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2018 ‘BAMA STATE SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME Alabama State at Auburn Statistical Showdown Game 2 (1-0 OVERALL / 0-0 SWAC / 1-0 HOME / 0-0 AWAY / 0-0 NEUTRAL) Auburn, Ala. (Jordan-Hare Stadium - 87,451) Sept. 1 Tuskegee W, 26-20 2 Saturday, September 8, 2018 (6:39 p.m.) Sept. 8 at Auburn 6:39 pm ON THE AIR POINTS Sept. 15 at Kennesaw State 5 pm (est) 26.0 21.0 WATCH per game Sept. 22 at Grambling State* 6 pm Available on the SEC Alternate Channel Oct. 6 at Alcorn State* 2 pm 16 FIRST 27 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 950 128 RUSHING 169 Yardage Nov. 3 Texas Southern* 2 pm SIRIUS-XM RADIO Nov. 10 Jackson State* 2 pm Channel 111 (Sirius), Channel 191 (XM) 128.0 RUSHING YARDS 169.0 Nov. 17 at Prairie View A&M* 1 pm EXTRA POINT Per Game Nov. 22 Mississippi Valley State* 2 pm • Alabama State played their first overtime game under 164 PASSING 273 head coach Donald Hill-Eley against Tuskegee in the Yardage Home games are in bold. season opener, when they defeated the Golden Tigers * - Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) games 26-20 last Saturday. 164.0 PASSING YARDS 273.0 Per Game • The Hornets will play the first of two division champions this season when they face Auburn this weekend. They 2018 AUBURN SCHEDULE & RESULTS 292 TOTAL 420 will then face Alcorn State - the East Division winner Offense (1-0 OVERALL / 0-0 SEC / 0-0 HOME / 0-0 AWAY / 1-0 NEUTRAL) last season - on October 6 at home. TOTAL OFFENSE Sept. 1 vs. Washington W, 21-16 • Alabama State does not return to the confines of ASU 292.0 420.0 Sept. 8 Alabama State 6:39 pm Stadium until November 3 when they face Texas Per Game Southern. The game will be the first of three in the last Sept. 15 LSU* 2:30 pm four games of the regular season. 1-0 FUMBLES - LOST 1-0 Sept. 22 Arkansas* TBA Sept. 29 Southern Miss* TBA • Donald Hill-Eley has won six of seven contests since taking over the reigns of the Hornets. The team finished 28:26 TIME OF 31:00 Oct. 6 at Mississippi State* TBA with five wins in their last six contests a season ago, Possession Oct. 13 Tennessee* TBA with Eley serving as the interim coach. 38.5 3rd DOWN 50.0 Oct. 20 at Ole Miss* TBA • Tonight’s game will mark the first of two against an FBS Percentage Nov. 3 Texas A&M* TBA opponent, as the Hornets travel to Mobile to face South Alabama on October 13. Nov. 10 at Georgia* TBA 50.0 4th DOWN 100.0 Percentage Nov. 17 Liberty TBA • Tonight’s game will be the first of three consecutive games for Alabama State on the ESPN Family of RED ZONE Nov. 24 at Alabama* TBA Networks - ESPN+ and ESPN3 in coming weeks. 3-3 4-5 Scores Home games are in bold. * - SEC games BY THE NUMBERS PRESEASON RANKINGS - Alabama State is not ranked in Number of season-opening wins under head coach Donald Hill-Eley, in his first season, and number of wins for the Hornets over their rival either of the FCS polls released in the preseason, while 1 Tuskegee in their new stadium since it opened in 2012. Auburn was inside the top 10 in both the AP and Coaches Poll. The Tigers entered the year ninth in the AP and 10th in the Number of wins by Alabama State in their last seven games, since head coach Donald Hill-Eley took over the reigns in the sixth game of the Coaches Poll. 6 2017 season against Texas Southern. NEXT GAME - Alabama State will hit the road for the next Number of years that Alabama State fans waited for the Hornets to beat Tuskegee, with the last win coming at Cramton Bowl in 2011, the last five contests, including a neutral site game in Birmingham Turkey Day Classic played in the downtown Montgomery stadium. (Magic City Classic). The Hornets next contest will be aired 7 on ESPN+ with kick set for 5 pm (est) from Kennesaw (Ga.) against nationally-ranked Kennesaw State. The two teams Number of years since the last HBCU National Championship won by Alabama State after finishing undefeated in 1991 with a Heritage Bowl met early last season, with Kennesaw State escaping with a 28 victory. victory before making a run in the FCS playoffs. NEXT GAME at Kennesaw State (September 15, 2018) Kennesaw, Gaa. | Fifth-Third Stadium | ESPN+ | 5 pm (est) 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 Auburn 6:30 pm 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. - 10:25 a.m. Donald Hill-Eley • Alabama State bamastatesports.com.