Football Contact: Jason Yaman, Associate Commissioner ([email protected]); 864.591.5100 2016 Southern Conference Football Standings Last Week’s Results Conference Overall The Citadel 30, VMI 20 C/SI Team W-L PF PA W-L PF PA Home Road Streak CIT - Dominique Allen accounted for 246 6/5 The Citadel 8-0 238 150 10-0 307 188 4-0 6-0 W10 yards of total offense and two TDs. VMI - Alan Cratsenberg tallied a game- 11/12 Chattanooga 6-2 261 169 8-2 361 169 5-1 3-1 L1 high 20 tackles. 18/18 Samford 5-2 230 182 7-3 383 274 5-0 2-3 W1 19/20 Wofford 5-2 210 147 7-3 303 192 3-1 4-2 W3 Wofford 36, Chattanooga 28 Mercer 3-4 186 198 5-5 271 294 3-1 2-4 L1 WOF - Lorenzo Long rushed for 123 Furman 3-4 201 150 3-7 277 271 1-4 2-3 W1 yards and a TD. UTC - Alejandro Bennifi eld passed for ETSU 1-6 78 254 4-6 159 294 3-2 1-4 W1 177 yards and four TDs. VMI 1-6 160 211 3-7 224 288 1-3 2-4 L5 Western Carolina 1-7 183 286 2-8 234 352 2-3 0-5 L1 Furman 49, Western Carolina 21 C-FCS Coaches Poll; SI - STATS Poll FUR - Kealand Dirks rushed for 171 yards and two TDs. This Week’s Schedule WCU - Spearman Robinson caught 10 November 19 Series Record TV/Internet Time passes for 155 yards and a score. *VMI at Wofford VMI, 10-9 ESPN3 2:00 p.m. *Furman at Mercer FUR, 7-5-2 FSSE 3:00 p.m. Samford 24, Mercer 19 *Samford at ETSU SAM, 3-0 SDN 3:30 p.m. SAM - Devlin Hodges passed for 301 The Citadel at North Carolina UNC, 4-0 ACC Network 3:30 p.m. yards and three TDs. Western Carolina at South Carolina USC, 4-0 SEC-Alternate 4:00 p.m. MER - John Russ accounted for 368 Chattanooga at Alabama UA, 10-0 ESPN2 7:00 p.m. yards of total offense and a TD. ETSU 23, Cumberland College 16 MER - Jajuan Stinson rushed for 114 yards and two TDs. Quick Hits PLAYERS OF THE WEEK RANKINGS: The Citadel Bulldogs, Chattanooga Mocs, Samford Bulldogs and Wofford Terriers are ranked in both weekly FCS polls. The Citadel is ranked fi fth in the STATS poll Offense and sixth by the coaches. UTC is 11th according to the coaches and 12th in the STATS • Devlin Hodges, So., QB, Samford poll. Samford is slotted 18th in both polls while Wofford is ranked 19th by the coaches and Completed 90 percent of his passes and 20th in the STATS poll. threw for 401 yards and three TDs. AWARD CANDIDATES: The Southern Conference has two players on the STATS Offen- Defense sive Player of the Year Watch List, two on the Defensive Player of the Year Watch List and • Jonathan King, Jr., DL, The Citadel one on the Freshman of the Year Watch List. Forced a fumble and returned it 54 yards • Offensive Player of the Year - Derrick Craine (Chattanooga) Devlin Hodges (Samford). for a TD. Tallied three tackles and a sack. • Defensive Player of the Year - Keionta Davis (Chattanooga) and Dee Delaney (The Citadel). Special Teams • Freshman of the Year - Tyrie Adams (Western Carolina). • Lennox McAfee, So., RS, Wofford Returned a kickoff 100 yards for a TD and a second kick 60 yards. SoCon Stats NCAA Stats SoCon Media Guide FCS Coaches Poll Southern Conference Football Weekly Release November 14, 2016 Page 1 Southern Conference News and Notes 2016 SoCon Football Preseason Coaches Poll CONFERENCE CROWN: With Saturday’s win over VMI, The Citadel fi nished the confernce season with a perfect 8-0 record. It is the second year in a row the Bulldogs have earned a School (First-place votes) Points conference championship as The Citadel also won a share of the league title in 2015. 1. Chattanooga (7) 63 2. The Citadel (1) 52 3. Samford (1) 50 ONE POSSESSION GAMES: Fourteen of the league’s 33 conference games this season 4. Western Carolina 41 have been decided by one possession. Since the start of the 2013 season, 52 of 121 (.430) 5. Mercer 38 league games have been decided by one possession. 6. Wofford 33 7. Furman 24 NONCONFERENCE GAMES: Southern Conference teams are 10-1 against FCS noncon- 8. VMI 14 ference opponents in 2016. 9. ETSU 9 THE FRIENDLY CONFINES OF HOME: Southern Conference teams are 6-1 at home in 2016 SoCon Football Preseason Media Poll nonconference games this season. • SoCon teams are 82-22 (.789) at home in nonconference games since the start of the School (First-place votes) Points 2010 season. 1. Chattanooga (26) 250 • Home teams are 19-14 in conference play this year and are 68-54 since the start of 2. The Citadel (2) 208 2013. 