Official Football Box Score

Tennessee Tech vs. Samford

9/2/2021 — Birmingham, Ala. (Seibert Stadium)

Attendance: 3177 • Duration: 3:16 • Weather: sunny/clear, 83°, NNE 5mph

Score by Quarters

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
Tennessee Tech (0-1)	0	7	7	0	14
Samford (1-0)	14	3	21	14	52

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play	Score
1st	06:50	Samford — Michael Vice 24 yd pass from Liam Welch. ( Zach Williams kick is good). Drive: 5 plays, 79 yards in 1:21.	0 - 7
	03:49	Samford — M. Washington 62 yd punt return for TD. ( Zach Williams kick is good).	0 - 14
2nd	07:28	Samford — Zach Williams 24 yd field goal. Drive: 16 plays, 57 yards in 3:58.	0 - 17
	02:25	Tennessee Tech — ODEN, Justin 10 yd pass from SHANLEY, Davis. ( OLSEN, Hayden kick is good). Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards in 5:03.	7 - 17
3rd	09:25	Tennessee Tech — GIST, David 3 yd run. ( OLSEN, Hayden kick is good). Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards in 5:35.	14 - 17
	06:18	Samford — A.J. Toney 8 yd pass from Liam Welch. ( Zach Williams kick is good). Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 3:02.	14 - 24
	04:31	Samford — DeMarcus Ware 10 yd run. ( Zach Williams kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 56 yards in 0:50.	14 - 31
	00:39	Samford — Ty King 7 yd pass from Liam Welch. ( Zach Williams kick is good). Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards in 1:26.	14 - 38
4th	14:34	Samford — Jay Stanton 1 yd run. ( Zach Williams kick is good). Drive: 2 plays, 2 yards in 0:26.	14 - 45
	07:58	Samford — Jai'Rus Creamer 11 yd pass from Liam Welch. ( Zach Williams kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards in 4:03.	14 - 52

Team Statistics

Tennessee Tech		Samford
14	FIRST DOWNS	22
4	Rushing	8
9	Passing	13
1	Penalty	1
69	NET YARDS RUSHING	105
29	Attempts	30
2.4	Avg. Per Rush	3.5
1	Rushing TDs	2
132	Yards Gained	118
63	Yards Lost	13
162	NET YARDS PASSING	370
20- 38- 1	Comp.-Att.-Int.	35- 46- 0
4.3	Avg. / Att.	8.0
8.1	Avg. / Comp.	10.6
1	TDs	4
231	TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	475
67	Plays	76
3.4	Avg. / Play	6.3
1- 0	Fumbles-Lost	1- 0
7- 66	Penalties-Yards	4- 35
7- 277	Punts-Yards	3- 112
39.6	Avg. / Punt	37.3
0	Inside 20	0
0	Touchbacks	0
1	Fair Catch	3
4- 141	Kickoffs-Yards	9- 430
35.3	Avg. / Kickoff	47.8
0	Touchbacks	0
0- 0- 0	Punt Returns: No-Yds-TD	3- 69- 1
-	Avg. / Return	23.0
3- 56- 0	Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD	2- 22- 0
18.7	Avg. / Return	11.0
0- 0- 0	Int Returns: No-Yds-TD	1- 25- 0
0- 0- 0	Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD	0- 0- 0
33:53	POSSESSION TIME	26:07
31% (5 of 16)	Third-Down Conversions	38% (6 of 16)
0% (0 of 1)	Fourth-Down Conversions	80% (4 of 5)
2- 2	Red Zone: Scores-Chances	6- 7
0	Touchdowns	0
0	Field Goals	0
1- 10	Sacks: Number-Yards	3- 32

Individual Offense

Passing

Tennessee Tech

	Player	Att	Cmp	Int	Yds	TD	Lg
6	Willie Miller	4	1	0	3	0	3
12	Davis Shanley	34	19	1	159	1	22
Totals		38	20	1	162	1

Samford

	Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	TD	Lg
7	Liam Welch	44	33	370	4	50
18	Ty Hatcher	2	2	0	0	1
Totals		46	35	370	4

Rushing

Tennessee Tech

	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
21	David Gist	17	72	4.2	1	28
2	Quinton Cross	1	15	15.0	0	15
6	Willie Miller	2	14	7.0	0	20
45	Jordan Brown	4	8	2.0	0	3
1	Justin Oden	1	0	0.0	0	0
12	Davis Shanley	3	-17	-5.7	0	9
TM	TEAM	1	-23	-23.0	0	0
Totals		29	69	2.4	1

Samford

	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
6	DeMarcus Ware	8	32	4.0	1	10
4	M. Washington	1	26	26.0	0	26
24	Jocquet Jiles	7	22	3.1	0	6
20	Jay Stanton	8	16	2.0	1	9
7	Liam Welch	6	9	1.5	0	17
Totals		30	105	3.5	2

