TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY 2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Jasher Cox // Athletic Communications // [email protected] // 334.669.8668 TUSKEGEE DIGITAL NETWORK - LISTEN LIVE Sept. 1, 2018 ASU Stadium 0-0 0-0 Montgomery, Ala. // 7 pm (cst) 0-0 0-0 25.6 19.1 Updates: @MyTUAthletics 14.0 18.0 58th Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense STAT LEADERS justice OWENS jamarcusEZELL 49 att 55-125 comp-att 309 yds 1105yds 7 tds R U S H I N G 8 tds P A S S I N G javarrius Cheatham davorisTHOMAS 22 rec 72 tackles 463 yds 24 tackles for loss T A C K L E S 3 td R E C E I V I N G Stadium ASu Stadium Ladd-Peebles Sept. 1 Garrett-Harrison Sept. 8 Sept. 15 A.J. McClung A.J. Alumni Stadium Alumni Stadium Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Memorial Stadium Oct. 6 Cleve Abbott Memorial Cleve Abbott Memorial Cleve Stadium Legion Field Alumni Stadium Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 McPherson Memorial Cleve Abbott Memorial Cleve @MyTUAthletics INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS 2018 SCHEDULE MEDIA INFORMATION 1-6 DATE SIAC OPPONENT TIME (CST) 2018 Schedule/2017 Results 1 Sept. 1 at ALABAMA STATE 5:00 p.m. Quick Facts 2 Sept. 8 vs Albany State 5:00 p.m. (EST) Media Information 3-4 Sept. 15* Clark Atlanta 1:00 p.m. 2018 Opponents SID Directory 4 Sept. 22 at Missouri S&T 1:00 p.m. The SIAC 5 Sept. 29* Lane 1:00 p.m. SIAC Past Members 5 Oct. 6* vs. Morehouse^ 2:00 p.m. (EST) 2017-18 SIAC Champions/All-Sports Award Winners 6 Oct. 13 Fort Valley State 6:00 p.m. (EST) Oct. 20* Kentucky State# 1:00 p.m. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION 7-8 Oct. 27* Central State 1:00 p.m. President, Dr. Lily D. McNair 8 Nov. 3* MILES 2:00 p.m. Nov. 10 SIAC Championship TBA ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION 9-10 Nov. 17 NCAA 1st Round Playoff TBA Athletics Director, Willie Slate 10 All Times Central COACHING STAFF 11-18 Home games are in BOLD and are played at Cleve L. Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium Head Coach Willie Slater 12-13 * SIAC Game Assistant Coaches 14-17 ^ Columbus, Ga. Athletic Department Staff Directory 18 # Homecoming & Montgomery, Ala. (Cramton Bowl) 2018 TUSKEGEE GOLDEN TIGERS 19-34 2018 Roster 20-21 2018 Roster by the Numbers 22-23 2017 SCHEDULE 2018 Returning Players 24-32 DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATT 2018 Returning Squad Members 33 Sept. 3 Alabama State W 14-6 25442 2018 Signing Class/Newcomers 34 Sept. 10 vs. Albany State L 20-7 8167 Sept. 17 Clark Atlanta W 30-16 7573 2017 SEASON IN REVIEW 35-48 Sept. 24 Findlay L 0-61 826 Season Results 36 Sept. 30 Lane W 28-23 751 Team Statistics 36 Oct. 7 Morehouse W 23-17 25101 Score by Quarters 36 Oct. 14 vs. Jackson State* W 33-7 17235 Rushing / Passing / Receiving Leaders 36 Oct. 22 Kentucky State W 26-21 4601 Total Offense / Scoring / Punt Returns / Kick Returns 37 Oct. 29 Central State W 45-0 22107 Interceptions / Fumble Returns / Kickoffs / Punting/ FG Sequence 37 Nov. 4 Miles W 50-20 17350 All-Purpose Yards 38 Nov. 11 Fort Valley State W 13-6 8317 Defensive Statistics 39 Game-by-Game Statistics / Offensive Starters / Defensive Starters 40 Game-by-Game Passing / Rushing / Receiving 41 Game-by-Game Tackles 42 Game-by-Game Tackles for Loss / Sacks / Punting / Kicking 43 Scoring Drives / Driving Superlatives / Longest Plays from Scrimmage 44 Tuskegee Individual Highs / Team Game Highs 45 Opponent Individual Highs / Team Game Highs 45 Participation 46-47 Postseason Honors 48 CREDITS ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT EDITOR Jasher Cox Tuskegee University Athletics strives to instill love, passion and pride of the University in all student-athletes. It is also our desire to compete at the highest level in all sports ultimately achieving to be the best in the Southern EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and within our region. The athletic department is also committed to the Tuskegee University athletic department staff utmost integrity through NCAA rules compliance, fiscal responsibility and student-athlete personal development. Ath- letics will provide exceptional value and benefit to the mission of Tuskegee University and community, demonstrate unrivaled pride and foster relationships with all constituents. Finally, Tuskegee University Athletics aspire to be a regional center of excellence providing opportunities for advanced academic and athletic experiences, within a caring community, designed to promote success in a global society. 