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2018 ‘BAMA STATE SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME Alabama State at Kennesaw State Statistical Showdown Game 3 (1-1 OVERALL / 0-0 SWAC / 1-0 HOME / 0-1 AWAY / 0-0 NEUTRAL) Kennesaw, Ga. (Fifth Third Bank Stadium - 8,361) Sept. 1 Tuskegee W, 26-20 3 Saturday, September 15, 2018 (5:00 p.m. est) Sept. 8 at Auburn L, 9-63 ON THE AIR POINTS Sept. 15 at Kennesaw State 5 pm (est) 17.5 34.5 WATCH per game Sept. 22 at Grambling State* 6 pm Available on ESPN+ with a push to ESPN3 Oct. 6 at Alcorn State* 2 pm 26 FIRST 43 Downs Oct. 13 at South Alabama TBA LISTEN Available on the following stations - WVAS 90.7 FM, Yo! 100.5 FM, WKXN Oct. 27 vs. Alabama A&M* TBA 95.7 FM, WKXK 96.7 FM, WKXN 102.7 FM, Big KD 94.1 FM, WZKD-AM 950 175 RUSHING 715 Yardage Nov. 3 Texas Southern* 2 pm SIRIUS-XM RADIO Nov. 10 Jackson State* 2 pm HSRN / HBCU Football 87.5 RUSHING YARDS 344.0 Nov. 17 at Prairie View A&M* 1 pm EXTRA POINT Per Game Nov. 22 Mississippi Valley State* 2 pm • Alabama State and Kennesaw State met for the first 322 PASSING 246 time in school history last season - the first of four Yardage Home games are in bold. meetings scheduled. The Owls were able to sneak away * - Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) games with a 20-14 victory en route to making the FCS 161.0 PASSING YARDS 123.0 quarterfinals. Per Game • Tonight’s game will be the third consecutive contest 2018 KENNESAW ST SCHEDULE & RESULTS 497 TOTAL 934 for the Hornets against a team that either won their Offense (1-1 OVERALL / 0-0 BIG SOUTH / 0-0 HOME / 1-1 AWAY / 0-0 NEUTRAL) conference title or division title. It will be the the third of five consecutive games to open the 2018 season in TOTAL OFFENSE Aug. 30 at Georgia State L, 20-24 that scenario. 248.5 467.0 Sept. 6 at Tennessee Tech W, 49-10 Per Game • The Hornets will be on the road for the second straight Sept. 15 Alabama State 5 pm (est) week this week, and the second of six straight to open 2-1 FUMBLES - LOST 4-2 Sept. 22 Clark Atlanta 6 pm (est) the 2018 season. Sept. 29 Samford 6 pm (est) • The trip to Atlanta will be the only regular season trip 29:24 TIME OF 34:02 Oct. 6 Presbyterian* 2 pm (est) to the state of Georgia for the Hornets this season. If Possession Oct. 13 at Gardner-Webb* 1:30 pm (est) the team can win their division in the SWAC, they would be headed back in December for the Celebration Bowl. 24.1 3rd DOWN 30.8 Oct. 27 at Charleston Southern* 6 pm (est) Percentage Nov. 3 Campbell* 2 pm (est) • Tonight’s game marks the second consecutive matchup for Alabama State against a top 10 team as they faced Nov. 10 at Monmouth* 12 noon (est) 33.3 4th DOWN 66.7 seventh-ranked Auburn (FBS) last week. Percentage Nov. 17 vs. Jacksonville State TBA • The Hornets received votes in both, the FCS and the FCS RED ZONE Stats Poll, last week. 4-4 7-9 Home games are in bold. Scores * - Big South games BY THE NUMBERS RANKINGS - Alabama State is not ranked in either of the FCS Number of points scored by Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Defensive Player of the Week Ricky Haley as he recorded a safety with a polls released this week, while they received votes in last 2 little over four minutes remaining in the first half against Auburn. week’s polls. Kennesaw State is inside the top 10 in both the polls this week after playing in the quarterfinals of the FCS Number of quarterbacks that Alabama State used in the loss to seventh-ranked Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium last weekend. The Hornets playoffs last season. 3 used starter Darryl Pearson, Jr., Dakota Rocker and KHA’Darris Davis. NEXT GAME - Alabama State will hit the road for their confer- Number of points that separated Kennesaw State and Alabama State in their first-ever meeting last season at ASU Stadium, a 20-14 victory ence opener next week against SWAC West Division foe, and by Kennesaw State on their way to a berth in the FCS quarterfinals. defending conference champion, Grambling State on a game 6 that can be seen on ESPN3. Meanwhile, Kennesaw State will stay at home for tilt against Division II foe Clark Atlanta. Number of years since the last HBCU National Championship won by Alabama State after finishing undefeated in 1991 with a Heritage Bowl 28 victory. NEXT GAME at Grambling State (September 22, 2018) Grambling, La. | Eddie G. Robinson Stadium | ESPN+ / ESPN3 | 6 pm MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION WEEKLY SCHEDULE Interviews All interview requests for football head coach Donald SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Hill-Eley and any Alabama State assistant coaches and players MUST be coordinated through the Athletic Church Practice Practice Presser Practice Availability Game #2 Strategic Communications Office. 