FORT VALLEY STATE FOOTBALL 12 SIAC FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS (1970. 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1999) GAME NOTES (GAME #9) FORT VALLEY STATE WILDCATS(2-6; 2-3) Vs. MOREHOUSE MAROON TIGERS (2-6; 1-5) 2:00 p.m. - Atlanta, GA - B. T. Harvey Stadium THE GAME: The Wildcats are on the road in one of the biggest THE SCHEDULE: East Division games of the season against 9-4 @Miles L,21-34 Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA., at B.T. Harvey Stadium at 2 pm. The Wildcats overall record is 2-6; 9-10 @Lane L,7-10 2-3, but 1-1 in the division. FVSU defeated Central 9-17 Clark Atlanta W,37-31 State 30-28 last weekend, but need a win over Morehouse in order to stay in the hunt for the SIAC 9-24 @Benedict L,14-28 Eastern Division Title on November 5th in Colum- 10-1 @Alderson Broaddus L,9-33 bus, GA. Division wish, Albany State is 2-0, Bene- 10-8 Kentucky State L,10-26 dict 2-1. If, ASU beat BC, BC will fall to 2-2. If, FVSU win over MHC they will move to 2-1 and 10-15 @Florida Tech L,14-48 head to Columbus fighting for the title. 10-22 Central State W,30-28 THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT: 10-29 @Morehouse 2 p.m. Morehouse lost to Benedict in Columbia, SC., last 11-5 Albany State 2 p.m. week to fall to 0-3 in the East Division. THE SERIES: (Blue & Red highlighted games This game marks the 41st meeting between FVSU are division games) and Morehouse College since the series began in 1974. FVSU leads the series 29-11-0, after a 35-3 victory last year. FORT VALLEY STATE FOOTBALL 2016 SIAC STANDING SCHOOL CONF. CPCT. OVERALL DIV. DPCT. EAST Albany State 3-1 0.750 4-3 2-0 1.000 Benedict 3-2 0.600 4-4 2-1 0.667 Clark Atlanta 3-3 0.500 5-3 2-2 0.500 Fort Valley State 2-3 0.400 2-6 1-1 0.500 Morehouse 1-5 0.167 2-6 0-3 0.000 WEST: Kentucky State 4-1-0 0.800 4-3-0 3-0-0 1.000 Tuskegee 4-1-0 0.800 6-1-0 1-1-0 1.000 Miles 3-2-0 0.600 4-3-0 2-1-0 0.500 Lane 2-3-0 0.400 4-4-0 0-3-0 0.000 Central State 1-5-0 0.167 1-7-0 1-2-0 0.333 LAST WEEK’S SIAC GAMES: THIS WEEK’S SIAC GAMES: Saturday, October 22, 2016 Saturday, October 29, 2016 Central State (28) @ FVSU (30) FVSU @ Morehouse (2 p.m.) Miles (26) @ Lane (14) Lane @ Kentucky State – (1:30 p.m.) Kentucky State (10) @ Tuskegee (9) Tuskegee @ Central State – (1:00 p.m.) Morehouse (10) @ Benedict (13) Albany State @ Benedict (Augusta) — (2:00 p.m.) Clark Atlanta (7) @ Albany State (17) Miles @ Clark Atlanta — (2:00 p.m.) NEXT GAME: Fort Valley State will host the Golden Rams of Albany State University on Saturday, No‐ vember 5th in Columbus, GA in the 27th Annual Fountain City Classic at 2 pm. The game will be streamed live and live stats is available. SERNA EARN FIRST TEAM ALL-SIAC PRE-SEASON HONORS: FIRST TEAM: #13 Juan Serna JR K/P 5-8 180 Douglasville, GA / Douglas County Serna led the SIAC in punting last year, while appearing in 10 games, punting 56 times for 2,406 yards and a long of 66 yards. He averaged 43.0 yards per punt, had four punts for touchbacks, 15 punts for 50 + yards, 15 punts inside the 20. STAT LEADERS RUSHING: 5 Jamari Clark (69 att., 325 yds, 4.7 avg., 40.6/gm) 21 Chauncey Jackson (61 att., 302 yds, 3 TD, 3.3 avg., 25.2/gm) PASSING: 7 Demontay Jones (69-139-1,002, 9 TD, 8 INT, 143.1/gm) 10 Otis Brown (9-25-165, 1 TD, 1 INT, 20.6/gm RECEIVING: 10 Otis Brown (23-265, 7 TD, 11.5 avg., 33.1/gm) 3 Orenzo Smith (10-253, 2 TD, 25.3 avg., 36.1/gm DEFENSE: 1 Brian Walker (53 tkls, 10.0-34 TFL, 1.5-11 SK, 6-198 INT, 3 BRUP, 2 QBH, 1 FF, 1 KB) 27 Demonta Prather (50 tkls, 3.0-5 TFL, 0.5-1 SK, 1 INT 31 Kentron James (50 tkls, 5.5-14 TFL, 0-0-0 SK, 3 BRUP, 2 FR) FORT VALLEY STATE FOOTBALL STAISTICAL COMPARISON 2016 STATISTIC 17.8 Scoring Avg. / Game 19.5 12.6 First Down Avg. / Game 18.0 99.1 Rushing Avg. / Game 84.1 158.6 Passing Avg. / Game 190.5 257.8 Total Yards / Game 274.6 37.4 Punting Avg. / Game 35.4 13.8 Kick Return Avg. / Game 24.7 9.9 Punt Return Avg. / Game 7.6 15–11 Fumbles – Lost 7–5 93.6 Penalties Yds Avg. / Game 77.6 34–105 (32%) 3rd Down Conversions 23-110 (21%) 9–16 (56%) 4th Down Conversions 8–17 (47%) 28.28 Avg. Time of Possession 29.43 19 Touchdowns Scored 20 FORT VALLEY STATE FOOTBALL General Information: Sports Information Director: Location: Fort Valley, GA Name: Willie K. Patterson, Jr. Founded: 1895 Office: 478-825-6437 