3 TUSKEGEE TIDBITS TUSKEGEE TIDBITS Slater in season openers Right City/Wrong School *As Willie Slater starts his 13th season as head coach, the seven-time SIAC Champion is 9-3 Alabama State receivers Coach Chad Lucas is actually a Tuskegee native that attended Booker T. Washington High School. He went on to have a succesful college Tuskegee undefeated in ASU Stadium career at ASU and a stint with the Tampa Bay Bucs and Green Bay Packers *In 2012, Tuskegee handed Alabama State a 27-25 defeat in its all new stadium. After a five-year hiatus in and TU’s decision to partake in the NCAA Tuskegee leads SIAC, ranked second in NCAA Football attendance Playoffs, the two teams reunited in 2017 resulting in a 13-7 victory in favor of the Golden *For the fourth consecutive year, and the eighth time in school history, Tuskegee Tigers. That win created an even further gap in the overall series record which is now 62-33-4 University football finished second in attendance in NCAA Division II according to in favor of the Tuskegee the numbers released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Golden Tigersfinished first among schools in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic TU welcomes back former All-American defensive back Conference. Justin Hannah returns to the program to coach the defensive back unit at TU. The former All-American and Cleveland Browns player joins two other staff members that also wore the First ever meeting with Alabama State Crimson and Old Gold in Andre Brunson (Strength Coach) and Kelvin Powell (Defensive Line) 95 years ago, Tuskegee defeated Alabama State 28-7. The 1924 game was the first in the series and it is considered the first black college football classic When scoring first against Alabama State *Tuskegee has scored first in 11 out of the last 13 meetings with Alabama State. Out of those Slater against Alabama State 13 contest, the Golden Tigers have won nine of those battles Head coach Willie Slater has faced Alabama State eight times and he is 6-2 in those meetings. 11 years ago, his team scored 64 points against the Hornets, which Alabama State/Tuskegee Ties marked the most points ever scored in the series by a TU squad *Junior Alabama State offensive lineman Carl Thompson is the brother of former Tuskegee All-American Osband Thompson. The two siblings are both from Miami and attended Miami NCAA DIvision II Playoffs Jackson High School Tuskegee earned its first win ever in the playoffs in 2015 against Catawba. That same season, they also defeated North Alabama on the road to get to the Super NFL Genes for the Golden Tigers Region 2 championship game (NCAA Division II quarterfinals) before falling to West Tuskegee has three different players with relatives that have National Football League (NFL) Georgia. ties. Roshad Broadway (Cousins Sean Taylor-Redskins, and Tim Lester-Steelers), Kenny Gant (father Kenny Gant Sr.-Cowboys, Bucs), and Darius Holmes (father Darryl Holmes-Patriots), Chasing Cleve Slater’s 111 wins are second-most in school history behind Cleve Abbott’s 202 wins 2018 Black College Hall of Fame Watchlist from 1923-54. A trio of Tuskegee University football players have been named to the 2018 Watch List for the Black College Football Player of the Year Award. Quarterback Jamarcus Ezell, Wide Tuskegee Digital Network Receiver Javarrius Cheatham and Linebacker Davoris Thomas have joined a list composed of Frank Lee and Ken Woodard will provided commentary for the 2017 football 52 players from 25 different HBCUs. The award is presented annually to the most outstanding season. Lee college football HBCU player in the country. The BCFHOF made the announcement Wednesday returns to booth after providing play-by-play duties for the Golden Tigers for over morning with following players per conference breakdown: MEAC (18), SWAC (15), CIAA (10), 25 SIAC (8) and Independent (1). years. Woodard will provide color analysis for the network. The former TU great played Golden Tigers on ESPN linebacker with Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The defending Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Champions is set to be fea- He is tured in three of the five games games slated to appear on one of the ESPN family networks. also known as the first Tuskegee player to compete in a Super Bowl during the ESPN3 will serve as the exclusive carrier of the league’s package for the second straight 1986-87 season. This year’s slate will feature two classics: White Water Classic and the 83rd Annual season. Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic, two Saturday night games, and the most-anticipated match-up between the East and West Division at the SIAC Football Championship. STATS SHOWDOWN SIAC RANK VALUE RANK VALUE Total Offense 6 318.2 Total Offense 9 239.4 Rushing Offense 3 170.2 Rushing Offense 4 142.7 Passing Oefense 5 164.1 Passing Offense 10 96.6 Team Passing Efficiency 3 126.8 Team Passing Efficiency 10 86.2 Scoring Offense 6 22.8 Scoring Offense 9 14.0 STATE ALABAMA Total Defense 7 299.7 Scoring Defense 1 18.0 Rushing Defense 4 146.1 Rushing Defense 8 177.3 Passing Yards Allowed 5 166.6 Passing Defense 2 160 Team Passing Efficiency Defense 5 116.7 Team Passing Efficiency Defense 4 111.5 Scoring Defense 2 19.0 Turnover Margin 1 +11 Turnover Margin