ASN Peterson (GSU), the SoCon Oct. 18 Western Carolina at Mercer 4:00 p.m. ESPN3 record Oct. 25 Mercer at Chattanooga 12:00 p.m. ASN Oct. 25 Samford at Furman 1:30 p.m. ESPN3 13,264 Career Passing Yards by Scott Riddle (Elon), the SoCon record Nov. 1 Furman at VMI 1:30 p.m. ESPN3

Nov. 1 The Citadel at Mercer 4:00 p.m. ESPN3 14,753 Career Total Yards by Armanti Nov. 8 Wofford at Chattanooga 2:00 p.m. ESPN3 Edwards (APP), the SoCon Nov. 8 Western Carolina at Samford 3:30 p.m. ASN record Nov. 15 Wofford at Furman 12:00 p.m. ESPN3 Nov. 15 Warner at Mercer 4:00 p.m. ESPN3

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 8 2014 Southern Conference Football Schedules

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A. 30 COASTAL CAROLINA L, 31-16 A. 30 GARDNER-WEBB W, 13-3 A. 28 REINHARDT W, 45-42 S. 6 at Florida State L, 37-12 S. 6 *at Mercer W, 25-20 S. 6 *FURMAN L, 25-20 S. 20 at Charleston Southern 6:00 p.m. S. 13 at Presbyterian 7:00 p.m. S. 13 at Stetson 6:00 p.m. S. 27 GARDNER-WEBB 6:00 p.m. S. 20 at South Carolina State 6:00 p.m. S. 20 AVE MARIA 6:00 p.m. O. 4 *at WOFFORD 1:30 p.m. S. 27 *WESTERN CAROLINA 3:00 p.m. S. 27 *at VMI 1:30 p.m. O. 11 CHARLOTTE 2:00 p.m. O. 4 COASTAL CAROLINA 7:00 p.m. O. 4 *at Samford 3:00 p.m. O. 18 *CHATTANOOGA 12:00 p.m. O. 18 at South Carolina TBA O. 11 AUSTIN PEAY 4:00 p.m. O. 25 *at Western Carolina 2:00 p.m. O. 25 *SAMFORD 1:30 p.m. O. 18 *WESTERN CAROLINA 4:00 p.m. N. 1 *at Mercer 4:00 p.m. N. 1 *at VMI 1:30 p.m. O. 25 *at Chattanooga 12:00 p.m. N. 8 *FURMAN 2:00 p.m. N. 8 *at The Citadel 2:00 p.m. N. 1 *THE CITADEL 4:00 p.m. N. 15 *SAMFORD 1:00 p.m. N. 15 *WOFFORD 12:00 p.m. N. 15 WARNER 4:00 p.m. No. 22 *at VMI 1:30 p.m. N. 22 *CHATTANOOGA 3:30 p.m. N. 22 *at Wofford 1:30 p.m.

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A. 30 at TCU L, 48-14 A. 28 at Central Michigan 20-16 A. 30 at Bucknell L, 42-38 S. 11 STILLMAN 7:30 p.m. S. 6 JACKSONVILLE STATE L, 26-23 (OT) S. 6 at Bowling Green L, 48-7 S. 20 *VMI 3:00 p.m. S. 13 at Austin Peay 5:00 p.m. S. 13 DAVIDSON 1:30 p.m. S. 27 *at Chattanooga 7:00 p.m. S. 27 *SAMFORD 7:00 p.m. S. 20 *at Samford 3:00 p.m. O. 4 *MERCER 3:00 p.m. O. 4 *VMI 4:00 p.m. S. 27 *MERCER 1:30 p.m. O. 18 *WOFFORD 3:00 p.m. O. 11 at Tennessee TBA O. 4 *at Chattanooga 4:00 p.m. O. 25 *at Furman 1:30 p.m. O. 18 *at The Citadel 12:00 p.m. O. 11 at Navy 3:30 p.m. N. 1 CONCORDIA COLLEGE 3:00 p.m. O. 25 *MERCER 12:00 p.m. O. 18 GARDNER-WEBB 1:30 p.m. N. 8 *WESTERN CAROLINA 3:30 p.m. N. 1 *at Western Carolina 2:00 p.m. O. 25 *at Wofford 1:30 p.m. N. 15 *at The Citadel 1:00 p.m. N. 8 *WOFFORD 1:00 p.m. N. 1 *FURMAN 1:30 p.m. N. 22 at Auburn TBA N. 15 at Tennessee Tech 2:30 p.m. N. 8 *at Western Carolina 2:00 p.m. N. 22 *at Furman 3:30 p.m. N. 22 *THE CITADEL 1:30 p.m.

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A. 30 at USF L, 36-31 A. 30 at Georgia Tech L, 38-19 S. 6 BREVARD W, 45-21 S. 13 NORTH GREENVILLE 7:00 p.m. S. 13 CATAWBA 3:30 p.m. S. 20 at Gardner-Webb 6:00 p.m. S. 27 *at Furman 3:00 p.m. S. 27 VIRGINIA WISE 7:00 p.m. O. 4 at Presbyterian 2:00 p.m. O. 4 *THE CITADEL 1:30 p.m. O. 11 *WOFFORD 3:30 p.m. O. 11 *at Western Carolina 3:30 p.m. O. 18 *at Samford 3:00 p.m. O. 18 *at Samford 3:00 p.m. O. 25 *THE CITADEL 2:00 p.m. O. 25 *VMI 1:30 p.m. N. 1 *CHATTANOOGA 2:00 p.m. N. 8 *at Chattanooga 1:00 p.m. N. 8 *at Samford 3:30 p.m. N. 15 *at Furman 12:00 p.m. N. 15 *VMI 1:00 p.m. N. 22 *MERCER 1:30 p.m N. 22 at Alabama TBA

All Times Eastern * - Denotes SoCon Game ALL CAPS - Denotes Home Game

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 9 SoCon Players of the Week 2014 NCAA Individual Statistical Leaders Offense Rushing Tackles S. 1 Troy Mitchell, QB, WCU 22 Ray Smith (WOF) ...... 108.0 ypg 2 Tyler Ward (MER) ...... 16.0 tpg S. 8 34 Alex Lakes (MER) ...... 93.0 ypg 4 Corey Holloway (WCU) ...... 15.0 tpg S. 15 37 Evan Jacks (WOF) ...... 89.0 ypg 11 Cory Magwood (FUR) ...... 12.5 tpg S. 22 37 Tyler Renew (CIT) ...... 89.0 ypg 11 Muhasibi Wakeel (UTC) ...... 12.5 tpg S. 29 50 Jake Stenson (CIT) ...... 82.5 ypg 25 Cedric Nettles (UTC) ...... 11.5 tpg 27 Jaquiski Tartt (SAM) ...... 11.0 tpg O. 6 Passing Yards 27 Justin Cooper (SAM) ...... 11.0 tpg O. 13 9 Al Cobb (VMI) ...... 266.0 ypg O. 20 47 John Russ (MER) ...... 190.5 ypg Tackles For Loss O. 27 50 Troy Mitchell (WCU) ...... 187.0 ypg 11 Derrick Lott (UTC) ...... 2.5 tpg N. 3 18 Ira McCune (FUR) ...... 2.3 tpg N. 10 Passing Effi ciency 23 Tevin Floyd (CIT) ...... 2.0 tpg N. 17 7 John Russ (MER) ...... 166.3 45 Gary Wilkins (FUR) ...... 1.8 tpg N. 24 35 Al Cobb (VMI) ...... 131.2 38 Troy Mitchell (WCU) ...... 127.3 Sacks Defense 10 Josh Killett (SAM0 ...... 1.5 spg S. 1 Gary Wilkins, DE, FUR Total Offense 18 Gary Wilkins (FUR) ...... 1.3 spg S. 8 16 Al Cobb (VMI) ...... 264.0 ypg 25 Ira McCune (FUR) ...... 1.0 spg S. 15 29 John Russ (MER) ...... 241.0 ypg S. 22 S. 29 Punting 3 Greg Peranich (SAM) ...... 47.5 avg. O. 6 11 David Marvin (WOF) ...... 43.5 avg. O. 13 18 Nick Pollard (UTC) ...... 42.9 avg. O. 20 O. 27 Kickoff Returns N. 3 1 Chandler Curtis (MER) ...... 40.0 avg. N. 10 6 Jackson McDonald (WCU) ....33.0 avg. N. 17 47 Richard Hayes (FUR) ...... 22.3 avg. N. 24 49 Payton Usher (MER) ...... 22.0 avg.

