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2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL STANDINGS Conference Points Overall Points W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak Appalachian State 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Arkansas State 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Georgia Southern 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Georgia State 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Idaho 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - UL Lafayette 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - UL Monroe 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - New Mexico State 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - South Alabama 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Troy 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Texas State 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 -

Upcoming Schedule

Thursday, September 1 Saturday, September 10 Appalachian State at Tennessee - 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network) Troy at Clemson - 11:30 a.m. (ACC RSN/ESPN3) Montana State at Idaho - 8 p.m. (Idaho TV Sports Network/ESPN3) Georgia State at Air Force - 1 p.m. (Mountain West Network) Old Dominion at Appalachian State - 2:30 p.m. (ASN/ESPN3) Friday, September 2 Idaho at Washington - 4 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) Ball State at Georgia State - 6 p.m. (ASN/ESPN3) UL Monroe at Oklahoma - 6 p.m. (Sooner Sports Network-PPV) Toledo at Arkansas State - 8 p.m. (ESPNU) * Georgia Southern at South Alabama - 6 p.m. (ASN/ESPN3) McNeese State at UL Lafayette - 6 p.m. (ESPN3) Saturday, September 3 Arkansas State at Auburn - 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network) Boise State at UL Lafayette - 11 a.m. (ASN/ESPN3) New Mexico at New Mexico State - 7 p.m. (NMSU Sports TV/ESPN3) South Alabama at Mississippi State - 11 a.m. (SEC Network) Texas State at Ohio - 2:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) * denotes Sun Belt Conference game Austin Peay at Troy - 5 p.m. (ESPN3) All times Central (CT) and subject to change Savannah State at Georgia Southern - 5 p.m. (ESPN3) Southern at UL Monroe - 6 p.m. (ESPN3) New Mexico State at UTEP - 7 p.m. (beIN)

2016 Football Season Set to Begin Thursday Sun Belt Preseason Coaches Poll Appalachian State and Idaho will offi cially Ball State in an American Sports Network (fi rst place votes) kick-off the 2016 Sun Belt Conference football broadcast and Arkansas State hosts Toledo in a 1. Appalachian St. (5) - 114 pts season on Thursday. And while the two teams game to be televised on ESPNU. 2. Arkansas State (5) - 110 pts may share the same starting date, the circum- Saturday will see a full day of action, as 3. Georgia Southern (1) - 98 pts stances are quite difference. App. State, the Sun Belt teams will play three teams from the 4. Georgia State - 73 pts preseason Sun Belt Conference favorite, visits “Group of Five” (Boise State at UL Lafayette, 5. UL Lafayette - 70 pts ninth-ranked Tennessee while Idaho hosts a FCS Texas State at Ohio and New Mexico State at 5. Troy - 70 pts opponent in Montana State. UTEP), one “Power Five” opponent (South Ala- 7. South Alabama - 62 pts From there, the season continues with bama at Mississippi State), and three opponents 8. Idaho - 48 pts two games Friday night with both Sun Belt from the Football Championship Subdivision 9. New Mexico St. - 37 pts teams facing-off against opponents from the (Austin Peay at Troy, Savannah State at Georgia 10. Texas State - 30 pts Mid-American Conference. Georgia State hosts Southern and Southern at UL Monroe). 11. UL Monroe - 14 pts 1 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SUN BELT CONFERENCE COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

Thursday, September 1 Thursday, October 20 Appalachian State at Tennessee - 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network) * Troy at South Alabama - 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Montana State at Idaho - 8 p.m. (Idaho TV Sports Network/ESPN3) Saturday, October 22 Friday, September 2 * Idaho at Appalachian State - TBA Ball State at Georgia State - 6 p.m. (American Sports Network/ESPN3) * Georgia Southern at New Mexico State - TBA Toledo at Arkansas State - 8 p.m. (ESPNU) UT Martin at Georgia State - TBA * UL Lafayette at Texas State - TBA Saturday, September 3 UL Monroe at New Mexico - TBA Boise State at UL Lafayette - 11 a.m. (American Sports Network/ESPN3) South Alabama at Mississippi State - 11 a.m. (SEC Network) Thursday, October 27 Texas State at Ohio - 2:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) * Appalachian State at Georgia Southern - 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Austin Peay at Troy - 5 p.m. (ESPN3) Savannah State at Georgia Southern - 5 p.m. (ESPN3) Saturday, October 29 Southern at UL Monroe - 6 p.m. (ESPN3) * UL Monroe at Arkansas State - TBA New Mexico State at UTEP - 7 p.m. (beIN) * Georgia State at South Alabama - TBA New Mexico State at Texas A&M - TBA Saturday, September 10 Troy at Clemson - 11:30 a.m. (ACC RSN/ESPN3) Thursday, November 3 Georgia State at Air Force - 1 p.m. (Mountain West Network) * Arkansas State at Georgia State - 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Old Dominion at Appalachian State - 2:30 p.m. (American Sports Network/ESPN3) Idaho at Washington - 4 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) Saturday, November 5 UL Monroe at Oklahoma - 6 p.m. (Sooner Sports Network-PPV) * South Alabama at UL Monroe - 4 p.m. * Georgia Southern at South Alabama - 6 p.m. (American Sports Network/ESPN3) * Texas State at Appalachian State - TBA McNeese State at UL Lafayette - 6 p.m. (ESPN3) Georgia Southern at Ole Miss - TBA Arkansas State at Auburn - 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network) * Idaho at UL Lafayette - TBA New Mexico at New Mexico State - 7 p.m. (NMSU Sports TV/ESPN3) UMass at Troy - TBA

Friday, September 16 Thursday, November 10 Arkansas State at Utah State - 8 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) * UL Lafayette at Georgia Southern - 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

Saturday, September 17 Saturday, November 12 Miami at Appalachian State - 11 a.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) * Appalachian State at Troy - TBA Georgia State at Wisconsin - 11 a.m. (Big Ten Network) * New Mexico State at Arkansas State - TBA Idaho at Washington State - 1 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) * UL Monroe at Georgia State - TBA New Mexico State at Kentucky - 3 p.m. (SEC Network Alternate) * Idaho at Texas State - TBA * UL Monroe at Georgia Southern - 5 p.m. (ESPN3) Troy at Southern Miss - 6 p.m. (beIN) Thursday, November 17 * South Alabama at UL Lafayette - 6 p.m. (American Sports Network/ESPN3) * Arkansas State at Troy - 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Texas State at Arkansas - 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network Alternate) Saturday, November 19 Saturday, September 24 * UL Monroe at Appalachian State - TBA Appalachian State at Akron - TBA * Georgia Southern at Georgia State - TBA Central Arkansas at Arkansas State - TBA UL Lafayette at Georgia - TBA Georgia Southern at Western Michigan - TBA * Texas State at New Mexico State - TBA Idaho at UNLV - TBA South Alabama at LSU - TBA UL Lafayette at Tulane - TBA * New Mexico State at Troy - TBA Saturday, November 26 Nicholls State at South Alabama - TBA * Appalachian State at New Mexico State - TBA Houston at Texas State - TBA * Arkansas State at UL Lafayette - TBA * South Alabama at Idaho - TBA Saturday, October 1 * Troy at Texas State - TBA * Georgia State at Appalachian State - TBA * Troy at Idaho - TBA Saturday, December 3 * UL Lafayette at New Mexico State - TBA * UL Lafayette at UL Monroe - 2 p.m. UL Monroe at Auburn - TBA * Arkansas State at Texas State - TBA San Diego State at South Alabama - TBA * Troy at Georgia Southern - TBA Incarnate Word at Texas State - TBA * Georgia State at Idaho - TBA * New Mexico State at South Alabama - TBA Wednesday, October 5 * Georgia Southern at Arkansas State - 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday, December 17 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl - 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, October 8 AutoNation Cure Bowl - 4:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) * Idaho at UL Monroe - 6 p.m. R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl - 8 p.m. (ESPN) * Texas State at Georgia State - TBA Friday, December 23 Wednesday, October 12 Dollar General Bowl - 7 p.m. (ESPN) * Appalachian State at UL Lafayette - 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Friday, December 30 Saturday, October 15 NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl - TBA (Campus Insiders) * Texas State at UL Monroe - 6 p.m. * South Alabama at Arkansas State - TBA * denotes Sun Belt Conference game Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech - TBA All times Central (CT) and subject to change * Georgia State at Troy - TBA * New Mexico State at Idaho - TBA

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Sun Belt Weekly Information Sun Belt Interview Requests The Sun Belt will distribute and post to www.sunbeltsports.org a week- Interview requests for Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson or ly football release every Monday that includes team-by-team and weekly other staff members should be arranged through John McElwain (mcel- schedules, game previews, conference notes and statistics. [email protected]).