Receiving

Tennessee Tech

	Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
2	Quinton Cross	8	57	7.1	0	22
11	Ashton Maples	4	36	9.0	0	14
6	Willie Miller	2	24	12.0	0	20
21	David Gist	3	17	5.7	0	10
5	Jalal Dean	1	15	15.0	0	15
1	Justin Oden	2	13	6.5	1	10
Totals		20	162	8.1	1

Samford

	Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
4	M. Washington	8	170	21.3	0	50
88	Michael Vice	4	57	14.3	1	24
12	Ty King	5	41	8.2	1	11
3	A.J. Toney	5	35	7.0	1	13
0	Chandler Smith	3	27	9.0	0	13
84	Kendall Watson	2	16	8.0	0	10
19	Jai'Rus Creamer	2	13	6.5	1	11
6	DeMarcus Ware	2	11	5.5	0	8
14	T. Pollard	1	1	1.0	0	1
20	Jay Stanton	2	0	0.0	0	1
83	Titus Gardner	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Totals		35	370	10.6	4

Kicking

Tennessee Tech

	Player	FGA	FGM	Lg	PAT-A	PAT-M
29	Hayden Olsen				2	2

Samford

	Player	FGA	FGM	Lg	PAT-A	PAT-M
59	Zach Williams	2	1	24	7	7

Individual Defense

Tackles

Tennessee Tech

	Player	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL	Sacks	PD
5D	Josh Reliford	3	8	11			1
8D	Jamal Boyd	3	7	10
18	Seth Carlisle	1	7	8
7D	K.J. Phillips	1	5	6	1
10	Cameron Hudson	4	2	6	1
23	Jack Warwick	3	3	6	1
2W	Nyquan Washington	3	2	5	1
20	Tai Carter	3	2	5	1		1
1D	Chris Tucker	0	4	4	0.5		1
3D	Xavier Washington	2	2	4	0.5
1G	Jyron Gilmore	1	2	3	0.5
15	Marcus McMeans	2	1	3	0.5
27	Aidan Raines	0	3	3	0.5
60	Michael Dixon	0	3	3	0.5
92	Kail Dava	1	2	3	0.5		1
0D	Jale'n Gladney	0	2	2	0.5
87	Devin Squires	1	1	2	1	1
94	HALL JR., A.J.	0	2	2	1	1
99	Jacorrian Wrenn	0	2	2	0.5	1
12	Davis Shanley	1	0	1	0.5	1
14	Samari Burns	0	1	1	0.5	1
37	Jake Huner	0	1	1	0.5	1
45	Jordan Brown	0	1	1	0.5	1
55	Daniel Rickert	0	1	1	0.5	1

Samford

	Player	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL	Sacks	PD
31	Lamar Anderson	5	4	9			1
22	Nathan East	2	6	8	1.5	1.5
39	T. Cheeks	3	4	7	1.5	1.5
15	Ty Herring	2	3	5	1.5	1.5	1
40	Wade White	1	4	5	1.5	1.5	1
2	Coutrell Plair	1	3	4	1.5	1.5
32	Noah Martin	0	4	4	1.5	1.5
44	Tay Berry	0	4	4	1	1.5
47	Chris Edmonds	2	2	4	1	1
94	Nelson Jordan	0	4	4	0.5	0.5
28	Josiah Cotton	2	1	3	0.5	0.5
35	Joseph Mera	0	2	2	0.5	0.5
45	Thomas Neville	0	2	2	0.5	0.5
90	J.T. May	0	2	2	0.5	0.5
92	Braeden Royal	0	2	2	0.5	0.5
93	Daniel Bettis	0	2	2	0.5	0.5
10	Shelton Quarles	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
13	S. Turner	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
21	Joshua Carter	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
26	Jacob Peters	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
30	Dakota Chapman	1	0	1	0.5	0.5
41	Evan Craighead	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
42	Trent Shedd	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
97	Nick Jackson	0	1	1	0.5	0.5
99	Seth Simmer	1	0	1	0.5	0.5
17	Jordan Oladokun			1	0.5	0.5	1
16	Hakeem Johnson			1	0.5	0.5	1

Sacks

Tennessee Tech

	Player	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds
87	Devin Squires	1	0	1	10
Totals				1	10

Samford

	Player	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds
22	Nathan East	1	1	2	17
47	Chris Edmonds	1	0	1	5
94	Nelson Jordan	0	1	1	10
Totals				3	32

Interceptions

Tennessee Tech

	Player	No	Yds	TD	Lg
None.

Samford

	Player	No	Yds	TD	Lg
47	Chris Edmonds	1	25	0	25
Totals		1	25	0

Fumbles

Tennessee Tech

	Player	No	Lost
TM	TEAM	1	0
Totals		1	0

Samford

	Player	No	Lost
4	M. Washington	1	0
Totals		1	0