Freshman All-Purpose Yardage S. 1 Al Cobb, QB, VMI 39 Ray Smith (WOF) ...... 132.0 ypg S. 8 S. 15 Field Goals Per Game S. 22 1 J. Hollingsworth (FUR) ...... 3.0 fpg S. 29 8 David Marvin (WOF) ...... 2.0 fpg O. 6 8 Henrique Ribeiro (UTC)...... 2.0 fpg O. 13 Scoring O. 20 19 J. Hollingsworth (FUR) ...... 10.0 ppg O. 27 25 Alex Lakes (MER) ...... 9.0 ppg N. 3 N. 10 N. 17 N. 24

Special Teams S. 1 David Marvin, P/PK, WOF 2014 NCAA Team Rankings S. 8 Team Rushing Passing Scoring Total S. 15 Off./Def. Off./Def. Off./Def. Off./Def. S. 22 S. 29 The Citadel 5/61 111/86 84/71 59/79 O. 6 Furman 87/25 29/14 68/12 61/10 O. 13 Mercer 33/70 58/59 21/68 43/65 O. 20 Samford 101/68 109/108 84/100 113/104 O. 27 N. 3 Chattanooga 100/77 104/23 67/36 108/41 N. 10 VMI 90/91 8/78 58/100 32/88 N. 17 Western Carolina 42/102 18/5 13/52 22/52 N. 24 Wofford 9/82 110/89 68/87 71/93 Bold Denotes Top Unit In The Southern Conference

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 10 2014 SoCon Superlatives

300-Yard Passers Troy Mitchell, WCU 374 at South Florida, Aug. 30 Al Cobb, VMI 308 at Bucknell, Aug. 30

100-Yard Rushers Tyler Renew, CIT 137 vs. Coastal Carolina, Aug. 30 Jake Stenson, CIT 120 vs. Coastal Carolina, Aug. 30 Alex Lakes, MER 110 vs. Reinhardt, Aug. 28 Ray Smith, WOF 108 at Georgia Tech, Aug. 30

100-Yard Receivers

Terryon Robinson, WCU 121 at South Florida, Aug. 30 Jordan Snellings, FUR 111 at Mercer, Sept. 6 Doug Burton, VMI 109 at Bucknell, Aug. 30

15+ Tackles

Tyler Ward, MER 18 vs. Furman, Sept. 6 Muhasibi Wakeel, UTC 17 at Central Michigan, Aug. 28 Ace Clark, WCU 15 vs. Brevard, Sept. 6

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 11 2014 FCS Coaches Poll 2014 The Sports Network Poll S S S S S O O O O N N N N S S S S S O O O O N N N N School PS 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 2 10 17 24 School PS 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 2 10 17 24 North Dakota State 1 1 1 ------North Dakota State 2 1 1 ------Eastern Washington 2 2 2 ------Eastern Washington 1 2 2 ------Southeastern La. 3 3 3 ------Southeastern La. 3 3 3 ------Montana 5 5 4 ------Montana 5 4 4 ------Coastal Carolina 6 4 5 ------Coastal Carolina 7 5 5 ------McNeese State 9 6 6 ------McNeese State 8 7 6 ------Villanova 13 7 7 ------New Hampshire 4 6 7 ------New Hampshire 4 8 9 ------Villanova 12 10 8 ------Jacksonville State 8 9 8 ------Jacksonville State 6 9 9 ------South Dakota State 10 11 10 ------Northern Iowa 9 8 10 ------Northern Iowa 15 12 11 ------South Dakota State 10 12 11 ------Furman 18 17 12 ------Furman 21 19 12 ------Bethune-Cookman 23 18 13 ------Bethune-Cookman 22 18 13 ------Southern Illinois - 25 14 ------Chattanooga 14 13 14 ------Sam Houston State 14 13 15 ------Sam Houston State 17 15 15 ------Youngstown State 21 21 16 ------William & Mary 19 21 16 ------Chattanooga 16 15 17 ------Montana State 18 20 17 ------Montana State 19 23 18 ------Richmond 20 17 18 ------William & Mary 22 24 19 ------Fordham 11 11 19 ------Maine 20 22 20 ------Southern Illinois - - 20 ------Richmond 24 20 21 ------Youngstown State 24 23 21 ------Tennessee State 17 16 22 ------Tennessee State 15 14 22 ------Fordham 12 10 23 ------Maine 25 24 23 ------Eastern Illinois 11 14 24 ------Northern Arizona 23 25 24 ------Eastern Kentucky - - 25 ------Eastern Illinois 16 16 25 ------Towson 7 19 ------Towson 13 22 ------Northern Arizona 25 ------

Career Weekly Awards (Since 2011 among active players) Six-Time Honorees Marquis Green (UTC, RB, 1 Fr.) Jacob Huesman (UTC, QB, 2 Off, 4 Fr.) Reese Hannon (FUR, QB, 1 Fr.) J.C. Hollingsworth (FUR, P/PK, 1 ST) Four-Time Honorees Josh Kimberlin (SAM, DB, 1 Def.) Jaquiski Tartt (SAM, DB, 4 Def.) Nakevion Leslie (UTC, LB, 1 Fr.) Garry Lewis (WCU, RB, 1 Off.) Three-Time Honorees David Marvin (WOF, P/PK, 1 ST) Troy Mitchell (WCU, QB, 1 Off, 2 Fr.) Ira McCune (FUR, DE, 1 Def.) Tarek Odom (WOF, DL, 1 Def.) Two-Time Honorees Darius Ramsey (WCU, RB, 1 Off.) Marcus McMorris (FUR, DB, 2 Def.) Richard Sigmon (WCU, PK/P, 1 ST) Nick Pollard (UTC, P/PK, 2 ST) Carson Smith (CIT, LB, 1 Def.) Michael Weimer (WOF, QB, 1, Off, 1 Fr.) Davis Tull (UTC, DL, 1 Def.) Gary Wilkins (FUR, DE, 2 Def.) Muhasibi Wakeel (UTC, LB, 1 Def.) Keon Williams (UTC, RB, 2 Off.) Shaun Warren (WCU, RB, 1 Fr.) T.J. Warren (FUR, LB, 1 Def.) One-Time Honorees Lucas Webb (UTC, DB, 1 Fr.) Shawn Boone (FUR, DL, 1 Fr.) James Bradberry (SAM, DB, 1 Def.) Al Cobb (VMI, QB, 1 Fr.) Duncan Fletcher (FUR, QB, 1 Fr.)