3. Western Carolina 179 4. Mercer 148 GROUND ATTACK: A Southern Conference team has ranked either fi rst or second nation- 5. Samford 147 ally in rushing in 13 of the last 14 seasons. 6. Wofford 136 7. Furman 102 • The Citadel leads the FCS in rushing this season with 359.9 yards per game. 8. VMI 62 9. ETSU 28 POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Seven schools in the Southern Conference have reached the postseason at least once. Current SoCon Schools in the Playoffs 2016 Southern Conference Preseason Team App. Won Lost Pct. Champion Runner-up All-Conference First Team The Citadel 4 2 4 .333 0 0 ETSU 1 1 1 .500 0 0 Off. POY: Detrez Newsome, Jr., RB, WCU Furman 16 18 15 .545 1 2 Def. POY: Keionta Davis, Sr., DL, UTC Mercer 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Samford 3 2 3 .400 0 0 Offense QB Al Cobb, Jr., VMI Chattanooga 3 2 3 .400 0 0 RB Derrick Craine, Sr., Chattanooga VMI 0 0 0 .000 0 0 RB Detrez Newsome, Jr., Western Carolina Western Carolina 1 3 1 .750 0 1 OL Isaiah Pinson, Jr. The Citadel Wofford 6 5 6 .455 0 0 OL Brett Niederreither, Sr., Mercer OL Armando Bonheur, Sr., Samford AWARD CANDIDATES: The Southern Conference has two players on the STATS Offen- OL Corey Levin, Sr., Chattanooga sive Player of the Year Watch List, two on the Defensive Player of the Year Watch List and OL Jacob Revis, Jr., Chattanooga one on the Freshman of the Year Watch List. (tie) OL Anton Wahrby, Sr., Wofford TE Tyler Sexton, Sr., Western Carolina • STATS Inc., Offensive Player Candidates - Derrick Craine (Chattanooga) and Devlin WR Karel Hamilton, Sr., Samford Hodges (Samford). WR Aaron Sanders, Sr., VMI Former Winners: 1992 Michael Payton, QB, Marshall 1999 Adrian Peterson, RB, Georgia Southern Defense 2000 Louis Ivory, RB, Furman DL Joe Crochet, Sr., The Citadel 2007 Jayson Foster, QB, Georgia Southern DL Ahmad Gooden, So., Samford 2008 Armanti Edwards, QB, Appalachian State DL Keionta Davis, Sr., Chattanooga 2009 Armanti Edwards, QB, Appalachian State DL Miles Brown, So., Wofford LB Tevin Floyd, Sr., The Citadel LB Nakevion Leslie, Sr., Chattanooga • STATS Inc., Defensive Player Candidates - Keionta Davis (Chattanooga) and Dee LB Tyson Dickson, Sr., Western Carolina Delaney (The Citadel). (tie) LB Daniel Riddle, Jr., Western Carolina Former Winners: 1995 Dexter Coakley, LB, Appalachian State DB Dee Delaney, Jr., The Citadel 1996 Dexter Coakley, LB, Appalachian State DB Trey Robinson, Sr., Furman • STATS Inc., Freshman of the Year Candidates - Tyrie Adams (Western Carolina). DB Jamerson Blount, Sr., Samford DB Lucas Webb, Jr., Chattanooga Specialists BUCS ARE BACK: After competing as an FCS Independent program in 2015, ETSU will PK Henrique Ribeiro, Sr., Chattanooga compete as a full member of the SoCon this fall. P Ian Berryman, So., Western Carolina • ETSU competed in the league from 1978 through 2003 before dropping the program. RS Dane Forlines, Sr., VMI • The Bucs’ best season in the SoCon was the 1996 campaign, when ETSU went 10-3 overall with a 7-1 record in league play. The Bucs defeated Villanova (35-29) in the opening round of the FCS playoffs before falling at Montana (44-14) in the quarterfi nals. Southern Conference Football Weekly Release November 14, 2016 Page 2 Southern Conference News and Notes WORKING OVERTIME: Current Southern Conference teams are 37-46 (.444) all-time in SoCon vs. Other Conferences overtime games. The most recent overtime game was Nov. 5, 2016, when The Citadel FBS Opponents (0-0) topped Samford (37-34). FBS Opponents (0-7) American (0-1) Team OT Record Pct. East Carolina 52, Western Carolina 7 The Citadel 9-7 .563 ACC (0-1) ETSU 3-2 .600 Georgia Tech 35, Mercer 10 Furman 4-10 .286 The Citadel at North Carolina Nov. 19 Mercer 2-1 .667 Big Ten (0-1) Samford 2-1 .667 Michigan State 28, Furman 13 Chattanooga 5-12 .313 Mid-American (0-1) VMI 6-5 .546 Akron 47, VMI 24 Western Carolina 2-6 .250 Southeastern (0-2) Wofford 4-2 .667 Mississippi 38, Wofford 13 Mississippi State 56, Samford 41 Total 37-46 .446 Chattanooga at Alabama Nov. 19 Western Carolina at South Carolina Nov. 19 EXPERIENCED COACHES: Wofford head coach Mike Ayers is the dean of SoCon coach- Sun Belt (0-1) es. Ayers has tallied 148 wins at ETSU and Wofford while coaching in the Southern Con- Coastal Carolina 41, Furman 21 ference. He ranks third on the league’s all-time wins list behind Appalachian State’s Jerry Moore and Duke’s Wallace Wade.
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