TROY VS TROJANS GAME ELEVEN 2020 SCHEDULE TROY TROJANS Game Information Series Date Opponent Time/Result Record: 5-5, 3-3 Sun Belt Date: Dec. 12, 2020 Series (Overall): 2-1 Sept. 19 at Middle Tennessee (ESPN) W, 47-14 Head Coach: Chip Lindsey Time: 2 p.m. Series in Troy: 1-0 Location: Troy, Ala. Series in Conway: 1-1 Sept. 26 at #18/23 BYU (ESPN) L, 7-48 Career Record: 10-12 (2nd season) Record at Troy: 10-12 (2nd season) Stadium: Veterans Memorial (30,000) Neutral Site: 0-0 Oct. 10 Texas State (ESPN3) W, 37-17 TV: ESPN+ Lindsey vs. CCU: 0-1 Oct. 17 Eastern Kentucky (ESPN3) W, 31-29 Talent: Will Kollmeyer (PxP) Oct. 24 Georgia State (ESPNU) L, 34-36 COASTAL CAROLINA Ben Stanfield (Analyst) Oct. 31 at Arkansas State (ESPN3) W, 38-10 CHANTICLEERS TROYTROJANSFB Nov. 7 at Georgia Southern (ESPN3) L, 13-20 Record: 10-0, 7-0 Sun Belt Radio: Troy Sports Radio Network Nov. 21 Middle Tennessee (ESPN3) L, 17-20 Head Coach: Jamey Chadwell Talent: Barry McKnight (PxP) #DTW Career Record: 78-51 (11th season) Jerry Miller (Analyst) Nov. 28 at Appalachian State (ESPN2) L, 10-47 Junior Louissaint (Sideline) Dec. 5 at South Alabama (ESPN3) W, 29-0 Record at CCU: 18-16 (3rd season) Dec. 12 #11/13 Coastal Carolina (ESPN+) 2 p.m. Dec. 17 ULM 6 p.m. D ID Y OU K N OW ? T ALE O F T HE T APE • Coastal Carolina becomes the highest-ranked Offense TROY CCU team to play at Troy and the fourth overall ranked Points 263 370 TROY BY THE NUMBERS team to play at The Vet (third straight year with a Average 26.3 37.0 ranked opponent at home) First Downs/Game 21.1 22.6 1 Ranking of junior linebacker Carlton Martial Total Offense 3878 4401 nationally among active players with 8.65 tackles per game • With Coastal Carolina's current No. 11 AP ranking, Average 387.8 440.1 this marks the first time since 2009 that the Trojans in his career; he has 10-plus tackles in three straight games Net Rushing 1040 2279 will have played multiple ranked teams in a season Average 104.0 227.9 (No. 18/23 BYU) ... Coastal is the highest-ranked Net Passing 2838 2122 team Troy has played since No. 2 Clemson in 2006 Average 283.8 212.2 3 Ranking of senior receiver Kaylon Geiger and before that No. 1 Florida in 2009 nationally among active players with 6.00 receptions per Pass Attempts 401 226 Complete 265 146 game in his career • Austin Stidham ranks second nationally (min. 400 pass blocking opportunities) among all offensive Interceptions 11 3 tackles with a 98.5 efficiency rating per Pro Fumbles/Lost 9/4 14/7 Sacks Allowed/Yds. 21/158 11/53 Defensive TDs scored by Troy this season ... Troy's Football Focus (pressures allowed on a per-snap 4 basic with weighting towards sacks allowed) ... he 3rd Down 67/149 (45%) 67/125 (54%) four defensive TDs lead the country. Troy scored a defensive has been called for just one penalty this season FG/Att. 10/18 9/10 TD in three straight games for the first time in the school's Avg. TOP 27:13 34:02 FBS history • Will Choloh is the highest rated pass rusher Penalties 52-490 31-298 among interior defensive lineman nationally per Average 49.0 29.8 PFF with a 90.3 grade while his 29 pressures rank 8 100-yard receiving games by Kaylon Geiger in his third and his 83.3 overall grade is fifth Defense TROY CCU career at Troy; his total is the second most in school history Points 241 168 and fifth most in the country the last two seasons • Troy is 5-0 this season when true freshman Average 24.1 16.8 running back Kimani Vidal carries the ball at least First Downs/Game 21.3 16.8 nine times; in Troy's wins, Vidal has averaged 82.4 Total Defense 3942 3305 yards, in the three losses (missed two games), just Average 394.2 330.5 9 Times in 10 games that the Trojans have scored on 19.0 yards their final drive before halftime (Troy scored two defensive Net Rushing 1657 1428 Average 165.7 142.8 TDs against Georgia State heading into the half) • Troy has held four of its last five opponents to Net Passing 2285 1877 20 points or fewer; in those games the Trojans are Average 228.5 187.7 allowing an average of just 12.5 points per game Pass Attempts 329 282 11 Ranking of Troy's defense nationally by Pro Football Complete 216 169 Focus; the Trojans have an overall defensive grade of 90.1 • K.J. Robertson has only missed two tackles all season long; that is the