2019 Ohio Valley Conference Football Report Austin Peay | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Kentucky | Jacksonville State | Murray State | Southeast Missouri | Tennessee State | Tennessee Tech | UT Martin November 18, 2019 Ohio Valley Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Contact: Kyle Schwartz Brentwood, TN 37027 Phone: (615) 690-6685 OVCSports.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: @OVCSports OVC STANDINGS (In games through November 16) OVC OVERALL W L PCT. PF PA W L PCT. PF PA Home Away Neutral Streak Austin Peay 6 1 .857 270 156 8 3 .727 389 244 4-1 4-2 0-0 W4 Southeast Missouri 6 1 .857 204 152 8 3 .727 321 276 5-0 3-3 0-0 W5 UT Martin 6 2 .750 244 156 7 4 .636 300 249 5-0 2-4 0-0 W1 Eastern Kentucky 4 3 .571 211 163 6 5 .545 306 241 3-2 3-3 0-0 W1 Tennessee Tech 3 4 .429 176 241 6 5 .545 321 385 3-2 3-3 0-0 L1 Jacksonville State 3 4 .429 171 190 6 5 .545 305 302 5-1 1-4 0-0 L2 Murray State 2 5 .286 115 181 4 7 .364 250 316 3-3 1-4 0-0 L4 Tennessee State 1 6 .143 150 237 2 9 .182 277 388 2-4 0-4 0-1 L3 Eastern Illinois 1 6 .143 151 216 1 10 .091 170 329 0-5 1-5 0-0 L1 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Saturday, November 23 Saturday, November 16 *Murray State at #13 Southeast Missouri, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *#15 Southeast Missouri 26, @Eastern Illinois 12 *Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN3) *@Eastern Kentucky 22, Tennessee Tech 10 *Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN+) *#22 Austin Peay 42, @Murray State 7 *Eastern Illinois at #19 Austin Peay, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *@UT Martin 28, Tennessee State 17 *UT Martin at Kentucky, 2:30 p.m. (SEC Network) * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL THIS WEEK’S OVC HIGHLIGHTS/STORYLINES With one week to play Austin Peay and Southeast Missouri are tied for fi rst place in the OVC...Austin Peay holds the tiebreaker (head- to-head win) over Southeast Missouri and would earn the automatic bid to the FCS Playoff s if both teams win...If both teams fi nish tied they would be considered "co-champions"...Austin Peay has won only one OVC Championship (1977) and has never appeared in the Playoff s...If Austin Peay loses and SEMO wins, the Redhawks would lock up its second-straight (and third overall) FCS Playoff berth and win its second OVC title (2010 being the other)... The fi eld for the 2019 NCAA Division I Football Championship will be announced on Sunday, November 24 at 11:30 a.m. CT on ESPNU... SEMO nailed down its second-straight eight-win season marking the fi rst time in program history where the Redhawks won eight games in back-to-back years; the eight-win season is SEMO's ninth all-time since its football program began in 1904...Austin Peay has eight wins for the second time in three years and for just the seventh time in program history; the Govs have never won nine games in a season...APSU also set the program record for single-season total off ense (4,668)...APSU's Kordell Jackson scored his third defensive touchdown of the season with a fumble recovery on Saturday; he also has two interception returns and leads the FCS with seven total interceptions...Jacksonville State needs a win on Saturday to extend its streak of consecutive winning seasons to 17, the longest active streak in the FCS...A win by Tennessee Tech would give the program its seventh win of the season and its fi rst winning season since 2011; the team had won seven previous games over the past three years... Austin Peay and UT Martin will at least share this year's Sgt. York title (and TSU could make it a three-way tie with a win over Tennes- see Tech on Saturday); no matter what happens Austin Peay will keep the physical trophy this year...OVC play concludes with four Conference games this weekend while UT Martin plays at FBS foe Kentucky...Three games will air on ESPN+, one game is on ESPN3 and one on the SEC Network...This season 69 of 72 total OVC football games will air on ESPN Networks, including 52 on ESPN+ and 12 on ESPN3.....This year marks the 150th anniversary of the fi rst college football game. 2019 OVC Football Weekly Release - November 18 • 1 OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OVC MEDIA INFORMATION OFFENSIVE Kyle Schwartz Asst. Commissioner/Strategic Communications Isaiah Hill, WR • 5-11, 190, So. • Shorewood, Ill. • Eastern Illinois Phone: (615) 690-6685 Hill caught 13 passes for 152 yards and a touchdown in Eastern