Saturday, October 13, 2018

Golden Tigers Head To Fort Valley State For Pivotal Conference Clash



Series history with Fort Valley State
 Dating back to the 2000 season, the Golden Tigers have won 14 of the last 16 meetings against Fort Valley State. TU leads the overall series record 32-20-2. The biggest margin of victory for TU took place in 2012 in which the Golden Tigers outscored the Wildcats 49-18. FVSU won 59-0 in 1989

20 years ago today vs Fort Valley State
*20 years ago, Tuskegee defeated Fort Valley State 23-21 in front of 11,500 fans en route to a (9-2, 6-0) record and the 1998 SIAC Football Championship

Last time against Morehouse - 2017 
Jamarcus Ezell scored on a quarterback keeper in overtime and Tuskegee won the 82nd Annual Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic 23-17 
 
100 yard rushers
* For the first five weeks of the season, Tuskegee had not allowed any running back to rush for 100 yards. TU allowed Santo Dunn of Morehouse to rush for 125 yards during week 6

SIAC Roadtrip winning streak
*Tuskegee is actively on a 14 game SIAC road trip winning streak. Not counting neutral site contest, TU has not suffered a loss at a visiting conference team's home since falling at Kentucky State in 2011 

Close Calls 
* Tuskegee has loss by an average of six points per game in its three defeats and has led in two of those three games 

Tale of two quarters
*In the second and third quarters combined this season, Tuskegee is outscoring its opponents 71-29. In the first and fourth quarters, they are being outscored 41-20.




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