Results and standings are updated on www.sunbeltsports.org every eve- Sun Belt Communications Staff Members ning once all games have been completed. Statistics will be updated the morning following each contest. John McElwain, Senior Associate Commissioner 504-556-0883 - [email protected] COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM CollegePressBox.com is an offi cial media website for the Sun Belt Con- Travis Llewellyn, Associate Commissioner ference. Access and download weekly game notes, roster cards, statistics, 504-556-0886 - [email protected] media guides, coach or player head shots and more for the Sun Belt and each of its member institutions throughout the season. Login information Randy Lieberman, Assistant Commissioner will be distributed to accredited media, or you can apply for a password by 504-556-0872 - [email protected] sending an e-mail to [email protected]. The login will also give you access to all 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conference partners and Keith Nunez, Director of Communications independents. 504-556-0884 - [email protected]

Sun Belt Weekly Teleconference Sun Belt Institutional Communications Contacts The Sun Belt Conference will conduct a weekly media teleconference with its head coaches each Monday throughout the season. Appalachian State -Zeke Beam Phone: (828) 964-7183 E-mail John McElwain ([email protected]) for more information. E-mail: [email protected]

Monday, August 29 through Monday, November 28 Arkansas State - Jerry Scott 10:30 a.m. - Scott Satterfi eld, Appalachian State Phone: (870) 972-3405 10:37 a.m. – Everett Withers, Texas State E-mail: [email protected] 10:44 a.m. – Doug Martin, New Mexico State 10:51 a.m. – Tyson Summers, Georgia Southern Georgia Southern - Bryan Johnston 10:58 a.m. – Joey Jones, South Alabama Phone: (912) 478-5448 11:05 a.m. – Blake Anderson, Arkansas State E-mail: [email protected] 11:12 a.m. – Matt Viator, UL Monroe 11:19 a.m. – Mark Hudspeth, UL Lafayette Georgia State - Allison George 11:26 a.m. – Neal Brown, Troy Phone: (404) 413-4032 11:33 a.m. – Paul Petrino, Idaho E-mail: [email protected] 11:40 a.m. - Trent Miles, Georgia State Idaho - Becky Paull All times Central Phone: (208) 669-0411 E-Mail: [email protected] Sun Belt Weekly Highlights and Interviews Weekly team highlights and interviews will be available online only through UL Lafayette - Matt Sullivan the Sun Belt Conference’s fi le sharing program. All fi le types can be easily Phone: (337) 482-6331 downloaded through this program. This will allow for interviews and high- E-Mail: [email protected] lights to be easily accessible and available at earlier times. Please e-mail Travis Llewellyn ([email protected]) for additional information UL Monroe - Nick Phillips and log-in access. Phone: (318) 342-5463 E-mail: [email protected] Sun Belt Logos and Usage Guidelines The Sun Belt has compiled a guide with approved logo usages for the con- New Mexico State - Cari Gold ference and its member institutions. Visit https://fi le.ac/ipAF5sHteN4/ for Phone: (575) 646-3269 access or e-mail John McElwain ([email protected]) for more E-mail: [email protected] information. South Alabama - Brian Fremund Players of the Week Phone: (251) 414-8032 The league offi ce recognizes a Player of the Week for offense, defense and E-mail: [email protected] special teams each Monday throughout the season. Student-athletes are nominated by their respective sports information directors and voted on by a Texas State - Rick Poulter media panel that consists of a representative of each member institution. The Phone: (512) 245-2966 announcement of the Players of the Week will take place each Monday at 10:30 E-mail: [email protected] a.m. via www.sunbeltsports.org and the Sun Belt's social media accounts. Troy - Adam Prendergast Phone: (334) 670-3832 E-mail: [email protected]

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Sun Belt Membership USA Today Coaches Poll The Sun Belt’s 11-school football membership includes Appalachian State, Arkansas (Preseason) State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Idaho, UL Lafayette, UL Monroe, New Mexico Team Record Points Prev. State, South Alabama, Texas State and Troy. Little Rock and UT Arlington compete in 1 Alabama (55) 0-0 1585 - all sports as non-football members while Idaho and New Mexico State are football-on- 2 Clemson (7) 0-0 1524 - ly members. Coastal Carolina offi cial entered the league on July 1, 2016 and currently 3 Oklahoma 0-0 1398 - competes as an all-sport member. The CCU football program will begin Sun Belt play in 4 Florida State (1) 0-0 1351 - 5 Ohio State 0-0 1321 - 2017. 6 LSU 0-0 1241 - 7 Stanford 0-0 1149 - Sun Belt Bowl Partners 8 Michigan 0-0 1062 - In 2001, the Sun Belt Conference began sponsoring football and created the inaugural 9 Notre Dame 0-0 1034 - 10 Tennessee 0-0 960 - New Orleans bowl in December of that year. The conference now stands as one of the 10 11 Michigan State 0-0 901 - premier college football leagues in the country. 12 Ole Miss 0-0 792 - 13 Houston 0-0 668 - As part of the College Football Playoff a worthy football team in the Sun Belt can be in 14 TCU 0-0 649 - 15 Iowa 0-0 579 - the national championship picture, and the league is a permanent part of the “Group of 16 Georgia 0-0 525 - Five” conferences (joining the American Athletic Conference, the Mountain West Confer- 17 USC 0-0 468 - ence, the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA) that sends its highest-rated 18 Washington 0-0 454 - champion to a premier January 1st bowl game. 19 Oklahoma State 0-0 426 - 20 North Carolina 0-0 422 - 21 Baylor 0-0 383 - In the last three years the Sun Belt Conference has gone from having two primary bowl 22 Oregon 0-0 361 - partnerships to fi ve in 2016. From 2001 to 2009 the Sun Belt Conference had only one 23 Louisville 0-0 331 - 24 UCLA 0-0 296 - bowl partner. 25 Florida 0-0 245 - ORV: Miami (Fla.) 120; Wisconsin 82; Utah 73; Boise State 73; College Football Playoff Washington State 47; Texas A&M 37; Texas 34; Arkansas 34; Northwestern 31; Navy 30; Mississippi State 19; San Diego State Opportunity to select Sun Belt Champion for one of six bowls or CFP semifi nals 18; Nebraska 17; Auburn 17; Western Kentucky 11; Pittsburgh 8; Brigham Young 6; Appalachian State 4; Duke 3; Arizona 2; Marshall 2; Toledo 2; South Florida 2; Memphis 1; Indiana 1; R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Northern Illinois 1 First Selection (vs. CUSA) Associated Press Poll Dollar General Bowl (Mobile, Ala.) (Preseason) Second Selection (vs. MAC) Team Record Points Prev. 1 Alabama (33) 0-0 1469 - Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.) 2 Clemson (16) 0-0 1443 - Third Selection (vs. MAC) 3 Oklahoma (4) 0-0 1352 - 4 Florida State (4) 0-0 1325 - AutoNation Cure Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) 5 LSU (1) 0-0 1269 - 6 Ohio State (1) 0-0 1224 - Fourth Selection (vs. American) 7 Michigan (1) 0-0 1147 - 8 Stanford 0-0 1029 - NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl (Tucson, Ariz.) 9 Tennessee 0-0 1021 - Fifth Selection (vs. Mountain West) 10 Notre Dame 0-0 1006 - 11 Ole Miss 0-0 718 - 12 Michigan State 0-0 710 - Sun Belt Conference Championship Game 13 TCU 0-0 707 - The Sun Belt Conference will hold its fi rst ever football championship game as the 14 Washington 0-0 651 - 15 Houston 0-0 644 - league’s presidents and chancellors, as well as athletic directors, voted unanimously to 16 UCLA 0-0 496 - play the game beginning in 2018. The addition of Coastal Carolina and the decision to 17 Iowa 0-0 484 - move forward as a 10-team football league, along with the NCAA Division I Council’s new 18 Georgia 0-0 448 - rules on championship games, means that the championship game has become a reality. 19 Louisville 0-0 447 - 20 USC 0-0 344 - 21 Oklahoma State 0-0 316 - Sun Belt Coaches and Student-Athletes Team Up For New Orleans Youth Football Clinic 22 North Carolina 0-0 283 - As part of Sun Belt Conference Media Day, Sun Belt Conference Head Football Coaches 23 Baylor 0-0 280 - and Student-Athletes teamed up with the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, The 24 Oregon 0-0 218 - 25 Florida 0-0 180 -ORV: Miami Allstate Sugar Bowl & The R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl to provide a free youth foot- 159, Texas A&M 81, Utah 74, Washington St. 68, Boise St. 49, San ball clinic to children in the area. Diego St. 46, Wisconsin 42, Auburn 22, Pittsburgh 15, Arkansas 14, Texas 12, Nebraska 11, Navy 8, Northwestern 5, W. Kentucky 4, South Florida 2, Toledo 2

