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22017017 SSOUTHERNOUTHERN CCONFERENCEONFERENCE FFOOTBALLOOTBALL 2017 Southern Conference Football Media Guide On the inside The Southern Conference 2017 composite schedule ...............................................................2 702 N. Pine Street The Southern Conference Spartanburg, S.C. 29303 Southern Conference history ..............................................4-8 Southern Conference principles ............................................9 Phone: ......................................................................................................... 864-591-5100 Southern Conference Hall of Fame ..............................10-11 Fax: .............................................................................................................864-591-3448 Website: ..................................................................................www.SoConSports.com Commissioner John Iamarino .............................................. 12 Southern Conference staff ....................................................13 Southern Conference media relations ..............................14 Conference staff Southern Conference teams John Iamarino ..................................................................... Commissioner The Citadel ............................................................................16-23 Geoff Cabe ................................................ Senior Associate Commissioner ETSU .........................................................................................24-31 Sue Arakas ........................................................... Associate Commissioner Furman ...................................................................................32-39 Doug King ..................................Associate Commissioner for Compliance Mercer .....................................................................................40-45 Jason Yaman ........................................................ Associate Commissioner Samford ..................................................................................46-53 Jordan Trolinger ............ Assistant Commissioner for External Operations Chattanooga .........................................................................54-61 Phil Perry .............................. Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations VMI ...........................................................................................62-69 Ashley Waters .................................................. Director of Championships Western Carolina .................................................................70-77 Paul Lollis ....................................................Director of Video Productions Woff ord ...................................................................................78-85 Haley Shotwell .................................Assistant Director of Media Relations S 2016 year-in-review Neili Akridge ..............................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner O Final standings ...........................................................................86 Zack Vaji .............................................................Championships Assistant C Polls ................................................................................................87 Kelsey Gomes .............................................. External Operations Assistant O ON Philip Marcello .................................................. Media Relations Assistant N Honors and awards ............................................................88-89 Jack Childress ........................................................ Coordinator of Offi cials S Individual leaders ...............................................................90-91 P PORTS Team statistics ......................................................................92-93 O Southern Conference Offi cers Individual superlatives ......................................................94-95 R President: Dr. Jameica Hill, Woff ord College Team superlatives .....................................................................96 Vice President: Dr. Jeff rey Hugdahl, Mercer University T Records and awards S . All-time team records ..............................................................97 C COM Coaching records ......................................................................98 O NFL Draftees ......................................................................99-100 M NCAA statistics champions .................................................101 Overtime history .....................................................................102 Final national polls ........................................................103-106 Annual award winners .................................................107-109 National and regional honors ...................................110-111 All-Americans ..................................................................112-113 All-conference selections............................................114-120 Players of the Week .......................................................121-126 Players of the Month .............................................................127 All-Academic selections ..............................................128-130 FBS wins .....................................................................................131 Individual records ..........................................................132-144 Team records ...................................................................145-147 Annual individual leaders ...........................................148-151 Annual team leaders.....................................................152-155 FCS Playoff history .........................................................156-158 FCS national champions .............................................159-162 Credits FCS Playoff individual records ............................................163 Editor: Phil Perry FCS Playoff team records .....................................................164 Design: Phil Perry Pre-FCS history ........................................................................165 Cover: Phil Perry Yearly standings .............................................................166-169 Editorial Assistance: Jason Yaman and the SoCon football SIDs. Southern Conference champions .....................................170 Online Services: www.issuu.com 2017 FOOTBALL 1 CCOMPOSITEOMPOSITE SCHEDULESCHEDULE Aug. 26 (Saturday) Oct. 28 (Saturday) Jacksonville State at Chattanooga ESPN 6 p.m. *Woff ord at ETSU ESPN3 TBA (Montgomery Kickoff Classic) *VMI at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. *Chattanooga at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. Aug. 31 (Thursday) *Furman at Western Carolina ESPN3 3:30 p.m. Jacksonville at Mercer ESPN3 TBA Kennesaw State at Samford ESPN3 7 p.m. Nov. 4 (Saturday) *VMI at ETSU ESPN3 TBA Sept. 2 (Saturday) *Samford at Mercer ESPN3 TBA Western Carolina at Hawai’i TBA *Chattanooga at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. VMI at Air Force 12 p.m. *Western Carolina at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. Newberry at The Citadel ESPN3 6 p.m. *Furman at Woff ord ESPN3 6 p.m. Nov. 11 (Saturday) Limestone at ETSU ESPN3 7 p.m. *Woff ord at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Mercer at Western Carolina ESPN3 2 p.m. Sept. 7 (Thursday) *The Citadel at Furman ESPN3 2 p.m. West Alabama at Samford ESPN3 7 p.m. *ETSU at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. Sept. 9 (Saturday) Nov. 18 (Saturday) Chattanooga at LSU TBA Woff ord at South Carolina TBA *Woff ord at Mercer ESPN3 TBA Mercer at Alabama TBA Elon at Furman ESPN3 1 p.m. The Citadel at Clemson TBA Catawba at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. Western Carolina at North Carolina TBA ETSU at James Madison 6 p.m. *ETSU at Chattanooga ESPN3 2 p.m. Presbyterian at The Citadel ESPN3 6 p.m. *Furman at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. Davidson at Western Carolina ESPN3 6 p.m. Nov. 25 (Saturday) Sept. 16 (Saturday) NCAA FCS Playoff s (Opening Round) Mercer at Auburn TBA *The Citadel at ETSU ESPN3 TBA Dec. 2 (Saturday) Samford at Georgia TBA NCAA FCS Playoff s (First Round) B Furman at NC State 12:20 p.m. VMI at Robert Morris 3 p.m. Dec. 8 and 9 (Friday, Saturday) F FB Western Carolina at Gardner-Webb ESPN3 6 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoff s (Quarterfi nals) N UT Martin at Chattanooga ESPN3 6 p.m. O ON Dec. 15 and 16 (Friday, Saturday) C Sept. 23 (Saturday) NCAA FCS Playoff s (Semifi nals) *Mercer at ETSU ESPN3 TBA O Furman at Colgate 1 p.m. Jan. 6 (Saturday) S *Chattanooga at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoff s (Championship) # #S Gardner-Webb at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Samford at Western Carolina ESPN3 3:30 p.m. * Southern Conference game ALL TIMES EASTERN Sept. 30 (Saturday) Woff ord at Presbyterian TBA *VMI at Mercer ESPN3 TBA *ETSU at Furman ESPN3 1 p.m. *The Citadel at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. *Western Carolina at Chattanooga ESPN3 6 p.m. Oct. 7 (Saturday) Robert Morris at ETSU ESPN3 TBA *Samford at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Western Carolina at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Mercer at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. *Furman at Chattanooga ESPN3 4 p.m. Oct. 14 (Saturday) *Chattanooga at Mercer ESPN3 TBA *VMI at Furman ESPN3 1 p.m. *ETSU at Western Carolina ESPN3 3:30 p.m. *Woff ord at The Citadel ESPN3 6 p.m. Oct. 21 (Saturday) *Samford at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Mercer at Furman ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Western Carolina at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *The Citadel at Chattanooga ESPN3 2 p.m. 2 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE SSOUTHERNOUTHERN CCONFERENCEONFERENCE HHISTORYISTORY The Southern Conference conference games for each league member. membership of 10 institutions, including The Southern Conference, which is in its With 30 schools