2009 Ohio Valley Conference Football Report Austin Peay | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Kentucky | Jacksonville State | Murray State | Southeast Missouri | Tennessee State | Tennessee Tech | UT Martin October 12, 2009 Ohio Valley Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Contacts: Kyle Schwartz Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 Phone: (615) 690-6685 www.OVCSports.com Email: [email protected] www.OVCSports.TV OVC STANDINGS (Through games on October 10) OVC OVERALL W L PCT. PF PA W L PCT. PF PA Home Away Neutral Streak Tennessee State 2 0 1.000 43 34 3 3 .500 93 117 1-1 1-1 1-1 W2 Eastern Kentucky 3 1 .750 93 71 3 2 .600 106 90 1-1 2-1 0-0 L1 Eastern Illinois 2 1 .667 84 70 4 2 .667 149 128 1-1 3-1 0-0 L2 Tennessee Tech 2 1 .667 73 68 3 2 .600 131 127 2-0 1-2 0-0 W2 Austin Peay 1 2 .333 67 75 2 4 .333 129 174 1-1 1-3 0-0 W1 UT Martin 1 2 .333 64 109 2 4 .333 148 174 2-1 0-3 0-0 L2 Murray State 0 2 .000 20 64 1 4 .200 103 174 1-2 0-2 0-0 L4 Southeast Missouri 0 4 .000 67 99 1 5 .167 142 172 1-2 0-3 0-0 L5 Jacksonville State # 2 0 1.000 93 14 4 2 .667 224 93 1-0 3-2 0-0 W4 # - Due to NCAA APR penalties, Jacksonville State is ineligible for NCAA postseason and therefore is ineligible for the OVC Championship. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Saturday, October 17 Saturday, October 10 *Tennessee Tech at #25 Eastern Illinois, 1:30 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) @#12 Penn State 52, #25 Eastern Illinois 3 *UT Martin at #23 Eastern Kentucky, 2:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) *Austin Peay 24, @Southeast Missouri 14 *Murray State at Tennessee State, 6:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) *Tennessee Tech 35 @UT Martin 28 *#18 Jacksonville State 41, @Murray State 7 *Tennessee State 20, @#16 Eastern Kentucky 17 * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL THIS WEEK’S OVC HIGHLIGHTS/STORYLINES Week No. 6 of the season saw four OVC games with the visiting team coming out on top in each contest...Tennessee State stayed undefeated in the OVC and took over first place with a 20-17 victory over then No. 16 Eastern Kentucky...EKU has won 22 of its last 24 OVC games dating back to 2006, but both losses have come to Tennessee State...Jacksonville State ran its win streak to four with a 41-7 victory at Murray State...Austin Peay got its first OVC win of the year with a 10-point victory at Southeast Missouri...In that game Ryan White rushed for 228 yards, the second most in Austin Peay single-game history and the third-highest total in FCS football this year...Tennessee Tech won its second game in a row, 35-28 at UT Martin...Tech is now 2-0 in Sgt. York Trophy games this season and can wrap-up the title with a victory over Tennessee State on Oct. 31...TTU junior defensive back Dustin Dillehay was named National Defensive Player of the Week by both the Sports Network and College Sporting News after his 14-tackle (10 solo) performance where he also picked off a pass and returned it 41 yards for what proved to be the game-winning score...The OVC has now had the National Defensive Player of the Week each of the past two weeks...In non-conference play Eastern Illinois lost at FBS Penn State; there were 104,488 fans at that contest, the most fans to ever see an OVC team play (the previous high had been 85,754 to see Tennessee Tech play at Auburn)...This week’s action features just three games as three teams (Austin Peay, Jacksonville State and Southeast Missouri) have byes...Tennessee Tech will play at No. 25 Eastern Illinois, UT Martin is at No. 23 Eastern Kentucky and Murray State travels to Tennessee State...Three OVC teams remained ranked in the FCS Coaches poll this week, the fourth straight week the OVC has had three teams ranked (two teams are ranked in the Sports Network poll)...Jacksonville State has moved up to No. 12 nationally, which matches the team’s highest ranking since joining the FCS ranks; the Gamecocks were also No. 12 on Oct. 18, 2004 (a year they won the second of their back-to-back OVC Championships). 