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2018 Ohio Valley Conference Football Report Austin Peay | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Kentucky | Jacksonville State | Murray State | Southeast Missouri | Tennessee State | Tennessee Tech | UT Martin September 10, 2018 Ohio Valley Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Contact: Kyle Schwartz Brentwood, TN 37027 Phone: (615) 690-6685 OVCSports.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: @OVCSports OVC STANDINGS (In games through September 8) OVC OVERALL W L PCT. PF PA W L PCT. PF PA Home Away Neutral Streak Tennessee State 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 1.000 34 3 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Austin Peay 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 .500 24 45 1-0 0-1 0-0 W1 Eastern Kentucky 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 .500 65 55 1-0 0-1 0-0 L1 Jacksonville State 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 .000 88 20 1-0 0-0 0-1 W1 Southeast Missouri 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 .500 61 69 1-0 0-1 0-0 W1 Eastern Illinois 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 .000 30 103 0-0 0-2 0-0 L2 Murray State 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 .000 23 75 0-1 0-1 0-0 L2 Tennessee Tech 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 .000 20 83 0-1 0-1 0-0 L2 UT Martin 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 .000 20 83 0-1 0-1 0-0 L2 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Thursday, September 13 Thursday, September 6 Tennessee Tech at Utah State, 7:00 p.m. (Facebook Live) #7 Kennesaw State 49, @Tennessee Tech 10 Saturday, September 15 Saturday, September 8 Murray State at Kentucky, 11:00 a.m. (SEC Network Alternate) @Southeast Missouri 40, Dayton 21 Chattanooga at UT Martin, 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+) @Marshall 32, Eastern Kentucky 16 Eastern Kentucky at Bowling Green, 3:00 p.m. (ESPN3) @#13 Jacksonville State 71, Mississippi Valley State 0 Tennessee State at Hampton, 5:00 p.m. (ESPN+) @#24 Austin Peay 24, Presbyterian 0 #23 Austin Peay at Morehead State, 5:00 p.m. (ESPN+) @Middle Tennessee 61, UT Martin 37 Southeast Missouri at Southern Illinois, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+) @#17 Central Arkansas 26, Murray State 13 Indiana State at Eastern Illinois, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+) @#19 Illinois State 48, Eastern Illinois 10 Tennessee State, Jackson State (Memphis, Tenn.) (cancelled) * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL THIS WEEK’S OVC HIGHLIGHTS/STORYLINES Austin Peay, Jacksonville State and Southeast Missouri picked up their fi rst victories of the season in Week 2...Tennessee State saw its game with Jackson State cancelled due to weather and is the lone undefeated team in the OVC (1-0)...Jacksonville State is now ranked No. 11/12 in the FCS polls while Austin Peay is No. 23 in the FCS Coaches poll and just outside the STATS polls (No. 26)...Southeast Missouri senior running back Marquis Terry is second nationally in rushing yards/carry (11.16) and fi fth in total rushing yards (279); he rushed for a career-high 202 yards in Saturday's win over Dayton...16 former OVC players are currently on NFL rosters (11 active, 4 practice squad, 1 IR/PUP)...Austin Peay's 24-0 blanking of Presbyterian was the team's second shutout under head coach Will Healy...This season 36 OVC football games will be streamed on ESPN+ this season, after the OVC agreed to an extension on its media rights deal with ESPN; the ESPN+ broadcasts will replace games formerly on the OVC Digital Network...This week fi ve of the eight games on the schedule can be viewed on ESPN+...This week's schedule once again includes a Thursday night game, as Tennessee Tech will play at FBS foe Utah State...That is one of three games for OVC teams against FBS opponents during Week 3...Only two OVC teams (Eastern Illinois and UT Martin) have home games this week...Southeast Missouri will take on regional rival Southern Illinois in the 86th all-time meeting between the schools; this year the rivalry has been branded "War for the Wheel" to embrace the infl uence and history of the Mississippi River between the two schools...Eastern Illinois and Indiana State will meet for the 85th time on Saturday. 2018 OVC Football Weekly Release - September 10 • 1 OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OVC MEDIA INFORMATION CO-OFFENSIVE Kyle Schwartz Asst. Commissioner/Strategic Communications Daniel Santacaterina, QB • 6-1, 210, Jr. • Geneva, Ill. • Southeast Missouri Phone: (615) 690-6685 Santacaterina threw for three touchdowns and ran for another score in Southeast Cell: (615) 775-1937 E-mail: [email protected] Missouri's 40-21 victory over Dayton. The transfer from Northern Illinois completed Web: http://www.OVCSports.com 21-of-31 passes for 269 yards and three touchdowns (including two in the fourth quarter) and also rushed for a nine-yard touchdown in the second quarter. He engi- ONLINE PRESS BOX: The OVC Football Online Press Box is a one-stop shop for gathering information about the OVC and its neered scoring drives of 72, 73 and 90 yards in the fourth quarter as the Redhawks member schools. Media can access it at www.OVCSports.com/ overcame a one-point defi cit entering the frame to win by 19 points. Included in his footballpressbox or through links at OVCSports.com. trio of touchdown passes was a 73-yarder to Zack Smith. The junior currently ranks SOCIAL MEDIA: Get breaking news about the OVC by follow- 12th nationally in passing effi ciency (169.4), 13th in completion percentage (69.8%), ing the OVC through Social Media. Check out the OVC sites 17th in passing touchdowns (4) and 25th in points responsible for/game (15.0). at http://www.twitter.com/OVCSports and http://www.facebook. com/ovcsports. Also check out www.YouTube.com/ohiovalley- conference and the league’s blog at OVCExtra.com. CO-OFFENSIVE Dresser Winn, QB • 6-3, 200, So. • Dresden, Tenn. • UT Martin WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players of the Week each Sunday afternoon throughout the season. The full Winn had career-highs in completions (34), attempts (53), yards (355) and touch- weekly notes report will be released each Monday throughout downs (4) in UT Martin's game at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponent Middle the season by 5 p.m. CT. The report is available via e-mail, and Tennessee. The sophomore had a touchdown in each quarter, keeping the Skyhawks is posted on the league’s Web site in text and PDF versions. Statistics are updated after each gameday on the OVC Web site. in the game, as the team trailed by only 10 with 9:32 to play in the game before losing 61-37. Winn had touchdowns of 16, 11, 51 and 8 yards, two of which went to Terry Williams. The 34 completions and 54 attempts were the sixth-most in program 2018 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK history while the 355 yards were the 20th-most in UTM history in what was just his OFFENSIVE Sept. 2 Alexander Hollins, Eastern Illinois seventh collegiate start. Winn ranks eighth nationally in passing touchdowns (5), 10th Sept. 9 Daniel Santacaterina, Southeast Missouri in completions/game (24.5) and 22nd in passing yards/game (261.5). Dresser Winn, UT Martin Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Others Nominated: JaVaughn Craig, Austin Peay; Josh Pearson, Jacksonville State. Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 DEFENSIVE Oct. 21 Leodis Moore III, LB • 5-9, 190, Jr. • Indianapolis, Ind. • Eastern Kentucky Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Moore had seven tackles, a tackle-for-loss, an interception, pass breakup and blocked Nov. 11 kick in Eastern Kentucky's loss at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponent Mar- Nov. 18 shall. His interception at his team's own 23-yard line in the second quarter kept the DEFENSIVE Colonels within seven points. His blocked point after attempt came in the fi rst quarter. Sept. 2 Zach Hall, Southeast Missouri Sept. 9 Leodis Moore III, Eastern Kentucky Sept. 16 Others Nominated: Gunnar Scholato, Austin Peay; Joe Caputo, Eastern Illinois; Jalen Sept. 23 Choice, Jacksonville State; Kenney Wooten, Murray State; Justin Swift, Southeast Sept. 30 Missouri; Shannon Fayne, Tennessee Tech; James Gilleylen, UT Martin. Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 CO-SPECIALIST Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Jason Pierce, P • 6-3, 215, Fr. • Powder Spring, Ga. • Jacksonville State Nov. 11 In his second career game, Pierce punted three times for an average of 47.7 yards Nov. 18 in Jacksonville State's 71-0 victory over Mississippi Valley State. The freshman had a SPECIALIST long punt of 61 yards and pinned two of his punts inside the Delta Devils 20-yard line. Sept. 2 Sam Hayworth, Eastern Kentucky Antonio Zita, Tennessee State Sept. 9 Jason Pierce, Jacksonville State CO-SPECIALIST Nicholas Litang, Southeast Missouri Nicholas Litang, K • 5-10, 205, Sr. • Boca Raton, Fla. • Southeast Missouri Sept. 16 Litang was perfect on kicks in Southeast Missouri's 40-21 come-from-behind victory Sept. 23 Sept. 30 over Dayton. The senior connected from 37 and 35 yards on fi eld goal attempts and Oct. 7 was 4-of-4 on point after attempts to net 10 points. He is currently perfect on the Oct. 14 Oct. 21 season in kicks (2-of-2 FGs and 7-of-7 PATs). Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Others Nominated: Nick Bruno, Eastern Illinois; Philip Richards, Eastern Kentucky; Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Steve Dawson, Murray State; Ryan Courtwright, UT Martin.