Golden Eagles look for strong finish when they visit Austin Peay Saturday
On the heels of an overtime upset victory against No. 23 UT Martin last week, the Tennessee Tech football team looks to close out the season with back-to-back wins on Saturday when it plays a road game at Austin Peay.
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Team Stats
Austin Peay
| Game Statistics | Tennessee Tech | Austin Peay |
|---|---|---|
| Passing Yards | 245 | 310 |
| Rushing Yards | 256 | 103 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Time of Poss. | 32:06 | 27:54 |
View or download TTU football game notes vs. Austin
Peay (PDF)
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- On the heels of an overtime upset victory
against No. 23 UT Martin last week, the Tennessee Tech football
team looks to close out the season with back-to-back wins on
Saturday when it plays a road game at Austin Peay.
With an early kickoff time for national television (Fox College
Sports) at 11 a.m., the Golden Eagles have a chance to tie for the
Sgt. York Trophy. A Tech victory (coupled with a win by UT Martin
over Tennessee State) would put Tech’s name on the trophy for
the third consecutive year.
The Golden Eagle offense piled up 575 total yards against the
Skyhawks, the most in Watson Brown’s six seasons as head
coach. Sophomore quarterback Darian Stone tied a school record with
190 rushing yards (most by a quarterback) and accounted for 467
yards of total offense, the second-highest game in school
history.
Junior wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers needs one touchdown
catch to tie the school record (10) for most in a season. He is
also within reach of school marks for most catches (needs 13) and
most yards (needs 78) in a season.
On defense, sophomore Tra’Darius Goff is within six tackles
of making 100 this season.
On special teams, kicker Zach Sharp has already broken one school
record (most consecutive PATs) by successfully making his last 53
PAT kicks including 11 to end last year and all 42 this year. He
needs four PAT kicks to tie his own school record of 46 in a
season.
Punter Chad Zinchini is also in line for a school record. His
current average of 44.6 yards per kicks would break the record
(currently 44.5 yards per kick).
Freshman Ladarius Vanlier has 32 kickoff returns, needing two to
tie the school record.
Tech leads the all-time series, 28-17-1, including the last
three.
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (3-7, 1-6
OVC)
at Austin Peay Governors (1-9, 0-7 OVC)
Saturday, Nov. 17 • 11:00 a.m. CT
Governors Stadium (10,000) • Clarksville, Tenn.
TV: FOX College Sports (live); FOX Sports South
(delayed)
Live Stats: http://www.apsugovernors.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml
Series Record:...................... Tennessee Tech
leads 28-17
Last Meeting:........... Tennessee Tech leads 49-7 (11/19/11)
Watson Brown at Tennessee Tech:................ 28-38 (6 yrs.)
Watson Brown Overall:......................... 122-189-1 (28
yrs.)
Rick Christophel at Austin Peay:................... 19-46 (6
yrs.)
Rick Christophel
Overall:.......................................... same
Tennessee Tech Last Week: W, 45-44 vs. #23 UT Martin (OT)
Austin Peay Last Week:....... L, 38-23 at Jacksonville State
GAME NOTES: In-state rivals Austin Peay and
Tennessee Tech will close out the 2012 season in the OVC TV Game of
the Week on Saturday. The game will air live on FOX College Sports
and be delayed on FOX Sports South (10 p.m. CT). The game is part
of the Sgt. York Trophy series and Tennessee Tech can gain a share
of the crown with a victory and a loss by Tennessee State. TTU has
won the last three in the series with APSU, including a 49-7
victory a year ago in Cookeville that gave the Golden Eagles the
OVC Championship. In that game the No. 21 ranked Golden Eagles led
14-7 at halftime but scored 28 unanswered points in the third
quarter on its way to the 42-point victory. Tech was led by Dontey
Gay who rushed for 192 yards and a touchdown while Tre Lamb passed
for 112 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 52 yards and three
more scores.
SCOUTING TENNESSEE TECH: Having battled injuries most of
the season, Tennessee Tech finally had luck on its side on Saturday
in topping No. 23 UT Martin 45-44 in overtime. Tech had entered the
game having lost each of its last two games (to nationally-ranked
TSU and OVC champion Eastern Illinois) by a combined eight points,
but snapped its seven-game losing streak thanks to sophomore
quarterback Darian Stone. Stone produced 466 yards of total offense
(second-most in school history) to lead his team to the
come-from-behind victory. In just his third career start Stone
completed 16-of-29 passes for 277 yards and three scores (including
a 79-yard touchdown to put his team on top with 1:10 to play in
regulation) and rushed for 190 yards, the most by a TTU quarterback
in school history. The performance earned him Sports Network
National Offensive Player of the Week honors. Doug Page rushed for
81 yards and two touchdowns, including a 2-yard run in overtime
that ultimately proved to be the game-winner (after UTM missed an
extra point attempt). Freshman cornerback Demario Donnell made his
first career and made 15 tackles and broke up a pass in the
victory. Senior Marcus Edwards added nine tackles, 2.0 sacks and
forced a fumble.
SCOUTING AUSTIN PEAY: Austin Peay held a 16-14
halftime advantage at Jacksonville State on Saturday but was
outscored 21-0 in the third quarter on its way to a 38-23 loss.
Senior quarterback Jake Ryan had a big day, setting APSU
single-game records for pass attempts (60) and completions (41). He
passed for a career-high 375 yards and had three touchdowns. The
senior needs 35 completions to move into first place on the APSU
career list (504 by Jesse Kellogg from 2001-05). Ryan completed
passes to nine different receivers with Devin Stark (70 yards, 1
TD), Reco Williams (67 yards, 1 TD) and Terrence Oliver (64 yards)
each catching eight passes. The freshman Williams had a big game,
catching those eight passes and also rushing for a team-high 73
yards. Oliver also had 50 rushing yards and 106 kickoff return
yards to account for a game-high 220 all-purpose yards. Stark now
has 58 catches on the season, the most by an APSU receiver since
Lanis Frederick had 77 in the 2006 season. The Governors are
looking to snap a 13-game Conference losing streak dating back to a
win over Tennessee State last season.
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