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The Sun Belt Conference Experience Sun Belt Institutions Come to Aid of Louisiana Flood Victims For student-athletes, Sun Belt institutions are leaders in providing Recent heavy rain and ongoing fl oods of historic proportions career services and the tools to assist in the pursuit of personal claimed at least 13 lives and damaged more than 40,000 homes goals. Sun Belt members all employ full-time academic advisors in south Louisiana this summer. The University of South Alabama and have on average more than 20 tutors for academic support. athletics department, under the direction of its athletic director Joel Erdmann sent an 18-wheeler and four large box trucks full During the 2015-16 academic year, Sun Belt member institutions of food, water, clothes, diapers and other supplies. Half of them awarded over $50 million in scholarships to more than 3,100 were dropped off in Hammond, where some in that area are also student-athletes, while also providing life experiences such as still recovering from March fl oods along the Northshore, and the team building, domestic and foreign travel, community service, other half was sent on to Lafayette. South Alabama coaches, mentoring, and recognition through honors and awards. The Sun graduate assistants, athletic department administrators and staff Belt’s commitment to academic excellence remains a hallmark, along with student-athletes volunteered to load the trucks and with the league and its institutions annually rewriting the Sun Belt gather support for the effort. The Ragin’ Cajuns themselves lent record book for grade-point averages and academic honors. This a helping hand in their community as well. In an effort to get the past spring, a record-tying 14 league programs were recognized community back to normal, the Cajuns head football coach, Mark for outstanding performance in the classroom, with those teams Hudspeth and his Ragin’ Cajun football family extended a helping earning NCAA Public Recognition Awards for posting APR scores hand. On a day most would be prepping for the upcoming season, the Ragin’ Cajuns put-off their normal practice schedule, loaded in the top 10 percent of their sport nationally. It was the second up in buses, and went to work in Youngsville to help those in need. straight year for the Sun Belt to have 14 programs honored, dou- The Coastal Carolina University Department of Athletics also bling the amount of the previous years. recently announced it is conducting a Flood Relief Drive until Sept. 10 to assist those affected by the recent fl ooding in the Louisiana. The Sun Belt Conference on the American Sports Network “The Department of Athletics is eager to assist those in need by The Sun Belt Conference recently announced that it will air foot- collecting and delivering essential supplies to the state of Louisi- ball and basketball games throughout the 2016-17 season on the ana, where many have had their lives upended by the devastating American Sports Network. While games on ASN will be broad- fl oods,” said CCU Senior Woman Administrator Cari Rosiek. “We casts on “over-the-air” and cable affi liates, they will also be avail- invite the community to support our efforts by donating goods that able without blackout restrictions on ESPN3 and all WatchESPN are in need, with an emphasis on cleaning supplies. We empa- platforms. The partnership, made possible through a sublicense thize with those affected by the tragic fl oods and look forward to partnering with our Sun Belt Conference brethren University of agreement with ESPN, allows for a minimum of eight football Louisiana at Lafayette in providing relief.” games and a minimum of 10 basketball games from the Sun Belt to be aired through ASN. The sublicense agreement reached by ESPN and ASN allows the Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned network to produce and distribute Sun Belt Conference games via Sinclair affi liate television stations and other over the air and cable stations nationwide. Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest owner of television stations in the United States, currently owning or operating 173 television stations in 81 markets nationwide and having affi liations with all the major networks. The announcement also comes with the notice that the following Sun Belt football games will be part of the Sun Belt-ASN venture.

Friday, September 2 Ball State at Georgia State - 6 p.m.

Saturday, September 3 Boise State at UL Lafayette - 11 a.m.

Saturday, September 10 Old Dominion at Appalachian State - 2:30 p.m. Georgia Southern at South Alabama - 6 p.m.

Saturday, September 17 South Alabama at UL Lafayette - 2:30 p.m.

All times are central and subject to change. Additional games will be released at later dates.

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2016 Sun Belt Football Coaches Predicted Order of Finish (fi rst place votes) 2015 Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference Team 1. Appalachian St. (5) - 114 pts Preseason Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year 2. Arkansas State (5) - 110 pts Larry Rose III (New Mexico State, RB, Jr., Communications) 3. Georgia Southern (1) - 98 pts 4. Georgia State - 73 pts Preseason Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year 5. UL Lafayette - 70 pts John Law (Appalachian State, LB, Sr., Health Promotion) 5. Troy - 70 pts First Team Offense 7. South Alabama - 62 pts Taylor Lamb (Appalachian State, QB, Jr., Physical Education) 8. Idaho - 48 pts Matt Breida (Georgia Southern, RB, Sr., Accounting) 9. New Mexico St. - 37 pts Larry Rose III (New Mexico State, RB, Jr., Communications) 10. Texas State - 30 pts Dijon Paschal (Arkansas State, WR, Jr., Sport Management) 11. UL Monroe - 14 pts Robert Davis (Georgia State, WR, Jr., Interdisciplinary Studies) Penny Hart (Georgia State, WR, So., Exercise Science) Gerald Everett (South Alabama, TE, Sr., Interdisciplinary Studies) All-Time Sun Belt Standings for Current Members (Winning Percentage) Parker Collins (Appalachian State, OL, Sr., Interdisciplinary Studies) School Wins Losses Percentage Years in Sun Belt Jemar Clark (Arkansas State, OL, Sr., General Studies) * Arkansas State 59 43 0.578 15 Colton Jackson (Arkansas State, OL, Sr., General Studies) Troy 55 35 0.611 12 Andy Kwon (Georgia Southern, OL, Sr., Sport Management) Antonio Garcia (Troy, OL, Sr., Post Graduate-Criminal Justice) UL Monroe 50 58 0.463 15 ^UL Lafayette 43 44 0.494 15 First Team Defense New Mexico State 19 23 0.452 6 Waylon Roberson (Arkansas State, DL, Sr., General Studies) Georgia Southern 14 2 0.875 2 Ja’Von Rolland-Jones (Arkansas State, DL, Jr., Sport Management) Appalachian State 13 3 0.813 2 Bernard Dawson (Georgia Southern, DL, Sr., Information Technology) South Alabama 13 18 0.419 4 Jay Ellison (Georgia Southern, DL, Sr., General Studies) Rashad Dillard (Troy, DL, Sr., Psychology) Idaho 11 31 0.262 6 Eric Boggs (Appalachian State, LB, Jr., Physical Education) Texas State 9 14 0.391 3 John Law (Appalachian State, LB, Sr., Health Promotion) Georgia State 5 18 0.217 3 Xavier Woodson-Luster (Arkansas State, LB, Sr., Sport Management) Cody Brown (Arkansas State, DB, Sr., Communication Studies) % Former Member Bobby Baker (Georgia State, DB, Sr., Speech) Savion Brown (UL Lafayette, DB, Sr., General Studies) * Arkansas State vacated wins from the 2005 and 2006 seasons due to NCAA violations - on-fi eld record Jeremy Reaves (South Alabama, DB, Jr., Sports and Recreation) is 66-43 (.606); ^ UL Lafayette vacated wins from the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons due to NCAA violations - on-fi eld record is 60-49 (.550) First Team Special Teams Sun Belt vs. Non-Conference Opponents (0-0) Austin Rehkow (Idaho, P, Sr., Exercise Science and Health) Austin Rehkow (Idaho, PK, Sr., Exercise Science and Health) American Athletic ...... 0-0 Mountain West ...... 0-0 FCS ...... 0-0 Blaise Taylor (Arkansas State, RS, Jr., Business Administration) Houston ...... 0-0 Air Force ...... 0-0 Second Team Offense Tulane...... 0-0 Boise State ...... 0-0 Big Sky ...... 0-0 Matt Linehan (Idaho, QB, Jr., Broadcast and Digital Media) UNLV ...... 0-0 Montana State ...... 0-0 Marcus Cox (Appalachian State, RB, Sr., Management) Atlantic Coast ...... 0-0 New Mexico ...... 0-0 Elijah McGuire (UL Lafayette, RB, Sr., General Studies) Callen Hightower (Idaho, WR, Sr., General Studies) Clemson ...... 0-0 San Diego State ...... 0-0 Ohio Valley ...... 0-0 AJalen Holley (UL Monroe, WR, Sr., Kinesiology) Georgia Tech ...... 0-0 Utah State ...... 0-0 Austin Peay ...... 0-0 Josh Magee (South Alabama, WR, Sr., Communication) Miami ...... 0-0 Keith Rucker (Georgia State, TE, Sr., Speech) Pac-12...... 0-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic ....0-0 Colby Gossett (Appalachian State, OL, Jr., Management) Devin Mondie (Arkansas State, OL, Sr., Communication Studies) Big Ten ...... 0-0 Washington ...... 0-0 Savannah State ...... 0-0 Anthony McMeans (New Mexico State, OL, Sr., Individualized Studies) Wisconsin ...... 0-0 Washington State ...... 0-0 Curtis Williams (South Alabama, OL, Sr., Interdisciplinary Studies) Southern ...... 0-0 Ryan Melton (Texas State, OL, Sr., Agriculture) Big 12 ...... 0-0 Southeastern ...... 0-0 UT Martin ...... 0-0 Second Team Defense Oklahoma ...... 0-0 Arkansas ...... 0-0 Darrius Sapp (Georgia Southern, DL, Jr., General Studies) Auburn ...... 0-0 Southland ...... 0-0 Shawanye Lawrence (Georgia State, DL, Sr., Psychology) Conference USA ...... 0-0 Georgia ...... 0-0 Central Arkansas ...... 0-0 Karmichael Dunbar (UL Lafayette, DL, Sr., Criminal Justice) Taboris Lee (UL Lafayette, DL, Jr., General Studies) Old Dominion ...... 0-0 Kentucky ...... 0-0 Incarnate Word ...... 0-0 Khari Lain (Arkansas State, LB, Jr., Strategic Communications) Southern Miss ...... 0-0 LSU ...... 0-0 McNeese State ...... 0-0 Otha Peters (UL Lafayette, LB, Sr., General Studies) UTEP ...... 0-0 Mississippi...... 0-0 Nicholls State ...... 0-0 Roman Buchanan (South Alabama, LB, Sr., Exercise Science) Mississippi State ...... 0-0 Chris Humes (Arkansas State, DB, Sr., Health Promotions) Blaise Taylor (Arkansas State, DB, Jr., Business Administration) Mid-American ...... 0-0 Tennessee ...... 0-0 Southwestern Athletic . 0-0 Tracy Walker (UL Lafayette, DB, Jr., Sports Management) Akron ...... 0-0 Texas A&M ...... 0-0 Southern ...... 0-0 Tre’ Hunter (UL Monroe, DB, Sr., General Studies) Ball State...... 0-0 Kalen Jackson (South Alabama, DB, Sr., Communication) Ohio ...... 0-0 FBS Independents...... 0-0 Second Team Special Teams Toledo ...... 0-0 UMass ...... 0-0 Lumi Kaba (Texas State, P, Sr., Exploratory Professional Studies) Western Michigan ...... 0-0 Aleem Sunanon (South Alabama, PK, Sr., Public Administration) Xavier Johnson (South Alabama, RS, Jr., Interdisciplinary Studies)

