Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle Football the Jacksonville State Game Week 6 October 8, 2016 | Burgess-Snow Field at Jsu Stadium | Jacksonville, Ala
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OHIO VALLEY TENNESSEECONFERENCE TECH CHAMPIONS FOOTBALL 1952 | WEEK | 1953 SIX | 1955 -- vs. | 1958 JACKSONVILLE | 1959 | 1960 STATE| 1961 | 1972 | 1975 | 2011 TENNESSEE TECH GOLDEN EAGLE FOOTBALL THE JACKSONVILLE STATE GAME WEEK 6 OCTOBER 8, 2016 | BURGESS-SNOW FIELD AT JSU STADIUM | JACKSONVILLE, ALA. | 1 P.m. TENNESSEE TECH THE MATCHUP SPORTS INFORMATION Football Contact JACKSONVILLE STATE GAMECOCKS TENNESSEE TECH GOLDEN EAGLES Thomas Corhern E-mail QUICK COMPARISON [email protected] 29.8 POINTS PER GAME 24.5 Office phone 491.8 366.2 (931) 372-6139 OFFENSE PER GAME Cell phone 254.2 RUSHING 99.8 (931) 703-4927 237.5 PASSING 266.4 Mailing address 0.00 TURNOVER RATIO -0.40 1100 McGee Boulevard JSUGAMECOCKSPORTS.COM 33:08 POSSESSION TIME 34:33 TTUSPORTS.COM Cookeville, TN 38501 3-1, 0-0 OVC 2-3, 2-1 OVC Sports Information Director JACKSONVILLE STATE QUICK FACTS TENNESSEE TECH QUICK FACTS Mike Lehman Head coach: John Grass Head coach: Marcus Satterfield E-mail Record at JSU: 26-5 (3rd) Record at Tennessee Tech: 2-3 (1st) [email protected] Overall record: 26-5 (3rd) Overall record: 2-3 (1st) Office phone Passing leader: Eli Jenkins (950 yds.) Passing leader: Michael Birdsong (1336 yds.) (931) 372-3088 Rushing leader: Eli Jenkins (415 yds.) Rushing leader: Yeedee Thaenrat (264 yds.) Receiving leader: Krenwick Sanders (167 yds.) Receiving leader: Dontez Byrd (270 yds.) Tackles leader: Marlon Bridges (30) Tackles leader: Josh Poplar (44) Sports Information Coordinator Holly Weber E-mail JACKSONVILLE STATE LEADS SERIES 13-6 [email protected] Office phone Year Site Result (931) 372-6139 2011 JACKSONVILLE W, 21-14 2012 COOKEVILLE L, 37-28 Sports Information Coordinator LAST 2013 COOKEVILLE L, 34-14 Dylan Vazzano 5 2014 JACKSONVILLE L, 49-3 E-mail [email protected] 2015 COOKEVILLE L, 42-13 Office phone (931) 372-3883 LAST MEETING TENNESSEE TECH OCTOBER 17, 2015 | Cookeville, TENN. JACKSONVILLE ST. 14 12 9 7 -- 42 VIDEO PRODUCTION TENNESSEE TECH 3 3 0 7 -- 13 Video Production Coordinator Jordan Ratti E-mail GAME STATS [email protected] JACKSONVILLE ST. TENNESSEE TECH JACKSONVILLE ST. TENNESSEE TECH Office phone 278 Passing Yards 199 LEADERS LEADERS (931) 372-3293 341 Rushing Yards 127 Passing: Eli Jenkins -- 184 Passing: Colby Brown -- 199 0 Turnovers 1 Rushing: Troymaine Pope -- 89 Rushing: Dorian Carter -- 72 Video Production Coordinator 34:08 Time of Possession 25:52 Receiving: Josh Barge -- 60 Receiving: Krys Cates -- 70 TBA E-mail TBA BROADCAST INFORMATION Office phone RADIO: Golden Eagle Sports Network TELEVISION: ESPN 3 (931) 372-3883 98.5 KISS FM Play-by-play: Kevin Ingram Play-by-play: Roger Ealey Color analyst: Bob Belvin Color analyst: Dylan Vazzano TWITTER @TTUGoldenEagles | @TNTechFootball | WEBSITE www.ttusports.com | #WINGSUP TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL | WEEK SIX -- vs. JACKSONVILLE STATE LAST MEETING 42 13 OCTOBER 17, 2015 COOKEVILLE, TENN. COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Jacksonville State came to Cookeville pleting 20-for-42 with one interception. He was sacked twice. JSU made it 20-6 with a 12-play, 72-yard scoring drive as as the Ohio Valley Conference leader and No. 1 ranked FCS Redshirt freshman Dorian Carter led the Tech ground game, Josh Clemons went the final three for the score, but the PAT team in the nation, and the Gamecocks didn’t do anything rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries. Brock attempt was wide. Saturday night to tarnish those platitudes thanks to standout McCoin had a team-high seven catches for 39 yards, while Krys A 30-yard pass from Jenkins to Pope wrapped up a 13-play, performances from several players. Cates had the most receiving yards, catching two passes for 70 65-yard scoring drive to make it a 26-6 lead. Sophomore Mike Led by quarterback Eli Jenkins and effective play from a yards. McCoin now has 58 catches this season, ranking as the Cain bulled his way through the middle of the JSU line to block wide variety of additional weapons, the Gamecocks (5-1/3-0 fourth-most in a single-season by any Golden Eagle receiver. the PAT kick. OVC) left town with a 42-13 victory despite a hard-nosed, Defensively, senior linebackers Jay Rudwall and Tra’Darius Tech marched into the JSU red zone late in the half, fueled never-say-die effort from Tennessee Tech. The Golden Eagles Goff were sensational. Rudwall made a career-high 15 tackles, by a 26-yard run from Radir Annoor and a 19-yard catch (2-5/1-3 OVC) kept things interesting well into the second half while Goff – the leading tackles in the OVC – added 14 tackles by tight end Dametris Watson. The drive was halted when but couldn’t match the JSU firepower. and now has 92 stops this season. He also raised his career Brown’s pass from the 18 into the end zone was intercepted. Jenkins passed for 184 yards and two touchdowns, total to 333 total tackles to place him 10th in school history. Jones went 45-yards for a touchdown midway in the third connecting on 18-of-27 pass attempts without an interception Jordan Patrick also posted a career-high with 12 tackles. quarter to make it 33-6, ad the Gamecocks added a safety or a sack. He also rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown on 10 Cornerback Maleek Hall, the leader in the OVC in passes de- when Brown was sacked in the end zone for a 35-6 lead. carries to account for 270 yards of total offense. fended, broke up three more attempts and added five tackles. Tech moved from its own 12 to a first-and-goal at the eight, The Gamecocks finished the night with 619 total yards, with JSU took a 7-0 lead when Jenkins hit Dalton Screws with a and got the ball to the four, but came up empty on a pair of 341 on the ground and 278 through the air. Troymaine Pope four-yard TD pass with 8:44 to play in the first quarter, capping incomplete passes. was the game’s leading rusher with 89 yards in 13 carries. JoJo a 61-yard, 10-play drive. A 47-yard pass from Brown to Cates put the Golden Eagles at Wynn added 65 yards on one explosive carry in the game’s Tech answered with a 45-yard scoring drive in 11 plays, the JSU 12, and three runs by Carter later Tech was in the end final minute, and Mikes Jones had 63 yards on eight totes. finished off with a 43-yard field goal by John Arnold with 5:07 zone for its only touchdown of the night. Carter scored from Backup quarterback Christian LeMay was 8-for-13 passing to play in the first. one, and Arnold’s PAT made it 35-14 with 1:04 remaining. for 94 yards. The next two scores were like hitting the rewind button, JSU took advantage of the final minute as Wynn went up the Seven different receivers had multiple catches for the with Jacksonville State scoring a touchdown and Arnold middle and never stopped, racing 65 yards for the final points Gamecocks, topped by Josh Barge’s six for 60 yards. kicking his second field goal to make it 14-3. Jenkins broke of the night. Golden Eagle sophomore signal-caller Colby Brown, making loose for a 40-yard touchdown, while Arnolds’s kick was from just the second start of his career, passed for 199 yards, com- 29 yards out. FACEBOOK TTU Sports | INSTAGRAM TTUGoldenEagles | #WINGSUP TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL | WEEK SIX -- vs. JACKSONVILLE STATE JACKSONVILLE STATE STORYLINES JACKSONVILLE, ALA. (JSU LEADS 13-6) DATE SITE SCORE SPOILER ROLE 1938 UNKNOWN W, 21-0 10/8/1977 COOKEVILLE W, 27-20 The Golden Eagles have been able to play a wrinkle in Jacksonville 10/6/1979 JACKSONVILLE L, 23-7 State’s plans before, claiming victories over the Gamecocks in 2010 and 10/11/1980 COOKEVILLE L, 7-3 2011 to dash the team’s championship hopes. 10/3/2001 JACKSONVILLE W, 35-27 10/28/2002 COOKEVILLE L, 35-29 With an overtime win over Eastern Kentucky last week, the Golden 10/25/2003 JACKSONVILLE L, 37-20 Eagles are building momentum and would love to try to take down the 10/23/2004 COOKEVILLE W, 16-13 nationally ranked Gamecocks. 10/27/2005 JACKSONVILLE L, 43-17 10/28/2006 COOKEVILLE L, 17-10 (OT) 10/20/2007 JACKSONVILLE L, 38-10 EASIER SAID THAN DONE 11/8/2008 COOKEVILLE L, 41-17 However, Jacksonville State has won nine of the last 11 meetings 11/14/2009 JACKSONVILLE L, 55-28 11/20/2010 COOKEVILLE W, 35-24 and 10 of the 13 Ohio Valley Conference matchups between the two 10/29/2011 JACKSONVILLE W, 21-14 schools. 10/6/2012 COOKEVILLE L, 37-28 10/26/2013 COOKEVILLE L, 34-14 TAKES A LICKIN’, KEEPS ON TiCKIN’ 10/25/2014 JACKSONVILLE L, 49-3 10/17/2015 COOKEVILLE L, 42-13 Despite giving up six sacks last week, quarterback Michael Birdsong had his best game as a Golden Eagle, throwing for 327 yards on 27- Jacksonville State joined the Ohio Valley Conference of-42 passing. They’ll expect a lot of pressure there from a tough JSU in the 2003 season, giving the Gamecocks a 10-3 record against Tech in league play. squad. TECH IN OVERTIME STOPPING THE RUN One of the Gamecocks’ top defensive traits is being able to stop the Year Opponent Site Result 2016 Eastern Kentucky Cookeville W, 33-30 (OT) run. Since joining the FCS in 1995, JSU has held opponents under 100 2014 Murray State Cookeville W, 30-27 (OT) rushing yards 65 times.