2009 OVC Football Weekly Release - Oct. 12 • 1 THIS WEEK'S OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OVC MEDIA INFORMATION Kyle Schwartz OFFENSIVE Asst. Commissioner/Media Relations Ryan White, RB • So., 5-7, 199 • Nashville, Tenn. • Austin Peay Phone: (615) 690-6685 White carried the ball 32 times for 228 yards and a touchdown as Austin Peay went E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.OVCSports.com on the road and topped Southeast Missouri 24-14. His 228-yard output was his second 200-plus yard outing of the season and the second-highest in Governors ONLINE PRESS BOX: New for 2009, the OVC Football Online Press Box is a one-stop shop for gathering history, trailing only a 244-yard effort by Floyd Jones in 1981. It was the third-highest information about the OVC and its member schools. output by a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) running back (and sixth- Media can access it on the Football page at highest in all of Division I) this season. White gained 162 of his 228 yards in the OVCSports.com and will find important related files and links. second half, including 97 in the fourth quarter as the Govs rallied with three touchdowns in the final 10:29 to win the game. In the go-ahead 35-yard touchdown SOCIAL MEDIA: Get breaking news about the OVC by following the OVC through Social Media. Check out the drive, he accounted for all 35 yards, including a two-yard touchdown plunge. He OVC sites at http://www.twitter.com/OVCSports and added 34 additional yards in the team’s game-sealing 13-yard touchdown drive. http://www.facebook.com/ovcsports. White’s 116.33 yards/game rushing average currently ranks first in the OVC and WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players of fourth nationally. the Week each Sunday afternoon throughout the sea- son. The full weekly notes report will be released each Monday throughout the season by 5 p.m. CT. The report Others Nominated: Ryan Perrilloux, Jacksonville State; Lee Sweeney, Tennessee is available via e-mail, and is posted on the league's Tech. Web site in text and PDF versions. Statistics are updated after each gameday on the OVC Web site. DEFENSIVE 2009 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Dustin Dillehay, DB • Jr., 5-9, 190 • Hartsville, Tenn. • Tennessee Tech Dillehay led Tennessee Tech with 14 tackles (10 solo) and intercepted a pass that OFFENSIVE he returned 41 yards for what proved to be the game-winning touchdown in the Sept. 6 Jake Christensen, Eastern Illinois Sept. 13 Ryan Perrilloux, Jacksonville State Golden Eagles 35-28 road victory at UT Martin. He also added a tackle-for-loss. With Sept. 20 Ryan Perrilloux, Jacksonville State his team leading 28-21, Dillehay picked off UTM quarterback Cade Thompson and Sept. 27 Ryan Perrilloux, Jacksonville State returned the ball 41 yards for a score to put the Golden Eagles up 35-21 with 8:11 Oct. 4 Ryan Perrilloux, Jacksonville State Oct. 11 Ryan White, Austin Peay to play. His 14-tackle performance was the third-highest among OVC players this Oct. 18 season. Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Others Nominated: Jeremy Ross, Austin Peay; T.J. Heath, Jacksonville State; Bryan Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Blanfort, Southeast Missouri; Nov. 22 SPECIALIST DEFENSIVE Sept. 6 Jeremy Caldwell, Eastern Kentucky Kevin Cook, P • Jr., 6-1, 201 • Libertyville, Ill. • Eastern Illinois Sept. 13 Jawaan Booker, Jacksonville State Cook averaged 48.2 yards per punt on six attempts as No. 25 Eastern Illinois Sept. 20 Andre Evans, Eastern Kentucky traveled to Happy Valley to battle Penn State, ranked No. 12 in the Football Bowl Sept. 27 Bryan Blanfort, Southeast Missouri Subdivision (FBS). Cook had a long punt of 58 yards and another punt that was Oct. 4 Jeremy Caldwell, Eastern Kentucky T.J. Heath, Jacksonville State downed inside the Nittany Lions’ 20-yard line. Cook is now averaging an OVC-best Oct. 11 Dustin Dillehay, Tennessee Tech 43.4 yards per punt with four over 50 yards and four pinned inside the 20-yard line. Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Others Nominated: Patrick Tatum, Jacksonville State; Kienan Cullen, Murray State. Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 NEWCOMER Nov. 22 Jeremy Ross, S • Fr., 6-0, 177 • College Park, Ga. • Austin Peay SPECIALIST In just his third career start, Ross collected both of Austin Peay’s turnovers at Sept. 6 Marcus Harris, Murray State Southeast Missouri, intercepting a pass and recovering a fumble in the Governors Sept. 13 Austin Signor, Eastern Illinois 24-14 victory. His fumble recovery came with 25 seconds left in the first half and set Sept. 20 Alan Bonner, Jacksonville State up the team’s first points of the game, a 41-yard field goal as time expired. His fourth Sept. 27 Patrick Tatum, Jacksonville State Oct. 4 Patrick Tatum, Jacksonville State quarter interception (that he returned eight yards), put the Govs in Redhawk territory Oct. 11 Kevin Cook, Eastern Illinois and setup APSU’s game-winning touchdown drive.