SKYHAWK FOOTBALL QUICK HITS – TENNESSEE STATE EDITION

1. OVC Coaches Teleconference

2. Sgt. York Trophy Series

Saturday's game marks the final of three games in the coveted Sergeant York Trophy series which goes to the winner of the quadrangular season football series between the four OVC football-playing schools located in the state of Tennessee – Austin Peay, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and UT Martin. UT Martin has won or shared the Sgt. York Trophy five times in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Skyhawks have already clinched at least a share of the trophy but needs a win over TSU to clinch the trophy outright. UT Martin holds a 25-10 all-time record in the series – the best mark of the four Tennessee OVC schools. That includes a 16-4 mark since 2012.

3. On This Date In UT Martin History

When the Skyhawks take the field on Saturday it will be the 12th time in program history that UT Martin has played on the 17^thof November. Overall, UT Martin is 6-4-1 on games played on Nov. 17 dating back to 1927.

1927 at Bethel (W, 13-12)
1939 vs. Shurtleff College (W, 20-6)
1950 at Tennessee Wesleyan (L, 33-7)
1956 at Memphis Navy (L, 13-6)
1962 at North Alabama (L, 31-8)
1973 vs. Livingston (T, 7-7)
1979 vs. Livingston (W, 23-18)
1984 at West Georgia (L, 33-16)
2005 vs. Murray State (W, 49-20)
2007 at Tennessee State (W, 43-38)
2012 vs. No. 23 Tennessee State (W, 35-26)