GENERAL INFORMATION GAME #2 | ETSU BUccANEERS (0-1) VS SHORTER HAWKS (0-0) LOCATION .......................................................................JOHNSON CITY, TENN. SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 • 7:30PM • JOHNSON CITY, TENN. (WILLIAM B. GREENE, JR. STADIUM) FOUNDED ...............................................................................................1911 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ETSU ENROLLMENT ...................................................................................... 14,957 GAME COVERAGE... NICKNAME ........................................................................BUCCANEERS (BUCS) Head Coach ......Randy Sanders ONLINE STREAM .................................................................... ESPN+ COLORS ................................................................NAVY BLUE AND OLD GOLD Record @ ETSU .......8-5, 2nd yr .............................DAVID JACKSON / MARK HUTSELL / KASEY MARLER STADIUM ....................................... WILLIAM B. GREENE, JR. STADIUM (7,694) Career Record ..................SAME RADIO ............................... WXSM-AM 640/104.9 NASH ICON AFFILIATION ........................NCAA DIV. I CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION (FCS) ...............................JAY SANDOS / MATT WILHJELM / ROBERT HARPER Shorter CONFERENCE.................................................................................... SOUTHERN ONLINE RADIO ......ETSUBUCS.COM (BUCCANEER SPORTS NETWORK) Head Coach ...... Zach Morrison PRESIDENT .........................................................................DR. BRIAN NOLAND LIVE STATS ......................................................................NCAA.COM Record @ ASU........... 0-11, 2nd yr THLETIC IRECTOR COTT ARTER A D ...................................................................S C SERIES HISTORY ..................................................FIRST EVER MEETING Career Record ...................SAME ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE ...........................................(423) 439-4343 LAST MEETING ....................................................FIRST EVER MEETING FOOTBALL HISTORY CHEDULE FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL........................................................................1920 2019 S DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SERIES STREAK NOTABLE SEASONS OF FOOTBALL ................................................................................85 8/31 AT APPALACHIAN STATE L, 42-7 13-33-1 L7 FIRST MEETING IN 16 YEARS ALL-TIME RECORD .....................................................................352-424-27 9/7 SHORTER 7:30PM 0-0 -- BUCS LOOK TO WIN THIRD STRAIGHT HOME OPENER SOCON TITLES ..................................................................................1 (2018) 9/14 VMI$ 7:30PM 15-9 W2 ETSU BEGINS DEFENSE OF SOCON TITLE NCAA POSTSEASON APPEARANCES (DIV. I) ................................................. 2 9/21 AUSTIN PEAY 7:30PM 14-12-2 L4 FIRST MEETING SINCE 1978 POSTSEASON RECORD (DIV. I) ................................................................... 2-2 9/28 AT FURMAN$ 1:00PM 8-25 W1 SOCON ROAD OPENER BEST FINISH ........................................................................ 1ST (1969 OVC) 10/5 WOFFORD$ 3:30PM 13-14 L8 BUCS SEEKING TO SNAP LOSING STREAK LAST APPEARANCE ......................................................... 2018 (FIRST ROUND) 10/12 OPEN 10/17 AT CHATTANOOGA$ 7:00PM 19-22-1 W1 THURSDAY NIGHT CONTEST 10/26 AT SAMFORD$ 1:00PM 1-5 L2 --- 2018 RECORD .......................................................................................... 8-4 11/2 THE CITADEL$ 3:30PM 17-10 W1 HOMECOMING SOCON ..................................................................................................... 6-2 11/9 AT WESTERN CAROLINA$ 3:30PM 23-24-1 W1 --- HOME ........................................................................................................ 5-1 11/16 MERCER$ 1:00PM 2-2 W2 SENIOR DAY AWAY ........................................................................................................ 3-3 11/23 AT VANDERBILT TBA 0-0 -- FIRST EVER MEETING OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING/LOST ..................................................... 4/7 DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING/LOST ..................................................... 8/3 NOTE SPECIALSTS RETURNING/LOST .................................................................... 2/5 TIMES LISTED IN EASTERN HOME GAMES IN BOLD $ - SOCON GAME RETURNING LETTERMEN................................................................................27 BASIC OFFENSE .....................................................................................SPREAD BASIC DEFENSE .......................................................................................... 