fewest in the country at the Interceptions 7 12 linebacker position (min. 324 snaps), while his 90.1 Fumble/Rec. 13/6 18/7 tackle grade ranks third nationally at the position 3rd Down 53/147 (36%) 44/124 (35%) 12 Scores following 13 opponent turnovers by the Sacks/Yds. 21/156 32/212 Trojans; four from the defense and eight by the offense • Troy is 2-8 on coin tosses this season ... Troy has received the opening kickoff in 17-of-22 games S U N B ELT S TA N DI N GS under Chip Lindsey and has scored on 10 of those SBC OVERALL STK possessions 14 Games decided by 20-plus points in Chip Lindsey's EAST first 22 games as head coach; the Trojans are 9-5 in those Coastal Carolina 7-0 10-0 W10 games and 4-2 this season • In Troy's five wins, the Trojan defense is holding Appalachian State 5-2 7-3 L1 its opponents to just 14.0 points, 4.4 yards per play Georgia Southern 4-3 7-4 W1 and 307.8 yards per game Georgia State 4-4 5-4 W2 Troy 3-3 5-5 W1 41 Wins since the start of the 2016 season rank as • At Troy's team Thanksgiving dinner in Hickory, the 16th most in the country and fifth most among the G5 N.C., the Trojans ate three whole turkeys, 30 WEST pounds of mac and cheese, 300 deviled eggs, 70 Louisiana 7-1 9-1 W6 pounds of ham, 50 pounds of turkey breast, 50 South Alabama 3-5 4-7 L1 45.7 Net punting average for Jack Martin; leads the pounds of roast beef, 15 pounds of cranberry Texas State 2-6 2-10 L1 country among players with at least 20 punts sauce, 40 pounds of mashed potatoes and 20 Arkansas State 2-6 4-7 W1 cakes and pies ULM 0-7 0-10 L10 GAME ELEVEN | NOTES WHO TO CONTACT CREDENTIALS Adam Prendergast, Associate AD/Communications & Creative Content - Primary Contact All credential requests for Troy home games must be 334-670-3832 (o) | 334-372-5555 (c) | [email protected] | @AdamP_Troy completed online at TroyTrojans.com/Credentials. Kelly Shipp - Secondary Contact 334-670-5655 (o) | [email protected] ON THE WEB TROY PRACTICE POLICIES TroyTrojans.com Due to COVID-19, all of Troy's practices are closed to the public. Limited media access is available and media must The official online home of Troy Athletics, TroyTrojans. contact the Troy Athletics Communications Office by 10 a.m. the day of practice if they wish to attend. The Troy com, is the number one stop on the web for all the up to Athletics Communications Office will do its best to provide B-Roll to media outlets weekly. date information you need on the Trojan football team. What's Open: Still and video photography is allowed during non-team and 7-on-7 periods; the use of any live streaming all is NOT allowed during practice. Any injuries sustained during the open portion of practice are asked to not be reported on Schedules, results, rosters, bios, stats, general releases, until confirmed by the Troy medical staff. game notes, depth chart and the 2019 Troy Football Media Guide can all be found at TroyTrojans.com Friday’s walk-thru on home weeks is completely closed to the public and to the media. The Trojans will not go through a walk-thru on the road. sunbeltsports.org CHIP LINDSEY INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES The official online home of the Sun Belt Conference, sunbeltsports.org, has updated league standings, results, Sun Belt Conference Teleconference -- Monday 11:26 a.m. schedules and notes. This is the best opportunity for out-of-town media to ask Chip Lindsey questions about the upcoming week and any player feature stories. Lindsey is scheduled to be on the call at 11:26 a.m. every Monday morning -- please note that the collegepressbox.com conference sometimes runs early and late, so it is advised that media members be on the call at least five minutes early. Media Dial-in Number - 844-768-3456. Tell the operator that you are calling for the “Sun Belt Football Teleconference” and they will be patched in. For more information about the Sun Belt Teleconference contact Nancy Yasharoffat nancy@ collegepressbox.com is the official media Web site for sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, stats, media guides and more for the Troy Weekly Press Luncheon -- Tuesday 11:45 a.m. conference and each of its nine member schools. Login Players and coaches are available each Tuesday during the season at a weekly press conference.