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2016 OVC Football Media Guide.Indd 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 2016 Season Preview/Notes .......................................................14-15 Beth DeBauche, Commissioner 2016 Composite Schedule/2016 Schedule ......................................16 E-mail: [email protected] 2016 Team Information/Outlooks Kyle Schwartz, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Austin Peay .................................................................................17-22 E-mail: [email protected] Eastern Illinois .............................................................................23-28 Brian Pulley, Assistant Commissioner for External Affairs Eastern Kentucky ........................................................................29-34 E-mail: [email protected] Jacksonville State ........................................................................35-40 Murray State ................................................................................41-46 Stephanie Castera Assistant Commissioner for Institutional Services/SWA Southeast Missouri ......................................................................47-52 E-mail: [email protected] Tennessee State ..........................................................................53-58 Tennessee Tech ..........................................................................59-64 Heather Brown, Director of Media Relations UT Martin .....................................................................................65-70 E-mail: [email protected] 2015 in Review Bryce Robinson, Director of Compliance and Digital Media 2015 All-OVC Teams ........................................................................71 E-mail: [email protected] Final 2015 OVC Standings/Statistics ..........................................72-75 Lauren Berst, Director of Administration OVC Teams and Players in Final National Statistics ........................76 E-mail: [email protected] 2015 OVC Players of the Week/Final FCS Top 25 polls ..................77 Jon Kuka, General Manager - OVC IMG Sports Marketing OVC Records/History E-mail: [email protected] Year-by-Year OVC Final Standings .............................................78-79 Year-by-Year OVC Champions .........................................................80 Jim Jackson, Coordinator of Football Offi ciating Year-by-Year All-OVC Teams ......................................................81-85 E-mail: ovcfootball@epbfi .com All-Time OVC Player and Coach of the Year Winners .................86-87 OVC First-Team All-Americans .........................................................88 Record Book - Individuals ...........................................................89-92 Record Book - Team ....................................................................93-94 Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders .................................................95-97 All-Time OVC Players of the Week ...........................................98-103 All-Time OVC Preseason Polls ................................................104-105 MEMBERSHIP NCAA Division I Football Championship/Bracket ....................106-107 OVC Postseason History .........................................................108-109 Austin Peay State University - Clarksville, Tenn. Final FCS/I-AA Yearly Polls ......................................................110-111 Member since 1962 Conference Series Game-by-Game ........................................112-113 OVC Schools vs. FBS Teams .........................................................114 Belmont University - Nashville, Tenn. Largest Crowds in OVC History ..................................................... 115 Member since 2012 Sgt. York Trophy Presented by Delta Dental of Tennessee .....116-117 Delta Dental of Tennessee ............................................................. 118 Eastern Illinois University - Charleston, Ill. Member since 1996 DoubleTree .....................................................................................119 All-Time Sports Network Award Winners .................................120-121 Eastern Kentucky University - Richmond, Ky. NCAA Overtime Rules/OVC Overtime History ...............................122 Member since 1948 OVC Players in the NFL Draft ........................................................123 Jacksonville State University - Jacksonville, Ala. OVC Digital Network...............................................................................124 Member since 2003 Wilson .....................................................................................................125 Morehead State University - Morehead, Ky. Millennium Maxwell House .....................................................................126 Member since 1948 Composite Schedule Grid.......................................................................127 Murray State University - Murray, Ky. Member since 1948 CREDITS Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau, Mo. This 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Football Media Guide was written, Member since 1991 designed and edited by Kyle Schwartz, Assistant Commissioner for Media Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - Edwardsville, Ill. Relations. Assistance provided by and a special thanks to the sports infor- Member since 2008 mation 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. 2016 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 Offensive, 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/100.7 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 to the next-place team and beyond On the Radio ................................. WCYO-FM 100.7 During the regular season
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