3-4 ETSU NOTES BUCS COMING OFF HISTORIC 2018 SEASON COACHING STAFF ETSU is coming off a historic 2018 season ... In his first season at the helm, head coach Randy HEAD COACH .........................................................................RANDY SANDERS Sanders directed the Blue and Gold to an overall record of 8-4 and a 6-2 mark in conference play, giving the Buccaneers a share of the league title in just their third season since returning HEAD COACHING RECORD AT ETSU ............................8-5 (SECOND SEASON) to the SoCon. The Bucs’ eight wins in 2018 season were the third-most in program history, with OVERALL RECORD .........................................................8-5 (SECOND SEASON) the most wins coming in 1969 and 1996 when those ETSU teams finished with 10 victories. The FOOTBALL OFFICE PHONE ...................................................(423) 439-4343 eight wins were also the most by a first-year head coach in program history ... After earning a BEST TIME TO INTERVIEW COACH ................................................CONTACT SID conference title, ETSU made its second playoff appearance in program history and first in 22 years after earning an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs. The Bucs, who were ranked as high as ASSISTANT COACHES No. 17 in the FCS Coaches’ Poll last season, captured their fourth conference championship in MIKE RADER ..................................OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/WIDE RECEIVERS program history and first since 1969. BILLY TAYLOR .......................................DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/LINEBACKERS BRYAN STORK ................................................................................TIGHT ENDS BUCS’ HISTORICAL SEASON ETSU football enjoyed a historical season as its eight wins last year were the third-most in STEVE BROWN ...................................................................... DEFENSIVE BACKS single-season history … The Bucs’ single-season record for wins is 10, which was set in 1969 and DARYL DAYE ............................DEFENSIVE LINE/SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR 1996 … ETSU’s six SoCon wins were also the most since the 1996 team finished 7-1. GARY DOWNS .............................RUNNING BACKS/ RECRUITING COORDINATOR DYLAN LEWELLYN ...........................................................OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS MATT MCCUTCHAN ................................................................ OFFENSIVE LINE PRICE PARTRICK ..............................QUARTERBACKS/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS COLLINS UKWU ......................................................................DEFENSIVE ENDS DALLAS DICKEY .................................................OFFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL JOHN ELLIS DAVIS .............................................DEFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL WE ARE ETSU SUPPORT STAFF ALLAN JOHNSON .................................. STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH NATHAN BARGER ..........................ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SPORTS MEDICINE The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broad- ROGER HAMMONS ......................................................... EQUIPMENT MANAGER cast media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” throughout the 2019-20 season ... East HUNTER PARKER ...... VIDEO COORDINATOR/OPERATIONS GRADUATE ASSISTANT Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics, please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. 2018 SOCON CHAMPIONS www.ETSUBucs.com #ETSUTOUGH DRIVE THROUGH MEDIA INFORMATION The Buccaneer defense has posed a problem for opposing offenses on the first drive of ETSU ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS the game in the previous three contests, holding opponents to two three-and-outs and The ETSU athletic media relations office is available to assist members of the media with their questions and recording one interception against Samford. requests to Buccaneer football. Please contact Assistant Director for Athletic Media Relations David Fox with any questions about the Bucs. To arrange interviews, please contact David Fox 24 hours in advance. Head Coach NEXT MAN UP Randy Sanders will be available for interviews following each practice and following games. Other interviews Trey Mitchell provided a spark off the bench for the Bucs in the season opener at with Randy Sanders and players must be set-up in advance. Appalachian State. Following the injury to starting quarterback Chance Thrasher, Mitchell stepped in and delivered a convincing performance after finishing 12-of-19 for ETSU ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB 117 yards and one touchdown against a Top 25 defensive unit. Mitchell orchestrated Get the most recent information on the Buccaneers, including updated stats, video