2015 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 2015 Southern Conference Football Media Guide On the inside The Southern Conference 2015 composite schedule ...............................................................2 702 N. Pine Street SoCon on TV ..........................................................................................3 Spartanburg, S.C. 29303 The Southern Conference Southern Conference history ..............................................4-8 Phone: ......................................................................................................... 864-591-5100 Southern Conference principles ............................................9 Fax: ............................................................................................................. 864-591-3448 Website: ..................................................................................www.SoConSports.com Southern Conference Hall of Fame ..............................10-11 Commissioner John Iamarino .............................................. 12 Southern Conference staff .................................................... 13 Conference staff Southern Conference media relations .............................. 14 John Iamarino ..................................................................... Commissioner Southern Conference teams Geoff Cabe ................................................ Senior Associate Commissioner The Citadel ............................................................................16-23 Sue Arakas ........................................................... Associate Commissioner Furman ...................................................................................24-31 Doug King .................................. Associate Commissioner for Compliance Mercer .....................................................................................32-37 Jason Yaman .........................Associate Commissioner for Media Relations Samford ..................................................................................38-45 Kate Barnett .................................................... Director of Championships Chattanooga .........................................................................46-53 Paul Lollis .................................................... Director of Video Productions VMI ...........................................................................................54-61 Jordan Trolinger ........................................... Director of Creative Services Western Carolina .................................................................62-69 Joe Kaminski .................................... Assistant Director of Championships Wofford ...................................................................................70-77 Phil Perry ..........................................Assistant Director of Media Relations S 2014 year-in-review Laura Hayes ................................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner O C Final standings ........................................................................... 78 Brandi Anderson ....................................................... Operations Assistant Polls ................................................................................................ 79 Cobey Culton ......................................................Media Relations Assistant ON Jack Childress ........................................................ Coordinator of Officials Honors and awards ............................................................80-81 FB S Individual leaders ...............................................................82-83 Southern Conference Officers PORT Team statistics ......................................................................84-85 ON President: Dr. A.J. Grube, Western Carolina University Individual superlatives ......................................................86-87 C Vice President: Dr. Jameica Hill, Wofford College Team superlatives ..................................................................... 88 O Records and awards S . C All-time team records .............................................................. 89 #S OM Coaching records ...................................................................... 90 NFL Draftees .........................................................................91-92 NCAA statistics champions ................................................... 93 Overtime history ....................................................................... 94 Final national polls .............................................................95-97 National and regional honors ........................................98-99 All-Americans ..................................................................100-101 Annual award winners .................................................102-103 All-conference selections............................................104-110 Players of the Week .......................................................111-116 Players of the Month .............................................................116 All-Academic selections ..............................................117-118 FBS wins .....................................................................................119 Individual records ..........................................................120-132 Team records ...................................................................133-135 Annual individual leaders ...........................................136-139 Annual team leaders.....................................................140-143 FCS Playoff history .........................................................144-146 FCS national champions .............................................147-150 Credits FCS Playoff individual records ............................................151 Editor: Phil Perry FCS Playoff team records .....................................................152 Design: Phil Perry Pre-FCS history ........................................................................153 Cover: Phil Perry Yearly standings .............................................................154-157 Editorial Assistance: Jason Yaman and the SoCon football SIDs. Southern Conference champions .....................................158 Online Services: www.issuu.com 2015 FOOTBALL 1 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Sept. 3 (Thursday) Oct. 31 (Saturday) Central Arkansas at Samford SDN 7 p.m. *Wofford at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. VMI at Ball State ESPN3 7 p.m. *Mercer at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. *Western Carolina at Chattanooga ESPN3 2 p.m. Sept. 5 (Saturday) *Furman at Samford SDN 3 p.m. Wofford at Clemson ACC RSN 12:30 p.m. Mercer at Austin Peay 5 p.m. Nov. 7 (Saturday) Davidson at The Citadel ESPN3 6 p.m. *Chattanooga at Mercer ESPN3 TBA Jacksonville State at Chattanooga SDN 6 p.m. *VMI at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. Coastal Carolina at Furman ESPN3 7 p.m. *Furman at Western Carolina SDN 3:30 p.m. Mars Hill at Western Carolina SDN 7 p.m. Clark Atlanta at Samford SDN 3 p.m. Sept. 12 (Saturday) Nov. 14 (Saturday) Mars Hill at Chattanooga SDN 1 p.m. Western Carolina at Texas A&M TBA Morehead State at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Mercer at Furman ESPN3 1:30 p.m. Florida A&M at Samford SDN 3 p.m. *Samford at Wofford ESPN3 1:30 p.m. Furman at Virginia Tech ESPN3 3:30 p.m. *The Citadel at Chattanooga SDN 2 p.m. Stetson at Mercer ESPN3 6 p.m. *Western Carolina at The Citadel ESPN3 6 p.m. Nov. 21 (Saturday) Tennessee Tech at Wofford SDN 7 p.m. The Citadel at South Carolina TBA *Samford at Mercer ESPN3 TBA Sept. 19 (Saturday) Chattanooga at Florida State TBA *Chattanooga at Samford ASN 3:30 p.m. *Western Carolina at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. Wofford at Idaho 5 p.m. *Furman at Wofford ASN 3:30 p.m. S The Citadel at Georgia Southern 6 p.m. O Furman at UCF ESPN3 6 p.m. Nov. 28 (Saturday) C VMI at Richmond 6 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoffs (Opening Round) ON Mercer at Tennessee Tech 7 p.m. Western Carolina at Tennessee ESPNU 7 p.m. Dec. 5 (Saturday) FB S NCAA FCS Playoffs (First Round) Sept. 26 (Saturday) PORT ON Samford at Louisville TBA Dec. 11 and 12 (Friday, Saturday) C *VMI at Furman ESPN3 3 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoffs (Quarterfinals) O Charleston Southern at The Citadel ESPN3 6 p.m. S Chattanooga at Presbyterian 7 p.m. Dec. 18 and 19 (Friday, Saturday) . C #S Gardner-Webb at Wofford SDN 7 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoffs (Semifinals) OM Oct. 3 (Saturday) Jan. 9 (Saturday) *Wofford at Mercer ESPN3 TBA NCAA FCS Playoffs (Championship) Bucknell at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. Presbyterian at Western Carolina ESPN3/WMYA-TV 3:30 p.m. * Southern Conference game South Carolina State at Furman ESPN3 7 p.m. ALL TIMES EASTERN Game times subject to change Oct. 10 (Saturday) *Furman at Chattanooga ESPN3 1 p.m. ACC RSN - ACC Network Regional Sports Networks *Samford at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. ASN - American Sport Network *Wofford at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. ESPN3 – ESPN3/WatchESPN *Mercer at Western Carolina ASN 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17 (Saturday) ETSU at Mercer ESPN3 TBA *Chattanooga at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Western Carolina at Wofford ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *The Citadel at Samford SDN 3 p.m. Oct. 24 (Saturday) *VMI at Mercer ESPN3 TBA *The Citadel at Furman ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Chattanooga at Wofford SDN 1:30 p.m. *Samford at Western Carolina SDN 3:30 p.m. 2 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE SOCON ON TV 2015 SoCon Football on Television Date Game Time Network Date Game Time Network Sept. 3 VMI at Ball State 7 p.m. ESPN3 Oct. 10 *Samford at VMI 1:30 p.m. ESPN3 Sept. 5 Davidson at The Citadel 6 p.m. ESPN3 Oct. 17 ETSU at Mercer TBA ESPN3 Sept. 5 Coastal Carolina