11 am OFF 2:00 pm 11:00 am 2:00 pm None at Kennesaw St. 5:00 pm (est) Players are available for interviews, either in person or on the phone, or before or after practice depending on Practice SWAC Call Availability Practice Availability their class and meeting schedules. OFF 10:00 am Post Practice 2:00 pm Post Practice Availability (Eley and players) (Eley and players) Post Game In order to have time to arrange for player interviews, Coach’s Show Availability please provide 48 hours notice to the Athletic Strategic 6:00 pm Post Practice Communications Office. Player interviews may be (coordinators) conducted at the Houston Markham Football Complex or in the Athletic Strategic Communications Office. The Al- abama State training rooms, locker rooms, weight room and meeting room areas are off-limits to the media. Your SWAC TELECONFERENCE WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE cooperation is appreciated. The weekly head football coaches teleconference for the Alabama State head football coach Donald Hill-Eley will Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) will begin hold his weekly press conference each Wednesday morning For telephone interviews, the student-athlete will be Monday, August 27 and will continue through November 19. at 11 am inside ASU Stadium. The press conference will provided with the number and will make the call at a take place in the Media Room located in the tunnel directly mutually-agreed upon time. Phone numbers of Each teleconference call will start at 10:00 am until behind the East End Zone. student-athletes will NOT be made available to the me- approximately noon central time. Each coach is scheduled dia. For interviews with head football soccer coach Don- to be available for 8-10 minutes each week for questions. The press conference normally will last 30-45 minutes ald Hill-Eley and/or Alabama State assistant coaches, each Wednesday and will begin with an opening statement please contact Travis Jarome in the Athletic Strategic Media representatives who wish to participate should from the head coach. Communications Office. consult the conference weekly release or the SWAC Communications Office for details. A recording of each The weekly press conference will be open to the media Practice Coverage teleconference call will be available by the end of the only, not to the general public. A transcription of the press In general, Alabama State practices, held at the Hous- business day Mondays on SWAC.org under the Football conference will be posted on BamaStateSports.com later ton Markham Complex, are open to the local media and sports page under the subhead “Media Teleconference in the day, along with an archived stream of the press the public. Recordings.” conference. Website Media members and coaches who are not asking or For media attending the press conference, please contact Updated statistics, game recaps, game notes, player answering questions at the time should mute their phone Travis Jarome with any questions that may arise. If the and coaches’ bios, newspaper articles, as well as histor- line by pressing “4*” to avoid background noises and other date and time change, all media will be notified. ical, broadcast and ticket information, can be found on distractions on the call. the Alabama State Official Athletics Website at www. WEEKLY COACHES SHOW bamastatesports.com. Media are encouraged to check Dates for 2018 Teleconferences the website regularly for the latest Hornets athletics August 27 • September 3 • September 10 • September 17 • Alabama State head football coach Donald Hill-Eley will news. September 24 • October 1 • October 8 • October 15 • hold his weekly Coaches Show each Monday from 6:00 pm October 22 • October 29 • November 5 • November 12 • until 7:00 pm, and the show can be heard across several Accessing Information November 19 different platforms. Members of the media can obtain the latest news, game releases, rosters and season and single game SWAC Head Football Coaches Weekly Schedule The show will be carried live on WKXN 95.7 FM, WKXK 96.7 statistics from Alabama State in several ways. All this 10:00 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. SWAC News and Notes FM, WKXN 10.2 FM, Big KD 94.1 FM, WZKD-AM 950 and via information and more is regularly updated and posted 10:05 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Connell Maynor • Alabama A&M the Hornets Sports Network on BamaStateSports.com. in a PDF format on the official athletics website, www. 10:15 a.m.