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 12 Active Career Leaders

Rushing Attempts Passing Yards Touchdowns Scored 1. 400 Jacob Huesman, UTC 1. 3,865 Reese Hannon, FUR 1. 17 Keon Williams, UTC 2. 394 Hank McCloud, FUR 2. 3,537 Jacob Huesman, UTC 2. 16 Jacob Huesman, UTC 3. 305 Keon Williams, UTC 3. 2,992 Troy Mitchell, WCU 3. 14 Hank McCloud, FUR 4. 274 Darius Ramsey, WCU 4. 1,103 Aaron Miller, CIT 4. 13 Faysal Shafaat, UTC 5. 267 Troy Mitchell, WCU 5. 532 Al Cobb, VMI 13 Karnorris Benson, WCU 6. 250 Aaron Miller, CIT 6. 418 Michael Weimer, WOF 6. 11 Troy Mitchell, WCU 7. 214 Marquis Green, UTC 7. 381 John Russ, MER 11 Aaron Miller, CIT 8. 206 Jeremiaha Gates, SAM 8. 379 Dillon Woodruff, FUR 11 Marquis Green, UTC 9. 165 Shaun Warren, WCU 9. 378 Duncan Fletcher, FUR 11 Shaun Warren, WCU 10. 98 Johnny Martin, WOF 10. 278 Evan Jacks, WOF 11 Darius Ramsey, WCU

Rushing Yards Passing Touchdowns Scoring 1. 1,931 Hank McCloud, FUR 1. 31 Jacob Huesman, UTC 1. 175 Nick Pollard, UTC 2. 1,849 Jacob Huesman, UTC 2. 18 Troy Mitchell, WCU 2. 112 Richard Sigmon, WCU 3. 1,468 Keon Williams, UTC 3. 15 Reese Hannon, FUR 3. 104 Keon Williams, UTC 4. 1,214 Darius Ramsey, WCU 4. 5 John Russ, MER 4. 99 Warren Handrahan, SAM 5. 1,098 Troy Mitchell, WCU 5. 4 Al Cobb, VMI 5. 96 Jacob Huesman, UTC 6. 931 Marquis Green, UTC 4 Michael Weimer, WOF 6. 84 Hank McCloud, FUR 7. 881 Aaron Miller, CIT 4 Aaron Miller, CIT 7. 78 Faysal Shafaat, UTC 8. 833 Jeremiaha Gates, SAM 8. 2 Tanner Skogen, FUR 78 Karnorris Benson, WCU 8. 802 Shaun Warren, WCU 9. 70 Troy Mitchell, WCU 10. 601 Will Gay, WOF

Rushing TDs Pass Receptions Tackles 1. 16 Keon Williams, UTC 1. 92 Faysal Shafaat, UTC 1. 281 Ace Clark, WCU 16 Jacob Huesman, UTC 2. 70 Karnorris Benson, WCU 2. 231 Gary Wilkins, FUR 3. 13 Hank McCloud, FUR 3. 66 Tommy Hudson, UTC 3. 226 Jaquiski Tartt, SAM 4. 11 Aaron Miller, CIT 4. 63 Marquis Green, UTC 4. 201 Carl Robinson, FUR 11 Troy Mitchell, WCU 5. 62 Jordan Snellings, FUR 5. 195 Sertonuse Harris, WCU 11 Shaun Warren, WCU 6. 59 Terryon Robinson, FUR 6. 189 Christon Gill, WCU 7. 10 Darius Ramsey, WCU 7. 57 Willie Police, WOF 7. 168 Marcus McMorris, FUR 8. 7 Jonny Martin, WOF 8. 56 Andrej Suttles, FUR 8. 165 Kevin Thomas, WOF 7 Marquis Green, UTC 56 Kelvin Clay, SAM 9. 156 Carl Rider, FUR 10. 6 Vinny Miller, CIT 10. 51 Jeremiaha Gates, SAM 10. 147 Davis Tull, UTC

Pass Completions Receiving Yards Total Sacks 1. 353 Jacob Huesman, UTC 1. 1,183 Karnorris Benson, WCU 1. 26.5 Davis Tull, UTC 2. 334 Reese Hannon, FUR 2. 813 Faysal Shafaat, UTC 2. 10.0 Gary Wilkins, FUR 3. 275 Troy Mitchell, WCU 3. 795 Andrej Suttles, FUR 3. 9.5 Mark Thomas, CIT 4. 85 Aaron Miller, CIT 4. 744 Terryon Robinson, WCU 4. 8.5 Shawn Boone, FUR 5. 53 Al Cobb, VMI 5. 678 Tommy Hudson, UTC 5. 7.0 Tarek Odom, WOF 6. 36 Duncan Fletcher, FUR 6. 674 Jordan Snellings, FUR 6. 6.0 Brandon Wilkinson, SAM 6. 33 Evan Jacks, WOF 7. 657 Karel Hamilton, SAM 7. 5.5 Justin Oxendine, CIT 7. 27 Michael Weimer, WOF 8. 536 Kelvin Clay, SAM 5.5 Calvin Ruff, SAM 37 John Russ, MER 8. 510 Marquis Green, UTC 5.5 Mitchell Jeter, CIT 10. 24 Dillon Woodruff, FUR 10. 480 Willie Police, WCU 5.5 Ira McCune, FUR

Pass Attempts Receiving TDs 1. 544 Reese Hannon, FUR 1. 13 Faysal Shafaat, UTC 1. 5 Marcus McMorris, FUR 2. 536 Jacob Huesman, UTC 13 Karnorris Benson, WCU 5 Jaquiski Tartt, SAM 3. 450 Troy Mitchell, WCU 3. 7 Karel Hamilton, SAM 3. 4 Reggie Thomas, FUR 4. 183 Aaron Miller, CIT 4. 5 Kelvin Clay, SAM 4 James Bradberry, FUR 5. 83 Al Cobb, VMI 5 Jordan Snellings, FUR 5. 3 Josh Kimberlin, SAM 6. 68 Evan Jacks, WOF 6. 4 Marquis Green, UTC 3 Chris Armfi eld, WOF 6. 58 Duncan Fletcher, FUR 7. 3 Tommy Hudson, UTC 3 Ace Clark, WCU 7. 56 Michael Weimer, WOF 3 Terryon Robinson, WCU 3 Dee Virgin, UTC 9. 49 Dillon Woodruff, FUR 3 Andrej Suttles, FUR 10. 43 John Russ, MER 3 Jake Stenson, CIT

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 13 SoCon By the Numbers Home Field Records All-Time Conference Record Team W L T Pct. Yrs. Stadium Name Team Years W L T Pct. The Citadel 214 139 3 .602 66th Johnson Hagood The Citadel 75 187 281 5 .400 Furman 157 46 1 .772 33rd Paladin Furman 75 253 193 11 .566 Mercer 9 1 0 .900 2nd Mercer University Mercer 1 0 1 0 .000 Samford 145 76 4 .653 46th Seibert Samford 6 24 24 0 .500 Chattanooga 41 49 0 .455 17th Finley Chattanooga 38 119 143 2 .455 VMI 94 134 3 .413 53rd Foster VMI 81 179 274 23 .400 Western Carolina 111 93 2 .543 40th E.J. Whitmire Western Carolina 37 96 172 1 .359 Wofford 70 28 0 .714 18th Gibbs Wofford 17 80 51 0 .611

