TROY AT TroJANS GAME THREE 2018 SCHEDULE TROY TROJANS Game Information Series Date Opponent Time/Result Record: 1-1, 0-0 Sun Belt Date: Sept. 15, 2018 Series (Overall): 0-4 Sept. 1 #22 Boise State (ESPNews) L, 20-56 Head Coach: Neal Brown Time: 11 a.m. Series in Troy: 0-0 Location: Lincoln, Neb. Series in Lincoln: 0-0 Sept. 8 Florida A&M (ESPN+) W, 59-7 Career Record: 26-14 (4th season) Record at Troy: 26-14 (4th season) Stadium: Memorial Stadium (85,458) Neutral Site: 0-0 Sept. 15 at Nebraska (BTN) 11 a.m. TV: Big Ten Network Brown vs. Nebraska: 0-0 Sept. 22 * at ULM (ESPN+) 6 p.m. Talent: Joe Beninati (PxP) Sept. 29 * Coastal Carolina TBA NEBRASKA James Laurinaitis (Analyst) Damon Benning (Sideline) Oct. 4 * Georgia State (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. CORNHUSKERS TROYTROJANSFB Oct. 13 at Liberty (ESPN3) 1 p.m. Record: 0-1, 0-0 Big Ten Radio: Troy Sports Radio Network Oct. 23 * at South Alabama (ESPN2) 7 p.m. Head Coach: Scott Frost Talent: Barry McKnight (PxP) #RTW Career Record: 19-8 (3rd season) Jerry Miller (Analyst) Nov. 3 * Louisiana TBA Chris Blackshear (Sideline) Nov. 10 *at Georgia Southern TBA Record at Nebraska: 0-1 (1st season) Nov. 17 * Texas State TBA Nov. 24 * at Appalachian State 1:30 p.m. D ID Y OU K N OW ? T ALE O F T HE T APE Dec. 1 Sun Belt Championship Game TBA • Troy's offense ranked 11th nationally with Offense TROY NEB negative yardage on just 7.2 percent (63/872) of Points 79 28 TROY BY THE NUMBERS its plays last season Average 39.5 28.0 First Downs/Game 23.5 25.0 4 Non-offensive touchdowns by Marcus Jones last • Troy's 21 combined wins over the 2016 & 2017 Total Offense 856 565 season as a true freshman ... he returned three kickoffs for seasons were the most by a Troy team over two Average 428.0 565.0 scores and had a 100-yard interception return seasons in the school's FBS era ... the 21 wins were Net Rushing 426 329 the eighth most in the country Average 208.0 329.0 Net Passing 440 236 Total touchdowns by quarterback Kaleb Barker • Troy's 22 wins over the last three seasons are Average 220.0 236.0 5 Pass Attempts 72 29 against Florida A&M -- four passing and one rushing -- which tied for the 11th most in the country -- only two G5 teams have more (Boise State & USF, 23) Complete 46 19 was just one shy of the Troy single-game record Interceptions 1 1 • Neal Brown was named the Sun Belt Conference Fumbles/Lost 4/3 3/2 Coach of the Year and Marcus Jones was named Sacks Allowed/Yds. 8/58 2/12 Straight victories away from home for the Trojans 5 the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year 3rd Down 9/29 (31%) 5/13 (38%) which is the fourth-longest active road winning streak FG/Att. 1/2 0/1 • Troy's six Sun Belt Conference championships are Avg. TOP 33:09 29:45 tied for the most in the league -- Arkansas State Penalties 8-76 11-95 8 Games with 50+ points during Neal Brown's also has six, but the Red Wolves joined the league Average 38.0 95.0 three-plus seasons as head coach; Troy had just three games three years ahead of Troy with 50-plus points in its 14 prior seasons at the FBS level Defense TROY NEB Points 63 33 • Neal Brown coached offenses -- OC at Troy, Texas Average 31.5 33.0 Tech and Kentucky & HC at Troy -- have never been First Downs/Game 14.5 26.0 14 Tackles for loss in Troy's victory over Florida shutout ... a span of 127 games A&M; its most since 2015. The Trojans set a school record Total Defense 703 395 Average 351.5 395.0 with 112 tackles for loss last season • Troy has just 12 scholarship seniors and 14 Net Rushing 179 44 overall seniors on its roster ... of the 12 scholarship Average 89.5 44.0 seniors, only Trevon Sanders, Deondre Douglas, Net Passing 524 351 Wins in 16 tries when Troy tops