Enrollment: 2,633 Cell: 478-297-7826 Nickname: Wildcats Fax: 478-825-6889 Name of Band: The Blue Machine Press Box: 478-825-6961 School Colors: Royal Blue & Old Gold E-mail: [email protected] Stadium/Capacity: 10,000 [email protected] Playing Surface: Natural Grass Athletic Website: www.fvsusports.com Affiliation: NCAA Division II Facebook: @fvsusports Conference: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Twitter: @fvsuathletics Athletic website: www.fvsusports.com Team Information School/Athletics Administration: 2015 Record: 5-4 2015 SIAC Record/Finish: 3-1 / 2nd (SIAC Interim President: Dr. Paul Jones Eastern Division) Athletic Director: Dr. Darryl Pope Number of Starters Returning: NA AD Office Number: 478-825-6238 Number of Letter winners Returning/Lost: Administrative Assistant: TBA NA SWA: LuWanna Williams Basic Offense/Defense: Spread / 3-4 FAR: Dr. Jerry Haywood Compliance Officer: LuWanna Williams Band Director: Jonathan Thompson Equipment Manager: TBA Game Videographer: TBA Cheerleader Coach/Advisor: Greta Renfus Sports Medicine Director: TBA Radio Station: N/A Local Television Outlets: WMAZ TV 13, WGXA TV 24, NBC TV 41 News Paper: Macon Telegraph, The Leader Tribune Athletic Ticket Office: (478) 825-6433 FORT VALLEY STATE FOOTBALL Football History/Honors: Coaching Staff: First Year of Football: 1945 (Coach Richard Name: Coaching Position: Craig) Kevin Porter Defensive Backs All-Time Won-Lost Record: NA Travis Everhart Assistant Head Coach/ Upcoming Milestones: NA Offensive Coordinator Kareem Jackson Recruiting Coordinator/Wide SIAC Football Championships: 12 (1970, Receivers 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, Michael Ervin Director of Football Opera- 1985, 1991, 1992, 1999) tions/ Running Backs Black College National Championships: Greg Carswell Defensive Lineman NA Joel Hirsch Defensive Lineman Highest NCAA National Ranking: NA Ulysses Tobler Quarterbacks Rod Tolen Defensive Backs Years in Postseason Play: 7 Cole Trolinger Defensive Lineman All-Time Bowl/Playoff Record: NA Last Postseason Appearance: (11/17/2012), Head Coach: Head Coach: Kevin Porter Alma Mater/Year Graduated: Avila University (2011) Record at FVSU (Years): 0-0 (1st) Career Record (Years): 6-15 (2) Football Office Number: 478-827-3054 Best Time to Call: 10:00 a.m. / 1:00 p.m. Chronological Record at FVSU: FORT VALLEY STATE FOOTBALL ABOUT THE MAN KEVN PORTER Kevin Porter enters his first season as head coach of the Fort Valley State University Wildcats football program and the programs 14th head coach. Prior to arriving at FVSU, Porter was an Academic Coach for the Chick‐Fil‐A Bowl Play It Smart Program, Grady High School in Atlanta, GA. He fostered the creaon of an academic support system in collaboraon with school administrators and officials (i.e. study tables, academic progress monitor‐ ing, tutoring, mentor development, etc.). Porter was an Adjunct Professor for Concordia University‐Irvine in Irvine, CA, where he was a teacher of graduate level course work for the Masters in Coaching and Athlec Ad‐ ministraon programs. Porter has an extensive background in coaching, including 10 seasons as both an assistant and head coach at the professional level. His coaching experience also includes snts at the University of West Georgia as an assistant coach and Point University as head coach and athlec director. Porter coached the Arena Football League and the associated developmental league called arenafootball2 (af2.) In 2000, Porter was head coach with the Pensacola Barracudas, followed by several seasons as head coach of the Ma‐ con Knights. He took his afF2 teams to the playoffs all four seasons and had won the most games in af2 history (45‐ 27) before moving on to serve as defensive coordinator for the AFL's New Orleans VooDoo, and then as head coach of the ALF’s Kansas City Brigade. Prior to his professional career, Porter was a three‐year leerman, two‐year starter and All‐State performer at de‐ fensive back for the Warner Robins Demons in Warner Robins, Ga. as well as being a member of the 1981 Naonal Championship team. As a collegiate player at Auburn University, Porter was a four‐year starter, All‐American and two‐me All‐ Southeastern Conference performer. Kevin was named defensive MVP of the 1984 Liberty Bowl and was selected to Auburn’s Team of the Century.