COOKEVILLE, Tennessee — Tennessee State’s newfound explosive offense helped the Tigers score early and often on the way to a 42-40 upset over No. 19 Tennessee Tech. The win came on the heels of TSU’s 55-3 trouncing of Southeast Missouri last week.
It marked the first time TSU (3-4, 2-2) has won back-to-back OVC games since beating Southeast Missouri and Eastern Kentucky in 2009.
“It feels great to win two in a row and I’ve got about six hours to enjoy it and then I’m on to the next one,” said TSU redshirt freshman quarterback Mike German, who completed 19 of 29 passes for 232 yards with two TD passes and one TD run. “We were good on offense, but we’ve got to finish. We’ve got to keep it up longer and put teams away.”
Even after taking a 42-20 lead in the third quarter after Dante’ Thomas ran in his second TD, TSU wasn’t able to put Tech away until the final 15 seconds. Tech (4-2, 3-1) scored 20 points in the final 18:14.
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TTU FOOTBALL: Tech rally falls short
COOKEVILLE -- It went down to just one yard Saturday night. As the Tennessee Tech football team kicked the onside kick to get the ball back with about 15 seconds remaining, the officials ruled that the kick did not go the required distance, while the replay did.
But in the end, Tennessee State knocked off the No. 19 Golden Eagles 42-40, buoyed by four costly turnovers for Tech (4-2, 3-1 Ohio Valley Conference).
"It was just a disappointing loss for us," said Tech coach Watson Brown. "We got outplayed. They did the things they did last week (against Southeast Missouri) better. We have to play better. We can't turn the ball over. We can't have the penalties we had (11 for 80 yards). We have to play better defense. You can't win games when you can't stop people. You just can't outscore people every week."
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