This weekend, the Tigers of Tennessee State University head to St. Charles, Missouri to take on Lindenwood. Last season In the first-ever meeting between the two teams, Tennessee State claimed a comfortable 43-20 victory. Tennessee State Tennessee State (3-2, 1-1), is coming off a gutsy, come from behind win over Charleston Southern 13-9. Despite only possessing the football for just 18:39, when it was needed the most, the TSU offense buckled down and was able to craft the go-ahead possession, via an 11-play, 92-yard drive that ended when Jordan Gant…
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Tennessee State v Charleston Southern: Preview and Prediction
Saturday Tennessee State returns home to face the Buccaneers of Charleston Southern. Last season, in the first meeting, the Tigers were able to battle back to tie the contest after falling behind 21-7. However Charleston Southern was able to score two touchdowns late in the fourth quarter to secure a 35-21 victory. Tennessee State (2-2, 0-1) enters the conference matchup coming off a loss to instate and conference foe Tennessee Tech 24-14 in their Big South-OVC opener. TSU fell behind early 14-0 before battling back to tie the game in…
Read MoreTennessee State’s Terrell Allen and Jordan Gant earn Big South-OVC honors
Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics Big South-OVC weekly honors this week after the Tigers’ 54-0 win against Lincoln as the league announced the honors on Monday morning. Terrell Allen was named the Defensive Player of the Week, while Jordan Gant was named Freshman of the Week. Allen earned his second straight DPOTW award after finishing with seven tackles, 4.0 sacks, 4.0 TFLs, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. This marks Allen’s second straight multi-sack outing and his third straight game of finishing with 2.0+ TFLs. The Little Rock native recorded back-to-back sacks twice to total…
Read MoreTennessee State hits the road to take on Kennesaw State
Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics The Tennessee State football team will hit the road for the second straight week as they will travel to Kennesaw, Ga., to take on Kennesaw for their first of three straight non-conference games. The Owls have dropped four straight games, while the Tigers come into Saturday’s matchup off their second loss of the season. Tennessee State (2-2, 1-1) vs. Kennesaw (1-4)Date: Sat., October 3Time: 2:00 p.m.Location: Kennesaw, Ga.Venue: Fifth Third Bank Stadium (9,800) TV: ESPN+TBA (pxp)TBA (analyst) Radio: WNSR — 560 AM, 95.9 FM (Nashville), 107.9 FM (Smyrna)Sirius XM: Ch. 381Stream: TSU Tigers…
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