2014 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 2014 Southern Conference Football Media Guide On the inside The Southern Conference 2014 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 TBA ........................................................... Director of Multimedia Services VMI ...........................................................................................54-61 Erin O’Shea ....................................... Assistant Director of Championships Western Carolina .................................................................62-69 Phil Perry ..........................................Assistant Director of Media Relations Wofford ...................................................................................70-77 Jordan Gotfredson ...................Assistant Director of Multimedia Services 2013 year-in-review Laura Hayes ................................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Final standings ........................................................................... 78 Katie Burger ...................................Championships/Compliance Assistant Polls ................................................................................................ 79 Davis Simpson ...................................................Media Relations Assistant Jack Childress ........................................................ Coordinator of Officials Honors and awards ............................................................80-81 Individual leaders ...............................................................82-83 Southern Conference Officers Team statistics ......................................................................84-85 President: Dr. Chip Taylor, The Citadel Individual superlatives ......................................................86-87 Vice President: Dr. A.J. Grube, Western Carolina University Team superlatives ..................................................................... 88 Records and awards All-time team records .............................................................. 89 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, Jamie Severns Pre-FCS history ........................................................................153 Cover: Jamie Severns Yearly standings .............................................................154-157 Editorial Assistance: Jason Yaman and the SoCon football SIDs. Southern Conference champions .....................................158 Online Services: www.issuu.com 1 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Aug. 28 (Thursday) Oct. 25 (Saturday) Chattanooga at Central Michigan 7 p.m. *VMI at Wofford TBA Reinhardt at Mercer ESPN3 7 p.m. *Mercer at Chattanooga ASN 12 p.m. *Samford at Furman 1:30 p.m. Aug 30 (Saturday) *The Citadel at Western Carolina 2 p.m. Wofford at Georgia Tech FSS/ACC RSN 12:30 p.m. VMI at Bucknell 6 p.m. Nov. 1 (Saturday) Coastal Carolina at The Citadel 6 p.m. Concordia at Samford TBA Gardner-Webb at Furman 7 p.m. *Furman at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. Samford at TCU SS/FSN 7 p.m. *Chattanooga at Western Carolina 2 p.m. Western Carolina at USF ESPN3 7 p.m. *The Citadel at Mercer ESPN3 4 p.m. Sept. 6 (Saturday) Nov. 8 (Saturday) Brevard at Western Carolina 3:30 p.m. *Wofford at Chattanooga ESPN3 1 p.m. VMI at Bowling Green ESPN3 3:30 p.m. *Furman at The Citadel 2 p.m. *Furman at Mercer ESPN3 6 p.m. *Western Carolina at Samford ASN 3 p.m. Jacksonville State at Chattanooga 6 p.m. The Citadel at Florida State SS/ACC RSN 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 (Saturday) *Wofford at Furman ESPN3 12 p.m. Sept. 11 (Thursday) *Samford at The Citadel 1 p.m. Stillman at Samford 7:30 p.m. *VMI at Western Carolina 2 p.m. Chattanooga at Tennessee Tech 2:30 p.m. Sept. 13 (Saturday) Warner at Mercer ESPN3 4 p.m. Davidson at VMI 1:30 p.m. Catawba at Western Carolina 3:30 p.m. Nov. 22 (Saturday) Chattanooga at Austin Peay 5 p.m. Samford at Auburn TBA Mercer at Stetson 6 p.m. Western Carolina at Alabama TBA Furman at Presbyterian 7 p.m. *Mercer at Wofford 1:30 p.m. North Greenville at Wofford 7 p.m. *The Citadel at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Chattanooga at Furman ASN 3:30 p.m. Sept. 20 (Saturday) *VMI at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. Nov. 29 (Saturday) Furman at South Carolina State 6 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoffs (Opening Round) The Citadel at Charleston Southern 6 p.m. Wofford at Gardner-Webb 6 p.m. Dec. 6 (Saturday) Ave Maria at Mercer ESPN3 6 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoffs (First Round) Sept. 27 (Saturday) Dec. 12 and 13 (Friday, Saturday) *Mercer at VMI 1:30 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoffs (Quarterfinals) *Western Carolina at Furman ASN 3:30 p.m. Gardner-Webb at The Citadel 6 p.m. Dec. 19 and 20 (Friday, Saturday) *Samford at Chattanooga ASN 7 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoffs (Semifinals) Virginia-Wise at Wofford 7 p.m. Jan. 10 (Saturday) Oct. 4 (Saturday) NCAA FCS Playoffs (Championship) *VMI at Chattanooga TBA Western Carolina at Presbyterian TBA * Southern Conference game *The Citadel at Wofford ESPN3 1:30 p.m. ALL TIMES EASTERN *Mercer at Samford 3 p.m. Game times subject to change Coastal Carolina at Furman 7 p.m. Oct. 11 (Saturday) ACC RSN - ACC Network Regional Sports Networks Chattanooga at Tennessee TBA ASN - American Sport Network Charlotte at The Citadel 2 p.m. CBS SN - CBS Sports Network *Wofford at Western Carolina ESPN3 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 – ESPN3/WatchESPN VMI at Navy CBS SN 3:30 p.m. Fox Sports Net - Fox Sports Net Austin Peay at Mercer ESPN3 4 p.m. FSS - Fox Sports South Furman at South Carolina TBA SS - SportSouth Oct. 18 (Saturday) *Chattanooga at The Citadel ASN 1 p.m. Gardner-Webb at VMI 1:30 p.m. *Wofford at Samford 3 p.m. *Western Carolina at Mercer ESPN3 4 p.m. 2 SOCON ON TV 2014 SoCon Football on Television Date Game Time Network Aug. 28 Reinhardt at Mercer 7 p.m. ESPN3 Aug. 30 Wofford at Georgia Tech 12:30 p.m. Fox Sports South/ACC Regional Sports Networks