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HISTORY & TRAD.
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Southeast Football Notes versus Tennessee Tech
Oct. 28, 2002 Football Game Information Tennessee Tech at Southeast Missouri State Date: Nov. 2, 2002 Time: 6:00 p.m. (CST) Location: Houck Stadium, Cape Girardeau, Mo. (10,000) Playing Surface: FieldTurf Affiliations: Southeast Missouri, NCAA I-AA, Ohio Valley Conference Tennessee Tech, NCAA I-AA, Ohio Valley Conference Series: Tennessee Tech leads 6-4 Last Meeting: Tennessee Tech 41, Southeast 21 last season at Cookeville, Tenn. 2002 Records: Southeast Missouri 5-4 (2-2 0VC), Tenn. Tech 2-6 (0-3 OVC) 2001 Records: Southeast Missouri 4-7, Tennessee Tech 7-3 The Coaches: Tim Billings is 12-19 in his third season at Southeast Mike Hennigan is 37-35 in his seventh season at Tennessee Tech Radio: Southeast Radio Network anchored by K-103 FM in Cape Girardeau. Other network stations include KSIM in Sikeston and KWOC in Poplar Bluff. Erik Sean will do play-by-play with Rick Weiser as color analyst. Internet: The Southeast Radio Network broadcast can be heard over the internet at www.GoSoutheast.com. Southeast Schedule/Results Aug. 29 - SE 42, UAM 41 2OT Sept. 7 - SE 21, SIU 14 Sept. 14 -- E. Mich 35, SE 32 Sept. 21 - SMS 28, SE 21 Sept. 28 - SE 24, MT 14 Oct. 5 - SE 49, TSU 25 Oct. 12 - SE 50, UTM 35 Oct. 19 - EIU 44, SE 27 Oct. 26 -- MSU 38, SE 31 Nov. 2 - Tennessee Tech Nov. 9 -- @ Eastern Ky. Nov. 16 -- Samford THE TEAMS: Southeast Missouri is 5-4 overall and 2-2 in the OVC while Tennessee Tech is 2-6 overall and 0-3 in the OVC. The Golden Eagles have lost four straight. THE COACHES: Tim Billings, a former assistant at Marshall, Missouri and Oklahoma, is 12-19 in his third season at Southeast Missouri. He is 0-2 vs. Tennessee Tech. Mike Hennigan is 37-35 in his seventh season at Tennessee Tech. THE SERIES: Tennessee Tech leads the series 6-4 and has won the last three years. The last Southeast win was 29-24 at Tech in 1998. The last Southeast win at Houck was 33-12 in 1995. LAST SEASON: Tennessee Tech built up a 20-7 halftime lead and cruised to a 41-21 win in Cookeville. Willie Ponder had 10 catches for 110 yards for Southeast. LAST WEEK: Southeast lost 38-31 to Murray State while Eastern Kentucky beat Tech 19-0. RECORDS FALLING: With three games still remaining, Southeast has already surpassed several offensive records. As a team, Southeast has scored a school record 297 points. The old record was 282 by the 1989 Indians. Derek Kutz has established a new single season record for PAT's with 38. The old record was 31 by Earl Wessel in 1989. Jack Tomco has established a new single game passing and total offense mark with 429 yards vs. Tennessee-Martin. He has also established a new single season touchdowns by passing record with 21 and his five TD passes in a game is a new Southeast record. Willie Ponder has become the first player in Southeast history to go over 1,000 yards receiving in two straight seasons and he has tied his own school record of 11 touchdowns receiving in a single season. OFFENSE POSTS BIG NUMBERS: The Southeast offense ranks 10th nationally and second in the OVC in total offense with 435.78 yards per game. The Indians lead the OVC and rank 14th nationally in scoring offense with 33 points per game. Southeast is 15th nationally in passing offense with 272.22 yards per game. PONDER ON PAYTON WATCH LIST: Senior wide receiver Willie Ponder has been added to The Sports Network's 16-man Payton Watch list, a preliminary grouping of candidates for the Walton Payton Award - the Division I-AA football equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. Ponder leads the OVC in all receiving categories including receiving yards per game (113.44), total receiving yards (1,021) and receptions per game (7.1). Ponder is third in the OVC in scoring with 7.0 points per game and ranks second in all-purpose running with 128.11 yards per game. Nationally, Ponder ranks second in total receiving yards, 11th in receptions per game, eighth in receiving yards per game and 32nd in all-purpose running. He was the OVC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 17 after catching nine passes for 101 yards and two TD's in the Indians 21-14 win over SIU. Ponder had three catches in Southeast's 80-yard game winning drive that concluded with a 38-yard touchdown catch with 0:49 remaining in the game. Ponder has compiled over 100 receiving yards in all but two games this season. Lindy's football magazine and Don Hansen's Football Gazette have both named Ponder to their second team Division I-AA All-America team. Last season, Ponder led the OVC in receptions per game with 6.36, receiving yards per game with 99.09 and receiving yards with 1,090. He had 70 catches and scored a team-high 11 touchdowns. Ponder Game by Game Opp. Catches Yards TD KOR Yards TD UAM 8 116 1 1 8 0 SIU 9 101 2 1 21 0 EMU 6 121 1 0 0 0 SMS 9 137 1 3 63 0 MTS 5 90 0 2 31 0 TSU 8 121 2 0 0 0 UTM 6 104 1 0 0 0 EIU 10 153 2 0 0 0 MSU 3 78 1 0 0 0 TOMCO OVC NEWCOMER OF WEEK THREE TIMES: Junior quarterback Jack Tomco has already established four new school records