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2016 Schedule

Date Opponent Location Time (TV) Sept. 03 at Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. 6:30 PM (SEC Network) SEPT. 10 OLD DOMINION BOONE, N.C. 2:30 PM (ASN/ESPN3) Quick Facts SEPT. 17 MIAMI BOONE, N.C. 11:00 AM (ESPN/ESPN2) Sept. 24 at Akron Akron, Ohio TBA Location...... Boone, North Carolina OCT. 01 * GEORGIA STATE BOONE, N.C. TBA Founded ...... 1899 Oct. 12 * at UL Lafayette Lafayette, La. 7:00 PM (ESPN2) Enrollment ...... 18,026 OCT. 22 * IDAHO BOONE, N.C. TBA Nickname ...... Mountaineers Oct. 27 * at Georgia Southern Statesboro, Ga. 6:30 PM (ESPNU) Colors ...... Black & Gold NOV. 05 * TEXAS STATE BOONE, N.C. TBA Athletics Website ...... www.appstatesports.com Nov. 12 * at Troy Troy, Ala. TBA Primary Offense ...... Multiple Spread NOV. 19 * UL MONROE BOONE, N.C. TBA Nov. 26 * at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. 3:00 PM Primary Defense ...... 3-4 * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 585-328-28 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 13-3 2014 Record ...... 7-5 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 6-2 (3rd) App State is 17-2 over its last 19 games and 13-1 in Sun Belt play since the middle of 2014. The SBC Championships ...... 0 Mountaineers went 11-2 last season, setting a record for wins by a team in its fi rst season of bowl Bowl Appearances ...... 11 eligibility and becoming the fi rst team to win a bowl in its fi rst season at the FBS level (Ga. Southern did as well in ‘15). Bowl Record ...... 5-6 Lettermen Returning ...... 46 Appalachian State travels to Knoxville for their 2016 season opener nine years to the day of the “All-Time Upset” (Sports Illustrated) in 2007 when then-FCS Appalachian State beat No. 5 Michigan, Lettermen Lost ...... 15 34-32, in Ann Arbor. App State would go onto win their third consecutive FCS Championship that Starters Returning ...... 22 season. Michigan fi nished 11-2. Starters Lost ...... 4 App, which returns 17-of-22 starters from last season, is the preseason favorite in the Sun Belt in 2016. The Mountaineers and defending league champion, Arkansas State, tied with fi ve fi rst-place Stadium ...... Kidd Brewer Stadium votes, but App had a 114-110 edge in total points in July’s preseason poll. Georgia Southern, was Capacity ...... 23,150 voted into the third slot with one fi rst-place vote. Georgia State was picked to fi nish fourth while Troy and UL Lafayette were tied to fi nish fi fth. Playing Surface ...... FieldTurf Record ...... 230-73-5 App State featured the Sun Belt’s No. 1 unit in Total Defense, Total Offense, and No. 1 unit in the nation in Red Zone Defense during ’15. App held opponents to 10 fewer touchdowns and 24 fewer First Game ...... Sept. 15, 1962 yards per game defensively during their 11-2 campaign. Largest Crowd: ...... 31,531 App State LB John Law is the defensive selection for Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year. Law has Media Contact ...... Zeke Beam 236 career tackles from his inside linebacker spot. He had four sacks and 9.5 TFLs in ’15. Phone: ...... (828) 964-7183 App State fourth-year head coach Scott Satterfi eld is 22-15 in Boone, but 17-2 in his last 19 games E-mail: ...... [email protected] with one of the losses coming at Clemson last Sept. Satterfi eld is 13-3 in Sun Belt play and 13-1 Facebook: ...... /AppalachianStateMountaineers since the middle of 2014. Satterfi eld took over App State, replacing legendary coach Jerry Moore, in 2013. Twitter: ...... @appstatesports 7 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES (0-0, 0-0 SBC)