the 400-yard Deontae Crumitie and Cedarius Rookard began 16 Average 262.0 351.0 their careers as scholarship players at Troy. Two mark in total offense in non-overtime games Pass Attempts 59 50 transferred from JUCO (Willis, Davis), one is a grad- Complete 37 33 transfer (Samuel) and five are former walk-ons Interceptions 2 0 (Reese, Underwood, Hill, Johnson and Brown) 25 Times that Troy has led going into the fourth Fumble/Rec. 6/3 0/0 quarter in three-plus seasons under head coach Neal 3rd Down 12/28 (43%) 6/18 (33%) • Troy finished third nationally last season in Brown; the Trojans are a perfect 25-0 in those games Sacks/Yds. 4/21 7/43 Defensive Mayhem (Sports Source Analytics) ... the Trojans forced a negative play on 15.1 percent of U N ELT TA N DI N GS their opponents' offensive snaps S B S 28 Turnovers per season forced by the Troy defense SBC OVERALL STK the last two years; the average ranks seventh nationally ... • Troy returns five starters on the defensive side of EAST Troy has forced five turnovers so far this season the football; however, SEVEN Trojans were named Georgia Southern 0-0 2-0 W2 to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Team (SBC only Appalachian State 0-0 1-1 W1 announces two preseason teams) Coastal Carolina 0-0 1-1 W1 79.3 Winning percentage by Troy in its last 29 games; Georgia State 0-0 1-1 L1 Troy is 23-6 after starting the Neal Brown era 3-8 Troy 0-0 1-1 W1 • Running back Jabir Daughtry-Frye has blocked two punts in his career and has returned a kickoff WEST for a touchdown; he is only a sophomore ULM 0-0 2-0 W2 29K Troy set a new attendance record as 29,612 fans Louisiana 0-0 1-0 W1 packed The Vet in the season opener; that marked the • Troy's 18 rushes of 10 yards or more through the Arkansas State 0-0 1-1 L1 second straight season that Troy set the stadium record in first two games are tied for the 13th most in the Texas State 0-0 1-1 W1 the season opener country South Alabama 0-0 0-2 L4 GAME THREE | MEDIA INFO WHO TO CONTACT CREDENTIALS Adam Prendergast, Assistant AD/Communications - All player, coach and administrator interview requests 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. 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Any injuries sustained during the open portion of practice are asked to not be reported on until confirmed by the Troy medical staff. Schedules, results, rosters, bios, stats, general releases, game notes, depth chart and the 2016 Troy Football 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. Media Guide can all be found at TroyTrojans.com sunbeltsports.org NEAL BROWN INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES The official online home of the Sun Belt Conference, Sun Belt Conference Teleconference -- Monday 11:26 a.m. sunbeltsports.org, has updated league standings, results, This is the best opportunity for out-of-town media to ask Neal Brown questions about the upcoming week and any player schedules and notes. feature stories. Brown is scheduled to be on the call at 11:26 a.m. every Monday morning -- please note that the confer- ence 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 collegepressbox.com they will be patched in. For more information about the Sun Belt Teleconference contact John McElwain at mcelwain@ sunbeltsports.org. collegepressbox.com is the official media Web site for Sun Belt football. Access and download weekly game Troy Weekly Press Luncheon -- Monday 11:45 a.m. notes, quotes, stats, media guides and more for the Neal Brown will hold his weekly media luncheon at 11:45 a.m. on Mondays on the fifth floor of the Veterans Memorial conference and each of its nine member schools. Login Stadium press box. Lunch will be served beginning at 11:30 a.m.