in his first year with the Indians. He was named the OVC Newcomer of the Week for the third time this season after establishing three new school records and tieing another in the win over Tennessee-Martin. Tomco completed 29-39 passes for a school record 429 yards and a school record five touchdowns. His 429 yards in total offense was also a school record. He holds the school record for touchdowns in a season with 21. The previous week he was the OVC Newcomer of the Week after equaling a school record with four TD passes against Tennessee State. He completed 25-36 passes for 300 yards and four TD's. He was also named the OVC Newcomer of the Week after completing 15-23 passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns in the 21-14 win over SIU. The junior from Anchorage, Alaska, ranks second in the OVC in passing efficiency, in passing, total offense and points responsible for. Nationally Tomco is eighth in passing efficiency and 22nd in total offense. Tomco threw for 2,100 yards and 16 touchdowns last season at Scottsdale Community College. Tomco Game by Game Opp. Att-Comp-Int Yards TD UAM 10-6-2 82 0 SIU 23-15-0 129 2 EMU 33-24-0 298 2 SMS 45-27-2 297 2 MTS 23-14-2 204 2 TSU 36-22-1 300 4 UTM 39-29-1 429 5 EIU 36-20-2 260 2 MSU 33-22-1 236 2
KINSEY LEADS THE OVC IN RUSHING: Diminutive sophomore running back Corey Kinsey (5-9, 180), has rushed for over 100 yards in four of the eight games played this season and leads the OVC in rushing with an average of 97.88 yards per game.
Kinsey ranks 19th nationally in rushing.
He ranks third in the OVC and 58th nationally in all-purpose running with 112.88 yards per game.
McDOWELL IS OUT: Sophomore quarterback Jeromy McDowell injured his left knee in practice on Sept. 2 and underwent surgery in St. Louis on Monday, Sept. 9. . McDowell tore the ACL in his knee executing a drill in practice and will be lost for the remainder of this season. BIG O-LINE: The Southeast offensive line averages 306 pounds per man. The tackles are Justen Meyer (6-5, 295) and Dan Connolly (6-4, 295), the guards are Taurean Robinson (6-4, 320) and Dan Bieg (6-4, 305) and the center is Eugene Amano (6-3, 315). INJURIES: Linebackers Kelvin Jones and Travion Brock missed the Murray game because of shoulder injuries suffered in the EIU game. Backup linebacker Todd Frazier, who fractured his hand in practice on Sept. 25, also missed the game. PRESEASON HONORS: Southeast had six players named to the preseason All-OVC football team with three more earning honorable mention. It is the highest number of preseason honors since Southeast joined the OVC in 1991. Four defensive players were on the first team including senior tackle James Jennette, junior linebacker Ricky Farmer, and senior defensive backs, Prince Anderson and Demar Winston. On offense, Ponder and sophomore tackle Dan Connolly were named to the first team. Sophomore quarterback Jeromy McDowell, junior offensive guard Eugene Amano and sophomore defensive back Dimitri Patterson were honorable mention selections. OVC WEEKLY HONORS: 9-2 - Andrew Winters, Specialist of Week 9-9 - Willie Ponder, Off. Player of Week Jack Tomco, Newcomer of Week 9-16 - Keiki Misipeka, Newcomer of Week 9-30 - Keiki Misipeka, Off. Player of Week Keiki Misipkea, Newcomer of Week Ricky Farmer, Def. Player of Week 10-6 - Jack Tomco, Newcomer of Week Chris NesSmith, Specialist of Week 10-13 -- Jack Tomco, Newcomer of Week 10-20 - Ricky Farmer, Def. Player of Week FIVE ELECTED CAPTAINS: Five players have been elected as captains for the 2002 season. Defensive captains will be Ricky Farmer, James Jennette and Ryan Roth while offensive captains will be Jeromy McDowell and Willie Ponder. HITTING THE BOOKS: The football team had a record 25 players honored last spring as Southeast Scholar Athletes for having a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average. Eleven Southeast players have been named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll for having a 3.2 or higher GPA. Junior tight end Chuck McElroy leads the football scholars with a 3.8 grade point average. He attended an NCAA Leadership Conference during the summer. SOUTHEAST PICKED SIXTH IN OVC RACE: Southeast was picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll of league head coaches and sports information directors. The five teams ahead of the Indians are all ranked in the top 25 nationally by at least one publication. Eastern Illinois was picked to repeat as league champion with Eastern Kentucky second, Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State tied for third, Murray State fifth, Southeast sixth and Tennessee-Martin seventh. TIM BILLINGS RADIO SHOW: Tim Billings has a radio show each Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The show, on KGIR, 1220 AM, originates from Show-Me's Restaurant in Cape Girardeau. HALL OF FAME GAME: The inauguaral class of the Southeast Missouri State University Athletic Hall of Fame will be honored at halftime of Saturday night's game. NEXT WEEK: The Indians go on the road to face nationally ranked Eastern Kentucky in a 5 p.m. game. SCHOOL STAT LEADERS:
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