2016 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (TV) SEPT. 03 TOLEDO JONESBORO, ARK. 8:00 PM (ESPNU) Sept. 10 at Auburn Auburn, Ala. 6:30 PM (SEC Network) Quick Facts Sept. 17 at Utah State Logan, Utah 8:00 PM (CBS Sports Network) SEPT. 24 CENTRAL ARKANSAS JONESBORO, ARK. TBA Location...... Jonesboro, Arkansas OCT. 05 * GEORGIA SOUTHERN JONESBORO, ARK. 7:00 PM (ESPN2) Founded ...... 1909 OCT. 15 * SOUTH ALABAMA JONESBORO, ARK. TBA Enrollment ...... 13,144 OCT. 29 * UL MONROE JONESBORO, ARK. TBA Nickname ...... Red Wolves ^Nov. 03 * at Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. 6:30 PM (ESPNU) Colors ...... Scarlet & Black NOV. 12 * NEW MEXICO STATE JONESBORO, ARK. TBA Athletics Website ..... www.astateredwolves.com Nov. 17 * at Troy Troy, Ala. 8:30 PM (ESPNU) Primary Offense ...... Multiple Nov. 26 * at UL Lafayette Lafayette, La. TBA Dec. 03 * at Texas State San Marcos, Texas TBA Primary Defense ...... Multiple * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 450-471-37 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 61-42 2014 Record ...... 7-6 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 5-3 (T-4th) Arkansas State, which has won four of the last fi ve Sun Belt Conference titles and made fi ve SBC Championships ...... 3 consecutive bowl-game appearances, will kick off its 2016 campaign Friday with an 8:00 p.m. Bowl Appearances ...... 13 ESPNU-televised home game against Mid-American Conference member Toledo . . . Arkansas State is entering its third year under head coach Blake Anderson, who has compiled a 16-10 record Bowl Record ...... 5-7-1 at the school while leading the program to back-to-back bowl-game appearances and the 2015 Lettermen Returning ...... 54 Sun Belt Conference championship . . . A-State is the only FBS program in the nation to win four league championships over the last fi ve seasons . . . The Red Wolves were picked to fi nish second Lettermen Lost ...... 21 in the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches Poll . . . Now with 16 career victories leading Starters Returning ...... 14 the Red Wolves, Blake Anderson is the fi rst head coach in A-State history to win 12 or more games over his fi rst two seasons at the school. Additionally, Anderson is the only head coach in school Starters Lost ...... 8 history to direct A-State to 16 wins in 25 or fewer games . . . Friday’s game will mark the fi fth all-time meeting between Arkansas State and Toledo. The Rockets hold a 4-0 lead in the series, Stadium ...... Centennial Bank Stadium most recently picking up a 37-7 victory last season in Toledo and a 63-44 win in the 2015 GoDaddy Capacity ...... 30,406 Bowl. Toledo’s other two victories both came at home in 1990 (43-28) and 1992 (49-0) . . . Including Toledo, Arkansas State has faced nine current members of the Mid-American Conference. The Red Playing Surface ...... ProGreen Wolves are 8-15 all-time against current members of the league, but eight of those games have Record ...... 135-74-1 been played against Northern Illinois . . . A-State fell to then-ranked No. 8 USC in its fi rst game of 2015, snapping a two-game winning streak for the Red Wolves’ in season openers after previously First Game ...... September 28, 1974 beginning 2013 with a 62-11 win over UAPB and 2014 with a 37-10 victory against Montana State . . . Largest Crowd: ...... 31,243 Although A-State fell 27-20 to Missouri in its 2015 home opener, the Red Wolves have still won their fi rst game at Centennial Bank Stadium in 10 of the last 11 seasons dating back to 2005. Arkansas Media Contact ...... Jerry Scott State stands 30-12 all-time in home openers at the stadium and is also 16-7 in such games since Phone: ...... (870) 972-3405 moving to FBS status in 1992 . . . Arkansas State has strung together 11 consecutive years with a winning record at Centennial Bank Stadium dating back to 2005. The Red Wolves are now 51-11 E-mail: ...... [email protected] (.822 winning percentage) since the 2005 season and have won 26 of their last 30 home games. The Facebook: ...... /AStateRedWolves Red Wolves actual on-fi eld record all-time at Centennial Bank Stadium is 143-74-1 since it opened in 1974. A-State’s six home wins in 2011 were its most since 1985 . . . A league-high 11 A-State Twitter: ...... @astateredwolves players received 12 selections to the 2016 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Football Team. 8 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES (0-0, 0-0 SBC)

2016 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (TV) SEPT. 03 SAVANNAH STATE STATEBSORO, GA. 5:00 PM Sept. 10 * at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. 6:00 PM (ASN/ESPN3) Quick Facts SEPT. 17 * UL MONROE STATEBSORO, GA. 5:00 PM (ESPN3) Sept. 24 at Western Michigan Kalamazoo, Mich. TBA Location...... Statesboro, Georgia Oct. 05 * at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM (ESPN2) Founded ...... 1906 Oct. 15 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. TBA Enrollment ...... 20,517 Oct. 22 * at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. 7:00 PM Nickname ...... Eagles OCT. 27 * APPALACHIAN STATE STATEBSORO, GA. 6:30 PM (ESPNU) Colors ...... Blue & White Nov. 05 at Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. TBA Athletics Website ...... www.gseagles.com NOV. 10 * UL LAFAYETTE STATEBSORO, GA. 6:30 PM (ESPNU) Primary Offense ...... Spread Option Nov. 19 * at Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. TBA DEC. 03 * TROY STATEBSORO, GA. 12:00 PM Primary Defense ...... 4-3 * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 312-121-1 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 13-2 2014 Record ...... 9-3 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 8-0 (1st) Savannah State and Georgia Southern have met 11 previous times with 10 of those games having SBC Championships ...... 1 been played at Paulson Stadium. GS has won all 11 previous meetings with SSU, the last an 83-9 Bowl Appearances ...... 1 win at Paulson Stadium in 2014. The 2013 win (a 77-9 triumph under then-head coach Jeff Monken) was vacated by GS in July due to NCAA sanctions. Bowl Record ...... 1-0 Lettermen Returning ...... 58 In the previous two meetings between the two teams, GS has outscored the Tigers a combined 160- 18. Lettermen Lost ...... 25 Starters Returning ...... 13 The 83 points GS scored vs. Savannah State in 2014 was the highest point total for any FBS team in 2014. Starters Lost ...... 9 Saturday will mark the fi rst game as head coach for Georgia Southern’s Tyson Summers, who came Stadium ...... Paulson Stadium to Statesboro after successful stints as a defensive coordinator at Colorado State and UCF. Sum- Capacity ...... 25,000 mers previously coached in Statesboro for one year, serving as the safeties coach in 2006.

Playing Surface . Natural Grass (Bermuda Tift) GS has had pretty good success the previous three times it has had to break in a new coach. In 2007, Record ...... 180-34 Chris Hatcher went 7-4 in his fi rst year, a year after the team won three games. In 2010, Jeff Monk- en went 10-5 and led the Eagles to the FCS semifi nals a year after the Eagles won fi ve contests and First Game ...... Sept. 29, 1984 in 2014, Willie Fritz led the Eagles to nine wins (one win was vacated), including a perfect mark to Largest Crowd: ...... 25,725 win the Sun Belt after the Eagles won seven games a year before. Media Contact ...... Bryan Johnston GS has played 36 games all-time against current teams in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Phone: ...... (912) 478-5448 posting a 34-2 mark with 14 wins in a row. Eleven of those wins have come against Savannah State, although one win was vacated. E-mail: ...... [email protected] Facebook: ...... /GSAthletics Overall, the Eagles are 26-6-1 in home openers with a 26-5 mark at Paulson Stadium since its fi rst game on Sept. 29, 1984 against Liberty. The 2013 home opener, a 77-9 win over Savannah State, was Twitter: ...... @gsathletics vacated due to NCAA sanctions. 9 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS (0-0, 0-0 SBC)

2016 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (TV) SEPT. 02 BALL STATE ATLANTA, GA. 6:00 PM (ASN/ESPN3) Sept. 10 at Air Force US Air Force Academy, Colo. 1:00 PM (MWN-CI) Quick Facts Sept. 17 at Wisconsin Madison, Wisc. 11:00 AM (Big Ten Network) Oct. 01 * at Appalachian State Boone, N.C. TBA Location...... Atlanta, Georgia OCT. 08 * TEXAS STATE ATLANTA, GA. TBA Founded ...... 1913 Oct. 15 * at Troy Troy, Ala. TBA Enrollment ...... 32,000 OCT. 22 UT MARTIN ATLANTA, GA. TBA Nickname ...... Panthers Oct. 29 * at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. TBA Colors ...... Blue & White NOV. 03 * ARKANSAS STATE ATLANTA, GA. 6:30 PM (ESPNU) Athletics Website . www.georgiastatesports.com NOV. 12 * UL MONROE ATLANTA, GA. TBA Primary Offense ...... Multiple NOV. 19 * GEORGIA SOUTHERN ATLANTA, GA. TBA Dec. 03 * at Idaho Moscow, Idaho TBA Primary Defense ...... 3-4 * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 17-52 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 5-18 2014 Record ...... 1-11 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 0-8 (11th) The Panthers took a giant leap in 2015 by earning their fi rst bowl berth and now look to keep moving SBC Championships ...... 0 forward in 2016. Under 2015 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year Trent Miles, Georgia State won Bowl Appearances ...... 1 its fi nal four regular-season games, capped by a 34-7 victory at rival Georgia Southern. That sent the Panthers bowling in just their sixth season of existence with a trip to the inaugural AutoNation Bowl Record ...... 0-1 Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla. Lettermen Returning ...... 50 In his fourth year at the helm, Miles welcomes back 16 starters, including nine on defense and Lettermen Lost ...... 14 seven on offense. Starters Returning ...... 19 Georgia State and Ball State are meeting for the second straight year. Last year at Ball State, the Starters Lost ...... 5 Panthers earned a 31-19 victory that was a key turning point in the season. Nick Arbuckle passed for 412 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, while Robert Davis had then-career highs with Stadium ...... Georgia Dome nine receptions for 125 yards. Capacity ...... 28,155 (Lower Bowl) Ball State is a familiar foe for Georgia State defensive line coach Rick Minter, who served as the Playing Surface ...... Field Turf Cardinals’ defensive coordinator from 1985-91. GSU defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, Rick’s son, Record ...... 11-27 grew up in Muncie and attended Yorktown High School, which is also the alma mater of Ball State starting quarterback Riley Neal. First Game ...... Sept. 2, 2010 Largest Crowd: ...... 30,237 For the seventh time in seven seasons of football, Georgia State is opening the season on a weekday at the Georgia Dome. This will be the Panthers’ third Friday opener, including last year, along with Media Contact ...... Allison George two Thursday openers and one Wednesday. Georgia State is 3-3 in season openers, all in the Geor- Phone: ...... (404) 413-4032 gia Dome. E-mail: ...... [email protected] Georgia State returns nine starters from a defense that was the nation’s most improved in both Facebook: ...... /GeorgiaStateAthletics scoring defense and rushing defense in 2015. GSU allowed 15 points fewer per game than in 2014, and against the run, the Panthers improved by 122.3 yards per game and 1.92 yards per carry over Twitter: ...... @gsupanthers the previous year. 10 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL IDAHO VANDALS (0-0, 0-0 SBC)