Illinois' game against Cell: (615) 775-1937 E-mail: [email protected] No. 15 Southeast Missouri. He caught a 26-yard touchdown in the fi rst quarter to put Web: http://www.OVCSports.com the Panthers ahead for the entire fi rst half. His 13 catches were the second-most he ONLINE PRESS BOX: The OVC Football Online Press Box is a had grabbed in a game this season and tied for the third-most by an OVC player this one-stop shop for gathering information about the OVC and its season. It marked Hill's second-game this season of at least 150 receiving yards. member schools. Media can access it at www.OVCSports.com/ Hill ranks 24th nationally in receptions/game (5.9). footballpressbox or through links at OVCSports.com. SOCIAL MEDIA: Get breaking news about the OVC by follow- ing the OVC through Social Media. Check out the OVC sites Others Nominated: DeAngelo Wilson, Austin Peay; Daryl McCleskey, Jr., Eastern at http://www.twitter.com/OVCSports and http://www.facebook. Kentucky; Andrew Knox, Tennessee State; Jaimiee Bowe, UT Martin. com/ovcsports. Also check out www.YouTube.com/ohiovalley- conference and the league’s blog at OVCExtra.com. DEFENSIVE WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players of the Zach Hall, LB • 6-0, 238, Sr. • Louisville, Ky. • Southeast Missouri Week each Sunday afternoon throughout the season. The full weekly notes report will be released each Monday throughout Hall, the reigning Buck Buchanan Award Winner, had 12 tackles (including 1.5 for the season by 5 p.m. CT. The report is available via e-mail, and loss), a sack, an interception and pass breakup as No.15 Southeast Missouri won is posted on the league’s Web site in text and PDF versions. Statistics are updated after each gameday on the OVC Web site. 26-12 at Eastern Illinois to remain tied for fi rst place in the OVC standings. HIs sack came on the opening possession of the third quarter, went for -10 yards and forced 2019 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK a punt which teammate Shabari Davis returned 46 yards for a touchdown to put the OFFENSIVE Redhawks on top for good. Hall's interception came in the fourth quarter and helped Sept. 1 Bailey Fisher, Tennessee Tech Southeast end the game. Hall went over 100 tackles for the second-straight season, Sept. 8 Zerrick Cooper, Jacksonville State Chris Rowland, Tennessee State the fi rst SEMO player to achieve that since 2011-12. Hall ranks 24th nationally in Sept. 15 Zerrick Cooper, Jacksonville State tackles (9.3/game). Sept. 22 Josh Pearson, Jacksonville State Bailey Fisher, Tennessee Tech Sept. 29 JaVaughn Craig, Austin Peay Others Nominated: Shaun Whittinghill, Austin Peay; Joe Caputo, Eastern Illinois; Bailey Fisher, Tennessee Tech Oct. 6 Zerrick Cooper, Jacksonville State Corey Glass, Eastern Kentucky; TJ Porter, Murray State; Emmanuel Olenga, Ten- Oct. 13 John Bachus III, UT Martin nessee State; Seth Carlisle, Tennessee Tech; TJ Jeff erson, UT Martin. Oct. 20 Kristian Wilkerson, Southeast Missouri Oct. 27 JaVaughn Craig, Austin Peay Nov. 3 John Bachus III, UT Martin SPECIALIST Nov. 10 Kristian Wilkerson, Southeast Missouri Nov. 17 Isaiah Hill, Eastern Illinois Shabari Davis, RS • 6-0, 193, Sr. • Garden City, Ga. • Southeast Missouri Nov. 24 With his team trailing 7-6 early in the third quarter, Davis returned a punt 46 yards DEFENSIVE for a touchdown to put the No. 15 ranked Redhawks on top for good in the 26-12 win Sept. 1 Wayna Moton, UT Martin at Eastern Illinois. Davis became the fi rst SEMO player to score on a punt return in Sept. 8 Nigel Walton, Murray State Sept. 15 Kordell Jackson, Austin Peay four years. The win helped Southeast remain tied for fi rst place in the OVC stand- Sept. 22 Seth Carlisle, Tennessee Tech ings with a week to play. Sept. 29 Kordell Jackson, Austin Peay Oct. 6 T.J. Warren, Murray State TJ Jeff erson, UT Martin Others Nominated: Samuel Hayworth, Eastern Kentucky; Kaleb Mosley, Tennessee Oct. 13 Traco Williams, Jacksonville State Oct. 20 Frank Sumpter, Eastern Kentucky State; Haidar Zaidan, Tennessee Tech; Zane Cox, UT Martin. Justin Swift, Southeast Missouri Oct. 27 Omardrick Douglas, Southeast Missouri Nov. 3 Cecil Cherry, UT Martin NEWCOMER Nov. 10 Josephus Smith, Austin Peay John Bachus III, QB • 6-2, 210, R-Fr. • Pulaski, Tenn. • UT Martin Nov. 17 Zach Hall, Southeast Missouri Bachus completed 16-of-25 passes for 216 yards and three touchdowns as UT Nov. 24 Martin topped Tennessee State 28-17 to fi nish the home portion of its schedule 5-0. SPECIALIST Sept.