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Saturday marks the third game of a six-game OVC football package of the American Sports Network (ASN). The contest features Tennessee State at UT Martin and will kick off at 2:30 p.m. CT.
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GAME PREVIEW
Tennessee State Tigers (3-1, 0-1 OVC)
at UT Martin Skyhawks (2-2, 1-1 OVC)
Saturday, October 10 • 2:30 p.m. CT
Hardy M. Graham Stadium (7,500) • Martin, Tenn.
TV:........................................... American Sports Network
Live Stats:
http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=96031
Series Record:....................... Tennessee State leads 15-9
Last Meeting:..................... UT Martin won 21-16 (10/18/14)
Rod Reed at Tennessee State:...................... 35-28 (6 yrs.)
Rod Reed Overall:................................................... same
Jason Simpson at UT Martin:...................... 60-47 (10 yrs.)
Jason Simpson Overall:........................................... same
Tennessee State Last Week:....................................... Idle
UT Martin Last Week:............. W, 31-17 at Tennessee Tech
GAME NOTES: UT Martin will host Tennessee State in its annual Homecoming game on Saturday. The game is a part of the Sgt. York Trophy series which is contested between the four OVC football-playing schools in the state of Tennessee. Since the series began in 2007, Tennessee State has claimed or shared five Sgt. York crowns while UT Martin has three, including the 2014 title. UT Martin already has a win over Tennessee Tech and would put itself in good position to retain the trophy with a victory. UT Martin has won six of the last nine in the series with Tennessee State including last year’s meeting by a 21-16 margin. In that contest the Skyhawks led 7-3 at halftime and then scored 14 unanswered points in the third quarter to pull away. TSU would trim the margin to five points, but UTM ran 10 plays to run out the clock and end the game. Keith Jones had a 42-yard interception return for a score for UTM while Reuben Duckworth rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown. Michael German passed for 314 yards and two touchdowns for Tennessee State. Both teams enter this week receiving votes in the STATS FCS Top 25 poll.
SCOUTING TENNESSEE STATE: In its last action, two weeks ago prior to the open date, Tennessee State went to Florida A&M and pulled out a 30-14 victory to register its third victory of the season. The game between the two HBCU rivals was tied at 14 in the third quarter before TSU registered a safety late in the period and then added two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull away. Redshirt sophomore Patrick Smith, seeing his first action with TSU this season, had another big game in catching eight passes for 157 yards and two touchdowns; in four games this year Smith has 19 catches for 412 yards (14th nationally) and five touchdowns (seventh nationally). He caught those touchdowns from backup quarterback Ronald Butler who completed 17-of-30 passes for 238 yards and three scores. Butler was playing in place of redshirt freshman O’Shay Ackerman-Carter who was injured in the Jacksonville State game. Telvin Hooks added 81 yards on the ground as TSU out-gained FAMU by a 407 to 184 margin. As a team Tennessee State is sixth nationally in fewest fumbles lost (1) and 13th in time of possession (33:40).
SCOUTING UT MARTIN: UT Martin evened its record on the season with a 31-17 road win over Tennessee Tech. The Skyhawks led early but saw the game tied at 14 after the first quarter and were up 21-17 midway through the third quarter before scoring the final 10 points of the game. Senior quarterback Jarod Neal passes for 248 yards and four touchdowns to increase his season total to 14 touchdowns, which ranks third nationally and equals his total from all of last season. Neal now ranks eighth in UTM history for total offense (4,785) and passing touchdowns (46). Rod Wright caught nine passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns; he now ranks seventh nationally in receiving touchdowns (5). William Tanner also added a pair of receiving scores while the UTM rushing attack netted 228 yards on the ground. The Skyhawk defense was stout, limiting TTU to 199 yards of total offense, its lowest output of the season. UT Martin had 13.0 tackles-for-loss and eight sacks (the most by a FCS team this year) in the game with Damani Taylor leading the way with five tackles and 2.5 sacks (for a loss of 17 yards). The UTM offense line has done a good job of protecting this season as the team currently ranks third nationally in sacks allowed (0.25/game) and eighth in tackles-for-loss allowed (3.75). The victory was the 60th at UTM for head coach Jason Simpson, moving him into a tie for ninth place on the OVC’s career chart.