2016 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (TV) SEPT. 01 MONTANA STATE MOSCOW, IDAHO 8:00 PM (ESPN3) Sept. 10 at Washington Seattle, Wash. 4:00 PM (Pac-12 Network) Quick Facts Sept. 17 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. 1:00 PM (Pac-12 Network) Sept. 24 at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. TBA Location...... Moscow, Idaho OCT. 01 * TROY MOSCOW, IDAHO TBA Founded ...... 1889 Oct. 08 * at UL Monroe Monroe, La. 6:00 PM Enrollment ...... 12,493 OCT. 15 * NEW MEXICO STATE MOSCOW, IDAHO TBA Nickname ...... Vandals Oct. 22 * at Appalachian State Boone, N.C. TBA Colors ...... Silver & Gold Nov. 05 * at UL Lafayette Lafayette, La. TBA Athletics Website ...... www.GoVandals.com Nov. 12 * at Texas State San Marcos, Texas TBA Primary Offense ...... Multiple NOV. 26 * SOUTH ALABAMA MOSCOW, IDAHO TBA DEC. 03 * GEORGIA STATE MOSCOW, IDAHO TBA Primary Defense ...... Multiple * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 424-567-23 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 11-31 (2001-04; 2014-) 2014 Record ...... 1-10 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 1-7 (T-9th) Idaho was 4-8 overall and 3-5 to tie for fi fth in the Sun Belt Conference in 2015. The Bobcats were SBC Championships ...... 0 5-6 overall and tied for eighth in the Big Sky Conference at 3-5. Bowl Appearances ...... 2 Paul Petrino is in his fourth season at Idaho. While it is his fi rst head coaching job, it is not Petrino’s Bowl Record ...... 2-0 fi rst stint at Idaho. His coaching career began at Carroll College (his alma mater, 1989). From Car- Lettermen Returning ...... 34 roll, he went to Idaho where he coached running back, receivers and special teams from 1992-94. From Idaho it was on to Utah State (1995-97), Louisville (1998-99), Southern Mississippi (2000-02), Lettermen Lost ...... 22 Louisville (2003-06), Atlanta Falcons (2007), Arkansas (2008-09), Illinois (2010-11) and Starters Returning ...... 13 Jeff Choate kicks off his collegiate head coaching career Thursday against the Vandals. Previously, Starters Lost ...... 9 he has been an assistant at Washington, Florida, Washington State, Boise State, Eastern Illinois, Utah State and Montana Western. He also coached at Challis, Twin Falls and Post Falls high Stadium ...... Kibbie Dome schools. He is a 1993 graduate of Montana Western. Capacity ...... 16,000 Idaho leads the series 24-17-1, which fi rst was played in 1905, but it’s been a while since the two Playing Surface ...... RealGrass Pro last played with their most recent meeting a 56-7 Vandal victory at Moscow in 2000. MSU last won, Record ...... 122-76-1 16-13, in Bozeman in 1995. First Game ...... Sept. 27, 1975 Largest Crowd: ...... 17,600 Media Contact ...... Becky Paull Phone: ...... (208) 669-0411 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Facebook: ...... /VandalAthletics Twitter: ...... @idaho_vandals 11 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL UL LAFAYETTE RAGIN’ CAJUNS (0-0, 0-0 SBC)

2016 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (TV) SEPT. 03 BOISE STATE LAFAYETTE, LA. 11:00 AM (ASN/ESPN3) SEPT. 10 MCNEESE STATE LAFAYETTE, LA. 6:00 PM (ESPN3) Quick Facts SEPT. 17 * SOUTH ALABAMA LAFAYETTE, LA. 6:00 PM (ESPN3) Sept. 24 at Tulane New Orleans, La. TBA Location...... Lafayette, Louisiana Oct. 01 * at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. 7:00 PM Founded ...... 1898 OCT. 12 * APPALACHIAN STATE LAFAYETTE, LA. 7:00 PM (ESPN2) Enrollment ...... 18,796 Oct. 22 * at Texas State San Marcos, Texas 6:00 PM Nickname ...... Ragin’ Cajuns NOV. 05 * IDAHO LAFAYETTE, LA. TBA Colors ...... Vermilion and White Nov. 10 * at Georgia Southern Statesboro, Ga. 6:30 PM (ESPNU) Athletics Website ...... www.RaginCajuns.com Nov. 19 at Georgia Athens, Ga. TBA Primary Offense ...... Multiple NOV. 26 * ARKANSAS STATE LAFAYETTE, LA. TBA Dec. 03 * at UL Monroe Monroe, La. 2:00 PM Primary Defense ...... Hybrid 4-3 * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 520-539-34 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 60-49 2014 Record ...... 9-4 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 7-1 The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns football team opens its 115th season on Saturday, Sept.3, when it faces SBC Championships ...... 2 Mountain West opponent Boise State at Cajun Field. Bowl Appearances ...... 6 Bowl Record ...... 5-1 The game will be televised on the American Sports Network.

Lettermen Returning ...... 53 Under sixth-year head coach Mark Hudspeth, Louisiana looks to rebound from an uncharacter- Lettermen Lost ...... 21 istic 4-8 season - the school’s fi rst non-winning season since 2010. The Ragin’ Cajuns return 46 Starters Returning ...... 11 letterwinners and 15 starters, including All-SBC Preseason First-Team selection Savion Brown and three-time All-SBC pick Elijah McGuire. Starters Lost ...... 14 Stadium ...... Cajun Field The Ragin’ Cajuns will have a new quarterback under center this season as LSU transfer Anthony Jennings claimed the starting job after entering in fall camp. Jennings, who has one year of eligibili- Capacity ...... 41,426 ty remaining, won nine games as a sophomore in 2014. Playing Surface ...... Pro Grass Synthetic Turf Record ...... 131-104-2 On the defensive side, Brown returns at cornerback and will join senior Otha Peters in forming a defense that returns veterans Karmichael Dunbar, Trey Granier, Tracy Walker, Travis Crawford and First Game ...... Sept. 25, 1971 Taboris Lee. Largest Crowd: ...... 41,357 Media Contact ...... Matt Sullivan The Cajuns open the season with three consecutive home games - the fi rst time since 1988 - as it will host Boise State, McNeese State and South Alabama before traveling to face Tulane on Sept. 24 Phone: ...... (337) 482-6331 in New Orleans. E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Facebook: ...... /RaginCajunAthletics Twitter: ....@ULRaginCajuns or @RaginCajunsFB 12 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL UL MONROE WARHAWKS (0-0, 0-0 SBC)