Southern Conference Champions

No. Team Years 13 Furman 1978c-80-81-82-83-85-88c-89-90-99c-01c-04c-13c 7 VMI 1951c-57-59-60-62-74-77c 5 Chattanooga 1977c-78c-79-84-13c 4 Wofford 2003-07c-10c-12c 2 The Citadel 1961-92 1 Samford 2013c

c-denotes co-champions

Shutout Chart Team Last Shutout Win Games Ago Last Shutout Loss Games Ago The Citadel 76-0, Webber International, 2007 80 35-0, Wofford, 2010 38 Furman 10-0, Elon, 2004 115 33-0, Clemson, 1998 194 Mercer 43-0, Berry (Ga.), 2013 12 52-0, Rollins, 1941 19 Samford 27-0, Jacksonville, 2009 56 29-0, Tennessee Tech, 2000 146 Chattanooga 35-0, Glenville State, 2012 21 49-0, Alabama, 2013 2 VMI 49-0, St. Francis (Pa.), 2008 68 49-0, Virginia, 2013 10 Western Carolina 35-0, Shorter, 2008 68 49-0, Alabama, 2012 15 Wofford 82-0, Lincoln (Pa.), 2012 24 3-0, Gardner-Webb, 2013 9

SoCon Media Relations Directory School Website Media Relations E-mail Offi ce Phone Press Box Phone The Citadel www.citadelsports.com Brian Gargone [email protected] (843) 953-5120 (843) 953-5004 Furman www.furmanpaladins.com Hunter Reid [email protected] (864) 294-2061 (864) 294-3066 Mercer www.mercerbears.com Jordon Bruner [email protected] (478) 301-5209 (478) 301-2994 Samford www.samfordsports.com Joey Mullins [email protected] (205) 726-2799 (205) 726-2143 Chattanooga www.gomocs.com Dr. Jay Blackman [email protected] (423) 425-5292 (423) 757-9332 VMI www.vmikeydets.com Wade Branner [email protected] (540) 464-7515 (540) 464-7834 Western Carolina www.catamountsports.com Daniel Hooker [email protected] (828) 227-2339 (828) 227-2116 Wofford www.woffordterriers.com Brent Williamson [email protected] (864) 597-4093 (864) 597-4487 SoCon www.soconsports.com Jason Yaman [email protected] (864) 591-5100

Southern Conference Football Weekly Release September 8, 2014 Page 14 2014 Southern Conference Team Statistics Through games of Sep 08, 2014

SCORING OFFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G PASS OFFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G 1. Western Carolina 2 10 2 10 0 0 0 76 38.0 1. VMI 2 57-95-1 60.0 629 6.6 4 314.5 2. Mercer 29180006532.5 2. Western Carolina 2 59-82-1 72.0 516 6.3 2 258.0 3. VMI 26160004522.5 3. Furman 2 38-63-1 60.3 477 7.6 1 238.5 4. Chattanooga 24430003919.5 4. Mercer 2 27-44-2 61.4 381 8.7 5 190.5 5. Furman 23620003819.0 5. Chattanooga 2 22-40-4 55.0 188 4.7 2 94.0 Wofford 12210001919.0 6. Samford 1 10-20-1 50.0 56 2.8 0 56.0 7. Samford 12020001414.0 7. Wofford 1 7-13-0 53.8 55 4.2 0 55.0 The Citadel 24110002814.0 8. The Citadel 2 6-22-0 27.3 91 4.1 2 45.5

SCORING DEFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G PASS DEFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G 1. Furman 23120002311.5 1. Western Carolina 2 11-31-1 35.5 209 6.7 0 104.5 2. Chattanooga 26240004623.0 2. Furman 2 26-53-2 49.1 260 4.9 2 130.0 3. Western Carolina 27360005728.5 3. Chattanooga 2 31-51-2 60.8 297 5.8 2 148.5 4. Mercer 28470006733.5 4. Mercer 2 27-54-1 50.0 427 7.9 1 213.5 5. The Citadel 28480006834.0 5. VMI 2 39-59-1 66.1 496 8.4 3 248.0 6. Wofford 15150003838.0 6. The Citadel 2 49-64-0 76.6 547 8.5 3 273.5 7. VMI 2 13 0 12 0 0 0 90 45.0 7. Wofford 1 11-16-0 68.8 282 17.6 2 282.0 8. Samford 16260004848.0 8. Samford 1 33-50-1 66.0 355 7.1 3 355.0

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G PASS EFFICIENCY G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic. 1. Western Carolina 2 363 516 145 879 6.1 10 439.5 1. Mercer 2 27-44-2 61.4 381 190.5 5 162.5 2. VMI 2 210 629 166 839 5.1 6 419.5 2. Western Carolina 2 59-82-1 72.0 516 258.0 2 130.4 3. Mercer 2 397 381 125 778 6.2 8 389.0 3. VMI 2 57-95-1 60.0 629 314.5 4 127.4 4. The Citadel 2 608 91 143 699 4.9 4 349.5 4. Furman 2 38-63-1 60.3 477 238.5 1 126.0 5. Furman 2 218 477 136 695 5.1 2 347.5 5. The Citadel 2 6-22-0 27.3 91 45.5 2 92.0 6. Wofford 1 271 55 60 326 5.4 2 326.0 6. Chattanooga 2 22-40-4 55.0 188 94.0 2 91.0 7. Chattanooga 2 179 188 110 367 3.3 2 183.5 7. Wofford 1 7-13-0 53.8 55 55.0 0 89.4 8. Samford 1 87 56 67 143 2.1 1 143.0 8. Samford 1 10-20-1 50.0 56 56.0 0 63.5

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G PASS DEFENSE EFFIC. G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic. 1. Furman 2 220 260 119 480 4.0 3 240.0 1. Western Carolina 2 11-31-1 35.5 209 104.5 0 85.7 2. Chattanooga 2 435 297 154 732 4.8 6 366.0 2. Furman 2 26-53-2 49.1 260 130.0 2 95.2 3. Western Carolina 2 572 209 124 781 6.3 7 390.5 3. Chattanooga 2 31-51-2 60.8 297 148.5 2 114.8 4. Mercer 2 409 427 148 836 5.6 7 418.0 4. Mercer 2 27-54-1 50.0 427 213.5 1 118.8 5. The Citadel 2 380 547 139 927 6.7 8 463.5 5. Samford 1 33-50-1 66.0 355 355.0 3 141.4 6. VMI 2 495 496 126 991 7.9 10 495.5 6. VMI 2 39-59-1 66.1 496 248.0 3 150.1 7. Wofford 1 226 282 59 508 8.6 5 508.0 7. The Citadel 2 49-64-0 76.6 547 273.5 3 163.8 8. Samford 1 200 355 96 555 5.8 6 555.0 8. Wofford 1 11-16-0 68.8 282 282.0 2 258.0

RUSHING OFFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yards TD Long Avg. 1. The Citadel 2 121 608 5.0 39 2 304.0 1. Wofford 1 1 34 0 34 34.0 2. Wofford 1 47 271 5.8 92 2 271.0 2. Chattanooga 2 6 143 0 41 23.8 3. Mercer 2 81 397 4.9 29 3 198.5 3. Mercer 2 12 284 1 91 23.7 4. Western Carolina 2 63 363 5.8 38 8 181.5 4. Furman 2 4 89 0 28 22.2 5. Furman 2 73 218 3.0 24 1 109.0 5. Western Carolina 2 8 165 0 50 20.6 6. VMI 2 71 210 3.0 15 2 105.0 6. VMI 2 12 241 0 27 20.1 7. Chattanooga 2 70 179 2.6 17 0 89.5 7. The Citadel 2 5 73 0 28 14.6 8. Samford 1 47 87 1.9 12 1 87.0 8. Samford 11606 6.0

RUSHING DEFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G PUNT RETURN AVG G No. Yards TD Long Avg. 1. Furman 2 66 220 3.3 18 1 110.0 1. Furman 2 5 35 0 31 7.0 2. The Citadel 2 75 380 5.1 21 5 190.0 2. Western Carolina 2 6 36 0 15 6.0 3. Samford 1 46 200 4.3 18 3 200.0 3. Wofford 11303 3.0 4. Mercer 2 94 409 4.4 28 6 204.5 4. VMI 2 5 11 0 5 2.2 5. Chattanooga 2 103 435 4.2 48 4 217.5 5. The Citadel 20000 0.0 6. Wofford 1 43 226 5.3 18 3 226.0 Chattanooga 20000 0.0 7. VMI 2 67 495 7.4 56 7 247.5 7. Mercer 2 2 -2 0 0 -1.0 8. Western Carolina 2 93 572 6.2 62 7 286.0 8. Samford 1 1 -4 0 0 -4.0 2014 Southern Conference Team Statistics Through games of Sep 08, 2014

INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yards TD Long Avg. SACKS AGAINST G No. Yards Avg/G 1. Chattanooga 2 2 92 2 55 46.0 1. Wofford 1 0 0 0.00 2. Furman 2 2 19 1 19 9.5 The Citadel 2 0 0 0.00 3. Mercer 21909 9.03. Mercer 2 1 6 0.50 4. VMI 2 1 -10 0 0 -10.0 4. Samford 1 2 16 2.00 5. Western Carolina 2 1 10 0 10 10.0 5. Western Carolina 2 4 12 2.00 6. Samford 1 1 55 1 55 55.0 VMI 2 4 23 2.00 7. Wofford 10000 0.0 Furman 2 4 33 2.00 The Citadel 20000 0.08. Chattanooga 2 5 29 2.50

PUNTING G No. Yards Avg/P Ret. Avg/R TB Net/P FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G 1. Samford 1 10 475 47.5 21 2.1 2 41.4 1. VMI 2 14 31 7 52 26.0 2. Chattanooga 2 15 644 42.9 67 4.5 0 38.5 2. Western Carolina 2 20 26 3 49 24.5 3. Wofford 1 4 174 43.5 24 6.0 0 37.5 3. Mercer 2 22 18 3 43 21.5 4. Western Carolina 2 9 360 40.0 24 2.7 1 35.1 The Citadel 2 38 5 0 43 21.5 5. Furman 2 10 387 38.7 2 0.2 2 34.5 5. Furman 2 14 21 1 36 18.0 6. Mercer 2 6 221 36.8 36 6.0 0 30.8 6. Chattanooga 2 11 9 3 23 11.5 7. The Citadel 2 8 314 39.2 28 3.5 2 30.8 7. Wofford 1 12 3 1 16 16.0 8. VMI 2 13 402 30.9 168 12.9 0 18.0 8. Samford 163099.0

KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg. Ret. TB NetAvg OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G 1. VMI 2 9 578 64.2 53 6 45.0 1. Wofford 1 12 9 0 21 21.0 2. Samford 1 3 190 63.3 41 1 43.0 2. Furman 2 12 14 3 29 14.5 3. Furman 2 11 708 64.4 116 6 42.9 3. Western Carolina 2 21 7 3 31 15.5 4. Chattanooga 2 8 486 60.8 131 1 41.9 4. Samford 1 15 17 1 33 33.0 5. Western Carolina 2 12 687 57.2 197 1 39.2 5. Chattanooga 2 23 15 4 42 21.0 6. The Citadel 2 6 285 47.5 67 0 36.3 6. Mercer 2 21 19 5 45 22.5 7. Wofford 1 5 315 63.0 140 0 35.0 VMI 2 24 21 0 45 22.5 8. Mercer 2 11 680 61.8 320 0 32.7 8. The Citadel 2 23 28 1 52 26.0

FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct. 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct. 1. Chattanooga 2 4 4 1.000 1. The Citadel 2 16 30 53.3 Western Carolina 2 2 2 1.000 2. Western Carolina 2 12 24 50.0 Wofford 1 2 2 1.000 3. VMI 2 18 38 47.4 The Citadel 2 1 1 1.000 4. Mercer 2 9 21 42.9 Mercer 2 1 1 1.000 5. Wofford 1 5 13 38.5 6. Furman 2 6 7 . 8 5 7 6. Furman 2 12 32 37.5 7. VMI 2 1 2 . 5 0 0 7. Samford 1 6 20 30.0 8. Samford 1 0 0 . 0 0 0 8. Chattanooga 2 5 26 19.2

PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct. OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct. 1. Western Carolina 2 10 10 1.000 1. Furman 2 6 26 23.1 Mercer 2 8 8 1.000 2. Western Carolina 2 9 26 34.6 VMI 2 6 6 1.000 3. Samford 1 7 16 43.8 Furman 2 2 2 1.000 4. Chattanooga 2 15 33 45.5 Samford 1 2 2 1.000 5. Mercer 2 17 34 50.0 6. Chattanooga 2 3 4 . 7 5 0 VMI 2 11 22 50.0 7. Wofford 1 1 2 . 5 0 0 Wofford 1 5 10 50.0 8. The Citadel 2 1 3 . 3 3 3 8. The Citadel 2 12 21 57.1

SACKS BY G No. Yards Avg/G 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct. 1. Furman 2 6 32 3.00 1. Western Carolina 2 2 2 100.0 2. Mercer 2 3 25 1.50 2. Mercer 2 3 5 60.0 3. Samford 1 2 22 2.00 3. VMI 2 1 2 50.0 VMI 2 2 13 1.00 Wofford 1 1 2 50.0 5. Chattanooga 2 1 6 0.50 5. The Citadel 2 1 5 20.0 The Citadel 2 1 6 0.50 6. Samford 1 0 1 0.0 7. Wofford 1 0 0 0.00 Chattanooga 2 0 0 0.0 Western Carolina 2 0 0 0.00 Furman 2 0 1 0.0 2014 Southern Conference Team Statistics Through games of Sep 08, 2014

OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct. RED ZONE DEFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO 1. Chattanooga 2 0 2 0.0 1. Chattanooga 2 5-10 50.0 4 3-1 1-4 0 The Citadel 2 0 0 0.0 2. Mercer 2 7-9 77.8 4 4-0 3-4 1 VMI 2 0 0 0.0 3. Wofford 1 5-6 83.3 4 3-1 1-2 0 4. Furman 2 2 4 50.0 4. VMI 2 6-7 85.7 6 5-1 0-1 0 Western Carolina 2 2 4 50.0 5. Furman 2 4-4 100.0 3 1-2 1-1 0 6. Mercer 2 2 3 66.7 Western Carolina 2 6-6 100.0 4 4-0 2-2 0 7. Samford 1 2 2 100.0 Samford 1 7-7 100.0 5 3-2 2-2 0 Wofford 1 2 2 100.0 The Citadel 2 12-12 100.0 8 5-3 4-4 0

PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G ON-SIDE KICKS BY G Recovered Attempts Success% 1. The Citadel 2 6 50 25.0 1. Western Carolina 2 1 2 50.0 2. VMI 2 9 66 33.0 2. Mercer 2 0 1 0.0 3. Samford 1 3 35 35.0 The Citadel 2 0 1 0.0 4. Wofford 1 5 46 46.0 Chattanooga 2 0 1 0.0 5. Chattanooga 2 8 94 47.0 VMI 2 0 0 0.0 6. Furman 2 14 107 53.5 Wofford 1 0 0 0.0 7. Western Carolina 2 11 128 64.0 Samford 1 0 0 0.0 8. Mercer 2 16 139 69.5 Furman 2 0 0 0.0

OPPONENT PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G ON-SIDE KICKS AGAINST G Recovered Attempts Success% 1. VMI 2 15 177 88.5 1. Furman 2 0 1 0.0 2. Chattanooga 2 16 154 77.0 Mercer 2 0 0 0.0 3. Mercer 2 18 132 66.0 The Citadel 2 0 0 0.0 4. Western Carolina 2 16 110 55.0 Chattanooga 2 0 0 0.0 5. Wofford 1 5 50 50.0 Wofford 1 0 0 0.0 6. Samford 1 4 45 45.0 Samford 1 0 0 0.0 7. Furman 2 7 76 38.0 VMI 2 0 0 0.0 8. The Citadel 2 6 45 22.5 Western Carolina 2 0 0 0.0

TIME OF POSSESSION G Total possesion Avgerage/game 1. VMI 2 76:06 38:03 2. Furman 2 67:19 33:39 3. The Citadel 2 65:01 32:30 4. Wofford 1 31:26 31:26 5. Western Carolina 2 58:35 29:17 6. Samford 1 27:45 27:45 7. Mercer 2 55:08 27:34 8. Chattanooga 2 51:40 25:50

Gained Lost TURNOVER MARGIN Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Margin Per/G 1. VMI 2 2 1 3 2 1 3 +0 0.00 Furman 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 +0 0.00 The Citadel 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0.00 Wofford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0.00 Western Carolina 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 +0 0.00 Samford 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 +0 0.00 7. Chattanooga 2 1 2 3 0 4 4 -1 -0.50 8. Mercer 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 -2 -1.00

RED ZONE OFFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO 1. Western Carolina 2 11-11 100.0 9 7-2 2-2 0 Mercer 2 9-9 100.0 8 3-5 1-1 0 The Citadel 2 3-3 100.0 3 1-2 0-0 0 Chattanooga 2 3-3 100.0 1 0-1 2-2 0 Wofford 1 1-1 100.0 1 1-0 0-0 0 Samford 1 1-1 100.0 1 1-0 0-0 0 7. Furman 2 6-8 75.0 2 1-1 4-5 1 8. VMI 2 6-9 66.7 5 2-3 1-2 0 2014 Southern Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 08, 2014

RUSHING Cl G Att. Yds Avg. TD Lg Avg/G TOTAL OFFENSE Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G 1. Ray Smith-WOF Jr 1 4 108 27.0 1 92 108.0 1. Troy Mitchell-WCU Jr 2 105 516 103 621 310.5 2. Alex Lakes-MER Fr 2 36 186 5.2 3 29 93.0 2. Al Cobb-VMI Fr 2 -4 532 89 528 264.0 3. Tyler Renew-CIT So 2 35 178 5.1 1 30 89.0 3. John Russ-MER So 2 101 381 62 482 241.0 Evan Jacks-WOF So 1 13 89 6.8 0 20 89.0 4. Dillon Woodruff-FUR Fr 2 16 256 46 272 136.0 5. Jake Stenson-CIT Sr 2 15 165 11.0 0 39 82.5 5. Jacob Huesman-UTC Jr 2 51 188 69 239 119.5 6. Darius Ramsey-WCU Jr 2 24 146 6.1 4 38 73.0 6. Evan Jacks-WOF So 1 89 26 22 115 115.0 7. Deon Watts-VMI Sr 2 33 137 4.2 0 12 68.5 7. Michael Eubank-SAM Jr 1 46 63 31 109 109.0 8. Keon Williams-UTC Sr 2 35 126 3.6 0 17 63.0 8. Ray Smith-WOF Jr 1 108 0 4 108 108.0 9. Aaron Miller-CIT Sr 2 34 110 3.2 0 29 55.0 9. Alex Lakes-MER Fr 2 186 0 36 186 93.0 10. Antonio Wilcox-FUR Fr 2 25 107 4.3 0 16 53.5 10. Tyler Renew-CIT So 2 178 0 35 178 89.0

PASSING AVG/GAME Cl G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Avg/G SCORING Cl G TD FG XPT 2XP Pts Pts/G 1. Al Cobb-VMI Fr 2 53-83-1 532 4 266.0 1. Darius Ramsey-WCU Jr 2 4 0 0 0 24 12.0 2. Troy Mitchell-WCU Jr 2 59-81-0 516 2 258.0 2. J.C. Hollingsworth-FUR Fr 2 0 6 2 0 20 10.0 3. John Russ-MER So 2 27-43-2 381 5 190.5 3. Alex Lakes-MER Fr 2 3 0 0 0 18 9.0 4. Dillon Woodruff-FUR Fr 2 17-33-1 256 0 128.0 4. Richard Sigmon-WCU Sr 2 0 2 10 0 16 8.0 5. Jacob Huesman-UTC Jr 2 22-40-4 188 2 9 4 . 0 5. Henrique Ribeiro-UTC So 2 0 4 3 0 15 7.5 6. Michael Eubank-SAM Jr 1 8-15-1 63 0 6 3 . 0 6. David Marvin-WOF Fr 1 0 21077.0 7. Aaron Miller-CIT Sr 2 4-19-0 65 1 3 2 . 5 7. Jamerson Blount-SAM So 1 1 00066.0 8. Hayden Alford-VMI So 2 3-7-0 63 0 3 1 . 5 Denzel Williams-SAM So 1 1 00066.0 9. Michael Weimer-WOF Jr 1 2-4-0 29 0 2 9 . 0 Detrez Newsome-WCU Fr 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 10. Evan Jacks-WOF So 1 5-9-0 26 0 2 6 . 0 Ray Smith-WOF Jr 1 1 00066.0

