2017 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 2017 Southern Conference Football Media Guide On the inside The Southern Conference 2017 composite schedule ...............................................................2 702 N. Pine Street The Southern Conference Spartanburg, S.C. 29303 Southern Conference history ..............................................4-8 Southern Conference principles ............................................9 Phone: ......................................................................................................... 864-591-5100 Southern Conference Hall of Fame ..............................10-11 Fax: .............................................................................................................864-591-3448 Website: ..................................................................................www.SoConSports.com Commissioner John Iamarino .............................................. 12 Southern Conference staff ....................................................13 Southern Conference media relations ..............................14 Conference staff Southern Conference teams John Iamarino ..................................................................... Commissioner The Citadel ............................................................................16-23 Geoff Cabe ................................................ Senior Associate Commissioner ETSU .........................................................................................24-31 Sue Arakas ........................................................... Associate Commissioner Furman ...................................................................................32-39 Doug King ..................................Associate Commissioner for Compliance Mercer .....................................................................................40-45 Jason Yaman ........................................................ Associate Commissioner Samford ..................................................................................46-53 Jordan Trolinger ............ Assistant Commissioner for External Operations Chattanooga .........................................................................54-61 Phil Perry .............................. Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations VMI ...........................................................................................62-69 Ashley Waters .................................................. Director of Championships Western Carolina .................................................................70-77 Paul Lollis ....................................................Director of Video Productions Woff ord ...................................................................................78-85 Haley Shotwell .................................Assistant Director of Media Relations S 2016 year-in-review Neili Akridge ..............................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner O Final standings ...........................................................................86 Zack Vaji .............................................................Championships Assistant C Polls ................................................................................................87 Kelsey Gomes .............................................. External Operations Assistant ON Philip Marcello .................................................. Media Relations Assistant Honors and awards ............................................................88-89 Jack Childress ........................................................ Coordinator of Offi cials S Individual leaders ...............................................................90-91 PORTS Team statistics ......................................................................92-93 Southern Conference Offi cers Individual superlatives ......................................................94-95 President: Dr. Jameica Hill, Woff ord College Team superlatives .....................................................................96 Vice President: Dr. Jeff rey Hugdahl, Mercer University Records and awards . All-time team records ..............................................................97 COM Coaching records ......................................................................98 NFL Draftees ......................................................................99-100 NCAA statistics champions .................................................101 Overtime history .....................................................................102 Final national polls ........................................................103-106 Annual award winners .................................................107-109 National and regional honors ...................................110-111 All-Americans ..................................................................112-113 All-conference selections............................................114-120 Players of the Week .......................................................121-126 Players of the Month .............................................................127 All-Academic selections ..............................................128-130 FBS wins .....................................................................................131 Individual records ..........................................................132-144 Team records ...................................................................145-147 Annual individual leaders ...........................................148-151 Annual team leaders.....................................................152-155 FCS Playoff history .........................................................156-158 FCS national champions .............................................159-162 Credits FCS Playoff individual records ............................................163 Editor: Phil Perry FCS Playoff team records .....................................................164 Design: Phil Perry Pre-FCS history ........................................................................165 Cover: Phil Perry Yearly standings .............................................................166-169 Editorial Assistance: Jason Yaman and the SoCon football SIDs. Southern Conference champions .....................................170 Online Services: www.issuu.com 2017 FOOTBALL 1 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Aug. 26 (Saturday) Oct. 28 (Saturday) Jacksonville State at Chattanooga ESPN 6 p.m. *Woff ord at ETSU ESPN3 TBA (Montgomery Kickoff Classic) *VMI at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. *Chattanooga at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. Aug. 31 (Thursday) *Furman at Western Carolina ESPN3 3:30 p.m. Jacksonville at Mercer ESPN3 TBA Kennesaw State at Samford ESPN3 7 p.m. Nov. 4 (Saturday) *VMI at ETSU ESPN3 TBA Sept. 2 (Saturday) *Samford at Mercer ESPN3 TBA Western Carolina at Hawai’i TBA *Chattanooga at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. VMI at Air Force 12 p.m. *Western Carolina at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. Newberry at The Citadel ESPN3 6 p.m. *Furman at Woff ord ESPN3 6 p.m. Nov. 11 (Saturday) Limestone at ETSU ESPN3 7 p.m. *Woff ord at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Mercer at Western Carolina ESPN3 2 p.m. Sept. 7 (Thursday) *The Citadel at Furman ESPN3 2 p.m. West Alabama at Samford ESPN3 7 p.m. *ETSU at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. Sept. 9 (Saturday) Nov. 18 (Saturday) Chattanooga at LSU TBA Woff ord at South Carolina TBA *Woff ord at Mercer ESPN3 TBA Mercer at Alabama TBA Elon at Furman ESPN3 1 p.m. The Citadel at Clemson TBA Catawba at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. Western Carolina at North Carolina TBA ETSU at James Madison 6 p.m. *ETSU at Chattanooga ESPN3 2 p.m. Presbyterian at The Citadel ESPN3 6 p.m. *Furman at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. Davidson at Western Carolina ESPN3 6 p.m. Nov. 25 (Saturday) Sept. 16 (Saturday) NCAA FCS Playoff s (Opening Round) Mercer at Auburn TBA *The Citadel at ETSU ESPN3 TBA Dec. 2 (Saturday) Samford at Georgia TBA NCAA FCS Playoff s (First Round) Furman at NC State 12:20 p.m. VMI at Robert Morris 3 p.m. FB Dec. 8 and 9 (Friday, Saturday) Western Carolina at Gardner-Webb ESPN3 6 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoff s (Quarterfi nals) UT Martin at Chattanooga ESPN3 6 p.m. ON Dec. 15 and 16 (Friday, Saturday) C Sept. 23 (Saturday) NCAA FCS Playoff s (Semifi nals) *Mercer at ETSU ESPN3 TBA O Furman at Colgate 1 p.m. Jan. 6 (Saturday) *Chattanooga at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoff s (Championship) #S Gardner-Webb at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Samford at Western Carolina ESPN3 3:30 p.m. * Southern Conference game ALL TIMES EASTERN Sept. 30 (Saturday) Woff ord at Presbyterian TBA *VMI at Mercer ESPN3 TBA *ETSU at Furman ESPN3 1 p.m. *The Citadel at Samford ESPN3 3 p.m. *Western Carolina at Chattanooga ESPN3 6 p.m. Oct. 7 (Saturday) Robert Morris at ETSU ESPN3 TBA *Samford at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Western Carolina at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Mercer at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. *Furman at Chattanooga ESPN3 4 p.m. Oct. 14 (Saturday) *Chattanooga at Mercer ESPN3 TBA *VMI at Furman ESPN3 1 p.m. *ETSU at Western Carolina ESPN3 3:30 p.m. *Woff ord at The Citadel ESPN3 6 p.m. Oct. 21 (Saturday) *Samford at Woff ord ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Mercer at Furman ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Western Carolina at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *The Citadel at Chattanooga ESPN3 2 p.m. 2 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE HISTORY The Southern Conference conference games for each league member. membership of 10 institutions, including The Southern Conference, which is in its With 30 schools in the SIAA by the early 1920s, Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, 97th season of intercollegiate