Savannah State Savannah State Appalachian State 2017 Schedule Mountaineers Tigers Vs. Sept. 2 Open (0-1, 0-0 Sun Belt) Sept. 9 at Appalachian St. 3:30 p.m. (0-0, 0-0 MEAC) Sept. 16 at Montana 1 p.m. MT Sept. 23 Florida A&M 6 p.m. Date: Sept. 9, 2017 Sept. 30 at Bethune-Cookman 4 p.m. Kickoff Time: 3:30 p.m. Oct. 7 Hampton 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at Morgan State 1 p.m. Site: Boone, N.C. Stadium: Kidd Brewer Stadium Oct. 21 at Charleston Southern 6 p.m. Radio: WHCJ Savannah (90.3 FM) TV: ESPN3 Oct. 28 at Norfolk State 2 p.m. Last Meeting vs. ASU: ASU won, 41-6 (2011) Nov. 4 Delaware State 5 p.m. Nov. 11 at N.C. A&T 1 p.m. Tiger Bites Nov. 18 SCSU 1 p.m. - SSU will begin its second of the Erik Raeburn era in football when the Tigers take on Appalachian State Saturday in Boone, N.C. Raeburn became Tigers the Tigers 25th head coach in March of 2016. Social Media - Coach Raeburn is 15-2 in season debuts during his 17-year coaching ca- reer. He won 14 consecutive season openers from 2001 to 2015. - SSU is 2-13 in season openers since entering Division I in 2002 and 0-6 in Facebook.com/ssuathletics openers since entering the MEAC in 2011. - This is the second consecutive season the Tigers will face a member of @SavStateTigers the Sun Belt in its season opener. SSU loss, 54-0, to Ga. Southern last season.

GAME CENTER—Game 1 @SavStateTigers Savannah State Appalachian State Record: 0-0 Overall, 0-0 MEAC Record: 0-1 Overall, 0-0 Sun Belt 2016 Record: 3-7 Overall, 3-5 MEAC 2016 Record: 10-3 Overall, 7-1 Sun Belt @SavStateTigers Ranking: n/a Ranking: n/a Last game: L, 24-35 vs. Morgan State Last game: L, 10-31 at #15 Georgia HC: Erik Raeburn HC: Scott Satterfield `TEAM INFORMATION Record: 138-46/18th year Record: 32-19/5th at SSU: 3-7/2nd year at ASU: Same vs. ASU: 0-0 vs. SSU: 0-0 SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY Head Coach:.....Erik Raeburn (Mount Union, ‘94) …..………….at Savannah State: 3-7 (2nd season) SSU Offensive Probable Starters at Appalachian State ……….………..…..Overall: 138-46 (18th season) SID:…Opio Mashariki ([email protected]) LT LG C RG RT TE Office Phone:………………..…(912) 358-3430 WR 70 74 76 69 71 85 WR King Jackson Pennington Livingston Francis Baker WR Office Fax:…………….………..(912) 353-5287 7 1 4 Internet Site:……….…..www.ssuathletics.com Smith Kirkland White QB

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Head Coach:….………….……Scott Satterfield Oliver …………..……...... …at ASU: 32-19 (5th year) SSU Defensive Probable Starters vs. Appalachian State ….…………………………….……Overall: Same Best Time to Reach…….….…………….Contact SID Football Contact:…..…...... Ben Winterrowd END DT N END CB 10 40 57 58 CB ……….………..……[email protected] 31 Goubadia Holmes Bent Banks 26 Crowley Bonner Office Phone:………...... (828) 262-7162 LB LB LB Office Fax:……………………………..……N/A 46 35 12 Internet Site :……....www.AppStateSports.com Thomas Cooper Bennett SS FS 13 27 Rutledge Tolbert 2017 Football

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Game Time Off Practice Practice Practice Practice Off Day 3:30 p.m. 8 a.m. 8 a.m. 8 a.m. 8 a.m.