2016 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (TV) SEPT. 03 SOUTHERN MONROE, LA. 6:00 PM (ESPN3) Sept. 10 at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 6:00 PM (FOX Sports Oklahoma) Quick Facts Sept. 17 * at Georgia Southern Statesboro, Ga. 5:00 PM (ESPN3) Oct. 01 at Auburn Auburn, Ala. TBA Location...... Monroe, Louisiana OCT. 08 * IDAHO MONROE, LA. 6:00 PM Founded ...... 1931 OCT. 15 * TEXAS STATE MONROE, LA. 6:00 PM Enrollment ...... 8,517 Oct. 22 at New Mexico Las Cruces, N.M. TBA Nickname ...... Warhawks Oct. 29 * at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. TBA Colors ...... Maroon & Gold NOV. 05 * SOUTH ALABAMA MONROE, LA. 4:00 PM Athletics Website ...... www.ulmwarhawks.com Nov. 12 * at Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. TBA Primary Offense ...... Multiple Nov. 19 * at Appalachian State Boone, N.C. TBA DEC. 03 * UL LAFAYETTE MONROE, LA. 2:00 PM Primary Defense ...... 3-3-5 * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 296-397-8 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 50-59 2014 Record ...... 4-8 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 3-5 (T-7th) The Warhawks open 2016 with an entirely new coaching staff, led by head coach Matt Viator, who SBC Championships ...... 1 becomes the 16th head coach in ULM history. Viator joined ULM in December 2015 after 10 years at Bowl Appearances ...... 4 the helm of Division I FCS McNeese State. At McNeese, he posted a .703 winning percentage and is tied for the program lead in all-time wins. Over the course of his 10 seasons, Viator averaged just Bowl Record ...... 2-2 under eight wins per season and never had a losing season. He also coached three different teams Lettermen Returning ...... 32 to 10-win seasons. Lettermen Lost ...... 21 Despite the new coaching staff, there are several familiar names for ULM fans that will be wearing Starters Returning ...... 17 the headsets. Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Mike Collins is in his third stint with the Warhawks having previously served as a Graduate Assistant (1983-84) and in several capacities Starters Lost ...... 9 from 1998-2002 (Linebackers Coach and Defensive Coordinator), including serving as the teams interim head coach for the fi nal seven games of the 2002 season. Defensive Line coach Manny Stadium ...... JPS Field at Malone Stadium Michel is in his second stint in Monroe, having previously served in the same capacity at ULM from Capacity ...... 30,427 1999-2008. Running Backs coach Alan Ricard played for the Warhawks from 1995-1999 before his Super Bowl-winning NFL career, while Monroe native Rob Sale is also on the ULM staff, coaching Playing Surface ...... FieldTurf Revolution the Offensive Line. Record ...... 120-75-1 The Warhawks return 36 letterwinners, including 15 starters off last season’s team, while losing 26 First Game ...... Sept. 16, 1978 players off the roster (14 starters). Largest Crowd ...... 31,175 A pair of seniors, wide receiver Ajalen Holley and safety Tre’ Hunter, were each selected as mem- Media Contact ...... Nick Phillips bers of the Sun Belt preseason second team, while the outside publication College Sports Madness Phone: ...... (318) 342-5463 placed both on its preseason all-Sun Belt team as well. Holley was named to the publications’ sec- ond team while Hunter was selected as a member of the third team. Holley led the Warhawks with E-mail: ...... [email protected] 709 receiving yards (11.8 per catch) while placing second in all-purpose yards (727) as he started 10 Facebook: ...... /Warhawks of the 12 games he played in last season. Hunter led the team with three interceptions and his 55 tackles are the most for any returning Warhawk this season. Twitter: ...... @ulmwarhawks 13 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES (0-0, 0-0 SBC)

2016 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (TV) Sept. 03 at UTEP El Paso, Texas 7:00 PM (BeIN Sports) SEPT. 10 NEW MEXICO LAS CRUCES, N.M. 7:00 PM Quick Facts Sept. 17 at Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 3:00 PM (SEC Network) Sept. 24 * at Troy Troy, Ala. TBA Location...... Las Cruces, New Mexico OCT. 01 * UL LAFAYETTE LAS CRUCES, N.M. 7:00 PM Founded ...... 1888 Oct. 15 * at Idaho Moscow, Idaho TBA Enrollment ...... 16,428 OCT. 22 * GEORGIA SOUTHERN LAS CRUCES, N.M. 7:00 PM Nickname ...... Aggies Oct. 29 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas TBA Colors ...... Crimson & White Nov. 12 * at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. TBA Athletics Website ...... www.nmstatesports.com NOV. 19 * TEXAS STATE LAS CRUCES, N.M. 3:00 PM Primary Offense ...... Spread NOV. 26 * APPALACHIAN STATE LAS CRUCES, N.M. 3:00 PM Dec. 03 * at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. TBA Primary Defense ...... 4-3 * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 421-619-30 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 18-24 (2001-04; 2014-) 2014 Record ...... 2-10 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 1-7 (T-10th) The 2016 NM State football team looks to build upon the foundation head coach Doug Martin has SBC Championships ...... 0 been building since he began coaching the Aggies three years ago. NM State has a seasoned quar- Bowl Appearances ...... 3 terback crew with senior Tyler Rogers leading the pack. Bowl Record ...... 2-0-1 In the backfi eld, NM State is led by junior AP All-American running back Larry Rose III, who had Lettermen Returning ...... 48 back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons as a freshman and sophomore. The offensive line returns three starters who helped Rose III amass 1,651 yards to break the NM State all-time single season Lettermen Lost ...... 21 record during the 2015 campaign. Starters Returning ...... 22 Defensively, the squad is headed up by junior linebacker Derek Ibekwe and junior defensive back Starters Lost ...... 7 Jacob Nwangwa who led the team with 93 total tackles and 85 total tackles, respectively, during the 2015 season. Nwangwa had a team-high three interceptions, which included an interception Stadium ...... Aggie Memorial returned 41 yards for a touchdown against UTEP. Capacity ...... 30,343 Playing Surface ...... Field Turf Record ...... 70-134 First Game ...... Sept. 16, 1978 Largest Crowd: ...... 32,993 Media Contact ...... Cari Gold Phone: ...... (575) 646-3269 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Facebook: ...... /NMSUAthletics Twitter: ...... @nmstateaggies 14 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SOUTH ALABAMA JAGUARS (0-0, 0-0 SBC)

2016 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (TV) Sept. 03 at Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. 11:00 AM (SEC Network) SEPT. 10 * GEORGIA SOUTHERN MOBILE, ALA. 6:00 PM (ASN/ESPN3) Quick Facts Sept. 17 * at UL Lafayette Lafayette, La. 6:00 PM (ESPN3) SEPT. 24 NICHOLLS STATE MOBILE, ALA. TBA Location...... Mobile, Ala. Oct. 01 San Diego State Mobile, Ala. TBA Founded ...... 1963 Oct. 15 * at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. TBA Enrollment ...... 16,055 OCT. 20 * TROY MOBILE, ALA. 6:30 PM (ESPNU) Nickname ...... Jaguars OCT. 29 * GEORGIA STATE MOBILE, ALA. TBA Colors ...... Blue, Red and White Nov. 05 * at UL Monroe Monroe, La. 4:00 PM Athletics Website ...... www.usajaguars.com Nov. 19 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. TBA Primary Offense ...... Multiple Spread Nov. 26 * at Idaho Moscow, Idaho TBA DEC. 03 * NEW MEXICO STATE MOBILE, ALA. TBA Primary Defense ...... 4-2-5 * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 42-35 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 13-19 2014 Record ...... 6-7 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 5-3 (T-4th) The Jaguars and Bulldogs meet for the third, and fi nal, time as part of an agreement announced SBC Championships ...... 0 April 30, 2009. … MSU has won previous match-ups in Starkville (30-10 on Sept. 22, 2012) and Mo- Bowl Appearances ...... 1 bile (35-3 on Sept. 13, 2014). … This will be the Jaguars’ fi fth contest against a Southeastern Confer- ence opponent, with games against league schools LSU (Nov. 19 this season) and Mississippi (Sept. Bowl Record ...... 0-1 2, 2017) on USA’s future schedules. … It’s the second time in program history that the Jags will Lettermen Returning ...... 40 begin the campaign away from home, with South picking up a 23-13 win at Kent State in the 2014 opener. … Jaguar offensive coordinator Bryant Vincent served in the same role at Alabama-Birming- Lettermen Lost ...... 28 ham during the 2014 season, and the week prior to the Bulldogs’ visit to Mobile that fall his Blazer Starters Returning ...... 7 unit posted 34 points and 548 total yards in Starkville. USA senior WR Josh Magee contributed to that effort with two catches for 100 yards, including an 81-yard touchdown reception in the third Starters Lost ...... 17 quarter. … Kalen Jackson was also at UAB in 2014, starting each of the Blazers’ fi rst two contests with the second coming at MSU; he had two solo tackles, an interception and two passes broken up Stadium ...... Ladd-Peebles Stadium that day, but also suffered an injury that would end his season. After transferring to South last year, Capacity ...... 33,471 Jackson made 72 stops as a redshirt junior — including a team-leading 8½ behind the line of scrim- mage — while adding three passes defensed and a pair of interceptions to earn honorable mention Playing Surface ...... FieldTurf all-league accolades. … Senior TE Gerald Everett is coming off a season in which he tied the school Record ...... 28-10 record with eight touchdown catches, posting team-leading totals with 41 receptions for 575 yards (both fi gures among the top fi ve on USA’s record list as well). He also rushed eight times, reaching First Game ...... Sept. 5, 2009 the end zone on four of those occasions, as his 72 points were the second-highest total recorded Largest Crowd: ...... 26,783 in a year by a non-kicker. Heading into his fi nal campaign at the collegiate level, Everett is ranked 10th among all tight ends by NFLDraftScout.com and 13th by CBSSports.com as a National Football Media Contact ...... Brian Fremund League prospect as he looks to become the fi rst Jag ever selected in the draft; in his favor, two of Phone: ...... (251) 414-8032 three former South players on NFL rosters entering the third week of the preseason were also tight ends (Braedon Bowman, Jacksonville Jaguars and Wes Saxton, New York Jets). … On the night E-mail: ...... [email protected] before preseason camp began, head coach Joey Jones announced in a team meeting that Roman Facebook: ...... /USAJaguarSports Buchanan would be the senior selected to wear the No. 5 jersey in honor of Anthony Mostella (see page 64 of USA’s 2016 Fact Book for more information on the award); he becomes just the second Twitter: ...... @USAJaguarSports defensive player chosen to don the jersey, joining former LB Justin Dunn in 2010. 15 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (0-0, 0-0 SBC)

