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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) 371-1788 Conference History ........................................................................ 4-5 www.OVCSports.com OVC Honors/Awards ........................................................................ 6 OVC Commissioner ............................................................................ 7 OVC Staff ....................................................................................... 8-9 OVCSports.TV ................................................................................. 10 STAFF FCS Conference Alignment .............................................................. 11 Division I Football Information ..................................................... 12-13 Beth DeBauche, Commissioner 2009 Season Preview/Notes ..................................................... 14-15 E-mail: [email protected] 2009 Composite Schedule/2010 Schedule ...................................... 16 Brad Walker, Associate Commissioner for Operations/COO E-mail: [email protected] 2009 Team Information/Outlooks Austin Peay ................................................................................ 17-22 Jennifer Gibbs, Assistant Commissioner for Championships/SWA Eastern Illinois ............................................................................. 23-28 E-mail: [email protected] Eastern Kentucky ....................................................................... 29-34 Jacksonville State....................................................................... 35-40 Kyle Schwartz, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Murray State ............................................................................... 41-46 E-mail: [email protected] Southeast Missouri .................................................................... 47-52 Brian Pulley, Assistant Commissioner for External Affairs Tennessee State ........................................................................ 53-58 E-mail: [email protected] Tennessee Tech ........................................................................ 59-64 UT Martin..................................................................................... 65-70 TBA, Assistant Commissioner for Institutional Services E-mail: [email protected] 2008 in Review 2008 All-OVC Teams ....................................................................... 71 Heather Brown, Director of Media Relations Final 2008 OVC Standings/Statistics ......................................... 72-23 E-mail: [email protected] OVC Teams and Players in Final National Statistics ....................... 74 Rob Haucke, Director of OVC Sport Properties 2008 OVC Players of the Week/Final FCS Top 25 polls .................. 75 E-mail: [email protected] OVC Records/History Jim Jackson, Coordinator of Football Officiating Year-by-Year OVC Final Standings .......................................... 76-77 E-mail: [email protected] Year-by-Year OVC Champions ....................................................... 78 Year-by-Year All-OVC Teams .................................................. 79-83 All-Time OVC Player and Coach of the Year Winners .............. 84-85 OVC First-Team All-Americans ....................................................... 86 MEMBERSHIP Record Book - Individuals .......................................................... 87-90 Record Book - Team .................................................................. 91-92 Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders ............................................. 93-95 Austin Peay State University - Clarksville, Tenn. Member since 1962 All-Time OVC Players of the Week .......................................... 96-101 OVC Postseason History ....................................................... 102-103 Eastern Illinois University - Charleston, Ill. Final FCS/I-AA Yearly Polls .................................................... 104-105 Member since 1996 Conference Series Game-by-Game ...................................... 106-107 OVC Schools vs. FBS Teams ........................................................ 108 Eastern Kentucky University - Richmond, Ky. Largest Crowds in OVC History ....................................................109 Member since 1948 Sgt. York Trophy ............................................................................110 Jacksonville State University - Jacksonville, Ala. NCAA Overtime Rules/OVC Overtime History............................... 111 Member since 2003 OVC Players in the NFL Draft ........................................................ 112 OVC Players in the NFL .................................................................113 Morehead State University - Morehead, Ky. Current OVC Alumni in the NFL .....................................................114 Member since 1948 Murray State University - Murray, Ky. Directory of OVC Media Relations Directors .........................................115 Member since 1948 Composite Schedule Grid .......................................................................116 Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau, Mo. Member since 1991 CREDITS Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - Edwardsville, Ill. This 2009 Ohio Valley Conference Football Media Guide was written, Member since 2008 designed and edited by Kyle Schwartz, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations. Assistance provided by and a special thanks to the sports Tennessee State University - Nashville, Tenn. information directors at the nine OVC football playing institutions for Member since 1986 providing content and assistance. Tennessee Technological University - Cookeville, Tenn. Member since 1949 The guide is available at OVCSports.com as a PDF download. Upon request it is also available on CD. The CD also contains the PDF media guides of all University of Tennessee at Martin - Martin, Tenn. nine OVC football schools as well as a Logo/Headshot Library of the Member since 1992 Conference office and member institutions. To request a copy, contact Kyle Schwartz in the OVC office. 2009 Ohio Valley Conference Football Media Guide 1 SCHOOL WEBSITES Ohio Valley Conference ....... www.OVCSports.com MEDIA INFORMATION Austin Peay .......................... www.LetsGoPeay.com OVCSPORTS.COM FCS PLAYOFFS/OVC TIEBREAKER Eastern Illinois ..................... www.EIUpanthers.com The official website of the Ohio Valley Confer- The participants in the 2009 NCAA Football Eastern Kentucky ................... www.EKUSports.com ence is OVCSports.com. The website is a di- Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) Play- rect partnership with JumpTV Sports. The offs will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 22. In Jacksonville State .. www.JSUGamecockSports.com website contains all the latest news on the the event of a tie for the OVC Championship, Murray State ............................ www.GoRacers.com conference including releases, statistics and the following procedures will be used to break Southeast Missouri ............ www.GoSoutheast.com standings. all ties and to determine the league’s NCAA Tennessee State ................... www.TSUTigers.com playoff representative. Tennessee Tech .................... www.TTUSports.com OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK UT Martin ............................... www.UTMSports.com The OVC will name an Offensive, Defensive, TWO-WAY TIES Special Teams and Newcomer of the Week 1.) A two-way tie shall exist only if the tied each Sunday afternoon during the regular teams have the same number of losses. season. A full report featuring league stand- 2.) Should two teams have the same num- OVC GAMES ON THE RADIO/INTERNET ings, statistics and weekly matchups will be ber of losses, and the two teams played each Austin Peay available on Monday afternoons. The release other during the regular season, the winner On the Radio ............................. WVRY-FM 105.1 will be posted on OVCSports.com and emailed of the head-to-head contest shall be the On the Internet ................... www.letsgopeay.com to local and national media. If you would like to league’s postseason representative. Talent ............................. David Loos, Van Stokes be added to the distribution list send an email 3.) If the two tied teams have the same to [email protected]. number of losses, but did not play each other Eastern Illinois during the regular season, the following pro- On the Radio ........................ Hit Mix 88.9 (WEIU) OVC COACHES TELECONFERENCES cedure shall be utilized to break the tie: On the Internet ..................... www.weiuhitmix.net During the regular season a weekly telecon- a.) A comparison of each team’s head- Talent ........................ Mike Bradd, Jack Ashmore ference featuring the league’s nine head to-head record against the team occupying Eastern Kentucky coaches will be held every Tuesday morning the highest position in the regular-season On the Radio ............................. WCYO-FM 100.7 at 10 a.m. Central Time. The first teleconfer- standings that each team has played. If one On the Internet ......................... www.wcyofm.com ence will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 1. A team won its game against that team, the schedule of what times coaches will appear winning team shall be declared the represen- Talent ........... Greg Stotelmyer,