Raeburn Says… (Quotes from SSU head coach Erik Raeburn during MEAC weekly teleconference) Media Information Credential Requests: All media outlets Coach Raeburn on entering his second season at SSU…. that wish to cover Savannah State Foot- I think it’s an advantage that we have a better handle on our own roster and what every- ball games at Theodore A. Wright Stadi- one’s strengths and weaknesses are. I guess that will help us a little bit as we put guys in um must submit their request for creden- the best position to be successful. Other than our routine and that type of thing, our tials in writing, either via e-mail or via scheme offensively and defensively we won’t make any big changes there. But I do fax, at least one week prior to the home think it’s an advantage in year two to have a better understanding of all of our players’ contest, unless requesting a season pass. strengths and weaknesses. Single game press credentials can be picked up in the Savannah State Athletic Media Relations Office during the week Coach Raeburn on App State in their last game…. of a home contest. Credentials must be They are a great football program with incredible tradition. They’re incredibly good on worn and visible at all times, as there will defense. I think they held Georgia to 340 some-odd yards, so it’s going to be a great be staff verifying credentials. All creden- challenge for us. They are really well coached and their guys really play hard. It will be tials are non-transferable. Your credential tough for us, but we are looking forward to finally getting to play a game after having to will get you access to the stadium, press watch everybody play this past week. Our guys are looking forward to getting to go out box, sidelines, and post-game interview and play a different opponent. area in front of the locker rooms in the north end of T.A. Wright Stadium.

Phone Lines: Any phone lines needed TIGERS in the NCAA/MEAC Rankings - FCS (2016) for a particular game must be requested at Team Rankings least 72 hours prior to the game. All-long Category NCAA MEAC distance costs associated with the phone Rushing Offense 112 11 line are the responsibility of the media Passing Offense 116 11 member/outlet utilizing them. Total Offense 120 11 Scoring Offense 117 11 Internet Access: For those with laptop Rushing Defense 96 8 computers that have wireless capabilities, Total Defense 81 9 Savannah State University’s campus is Scoring Defense 87 7 equipped with wireless internet access. Net Punting 40 1 Please know that the University server Punt Returns 90 9 does track all internet usage, including in Kickoff Returns 103 11 First Downs Offense 121 11 the press box, for inappropriate use. First Downs Defense 57 8

Red Zone Defense 34 4 Interview Protocol: After a 10-minute Red Zone Offense 94 8 cooling off period, requested players and Turnover Margin 21 4 head coach Erik Raeburn will be availa- Time of Possession 119 11 ble for members of the media. The Tiger locker room is CLOSED both at home SSU/APP STATE TIES and on the road. At home, the interview Series History Former SSU head coach Steve Wilkes is a former ASU leads, 1-0 area is located in front of the locker rooms in the north end of T. A. Wright player at App State. Wilkes is currently the defensive First Meeting: Stadium. Requested players and Coach coordinator with the . ASU, W, 14-6 (2011)

Raeburn will be brought to an area desig- Last Meeting: nated by the home team, or just outside THE RAEBURN FILE ASU, W, 14-6 (2011) the Tigers locker room facility. Player SSU head coach Erik Raeburn is known as a rebuild- requests should be directed to Opio Biggest SSU Win: N/A er. In his first head coaching job at Coe, he had back- Mashariki. Last SSU Win: N/A to-back 6-4 seasons. In his third season, his team went Biggest ASU win: 35 pts. (2011) Tigers on Radio: All Tiger football 10-2 and made the Division III . At Wabash, games can be heard on WHCJ 90.3 FM in he made the Division III playoffs his first two years. Games decided by 7 points or less: the Savannah area or online. Spencer None He went 8-2 in his third year, then went 12-1 in his Turkin (play-by-play announcer), Curtis fourth season and earned another trip to the Division Streak: Foster (color commentary) and Terry ASU won the only meeting Hines (sideline reporter). III playoffs. SSU went 3-7 last year in Raeburn's first season with the Tigers so there is optimism in the air on the marsh. 2017 Football

