2019 SOCON SUPERLATIVES Scott Wachenheim, VMI Eddie Robinson Award fi nalist SoCon Coach of the Year (Coaches) Willie Eubanks III, The Citadel Buck Buchanan Award fi nalist Consensus All-American Josh Conklin, Woff ord ord SoCon Defensive Player of the Year SoCon Coach of the Year (Media) Ailym Ford, Chattanooga Blake Jeresaty, Woff od od Joe Newman, Woff ord ord Jerry Rice Award fi nalist Consensus All-American All-American Freshman All-American SoCon Jacobs Blocking Award SoCon Off ensiveensive PlayerPlayer ofof thethe YearYear SoCon Freshman of the Year 2020˨21 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 2020-21 Southern Conference Football Media Guide On the inside The Southern Conference 2020-21 composite schedule ........................................................2 702 N. Pine Street The Southern Conference Spartanburg, S.C. 29303 Southern Conference history ..............................................4-8 Southern Conference principles ............................................9 Phone: ......................................................................................................... 864-591-5100 Southern Conference Hall of Fame ..............................10-11 Fax: .............................................................................................................864-591-3448 Commissioner Jim Schaus .....................................................12 Website: ..................................................................................www.SoConSports.com Southern Conference staff ....................................................13 Southern Conference media relations ..............................14 Southern Conference teams Conference staff The Citadel ............................................................................16-23 ETSU .........................................................................................24-31 Jim Schaus ........................................................................... Commissioner Furman ...................................................................................32-39 Geoff Cabe ................................................ Senior Associate Commissioner Mercer .....................................................................................40-45 Sue Arakas ........................................................... Associate Commissioner Samford ..................................................................................46-53 Doug King ..................................Associate Commissioner for Compliance Chattanooga .........................................................................54-61 Jason Yaman ........................................................ Associate Commissioner VMI ...........................................................................................62-69 Stanley Broaden ...................Assistant Commissioner for Championships Western Carolina .................................................................70-77 Phil Perry .............................. Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Woff ord ...................................................................................78-85 Paul Lollis ..........................Assistant Commissioner for Video Productions 2019 year-in-review Hannah Bradley ...............................Assistant Director of Media Relations Final standings ...........................................................................86 Neili Akridge ..............................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner S Polls ................................................................................................87 Nicholas Hunt ....................................................Championships Assistant O Honors and awards ............................................................88-89 C Jasmine Washington ........................................ Media Relations Assistant Individual leaders ...............................................................90-91 Perry Havener ....................................................... Coordinator of Offi cials ON Team statistics ......................................................................92-93 Individual superlatives ......................................................94-95 Team superlatives .....................................................................96 Southern Conference Offi cers S Records and awards President: Dr. Jeff rey Hugdahl, Mercer University PORTS All-time team records ..............................................................97 Vice President: Dr. David Wyrick, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Coaching records ......................................................................98 NFL Draftees ......................................................................99-102 NCAA statistics champions .................................................103 . Overtime history .....................................................................104 COM Final national polls ........................................................105-108 Annual award winners .................................................109-111 National and regional honors ...................................112-113 All-Americans ..................................................................114-115 All-conference selections............................................116-122 All-freshman selections ........................................................123 Players of the Week .......................................................124-130 Players of the Month .............................................................131 All-Academic selections ..............................................132-134 FBS wins .....................................................................................135 Individual records ..........................................................136-148 Team records ...................................................................149-151 Annual individual leaders ...........................................152-155 Annual team leaders.....................................................156-159 FCS Playoff history .........................................................160-162 FCS national champions .............................................163-166 FCS Playoff individual records ............................................167 FCS Playoff team records .....................................................168 Pre-FCS history ........................................................................169 Yearly standings .............................................................170-173 Southern Conference champions .....................................174 Credits Editor: Phil Perry Design: Phil Perry Cover: Jasmine Washington Editorial Assistance: Jason Yaman, John Iamarino, Hannah Bradley and the SoCon football SIDs. 2020-21 FOOTBALL 1 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Sept. 12 (Saturday) March 13 (Saturday) The Citadel at South Florida ESPN+ 7 p.m. *The Citadel at Western Carolina ESPN+ TBA *Furman at ETSU ESPN+ TBA Sept. 19 (Saturday) *Mercer at VMI ESPN+ TBA The Citadel at Clemson ACC Network 4 p.m. *Woff ord at Samford ESPN+ TBA Sept. 26 (Saturday) March 20 (Saturday) Eastern Kentucky at The Citadel ESPN3 1 p.m. *ETSU at The Citadel ESPN+ TBA *Chattanooga at Furman ESPN+ TBA Oct. 10 (Saturday) *Western Carolina at Mercer ESPN+ TBA The Citadel at Army West Point CBS Sports 1:30 p.m. *VMI at Samford ESPN+ TBA Mercer at Jacksonville State ESPN3 3 p.m. March 27 (Saturday) Oct. 24 (Saturday) *Mercer at Chattanooga ESPN+ 12 p.m. Mercer at Army West Point CBS Sports 12 p.m. *Samford at The Citadel ESPN+ TBA Chattanooga at Western Kentucky ESPN3 4 p.m. *Western Carolina at ETSU ESPN+ TBA *VMI at Woff ord ESPN+ TBA Oct. 31 (Saturday) Abilene Christian at Mercer ESPN3/Nexstar 3 p.m. April 3 (Saturday) *The Citadel at Woff ord ESPN+ TBA Nov. 14 (Saturday) *ETSU at VMI ESPN+ TBA FB Western Carolina at Liberty ESPN+ 12 p.m. *Furman at Mercer ESPN+ TBA ON *Chattanooga at Western Carolina ESPN+ TBA C Nov. 21 (Saturday) O Western Carolina at Eastern Kentucky ESPN+ 3 p.m. April 10 (Saturday) *Samford at Chattanooga ESPN+ 12 p.m. #S Dec. 11 (Friday) *Furman at The Citadel ESPN+ TBA Western Carolina at North Carolina ACC Network 7 p.m. *ETSU at Mercer ESPN+ TBA *Woff ord at Western Carolina ESPN+ TBA Feb. 20 (Saturday) *VMI at Chattanooga ESPN+ 12 p.m. April 17 (Saturday) *Samford at ETSU ESPN+ TBA *The Citadel at VMI ESPN+ TBA *Western Carolina at Furman ESPN+ TBA *Chattanooga at ETSU ESPN+ TBA *Mercer at Woff ord ESPN+ TBA *Woff ord at Furman ESPN+ TBA *Mercer at Samford ESPN+ TBA Feb. 27 (Saturday) *Woff ord at Chattanooga ESPN+ 12 p.m. April 24 (Saturday) *The Citadel at Mercer ESPN+ TBA FCS Playoff s TBA TBA *Furman at VMI ESPN+ TBA *Western Carolina at Samford ESPN+ TBA March 6 (Saturday) *Chattanooga at The Citadel ESPN+ TBA *ETSU at Woff ord ESPN+ TBA *Samford at Furman ESPN+ TBA *VMI at Western Carolina ESPN+ TBA 2 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE HISTORY The Southern Conference Conference, called the annual league meeting Leadership The Southern Conference, which celebrates its 100th to order on Dec. 9, 1932, at the Farragut Hotel in Jim Schaus began his tenure as the ninth season of intercollegiate competition in 2020-21, is a Knoxville, Tennessee. There, it announced that 13 commissioner in league history on July 1, 2019. national leader in emphasizing the development of institutions west and south of the Appalachian Schaus came to the SoCon after an 11-year run as the student-athlete