PASS EFFICIENCY Cl G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Eff. SCORING (TDs) Cl G TD Run Pass Ret Pat Pts Avg/G 1. John Russ-MER So 2 27-43-2 381 5 166.3 1. Darius Ramsey-WCU Jr 2440002412.0 2. Troy Mitchell-WCU Jr 2 59-81-0 516 2 134.5 2. Alex Lakes-MER Fr 233000189.0 3. Al Cobb-VMI Fr 2 53-83-1 532 4 131.2 3. Denzel Williams-SAM So 111000 66.0 4. Dillon Woodruff-FUR Fr 2 17-33-1 256 0 110.6 Tommy Hudson-UTC Sr 220200126.0 5. Jacob Huesman-UTC Jr 2 22-40-4 188 2 9 1 . 0 Chandler Curtis-MER Fr 220110126.0 6. Michael Eubank-SAM Jr 1 8-15-1 63 0 7 5 . 3 JT Palmer-MER Jr 220200126.0 Jamerson Blount-SAM So 110010 66.0 RECEPTIONS/GAME Cl G No. Yds TD Lg Yds/G Rec/G Octavius Harden-WOF Jr 111000 66.0 1. Terryon Robinson-WCU So 2 18 182 1 34 91.0 9.0 Detrez Newsome-WCU Fr 222000126.0 2. Willie Police-WCU So 2 17 113 0 13 56.5 8.5 Ray Smith-WOF Jr 111000 66.0 3. Jordan Snellings-FUR Jr 2 13 162 1 35 81.0 6.5 4. Doug Burton-VMI Sr 2 12 195 1 41 97.5 6.0 SCORING (KICK) Cl G PAT FG Pts Avg/G 5. Aaron Sanders-VMI So 2 11 148 1 38 74.0 5.5 1. J.C. Hollingsworth-FUR Fr 2 2-2 6-7 20 10.0 JT Palmer-MER Jr 2 11 140 2 28 70.0 5.5 2. Richard Sigmon-WCU Sr 2 10-10 2-2 16 8.0 7. Dane Forlines-VMI So 2 9 116 1 27 58.0 4.5 3. Henrique Ribeiro-UTC So 2 3-4 4-4 15 7.5 Spearman Robinson-WCU So 2 9 74 1 21 37.0 4.5 4. David Marvin-WOF Fr 1 1-2 2-2 7 7.0 Deon Watts-VMI Sr 2 9 52 0 22 26.0 4.5 5. Tyler Zielenske-MER So 2 8-8 1-1 11 5.5 10. Andrej Suttles-FUR So 2 6 98 0 32 49.0 3.0 6. Dillon Christopher-VMI So 2 6-6 1-2 9 4.5 7. Eric Goins-CIT So 2 1-2 1-1 4 2.0 RECEIVE YDS/GAME Cl G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/C Yds/G Warren Handrahan-SAM So 1 2-2 0-0 2 2.0 1. Doug Burton-VMI Sr 2 12 195 1 41 16.2 97.5 2. Terryon Robinson-WCU So 2 18 182 1 34 10.1 91.0 PUNT RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 3. Jordan Snellings-FUR Jr 2 13 162 1 35 12.5 81.0 1. Garrett Brown-WCU Sr 2 3 10 0 6 3.3 4. Aaron Sanders-VMI So 2 11 148 1 38 13.5 74.0 2. Dane Forlines-VMI So 2 5 11 0 5 2.2 5. JT Palmer-MER Jr 2 11 140 2 28 12.7 70.0 3. Andrej Suttles-FUR So 2 4 4 0 5 1.0 6. Dane Forlines-VMI So 2 9 116 1 27 12.9 58.0 7. Willie Police-WCU So 2 17 113 0 13 6.6 56.5 KICK RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 8. Andrej Suttles-FUR So 2 6 98 0 32 16.3 49.0 1. Chandler Curtis-MER Fr 2 4 160 1 91 40.0 9. Duncan Fletcher-FUR So 2 6 94 0 33 15.7 47.0 2. Detrez Newsome-WCU Fr 2 4 125 0 50 31.2 10. Tommy Hudson-UTC Sr 2 2 78 2 70 39.0 39.0 3. Richard Hayes III-FUR So 2 4 89 0 28 22.2 4. Payton Usher-MER So 2 5 110 0 34 22.0 5. Greg Sanders-VMI Fr 2 4 85 0 27 21.2 6. Taylor Stout-VMI So 2 8 156 0 26 19.5 7. C.J. Board-UTC So 2 3 48 0 21 16.0 8. Jorian Jordan-CIT So 2 4 48 0 28 12.0 9. Shaun Warren-WCU Sr 2 4 40 0 20 10.0 2014 Southern Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 08, 2014

ALL PURPOSE Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G 1. Ray Smith-WOF Jr 1 108 24 0 0 132 132.0 2. Detrez Newsome-WCU Fr 2 87 25 0 125 237 118.5 3. Alex Lakes-MER Fr 2 186 30 0 0 216 108.0 4. Darius Ramsey-WCU Jr 2 146 60 0 0 206 103.0 5. Doug Burton-VMI Sr 2 0 195 0 0 195 97.5 6. Deon Watts-VMI Sr 2 137 52 0 0 189 94.5 7. Terryon Robinson-WCU So 2 0 182 0 0 182 91.0 8. Tyler Renew-CIT So 2 178 0 0 0 178 89.0 Evan Jacks-WOF So 1 89 0 0 0 89 89.0 10. Payton Usher-MER So 2 66 0 0 110 176 88.0

PUNTING Cl G No. Yds Lg I20 50+ TB Avg. 1. Greg Peranich-SAM Sr 1 10 475 59 3 2 2 47.5 2. David Marvin-WOF Fr 1 4 174 51 0 1 0 43.5 3. Nick Pollard-UTC Sr 2 15 644 51 4 2 0 42.9 4. Destry Barnwell-WCU Fr 2 9 360 49 2 0 1 40.0 5. J.C. Hollingsworth-FUR Fr 2 10 387 52 3 1 2 38.7 6. Rob East-MER So 2 6 221 43 3 0 0 36.8 7. Hayden Alford-VMI So 2 12 402 45 3 0 0 33.5 8. Eric Goins-CIT So 2 4 126 41 0 0 0 31.5

FIELD GOALS Cl G Made Att. Long Pct. FG/G 1. J.C. Hollingsworth-FUR Fr 2 6 7 50 85.7 3.00 2. David Marvin-WOF Fr 1 2 2 51 100.0 2.00 Henrique Ribeiro-UTC So 2 4 4 47 100.0 2.00 4. Richard Sigmon-WCU Sr 2 2 2 33 100.0 1.00 5. Tyler Zielenske-MER So 2 1 1 24 100.0 0.50 Eric Goins-CIT So 2 1 1 42 100.0 0.50 Dillon Christopher-VMI So 2 1 2 34 50.0 0.50

FIELD GOAL PCT Cl G Made Att. Long Pct. 1. Henrique Ribeiro-UTC So 2 4 4 47 100.0 David Marvin-WOF Fr 1 2 2 51 100.0 3. J.C. Hollingsworth-FUR Fr 2 6 7 50 85.7

PAT KICKING PCT Cl G Made Att. Pct. 1. Richard Sigmon-WCU Sr 2 10 10 100.0 Tyler Zielenske-MER So 2 8 8 100.0 Dillon Christopher-VMI So 2 6 6 100.0 Warren Handrahan-SAM So 1 2 2 100.0 5. Henrique Ribeiro-UTC So 2 3 4 75.0 6. David Marvin-WOF Fr 1 1 2 50.0 2014 Southern Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 08, 2014

