Seniors to be recognized when Tech hosts final home game Saturday
It's Senior Day, Military and Public Safety Appreciation Day and Scout Day Saturday when Tennessee Tech hosts UT Martin at 1:30 p.m. in the final home game of the season for the Golden Eagles.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
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7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 44 |
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10 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
Team Stats
UT Martin
| Game Statistics | UT Martin | Tennessee Tech |
|---|---|---|
| Passing Yards | 422 | 277 |
| Rushing Yards | 157 | 298 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Time of Poss. | 29:13 | 30:47 |
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- For the fourth consecutive game, the
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles face an Ohio Valley Conference
opponent with just one league loss. This week, Tech hosts UT Martin
(7-2/5-1 OVC) in Tucker Stadium, the second game for Tech in the
race for the Sgt. York Trophy, and the final home game of the 2012
season.
It’s Senior Day and 18 active senior players will be
recognized in pregame ceremonies — Jordan Adams, Slade Adams,
Michael Baker, Hunter Beedle, Zach Bush, Chris Dickerson, Marcus
Edwards, Howard Griffin, Taylor Hennigan, Tremaine Hudson, Will
Johnson, Tre Lamb, Tommie McBride, Caleb Mitchell, Matt Moran,
Kedrick Towles, Adam Urbano, LaDarrius Verge.
It’s also Military and Public Safety Appreciation Day, as
well as Scout Day, with several special guests taking part in the
day’s activities.
Tech is looking to bounce back from a 31-24 loss to Eastern
Illinois last week, while UT Martin is coming off a 49-47 home
victory over Jacksonville State that kept the Skyhawks tied for the
league lead.
Tech owns a 21-10-2 edge in the overall series against UTM, but
the teams have swapped victories in each of the last six meetings
with the road team winning all six times.
Tech enters the game missing seven players who came into the year
projected as starters and two other defenders who moved into
starting roles once the season was underway.
In fact, over the course of the year, a total of 34 different
Golden Eagles have missed games due to injuries. In comparison,
last year when Tech won the OVC title, only four players missed
games.
Despite all the setbacks due to injury, the Golden Eagles have
continued to battle in every game. Tech has held a lead in the
second half in four of its six OVC losses this year, and was tied
in the second half in a fifth conference contest.
With all those injuries, there is a silver lining as numerous
Golden Eagle youngsters are gaining valuable playing experience
that can aid the team next season — a total of 15 different
players have made their first career starts this season for the
Golden Eagles.
#23 UT Martin Skyhawks (7-2, 5-1
OVC)
at Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (2-7, 0-6 OVC)
Saturday, Nov. 10 • 1:30 p.m. CT
Tucker Stadium (16,500) • Cookeville, Tenn.
TV:........................................ WCTE/OVC
Digital Network
Live Stats: http://livestats.prestosports.com/ttusports/fball
Series Record:.................... Tennessee Tech
leads 21-10-2
Last Meeting:............. Tennessee Tech won 34-31 (10/1/11)
Jason Simpson at UT Martin:........................ 44-33 (7
yrs.)
Jason Simpson Overall:...........................................
same
Watson Brown at Tennessee Tech:................ 27-38 (6 yrs.)
Watson Brown Overall:......................... 121-189-1 (28
yrs.)
UT Martin Last Week:........ W, 49-47 vs. Jacksonville State
Tennessee Tech Last Week:..... L, 31-24 vs. Eastern Illinois
GAME NOTES: In-state rivals UT Martin and
Tennessee Tech will play for the 34th time on Saturday afternoon.
The matchup is part of the Sgt. York Trophy series which is
contested between the four OVC football teams in the state of
Tennessee. UT Martin controls its own destiny in the OVC
Championship race; with two wins the Skyhawks will not only win its
second OVC title (the team also won in 2006) but will earn the
league’s automatic berth into the FCS Playoffs (2006 was its
only appearance in the Division I playoffs). Tennessee Tech, which
has been plagued with injuries, is looking to snap a seven-game
losing streak. The series is even 3-3 over the last six seasons,
with the away team winning each of those six matchups. Last season
Tre Lamb found Zach Ziegler for a 14-yard touchdown pass with 1:25
to play to lift the Golden Eagles to a come-from-behind victory.
Lamb finished the day with 227 passing yards and two scores as well
as 60 rushing yards and a touchdown. Tevin Barksdale had 87 rushing
yards and two touchdowns for the Skyhawks.
SCOUTING UT MARTIN: After having won four games in a row
(and six of its last seven) UT Martin finally cracked the Top 25
polls on Monday, coming in at No. 23 in the Sports Network poll and
No. 24 in the FCS Coaches Poll. It marks the first time the
Skyhawks have been ranked since Nov. 24, 2008 (when they were 24th
in both polls). In the team’s 49-47 victory over Jacksonville
State on Saturday senior quarterback Derek Carr completed 28-of-43
passes for 402 yards and seven touchdowns without an interception.
It marked the second time this season Carr has thrown seven
touchdown passes (without an interception), making him the only
Division I (FBS or FCS) quarterback to achieve that feat this year.
The performance earned him his second National Player of the Week
honor of the 2012 season. In the process Carr moved into third
place on the OVC career touchdown passing list (62) and fifth on
the OVC career passing yards list (7,730). Carr completed 10 of his
passes to senior Quentin Sims who racked up 137 receiving yards and
five touchdowns; the five touchdowns tied the OVC single-game
record for a wide receiver. Sims now has 22 career receiving
touchdowns, just two outside the career Top 10 list; his 72
receptions this season is just one away from the OVC single-season
Top 10. Ben Johnson led the UTM defense with a season-high 17
stops; Johnson now ranks fourth nationally in tackles/game (12.22).
As a team UT Martin is seventh nationally in turnover margin
(+1.0/game)
SCOUTING TENNESSEE TECH: With Tre Lamb out once
again with an injury Tennessee Tech turned to Darian Stone at
quarterback and the sophomore completed 22-of-43 passes for 153
yards and a touchdown and rushed for 119 yards on 20 carries (5.9
ypc) to lead the Golden Eagle offense. He became just the second
TTU quarterback to rush for 100 or more yards in a game and the
first to do so in 21 years. Doug Page added 30 yards and scored
both of the team’s rushing touchdowns on the afternoon. On
defense Tech was led by Tra’Darius Goff who had 12 tackles
while James Huguely added 11 and Austin Tallant had 10.
Saturday’s game marks the final home game of the season for
the Golden Eagles, who will play at Austin Peay during the final
week of the regular season.
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