22016016 SSOUTHERNOUTHERN CCONFERENCEONFERENCE FFOOTBALLOOTBALL 2016 Southern Conference Football Media Guide On the inside The Southern Conference 2016 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 Website: ..................................................................................www.SoConSports.com Commissioner John Iamarino .............................................. 12 Southern Conference staff ....................................................13 Southern Conference media relations ..............................14 Conference staff Southern Conference teams John Iamarino ..................................................................... Commissioner The Citadel ............................................................................16-23 Geoff Cabe ................................................ Senior Associate Commissioner ETSU .........................................................................................24-31 Sue Arakas ........................................................... Associate Commissioner Furman ...................................................................................32-39 Doug King .................................. Associate Commissioner for Compliance Mercer .....................................................................................40-45 Jason Yaman .........................Associate Commissioner for Media Relations Samford ..................................................................................46-53 Kate Barnett .................................................... Director of Championships Chattanooga .........................................................................54-61 Paul Lollis .................................................... Director of Video Productions VMI ...........................................................................................62-69 Jordan Trolinger ........................................... Director of Creative Services Western Carolina .................................................................70-77 Phil Perry ..........................................Assistant Director of Media Relations Woff ord ...................................................................................78-85 Neili Akridge ..............................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner S 2015 year-in-review Patrick Boling .....................................................Media Relations Assistant O Final standings ...........................................................................86 Sydney Hanes ............................................................ Operations Assistant C Polls ................................................................................................87 TBD ..................................................................... Championships Assistant O ON Jack Childress ........................................................ Coordinator of Offi cials N Honors and awards ............................................................88-89 S Individual leaders ...............................................................90-91 Southern Conference Offi cers P PORTS Team statistics ......................................................................92-93 O President: Dr. A.J. Grube, Western Carolina University Individual superlatives ......................................................94-95 R Vice President: Dr. Jameica Hill, Woff ord College Team superlatives .....................................................................96 T Records and awards S . All-time team records ..............................................................97 C COM Coaching records ......................................................................98 O NFL Draftees ......................................................................99-100 M NCAA statistics champions .................................................101 Overtime history .....................................................................102 Final national polls ........................................................103-106 Annual award winners .................................................107-109 National and regional honors ...................................110-111 All-Americans ..................................................................112-113 All-conference selections............................................114-120 Players of the Week .......................................................121-126 Players of the Month .............................................................127 All-Academic selections ..............................................128-130 FBS wins .....................................................................................131 Individual records ..........................................................132-144 Team records ...................................................................145-147 Annual individual leaders ...........................................148-151 Annual team leaders.....................................................152-155 FCS Playoff history .........................................................156-158 FCS national champions .............................................159-162 Credits FCS Playoff individual records ............................................163 Editor: Phil Perry FCS Playoff team records .....................................................164 Design: Phil Perry Pre-FCS history ........................................................................165 Cover: Phil Perry Yearly standings .............................................................166-169 Editorial Assistance: Jason Yaman and the SoCon football SIDs. Southern Conference champions .....................................170 Online Services: www.issuu.com 2016 FOOTBALL 1 CCOMPOSITEOMPOSITE SCHEDULESCHEDULE Sept. 1 (Thursday) Nov. 5 (Saturday) VMI at Akron ESPN3 6:30 p.m. *Woff ord at Furman ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *The Citadel at Mercer FSSE 7 p.m. *Samford at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. Mars Hill at Samford ESPN3 7 p.m. *VMI at Western Carolina ESPN3 2 p.m. Woff ord at Tennessee Tech OVCDN 7 p.m. *ETSU at Mercer FSSE 3 p.m. Sept. 2 (Friday) Nov. 12 (Saturday) Furman at Michigan State BTN 7 p.m. Cumberland at ETSU SDN 1 p.m. *The Citadel at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. Sept. 3 (Saturday) *Woff ord at Chattanooga SDN 2 p.m. Western Carolina at East Carolina ESPN3 6 p.m. *Western Carolina at Furman ESPN3 3 p.m. Shorter at Chattanooga SDN 7 p.m. *Mercer at Samford ESPN3 3:30 p.m. ETSU at Kennesaw State BSDN 7 p.m. Nov. 19 (Saturday) Sept. 10 (Saturday) *VMI at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. Presbyterian at Chattanooga SDN 2 p.m. *Furman at Mercer FSSE 3 p.m. Mercer at Georgia Tech ESPN3 3 p.m. The Citadel at North Carolina TBA Woff ord at Mississippi SEC 4 p.m. *Samford at ETSU SDN TBA *Furman at The Citadel ESPN3 6 p.m. Chattanooga at Alabama TBA Gardner-Webb at Western Carolina SDN 6 p.m. Western Carolina at South Carolina TBA VMI at Morehead State OVCDN 6 p.m. Samford at Central Arkansas 7 p.m. Nov. 26 (Saturday) NCAA FCS Playoff s (Opening Round) Sept. 17 (Saturday) *Western Carolina vs. ETSU 1:30 p.m. Dec. 3 (Saturday) (at Bristol, Tenn.) NCAA FCS Playoff s (First Round) Johnson C. Smith at Woff ord ESPN3 3 p.m. Tennessee Tech at Mercer ESPN3 4 p.m. Dec. 9 and 10 (Friday, Saturday) The Citadel at Gardner-Webb BSDN 6 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoff s (Quarterfi nals) *Chattanooga at Furman ESPN3 7 p.m. Dec. 16 and 17 (Friday, Saturday) B Sept. 24 (Saturday) NCAA FCS Playoff s (Semifi nals) *ETSU at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. F FB *Samford at Chattanooga SDN 2 p.m. Jan. 7 (Saturday) N VMI at Bucknell PLN 3 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoff s (Championship) O ON Furman at Coastal Carolina TBA C * Southern Conference game Oct. 1 (Saturday) ALL TIMES EASTERN O *Mercer at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. S Kennesaw State at Furman ESPN3 3 p.m. ACC RSN = ACC Network Regional Sports Networks # #S *Woff ord at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. ASN =American Sport Network *The Citadel at Western Carolina ESPN3 3:30 p.m. BTN = Big Ten Network *Chattanooga at ETSU SDN TBA ESPN3 = ESPN3/WatchESPN FSSE = Fox Sports Southeast Oct. 8 (Saturday) PLN = Patriot League Network *ETSU at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. SEC = SEC Network North Greenville at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. SDN = SoCon Digital Network *Mercer at Chattanooga SDN 4 p.m. BSDN = Big South Conference Digital Network *Woff ord at Western Carolina ASN 7:00 p.m. OVCDN = Ohio Valley Conference Digital Network *Samford at Furman ESPN3 TBA Oct. 15 (Saturday) *Chattanooga at The Citadel FSSE 3 p.m. *VMI at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. *Western Carolina at Mercer ESPN3 4 p.m. *Furman at ETSU SDN TBA Oct. 20 (Thursday) West Virginia Wesleyan at ETSU SDN 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 (Saturday) *The Citadel at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *VMI at Chattanooga SDN 2 p.m. Mercer at Austin Peay OVCDN 4 p.m. *Western Carolina at Samford ASN 7 p.m. Oct. 29 (Saturday) *Furman at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Mercer at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *ETSU at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. *Chattanooga