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OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Introduction Brentwood, TN 37027 Media Information ...............................................................................2 Phone - (615) 371-1698 OVC Style Guide ................................................................................3 FAX - (615) 891-1682 Conference History ..........................................................................4-5 www.OVCSports.com OVC Honors/Awards ..........................................................................6 www.OVCDigitalNetwork.com OVC Commissioner ............................................................................7 OVC Staff ......................................................................................8-10 FCS Conference Alignment .............................................................. 11 STAFF Division I Football Information .....................................................12-13 Wilson/Farm Bureau Health Plan ................................................14-15 Beth DeBauche, Commissioner 2017 Season Preview/Notes .......................................................16-17 2017 Composite Schedule/2018 Schedule ......................................18 Kate Barnett, Assistant Commissioner for Championships & Compliance E-mail: [email protected] 2017 Team Information/Outlooks Stephanie Castera Assistant Commissioner for Institutional Services/SWA Austin Peay .................................................................................19-24 E-mail: [email protected] Eastern Illinois .............................................................................25-30 Eastern Kentucky ........................................................................31-36 Brian Pulley, Assistant Commissioner for External Aff airs E-mail: [email protected] Jacksonville State ........................................................................37-42 Murray State ................................................................................43-48 Kyle Schwartz, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Communications Southeast Missouri ......................................................................49-54 E-mail: [email protected] Tennessee State ..........................................................................55-60 Tennessee Tech ..........................................................................61-66 Travis Tellitocci, Asst. Commissioner for Football, Basketball & Offi ciating UT Martin .....................................................................................67-72 E-mail: [email protected] Lauren Berst, Director of Administration 2016 in Review E-mail: [email protected] 2016 All-OVC Teams ........................................................................73 Final 2016 OVC Standings/Statistics ..........................................74-77 Heather Brown, Director of Communications OVC Teams and Players in Final National Statistics ........................78 E-mail: [email protected] 2016 OVC Players of the Week/Final FCS Top 25 polls ..................79 Bryce Robinson, Director of Digital Media E-mail: [email protected] OVC Records/History Year-by-Year OVC Final Standings .............................................80-81 Jonathan Owens, Assistant Director of Championships & Administration Year-by-Year OVC Champions .........................................................82 E-mail: [email protected] Year-by-Year All-OVC Teams ......................................................83-87 Jon Kuka, General Manager - OVC IMG Sports Marketing All-Time OVC Player and Coach of the Year Winners .................88-89 E-mail: [email protected] OVC First-Team All-Americans .........................................................90 Record Book - Individuals ...........................................................91-94 Matt Young, Coordinator of Football Offi ciating Record Book - Team ....................................................................95-96 E-mail: [email protected] Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders .................................................97-99 All-Time OVC Players of the Week .........................................100-105 MEMBERSHIP All-Time OVC Preseason Polls ................................................106-107 NCAA Division I Football Championship/Bracket ....................108-109 Austin Peay State University - Clarksville, Tenn. OVC Postseason History ..........................................................110-111 Member since 1962 Final FCS/I-AA Yearly Polls ..................................................... 112-113 Conference Series Game-by-Game ........................................ 114-115 Belmont University - Nashville, Tenn. OVC Schools vs. FBS Teams ......................................................... 116 Member since 2012 Largest Crowds in OVC History ..................................................... 117 Sgt. York Trophy Presented by Delta Dental of Tennessee .....118-119 Eastern Illinois University - Charleston, Ill. Member since 1996 Delta Dental of Tennessee .............................................................120 OVC Digital Network ......................................................................121 Eastern Kentucky University - Richmond, Ky. All-Time Sports Network/STATS Award Winners .....................122-123 Member since 1948 NCAA Overtime Rules/OVC Overtime History ...............................124 OVC Players in the NFL Draft ........................................................125 Jacksonville State University - Jacksonville, Ala. Member since 2003 Millennium Maxwell House .....................................................................126 Morehead State University - Morehead, Ky. Composite Schedule Grid.......................................................................127 Member since 1948 Murray State University - Murray, Ky. Member since 1948 CREDITS Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau, Mo. This 2017 Ohio Valley Conference Football Media Guide was written, de- Member since 1991 signed and edited by Kyle Schwartz, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - Edwardsville, Ill. Communications. Assistance provided by and a special thanks to the sports Member since 2008 information directors at the nine OVC football playing institutions for providing content and assistance. Tennessee State University - Nashville, Tenn. Member since 1986 The guide is available at OVCSports.com as a PDF download. Upon request Tennessee Technological University - Cookeville, Tenn. it is also available on CD. The CD also contains the PDF media guides of Member since 1949 all nine OVC football schools as well as a Logo/Headshot Library of the University of Tennessee at Martin - Martin, Tenn. Conference offi ce and member institutions. To request a copy, contact Kyle Member since 1992 Schwartz in the OVC offi ce. 2017 Ohio Valley Conference Football Media Guide • 1 SCHOOL WEBSITES Ohio Valley Conference .............www.OVCSports.com MEDIA INFORMATION Austin Peay ..............................www.LetsGoPeay.com OVCSPORTS.COM TWO-WAY TIES Eastern Illinois ......................... www.EIUpanthers.com The offi cial website of the Ohio Valley Confer- 1.) A two-way tie shall exist only if the tied Eastern Kentucky .......................www.EKUSports.com ence is OVCSports.com. The website is a direct teams have the same number of losses. Jacksonville State ......www.JSUGamecockSports.com partnership with SIDEARM Sports. The website 2.) Should two teams have the same num- Murray State ................................www.GoRacers.com contains all the latest news on the conference ber of losses, and the two teams played each Southeast Missouri .................www.GoSoutheast.com including releases, statistics and standings. other during the regular season, the winner of Tennessee State .........................www.TSUTigers.com the head-to-head contest shall be the league’s Tennessee Tech ..........................www.TTUSports.com OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK postseason representative. UT Martin ...................................www.UTMSports.com The OVC will name an Off ensive, Defensive, 3.) If the two tied teams have the same Special Teams and Newcomer of the Week number of losses, but did not play each other each Sunday afternoon during the regular during the regular season, the following proce- OVC GAMES ON THE RADIO/INTERNET season. A full report featuring league stand- dure shall be utilized to break the tie: Austin Peay ings, statistics and weekly matchups will be a.) A comparison of each team’s head- On the Radio ..ESPN Clarksville (540 AM/104.1 FM) to-head record against the team occupying the On the Internet......................... www.letsgopeay.com available on Monday afternoons. The release will be posted on OVCSports.com and emailed highest position in the regular-season standings Talent ..................................Brian Rives, Van Stokes that each team has played. If one team won its Eastern Illinois to local and national media. If you would like to game against that team, the winning team shall On the Radio .............................Hit Mix 88.9 (WEIU) be added to the distribution list send an email be declared the representative. On the Internet........................... www.weiuhitmix.net to [email protected]. b.) Should the procedure outlined in Talent ..............................Mike Bradd, Jack Ashmore Item a. fail to break the tie, the process will Eastern Kentucky OVC COACHES TELECONFERENCES continue