2016 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (TV) Sept. 3 at Ohio Athens, Ohio 2:30 PM (CBS Sports Network) Sept. 17 at Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 6:30 PM (SEC Network) Quick Facts SEPT. 24 HOUSTON SAN MARCOS, TEXAS TBA OCT. 1 INCARNATE WORD SAN MARCOS, TEXAS TBA Location...... San Marcos, Texas Oct. 8 * at Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. TBA Founded ...... 1899 Oct. 15 * at UL Monroe Monroe, La. 6:00 PM Enrollment ...... 36,790 OCT. 22 * UL LAFAYETTE SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 6:00 PM Nickname ...... Bobcats Nov. 5 * at Appalachian State Boone, N.C. TBA Colors ...... Maroon & Gold NOV. 12 * IDAHO SAN MARCOS, TEXAS TBA Athletics Website ...... www.txstatebobcats.com Nov. 19 * at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. 3:00 PM Primary Offense ...... Spread NOV. 26 * TROY SAN MARCOS, TEXAS TBA DEC. 3 * ARKANSAS STATE SAN MARCOS, TEXAS TBA Primary Defense ...... Multiple * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 511-437-26 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 9-14 2014 Record ...... 7-5 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 5-3 (T-4th) The Everett Withers era opens next Saturday when Texas State opens its season at Ohio in Athens, SBC Championships ...... 0 Ohio. Bowl Appearances ...... 1 A former co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State before he was named head coach at James Mad- Bowl Record ...... 0-1 ison in 2014, Texas State’s game at Ohio marks the fi rst time as head coach that Withers will lead Lettermen Returning ...... 45 his team against a school from Ohio. He was at Ohio State when the Buckeyes opened the season against Miami-Ohio and Lettermen Lost ...... 26 Starters Returning ...... 12 Withers enters this season with a 25-13 career record as a head coach after posting an 18-7 mark at James Madison during the last two seasons. He led James Madison to a co-conference champion- Starters Lost ...... 11 ship last season. His teams played in a bowl game and two playoff appearances in his three seasons as head coach. Stadium ...... Bobcat Stadium Capacity ...... 30,000 Withers has a 7-7 against FBS schools as a head coach (6-6 as an interim coach at North Carolina and 1-1 at James Madison after the Dukes won, 48-45, at SMU last season. Playing Surface ...... FieldTurf Duraspine Pro Record ...... 120-87 Texas State announced that Tyler Jones, Ryan Melton, Gabe Loyd and Gabe Schrade have been named team captains for the 2016 season. First Game ...... Sept. 5, 1981 Largest Crowd: ...... 33,006 Jones enters this season as Texas State’s starting quarterback for the fourth straight season. He ranks second among Texas State’s career leaders with 569 pass completions and a .619 (569-919) Media Contact ...... Rick Poulter pass completion percentage. His career totals of 6,284 passing yards, 919 passing attempts and 44 Phone: ...... (512) 245-2966 touchdowns rank fourth among school leaders. E-mail: ...... [email protected] Melton is a preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team selection by Athlon, Phil Steele and Facebook: ...... /TXStateBobcats Lindy’s preseason magazines after recording 113.5 pancake blocks during the last two seasons and giving up just two sacks in 2015. An All-Texas First-Team selection by Dave Campbell’s Texas Twitter: ...... @TxStateBobcats Football, Melton will be a starting tackle for the third straight season in 2016. 16 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TROY TROJANS (0-0, 0-0 SBC)

2016 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (TV) SEPT. 03 AUSTIN PEAY TROY, ALA. 5:00 PM (ESPN3) Sept. 10 at Clemson Clemson, S.C. 11:30 AM (ACC Network) Quick Facts Sept. 17 at Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. 6:00 PM (beIN) SEPT. 24 * NEW MEXICO STATE TROY, ALA. TBA Location...... Troy, Alabama Oct. 01 * at Idaho Moscow, Idaho TBA Founded ...... 1887 OCT. 15 * GEORGIA STATE TROY, ALA. TBA Enrollment ...... 20,000 Oct. 20 * at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. 6:30 PM (ESPNU) Nickname ...... Trojans NOV. 05 UMASS TROY, ALA. TBA Colors ...... Cardinal, Silver & Black NOV. 12 * APPALACHIAN STATE TROY, ALA. TBA Athletics Website ...... www.troytrojans.com NOV. 17 * ARKANSAS STATE TROY, ALA. 8:30 PM (ESPNU) Primary Offense ...... Spread Nov. 26 * at Texas State San Marcos, Texas TBA Dec. 03 * at Georgia Southern Statesboro, Ga. 12:00 PM Primary Defense ...... 4-2-5 * denotes Sun Belt game All-Time Record ...... 508-396-28 Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times central and subject to change All-Time SBC Record ...... 55-35 2014 Record ...... 3-9 News and Notes 2014 SBC Record (Finish) ...... 3-5 (T-7th) Troy opens its second season under head coach Neal Brown with tempered expectations following SBC Championships ...... 5 a 2015 season that laid the groundwork for the program. The Trojans return NCAA record-setting Bowl Appearances ...... 5 quarterback in junior Brandon Silvers along with four offensive linemen and a former Freshman All-American at running back in Jordan Chunn. The offense hit its stride at the end of last season Bowl Record ...... 2-3 as they averaged 36.0 points over the fi nal six games of the season with three 40-point games and Lettermen Returning ...... 54 the highest-scoring three-game outburst (144 points) since 1993. The Trojans improved per-game averages in scoring (6.1) and passing yards (42.0), while also improving in passing touchdowns, Lettermen Lost ...... 28 total touchdowns, penalty yards per game, sacks allowed and red zone scoring. However, the most Starters Returning ...... 14 dramatic change came on the defensive side of the football where the Trojans return a handful of starters, including preseason All-Sun Belt selection Rashad Dillard. The Trojans posted the Starters Lost ...... 16 second-best turnaround in the country last season as they improved their third-down percentage by 14.62 percent. Troy also had the fourth-best turnaround in yards per play allowed (-1.13), fi fth-best Stadium ...... Veterans Memorial Stadium in tackles for loss per game (2.59) and 16th-best in total defense per game (-62.7). The Trojans Capacity ...... 30,000 scored fi ve defensive touchdowns – the third most in the country – and fi nished fi fth nationally with 13 fumble recoveries. The Trojans were a handful of plays away from bowl eligibility as four of Troy’s Playing Surface ...... Surface ProGrass Sun Belt losses came by a combined 22 points, including a three-overtime loss at eventual confer- Record ...... 207-88-3 ence runner-up Appalachian State. First Game ...... September 16, 1950 Largest Crowd ...... 29,013 Media Contact ...... Adam Prendergast Phone: ...... (334) 670-3832 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Facebook: ...... /TroyAthletics Twitter: ...... @troyathletics 17 Follow the #funBelt /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports