22018018 SSOUTHERNOUTHERN CCONFERENCEONFERENCE FFOOTBALLOOTBALL 2018 Southern Conference Football Media Guide On the inside The Southern Conference 2018 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 Phil Perry .............................. Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Chattanooga .........................................................................54-61 Paul Lollis ..........................Assistant Commissioner for Video Productions VMI ...........................................................................................62-69 Stanley Broaden ............................................. Director of Championships Western Carolina .................................................................70-77 Haley Shotwell .............................................. Director of Creative Services Woff ord ...................................................................................78-85 Hannah Bradley ...............................Assistant Director of Media Relations S 2017 year-in-review Neili Akridge ..............................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner O Final standings ...........................................................................86 Carl Mattox .........................................................Championships Assistant C Polls ................................................................................................87 Emily Fulton ................................................ External Operations Assistant O ON Hannah Simmons ............................................. Media Relations Assistant N Honors and awards ............................................................88-89 Jack Childress ........................................................ Coordinator of Offi cials S Individual leaders ...............................................................90-91 P PORTS Team statistics ......................................................................92-93 O Southern Conference Offi cers Individual superlatives ......................................................94-95 R President: Dr. Jameica Hill, Woff ord College Team superlatives .....................................................................96 Vice President: Dr. Jeff rey Hugdahl, Mercer University T Records and awards S . All-time team records ..............................................................97 C COM Coaching records ......................................................................98 O NFL Draftees ......................................................................99-102 M NCAA statistics champions .................................................103 Overtime history .....................................................................104 Final national polls ........................................................105-108 Annual award winners .................................................109-111 National and regional honors ...................................112-113 All-Americans ..................................................................114-115 All-conference selections............................................116-122 Players of the Week .......................................................123-128 Players of the Month .............................................................129 All-Academic selections ..............................................130-132 FBS wins .....................................................................................133 Individual records ..........................................................134-146 Team records ...................................................................147-149 Annual individual leaders ...........................................150-153 Annual team leaders.....................................................154-157 FCS Playoff history .........................................................158-160 FCS national champions .............................................161-164 Credits FCS Playoff individual records ............................................165 Editor: Phil Perry FCS Playoff team records .....................................................166 Design: Phil Perry Pre-FCS history ........................................................................167 Cover: Haley Shotwell Yearly standings .............................................................168-171 Editorial Assistance: Jason Yaman, Hannah Bradley and the Southern Conference champions .....................................172 SoCon football SIDs. 2018 FOOTBALL 1 CCOMPOSITEOMPOSITE SCHEDULESCHEDULE Aug. 30 (Thursday) Oct. 27 (Saturday) Tennessee Tech at Chattanooga ESPN3 7 p.m. *Mercer at Woff ord ESPN3/CW62 1:30 p.m. Shorter at Samford ESPN+ 7:30 p.m. *Furman at The Citadel ESPN+ 2 p.m. *VMI at Chattanooga ESPN+ 3 p.m. Sept. 1 (Saturday) *Western Carolina at ETSU ESPN+ 3:30 p.m. Furman at Clemson ACC Network 12:20 p.m. *The Citadel at Woff ord ESPN+/CW62 6 p.m. Nov. 3 (Saturday) Newberry at Western Carolina ESPN+ 6 p.m. *Chattanooga at Furman ESPN3/CW62 1 p.m. Mercer at Memphis ESPN3 7 p.m. Tusculum at VMI ESPN+ 1:30 p.m. VMI at Toledo ESPN3 7 p.m. *ETSU at Mercer ESPN+ 3 p.m. Mars Hill at ETSU ESPN+ 7:30 p.m. *Woff ord at Samford ESPN+ 3 p.m. *The Citadel at Western Carolina ESPN+ 3:30 p.m. Sept. 8 (Saturday) ETSU at Tennessee SEC Network 4 p.m. Nov. 10 (Saturday) Furman at Elon CollegeSportsLive.com 6 p.m. *Mercer at Chattanooga ESPN+ 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Mercer ESPN3 6 p.m. *Furman at VMI ESPN+ 1:30 p.m. *Chattanooga at The Citadel ESPN+ 6 p.m. *Samford at The Citadel ESPN+ 2 p.m. *VMI at Woff ord ESPN+/CW62 6 p.m. *Woff ord at Western Carolina ESPN3 3:30 p.m. Samford at Florida State ACC Network 7:20 p.m. Nov. 17 (Saturday) Sept. 15 (Saturday) The Citadel at Alabama TBA Colgate at Furman ESPN3/CW62 1 p.m. Chattanooga at South Carolina TBA *ETSU at VMI ESPN+ 1:30 p.m. Western Carolina at North Carolina TBA *Mercer at Samford ESPN+ 3 p.m. *Samford at ETSU ESPN3 1 p.m. Woff ord at Wyoming Mountain West Network 4 p.m. Presbyterian at Woff ord ESPN+/CW62 1:30 p.m. Chattanooga at UT Martin OVCDN 4 p.m. VMI at Old Dominion ESPN+ 2 p.m. Western Carolina at Gardner-Webb ESPN+ 6 p.m. *Furman at Mercer ESPN+ 3 p.m. Charleston Southern at The Citadel ESPN+ 6 p.m. Nov. 24 (Saturday) Sept. 22 (Saturday) NCAA FCS Playoff s (Opening Round) *VMI at Western Carolina ESPN+ 3:30 p.m. B *The Citadel at Mercer ESPN+ 4 p.m. Dec. 1 (Saturday) *Samford at Chattanooga ESPN+ 7 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoff s (First Round) F FB *Furman at ETSU ESPN3 7:30 p.m. N Dec. 7 and 8 (Friday, Saturday) O ON Sept. 29 (Saturday) NCAA FCS Playoff s (Quarterfi nals) C *Mercer at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Western Carolina at Furman ESPN+/CW62 2 p.m. Dec. 14 and 15 (Friday, Saturday) O The Citadel at Towson CAA.TV 4 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoff s (Semifi nals) S Samford at Kennesaw State ESPN3 6 p.m. # #S Woff ord at Gardner-Webb ESPN+ 6 p.m. Jan. 5 (Saturday) *Chattanooga at ETSU ESPN+ 7:30 p.m. NCAA FCS Playoff s (Championship) Oct. 6 (Saturday) * Southern Conference game *Western Carolina at Samford ESPN3 1:30 p.m. ALL TIMES EASTERN *Woff ord at Chattanooga ESPN+ 3 p.m. Gardner-Webb at ETSU ESPN+ 3:30 p.m. Oct. 13 (Saturday) *Woff ord at Furman ESPN+/CW62 1 p.m. Mercer at Yale ESPN+ 1 p.m. *ETSU at The Citadel ESPN3 2 p.m. *VMI at Samford ESPN+ 3 p.m. *Chattanooga at Western Carolina ESPN+ 3:30 p.m. Oct. 20 (Saturday) *ETSU at Woff ord ESPN+ 1:30 p.m. *The Citadel at VMI ESPN3 1:30 p.m. *Samford at Furman ESPN+/CW62 2 p.m. *Western Carolina at Mercer ESPN+ 4 p.m. 2 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE SCHOOL LOGO ´´´ƘLJ¡¦¡LJ°Ƙ ¬ª SSOUTHERNOUTHERN CCONFERENCEONFERENCE HHISTORYISTORY The Southern Conference Play began