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SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2016 FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - AUGUST 29 WWW.SWAC.ORG Football Contacts: Jasher Cox • Offi ce: (205) 251-7573 ext 2247 • E-mail: [email protected] • Edward Bailey • [email protected] CONFERENCE NEWS & NOTES 2016 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION • The SWAC was one of seven FCS leagues that had at least two nine win teams in 2015. (Alcorn State and Gram- Conference Points Overall Points bling State). The others were the CAA, MVC, Patriot, Pio- Team W L T For Opp Pct W L T For Opp Pct neer League, Southern and Southland). Prairie View A&M Alabama A&M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 fi nished with eight wins. Their 42-0 win over University of Alabama State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Faith did not count toward the NCAA offi cial stats Alcorn State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Four out of the weekend’s nine openers are televised na- Mississippi Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 tionally. Jackson State at UNLV, Mississippi Valley State at Eastern Michigan, Alcorn State vs. Bethune Cookman and Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M WESTERN DIVISION • Alcorn State is the fi rst team in league history to have Conference Points Overall Points two different quarterbacks pass and rush for over 1,000 Team W L T For Opp Pct W L T For Opp Pct yards in back to back seasons. (2015 Lenorris Footman Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,106 passing 1,242 rushing) (2014 John Gibbs Jr. Passing Grambling State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,482, 1,094 Rushing) Prairie View A&M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Southern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Lenard Tillery, Southern’s all-time leading rusher enters Texas Southern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the 2016 season with 3,140 career rushing yards. His ca- reer total is 910 yards shy of the league’s all-time top re- cord, the 4,050 yards earned by Jackson State’s Destry 2016 WEEK 1 RESULTS WEEK 1 SCHEDULE Wright (1997-99). Tillery is only one of 14 SWAC rushers THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 1 since 1970 to gain over 3,000 career rushing yards. He Jackson State at UNLV can join Wright as the only post-1970 SWAC running backs Las Vegas, NV with 4,000-plus career yards with 860 this season 9 p.m. - Mountwest Network • Willie Simmons’ (Prairie View A&M) 2015 8-2 season was FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 2 the best SWAC coaching debut since Anthony Jones (Ala- Mississippi Valley State at Eastern Michigan bama A&M) went 8-4 in 2002 Ypsilanti, Mich. 6:00 p.m. - ESPN3 • In 37 of the last 38 years, the SWAC has been the FCS leader in attendance. An improvement by an average of 42 SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 3 fans, the SWAC averaged 12,823 in attendance at each of Alabama State at Texas San Antonio its 51 home football contests San Antonio, Texas 6 p.m. • Grambling State enters the 2016 season ranked second Southern at Louisiana Monroe overall in the win/loss category among 125 FCS schools Monroe, La. with a record 541-241. The SWAC has two more schools 6 p.m. (Southern 12th) and Jackson State (14th) ranked inside the top 20 all-time. Last season GSU became the fi rst team Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Tennessee State since 2008 to go undefeated in conference play. The last Nashville, Tenn. team to accomplish the feat? Grambling State University 6 p.m. • Trey Grean (Prairie View A&M), Austin Howard (South- Alabama A&M at Middle Tennessee ern) and Lenorris Footman (Alcorn State) combined for a Murfreesboro, Tennessee total of 51 passing touchdowns against 11 interceptions in 6 p.m. the SWAC. Collectively, they threw for 6,012 yards passing Lynchburg at Grambling State • Last season Alabama State LB Kourtney Berry led the Grambling, La. 6 p.m. team with 130 tackles. That was 47 more than last year’s FOLLOW THE SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 4 Alcorn State vs. Bethune Cookman College MEAC/SWAC Challenge WWW.SWAC.ORG Daytona Beach, Fla. facebook.com/theswac 12:00 p.m. ESPN WATCHESPN twitter.com/theswac Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M Labor Day Classic youtube.com/user/swacsports1920 Prairie View, Texas 5 p.m. ESPNU WATCHESPN Instagram- @theswac HONOR THE HERITAGE • FOUNDED 1920 • 12 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS • 15 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 1 2 CONFERENCE NEWS & NOTES SWAC / NFL / COLLEGE HALL OF FAME 2016 SWAC PRESEASON FOOTBALL TEAMS • 2016 NFL traiing camps opened with 14 former SWAC play- Preseason Player of the Year: ers on rosters. Offense:Lenard Tillery Sr. (RB) - Southern Defense: Kourtney Berry Sr. (LB) - Alabma State Robert Mathis - LB (Indianapolis Colts - Alabama A&M) Frank Kearse - DE (Washington Redskins - Alabama A&M) FIRST TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE Anthony Lanier- DE (Washington Redskins - Alabama A&M) QB