Tigers 2017 Trends PRO TIES Home 0-0 Road 0-0 Defensive coordinator Chad Williams, safety coach Paris Johnson and corner back Neutral 0-0 coach Glenn Davis all played professional football. Williams played in the NFL with the Grass 0-0 Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs while Johnson played in Field Turf 0-0 the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers and Dallas AstroTurf 0-0 Won coin toss 0-0 Cowboys. Davis played with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL and three years of Lost coin toss 0-0 arena football with the Orlando Predators, the and the Wilkes-Barre Tigers defer 0-0 Pioneers. Opponent defers 0-0 Leading after first quarter 0-0 Tied after first quarter 0-0 HOME GROWN Trailing after first quarter 0-0 16 members of the team hail from Savannah and come from nine different of the local Leading after second quarter 0-0 high schools (Calvary, Memorial, Bible Baptist, Benedictine, Windsor Forest, Savan- Tied after second quarter 0-0 nah, Betesda and Jenkins . Trailing after second quarter 0-0 Leading after third quarter 0-0 Tied after third quarter 0-0 THE SIZE OF IT Trailing after third quarter 0-0 Freshman offensive lineman Michael Johnson is the largest player on the squad at 330 Scores first 0-0 pounds while wide receiver Monroe Thorton is the smallest at 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds. Opponent scores first 0-0 Largest halftime lead 0 Johnson along with wide receivers Steve Hagan and Deric Wright are all listed at 6-foot Largest halftime deficit 0 -7. Scores 20 or more points 0-0 NEW LOOK Hold opponent to 20 points or less 0-0 The football team will wear new NIKE uniforms this season. The home jerseys will be Games decided by 3 points or less 0-0 Games decided by 10 points or less 0-0 royal blue jerseys with orange numbers outlined in white. The road jerseys will be white Games decided by 11-20 points 0-0 with blue numbers outlined in orange. The team will wear orange pants. SSU will break Games decided by 21 points or more 0-0 away from wearing the traditional orange helmets and instead will wear a helmet which Rush for 150 yards or more 0-0 contains blue and some white coloring. The helmet will have the SSU athletic logo. Rush for under 150 yards 0-0 Pass for 300 yards or more 0-0 Total 450 yards or more 0-0 MEAC Opp. rushes for 150 yards or more 0-0 Tigers 2017 Opponents (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) Opp. rushes for less than 150 yards 0-0 Team Record Opponent Conf. Overall Opp. totals less than 400 yards 0-0 SSU (0-0) at Appalachian St. School W-L W-L Commits fewer turnovers than opp. 0-0 at Appalachian St. (0-1) Savannah St. N.C. A&T 0-0 1-0 Commits more turnovers than opp. 0-0 at Montana (1-0) at Washington Florida A&M (1-1) Open Howard 0-0 1-0 Turnovers equal 0-0 FAMU 0-0 1-1 Fewer penalties than opp. 0-0 at Bethune-Cookman (0-1) Southeastern La. More penalties than opp. 0-0 Hampton (0-1) Delaware St. Bethune-Cookman 0-0 0-1 Temperature in the 90s 0-0 at Morgan State (0-1) Albany (NY) Norfolk State 0-0 0-1 Temperature in the 80s 0-0 at Charleston So. (0-1) at South Carolina St. SCSU 0-0 0-1 Temperature in the 70’s 0-0 at Norfolk St. (0-1) William & Mary N.C. Central 0-0 0-1 Temperature in the 60’s 0-0 Delaware St. (0-1) at Hampton Delaware State 0-0 0-1 Temperature in the 50’s 0-0 at N.C. A&T (1-0) Mars Hill Morgan State 0-0 0-1 S.C. State (0-1) Charleston Southern Temperature below 50 degrees 0-0 Hampton 0-0 0-1 Coldest game time temperature 0 Savannah State 0-0 0-0 Warmest game time temperature 0 SSU 2017 Starters –Offense Opponent WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB FB at ASU at Montana Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman Hampton at Morgan St. at Charleston So. at Norfolk St. Delaware St. at N.C. A&T

SSU 2017 Starters—Defense Opponent LE N RE LB LB LB LB LC RC SS FS at ASU at Montana Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman Hampton at Morgan St. at Charleston So. at Norfolk St. Delaware St. at N.C. A&T 2017 Football

IN DAD'S FOOTSTEPS BIRTHDAY WISHES Stats Division I Senior defensive back Kalin Lovett is the Sophomore defensive back Roddree Football Championship Subdivision son of Neely Lovett, a former SSU defen- Hardwick celebrated his birthday on Sep- Top 25 sive back who played for the Tigers from tember 5. 1. James Madison 1-0 1991-94. 2. North Dakota State 1-0 SSU GOING DIVISION I 3. Sam Houston State 1-0 WELCOME TO THE MARSH Savannah State University made the deci- 4. South Dakota State 1-0 Glenn Davis joins the coaching staff this sion to move from Division II to Division 5. Jacksonville State 1-0 season and will be in charge of the corner I in 1998, while opting to leave the 6. Villanova 1-0 backs. Davis comes to SSU from Northern Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Confer- 7. Eastern Washington 0-1 Michigan where he coached the defensive ence and become independent of confer- 8. Youngstown State 0-1 backs. ence affiliation. SSU played their first 9. Richmond 0-1 season as a Division I institution in 2002. 10. Wofford 1-0 BROTHERLY LOVE 11. North Dakota 0-1 Keynnard and William Campbell are the ABOUT THE MEAC 12. New Hampshire 1-0 only set of brothers on the team. Keynnard The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, a 13. Chattanooga 0-1 is a senior running back while William is a NCAA Division I Conference, is in its 14. The Citadel 1-0 15. Central Arkansas 0-1 junior defensive back. 45th year of operation heading into the 16. Charleston Southern 0-1 2015-16 academic school year. The ME- WHERE'S THE BEEF 17. Samford 1-0 SSU recruited six offensive linemen during AC is made up of 13 outstanding, histori- 18. Illinois State 1-0 the off season. The newcomers average 6- cally black institutions across the Atlantic 19. Lehigh 0-1 foot-4 and 298 pounds. coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, 20. Liberty 1-0 Coppin State University, Delaware State 21. UNI 0-1 MOVING BACK DOWN University, Florida A&M University, 22. Western Illinois 1-0 23. Tennessee State 1-0 In April 2017, the Savannah State admin- Hampton University, Howard University, istration made the decision to move SSU 24. Grambling State 0-1 University of Maryland Eastern Shore, athletics from Division I to Division II. The 25. Weber State 1-0 move will become effective following the Morgan State University, Norfolk State 2018-19 season. University, A&T State University, North Carolina Central Uni- More Bites… versity, Savannah State University, and LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCA- South Carolina State University. TION The SSU roster is made up of players 2017 BOXTOROW Coaches Poll from 12 states (Georgia, Florida, Colora- Week 1 do, Indiana, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, 1. N.C. A&T (12) 1-0 Texas, Ohio, Maryland and Connecticut. 2. Tennessee State (6) 1-0 2017 MEAC Predicted 3. Southern 1-0 PRESEASON HONORS 4. Grambling (3) 0-1 Order of Finish Two SSU players received preseason Rank School 1st Place 5. N.C. Central 0-1 1. N.C. Central 13 honors from the Mid-Eastern Athletic 6. Howard 1-0 2. N.C. A&T 5 Conference. Linebacker Mulik Simmons 7. Prairie View A&M 0-0 3. S.C. State 0 and lineman Stefan Banks were both 8. Alcorn State 1-0 4. Bethune-Cookman 0 named to the third team defense. 9. Bethune-Cookman 0-1 5. Hampton 0 10. S.C. State 0-1 6. Florida A&M 0 OPPOSITE SIDES 7. Norfolk State 0 SSU’s Ellison Burns III and App State's 2017 BOXTOROW Media Poll 8. Morgan State 0 Gage Blackston both played at Benedic- Week 1 9. Howard 0 tine Military School; SSU's D'Vonn Gib- 10. Savannah State 0 1. North Carolina A&T (5) 1-0 11. Delaware State 1 bons and ASU's Shaun Jolly played at 2. Tennessee State (3) 1-0 Stephenson HS; SSU's Devin Waters and 3. Southern (1) 1-0 ** Savannah State is not eligible for Christian Pennington and ASU's Devonte 4. Grambling (2) 0-1 postseason competition. Harrison played at Sandalwood HS; 5. Howard (5) 1-0 SSU's Geonte Smith and ASU's Shemar 6. N.C. Central 0-1 Jean-Charles played at Miramar HS. 7. Tuskegee 1-0 8. Alcorn State 1-0 9. Virginia State 1-0 10. Bethune-Cookman 0-1 2017 Football Savannah State University Head Football Erik Raeburn Savannah State University assistant coach at his alma mater, Mount Union selected Erik Raeburn as its College, where he served as offensive line coach 25th head football coach in and offensive coordinator. March of 2016. At Coe, Raeburn coached 65 All Erik Raeburn —At A Glance Raeburn -Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic comes to SSU Full Name: Erik Raeburn Conference (IAAC) players, 40 from Wabash Birth Date: June 19, 1971 All-Americans, and two Aca- College locat- Birth Place: Warren, Ohio demic All-Americans. He guided ed in Craw- Hometown: Diamond, Ohio Family: Wife – Liz; Children – Coe to its first IIAC title in fordsville, Cade, Elle and Reese school history in 2002, and fol- Ind. Education: Mount Union College, lowed with conference champi- 1994 (Undergraduate) onships in 2004 and 2005. He A proven winner, in his eight years was the 2002 IIAC Coach of the at Wabash he accumulated a record Playing Experience Year and Regional Coach of the of 78-13, earned five trips to the Di- Mount Union College, 1989-92 Year. He led the Kohawks to a vision III playoffs and had 16 stu- Strong Safety playoff appearance in 2002, ad- dent-athletes earn All-America sta- vancing to the second round, and tus. His 2015 squad posted a 12-1 Coaching Experience also led Coe to the playoffs in record and advanced to the quarterfi- Savannah State University, 2016- Present 2005. nals of the Division III playoffs. Head Football Coach Raeburn’s overall record as a Wabash was 10-2 in 2008, Rae- Wabash College, 2008-2015 head coach is 135-39. burn’s first season and advanced to Head Football Coach the second round of the NCAA Divi- Coe College, 2000-2007 Raeburn earned his Bachelor of sion III playoffs. In 2009, the Little Head Football Coach Science degree in mathematics Giants went 9-2 and made another from Mount Union College and trip to the NCAA playoffs. Wabash Mount Union College, 1994-99 is currently pursuing his master’s missed the playoffs in 2010, despite Offensive Coordinator and Offensive degree. As an assistant coach an 8-2 record, but bounced back the Line Coach under Larry Kehres at Mount following year where they went 12-1 Union, he helped the Purple and made it to the NCAA quarterfi- Raiders win six Ohio Athletic nals. That same year, Raeburn was named North Conference Championships and three NCAA Divi- Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. sion III National Championships (1996, 1997, 1998). The 2013 squad was ranked 17th in the nation in the final D3football.com Top-25 poll. Raeburn and his wife, Liz, reside in Savannah with their children, Cade, Elle, and Reese. Raeburn led Wabash to a 10-2 record in 2014, in- cluding a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs and finished 13th in the final D3football.com.

Before he became head coach at Wabash, Raeburn spent eight years as head football coach at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he posted a 51-26 record. Prior to arriving at Coe, he was an 2017 Football 2017 Football 2017 Football

2017 Savannah State Depth Chart

OFFENSE DEFENSE

WR 1 Derek Kirkland 6-2 200 SR END 10 Edward Goubadia 6-1 236 SR 87 D’Andre Snead 6-3 190 FR 54 Quaron Hilliard 6-6 260 SR

LT 70 Harvey King 6-4 275 FR DT 40 Devon Holmes 6-2 275 FR 79 Jacob Martin 6-4 285 FR 93 Edward Verdree 6-1 260 FR

LG 74 TJ Jackson 6-4 300 SO NOSE 57 Kevhan Bent 6-4 300 SO 73 Awni Alshafei 6-3 295 SO 91 Corey Barrett 6-2 285 JR

C 76 Zai Pennington 6-3 305 FR END 58 Stefen Banks 6-3 265 JR 55 Marquez Martin 6-2 260 SO 95 KJ Singleton 6-4 230 FR

RG 69 James Livingston 6-2 283 JR LB 46 Joshua Thomas 6-3 222 FR 61 Chidi Onwuzuruoha 6-2 295 SR 30 Ellison Burns 6-3 225 SR

RT 71 Rohan Francis, Jr. 6-4 306 SR LB 35 Mekhi Cooper 6-0 195 FR 75 Michael Johnson 6-7 330 FR 43 Tyqueze Stevenson 6-2 210 FR

WR 4 Cameron White 6-3 190 SR LB 12 Isaiah Bennett 6-2 200 JR 83 Kendarius Dukes 5-10 190 JR 18 Deonta Clark, Jr. 6-0 215 FR

WR 7 Tino Smith 6-2 215 SR CB 31 David Crowley 5-10 180 SR 33 James Kicklighter 5-8 150 JR 3 Milton Woodward IV 6-1 190 FR

TE 85 Paris Baker 6-2 230 SR SS 13 Donald Rutledge 6-1 205 SO 14 Tyler Hagan 6-7 250 SR 5 Tyorrin Collins 6-0 170 SO

RB 20 Uriah Oliver 5-11 186 JR FS 27 Juwuan Tolbert 5-10 185 SR 37 Jaylen McCloud 6-1 195 FR 48 Travon Rumph 5-10 190 SO

QB 11 TJ Bell 6-3 180 SO CB 26 Vanquez Bonner 5-10 175 JR 3 D’Vonn Gibbons 6-2 205 FR 9 Ismail Abdul-Qawee 5-11 188 FR

SPECIALISTS PK 8 Giovanni Lugo 6-0 190 SO Hol 7 Tino Smith 6-2 215 SR 98 Chandler Williams 6-0 180 SO 86 JaMichael Baldwin 5-9 165 FR

KR 86 JaMichael Baldwin 5-9 165 FR LS 56 Aaron Robinson 6-4 235 FR 33 James Kicklighter 5-8 150 JR 99 Christopher Johnson 6-2 227 SR

P 8 Giovanni Lugo 6-0 190 SO PR 86 JaMichael Baldwin 5-9 165 FR 98 Chandler Williams 6-0 180 SO 13 Donald Rutledge 6-1 205 SO

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