TACKLES (All positions) Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G SACKS Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G 1. Tyler Ward-MER So 2 LB 10 22 32 16.0 1. Gary Wilkins-FUR Sr 2 DL 2 1 2.5 1.25 2. Muhasibi Wakeel-UTC Sr 2 12 13 25 12.5 2. Ira McCune-FUR Sr 2 DL 2 0 2.0 1.00 3. Cory Magwood-FUR Jr 2 LB 16 8 24 12.0 3. Josh Killett-SAM Jr 1 LB 1 1 1.5 1.50 4. Cedric Nettles-UTC So 2 16 7 23 11.5 4. Tripp Patterson-MER So 2 LB 1 0 1.0 0.50 5. Justin Cooper-SAM Jr 1 LB 2 9 11 11.0 Ryan Francis-VMI Fr 2 1 0 1.0 0.50 Jaquiski Tartt-SAM Sr 1 7 4 11 11.0 Kyle Williams-MER Fr 2 LB 1 0 1.0 0.50 7. Jamerson Blount-SAM So 1 DB 4 6 10 10.0 Derrick Lott-UTC Sr 2 1 0 1.0 0.50 8. Ace Clark-WCU Sr 2 DB 10 9 19 9.5 Tevin Floyd-CIT So 2 LB 1 0 1.0 0.50 9. Tevin Floyd-CIT So 2 LB 10 8 18 9.0 Brian Ross-FUR So 2 DL 1 0 1.0 0.50 Josh Kimberlin-SAM Jr 1 DB 3 6 9 9.0 Joe Nelson-VMI So 2 DL 1 0 1.0 0.50 11. Christon Gill-WCU Sr 2 LB 6 11 17 8.5 Terrell Woods-SAM So 1 DL 0 1 0.5 0.50 12. Tyson Dickson-WCU So 2 LB 5 11 16 8.0 12. John Mackey-FUR Jr 2 DL 0 1 0.5 0.25 Nakevion Leslie-UTC So 2 12 4 16 8.0 Bret Niederreither-MER So 2 DT 0 1 0.5 0.25 14. Gary Wilkins-FUR Sr 2 DL 7 8 15 7.5 Kelly Brooks-MER So 2 DE 0 1 0.5 0.25 15. Walker Smith-CIT Sr 2 DB 9 5 14 7.0 Julian Baxter-CIT Sr 2 DB 8 6 14 7.0 TACKLES FOR LOSS Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G 17. Devin Davidson-MER So 2 LB 5 8 13 6.5 1. Derrick Lott-UTC Sr 2 5 0 5.0 2.50 Alex James-VMI Jr 2 DB 6 7 13 6.5 2. Ira McCune-FUR Sr 2 DL 4 1 4.5 2.25 Lucas Webb-UTC Fr 2 8 5 13 6.5 3. Tevin Floyd-CIT So 2 LB 3 2 4.0 2.00 Carl Robinson-CIT Sr 2 LB 3 10 13 6.5 4. Gary Wilkins-FUR Sr 2 DL 3 1 3.5 1.75 21. Rah Muhammad-CIT Sr 2 LB 8 4 12 6.0 5. Kyle Williams-MER Fr 2 LB 3 0 3.0 1.50 Nick Willis-CIT Jr 2 DB 7 5 12 6.0 Vantrell McMillan-UTC So 2 3 0 3.0 1.50 Josh Killett-SAM Jr 1 LB 4 2 6 6.0 7. Caleb Hawkins-WCU Jr 2 DL 2 1 2.5 1.25 Trey Wesley-SAM Jr 1 DB 6 0 6 6.0 John Mackey-FUR Jr 2 DL 2 1 2.5 1.25 25. Alex Avant-MER Jr 2 DB 7 4 11 5.5 9. Nakevion Leslie-UTC So 2 2 0 2.0 1.00 James Fruehan-VMI Sr 2 DB 9 2 11 5.5 Marcus McMorris-FUR Sr 2 2 0 2.0 1.00 Lendell Arnold-MER So 2 DB 7 4 11 5.5 Ace Clark-WCU Sr 2 DB 2 0 2.0 1.00 Reggie Thomas-FUR Jr 2 DB 7 4 11 5.5 12. Cory Magwood-FUR Jr 2 LB 1 1 1.5 0.75 29. Byron Johnson-FUR So 2 LB 5 5 10 5.0 13. Josh Killett-SAM Jr 1 LB 1 1 1.5 1.50 Alijah Robinson-VMI So 2 DB 3 7 10 5.0 14. Tyler Ward-MER So 2 LB 1 1 1.5 0.75 Trey Robinson-FUR Jr 2 DB 7 3 10 5.0 15. Mitchell Jeter-CIT Jr 2 DL 1 0 1.0 0.50 Logan Staib-VMI Sr 2 LB 4 6 10 5.0 Joe Nelson-VMI So 2 DL 1 0 1.0 0.50 Dee Virgin-UTC So 2 8 2 10 5.0 Helva Matungulu-WCU Jr 2 DL 1 0 1.0 0.50 Caleb Lindsey-VMI Jr 2 LB 5 5 10 5.0 Darnell Ashton-VMI So 2 LB 1 0 1.0 0.50 Michael Pierce-SAM Jr 1 DL 1 4 5 5.0 DeVonta Delaney-CIT Fr 2 DB 1 0 1.0 0.50 Brandon Wilkinson-SAM Sr 1 DL 1 4 5 5.0 Dale Warren-UTC Fr 2 1 0 1.0 0.50 Chris Armfield-WOF So 1 DB 5 0 5 5.0 38. Caleb Hawkins-WCU Jr 2 DL 4 5 9 4.5 PASSES DEFENDED Cl G BrUp Int. Total Avg/G DeVonta Delaney-CIT Fr 2 DB 8 1 9 4.5 1. Jamerson Blount-SAM So 1 1 1 2 2.00 Jeremy James-MER Fr 2 DB 5 4 9 4.5 Jeremy James-MER Fr 2 4 0 4 2.00 Denton Ensminger-VMI Jr 2 DL 4 5 9 4.5 3. Dee Virgin-UTC So 2 2 1 3 1.50 A.J. Hampton-UTC Jr 2 7 2 9 4.5 Reggie Thomas-FUR Jr 2 3 0 3 1.50 Tunde Ayinla-MER So 2 DE 3 6 9 4.5 5. Calvin Ruff-SAM Sr 1 1 0 1 1.00 Kyle Williams-MER Fr 2 LB 5 4 9 4.5 Trevor Wright-UTC Fr 2 2 0 2 1.00 Davis Tull-UTC Sr 2 7 2 9 4.5 Gary Wilkins-FUR Sr 2 1 1 2 1.00 Tripp Patterson-MER So 2 LB 3 6 9 4.5 James Fruehan-VMI Sr 2 1 1 2 1.00 47. Mike Gray-MER So 2 DB 4 4 8 4.0 Walker Smith-CIT Sr 2 2 0 2 1.00 Derrick Lott-UTC Sr 2 8 0 8 4.0 Josh Kimberlin-SAM Jr 1 1 0 1 1.00 Ira McCune-FUR Sr 2 DL 4 4 8 4.0 Jaquiski Tartt-SAM Sr 1 1 0 1 1.00 Miller Williams-VMI Sr 2 LB 3 5 8 4.0 Lucas Webb-UTC Fr 2 1 1 2 1.00 Alijah Robinson-VMI So 2 2 0 2 1.00 James Bradberry-SAM Jr 1 1 0 1 1.00 Trey Robinson-FUR Jr 2 2 0 2 1.00 16. Damian Jones-VMI So 2 1 0 1 0.50 Jamarri Milliken-FUR So 2 1 0 1 0.50 Doug Moore-VMI Jr 2 1 0 1 0.50 Christon Gill-WCU Sr 2 1 0 1 0.50 Malik Diggs-CIT So 2 1 0 1 0.50 2014 Southern Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 08, 2014

INTERCEPTIONS Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 1. Jamerson Blount-SAM So 1 1 55 1 55 1.00 2. Dee Virgin-UTC So 2 1 55 1 55 0.50 Lucas Webb-UTC Fr 2 1 37 1 37 0.50 Gary Wilkins-FUR Sr 2 1 19 1 19 0.50 Ace Clark-WCU Sr 2 1 10 0 10 0.50 Tyler Ward-MER So 2 1 9 0 9 0.50 Marcus McMorris-FUR Sr 2 1 0 0 0 0.50 James Fruehan-VMI Sr 2 1 -10 0 0 0.50

FUMBLES FORCED Cl G No. Avg/G 1. Josh Killett-SAM Jr 1 1 1.00 2. Kelvin Ume-WCU So 2 1 0.50 Muhasibi Wakeel-UTC Sr 2 1 0.50 Greg Sanders-VMI Fr 2 1 0.50 Cody Richardson-CIT So 2 1 0.50 Tripp Patterson-MER So 2 1 0.50 Miller Williams-VMI Sr 2 1 0.50 Ryan Francis-VMI Fr 2 1 0.50 Devin Davidson-MER So 2 1 0.50 Kelly Brooks-MER So 2 1 0.50

FUMBLES RECOVERED Cl G No. Avg/G 1. Ryan Francis-VMI Fr 2 2 1.00 Jamerson Blount-SAM So 1 1 1.00 3. Derrick Lott-UTC Sr 2 1 0.50 Trey Robinson-FUR Jr 2 1 0.50 Daniel Nash-WCU So 2 1 0.50 Cody Jones-MER So 2 1 0.50