Austin Howard Southern QB Lennoris Footman Alcorn State Jamel Johnson - WR (Green Bay Packers - Alabama State) RB Lenard Tillery Southern RB Khalid Thomas Alabama State Larry Donnell - TE (New York Giants - Grambling State) RB Martez Carter Grambling State RB Arron Baker Alcorn State Chester Rodgers WR (Indianpolis Colts - Grambling State) WR Daniel Williams Jackson State WR Derrick Griffi n Texas Southern Isaiah Crowell - RB (Cleveland Brown - Alabama State) WR Chad Williams Grambling State WR Marquis Warford Alcorn State Warren Gatewood - DB (Green Bay Packers- Alcorn State) TE Dillon Beard Southern TE Brandon Campbell Alcorn State Jarvis Turner WR (Washington Redskins-Alcorn State) OL Detonio Dade Alcorn State OL David Adams Arkansas-Pine Bluff Rico Richardson - WR (Arizona Cardinals- Jackson State) OL Justin Miller Grambling State OL Sam Baptiste Alabama State RaShaun Allen - TE (Seattle Seahawks - Southern) OL Josiah Freeman Prairie View OL Frank Carter Jackson State Arthur Miley - DE (Carolina Panthers - Southern) OL Anthony Mosley Southern OL Markus Cook Jackson State Kyle Coleman - LB (Indianapolis Colts - Arkansas Pine Bluff) OL Terrell Leww Southern OL Kerry Williams Alabama State PK Marc Orozco Grambling State PK Jamie Gillan Arkansas-Pine Bluff • A total of 516 players from the SWAC’s current member in- P Haiden McCraney Alcorn State P Trevor Vincent Alabama State situtions have played at least one season or game during the RS Willie Quinn Southern RS Book Chambers Mississippi Valley State NFL season. 514 - includes players that played in the SWAC RS Octayvious Miles Alabama State during the 50s and 60s when their institutions were once mem- FIRST TEAM DEFENSE bers of the league. DL Stacey Garner Alcorn State SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL Javancy Jones Jackson State DL Cornelius Henderson Jackson State Pictured: Southern’s Arthur Miley w/ Carolina Panthers DL Mike Brooks Alcorn State DL CeaJae Bryant Southern DL DeVohn Reed Prairie View DL Robert Brown Alabama State LB Darien Anderson Alcorn State DL Roderick Henderson Alabama State LB Willie Duncan Arkansas Pine Bluff LB Bryan Bower Alabama A&M LB Kourtney Berry Alabama State LB Aaron Tiller Southern DB Danny Johnson Southern LB Arkez Cooper Grambling State DB Marquice O’Leary Prairie View A&M DB D’Andre Smith Alcorn State DB Marquis Green Mississippi Valley State DB Farrean Toney Mississippi Valley State DB Guy Stallworth Grambling State DB Dominique Weaver Prairie View A&M DB Eric Foster Alcorn State 2016 SWAC PRESEASON PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH WEST DIVISION EAST DIVISION 1. Prairie View 44(12) 1. Alcorn State 44 (14) 2. Grambling State 35 (8) 2. Alabama State 35 (10) 3. Southern 32 (2) 3. Jackson State 28 4. Texas Southern 16 (1) 4. Alabama A&M 16 5. Arkansas Pine Bluff 11 5. Mississippi Valley State 12 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME (13) GRAMBLING STATE (4): Willie Brown, Buck Buchanan, Wil- SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE COACHING RECORDS lie Davis, Charlie Joiner - JACKSON STATE (3): Lem Barney, Walter Payton, Jackie Slater - MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE Alabama A&M (2): Jerry Rice, David “Deacon” Jones - PRAIRIE VIEW A&M James Spady - Record at A&M 7-16 (3rd year); Overall 7-16 (3rd year) (1): Ken Houston - SOUTHERN (2): Mel Blount, Aeneas Williams - TEXAS SOUTHERN (1): Michael Strahan Alabama State Brian Jenkins - Record at ASU 6-5 (2nd year); Overall 52-19 (6th year) COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME (15) Buck Buchanan - Grambling State, Kevin Dent - Jackson Alcorn State State , Gary Johnson - Grambling State, Walter Payton - Fred McNair - Record at ASU 0-0 (1st year); Overall 0-0 (1st year) Jackson State, Jerry Rice - Mississippi Valley State, Willie Richardson - Jackson State, Willie Totten - Mississippi Valley Arkansas-Pine Bluff State, Doug Williams - Grambling State, Paul “Tank” Young- Monte Coleman - Record at UAPB: 18-52 (9th year); Overall: 18-52 (9th year) er - Grambling State, Coach Marino Casem - Alabama State / Alcorn State, /Southern, W. C. Gorden - Jackson State, John Grambling State Merritt - Jackson State / Tennessee State, William J. Nicks Broderick Fobbs - Record at GSU 16-8 (3rd year); Overall 16-8 (3rd year) - Morris Brown / Prairie View A&M, Doug Porter - Mississippi Valley State, /Howard / Fort Valley State, Eddie Robinson - Jackson State Grambling State Tony Hughes- Record at JSU 0-0 (1st year); Overall 0-0 (1st year) Mississippi Valley State Rick Comegy - Record at MVSU 3-19 (2nd year); Overall 165-95 (11th year) Prairie View A&M Willie Simmons - Record at PVAM 8-2 (2nd year); Overall 8-2 (2nd year) Southern Dawson Odums - Record at SU 28-14 (4th Year); Overall 28-14 (4th year) Texas Southern Micahel Haywood- Record at TSU 0-0 (1st year); Overall 10-15) (3yrs year) HONOR THE HERITAGE • FOUNDED 1920 • 12 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS • 15 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 1 3 NATIONAL POLLS PRESEASON ALL SWAC/ ALL AMERICANS 2016 FCS COACHES POLL • The Southwestern Athletic Conference released its 2016 ground for the Jaguars.