Post by cbisbig on Nov 18, 2016 19:27:38 GMT -5
5 Victories for NCAA FCS teams in 204 games against SEC opponents since Division I split into Division I-A and I-AA in 1978. Four FCS teams are on the SEC's Week 12 schedule – Chattanooga visits Alabama, Alabama A&M visits Auburn, Austin Peay visits Kentucky and Western Carolina visits South Carolina. The FCS winners were The Citadel, which beat Arkansas in 1992 and South Carolina in 2015; Maine, which beat Mississippi State in 2004; Jacksonville State, which beat Ole Miss in 2010; and Georgia Southern, which beat Florida in 2013.
6 SEC teams still are seeking to reach six victories to become bowl-eligible this season, with Kentucky, Ole Miss and South Carolina at five wins entering Saturday's games. The Wildcats play Austin Peay, Ole Miss plays Vanderbilt and South Carolina plays Western Carolina on Saturday. Eight SEC teams already have six victories – Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee and Texas A&M. Missouri, which has three victories with two games left, is the only SEC team that can't reach six wins. Mississippi State and Vanderbilt have four victories. The Bulldogs finish their regular season against Arkansas and Ole Miss. Vanderbilt closes against Ole Miss and Tennessee.
8 Years since LSU lost a home game that kicked off earlier than 6 p.m. Central. On Saturday, LSU hosts Florida in a game scheduled to start at noon CST. The Tigers have won 13 consecutive day games at Tiger Stadium since falling 31-13 to Ole Miss in a contest that kicked off at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 22, 2008. Saturday's game will be the first day contest at Tiger Stadium this season.
12 Kicks have been missed by Missouri this season, the most in the nation. The Tigers' place-kickers have made 5-of-12 field-goal attempts and 37-of-42 extra-point attempts.
46 Games as the coach of the No. 1 team in the AP poll for Nick Saban when the Crimson Tide takes on Chattanooga on Saturday, the most in the history of the poll. Saban at Alabama, Woody Hayes at Ohio State and Bobby Bowden at Florida State have each coached the No. 1 team in 45 games. Saban has a 40-5 records in those games, the same record that Bowden had. Hayes had a 40-4-1 record.
58 Years since Chattanooga beat an SEC team. The Mocs, who visit Alabama on Saturday, upended Tennessee 14-6 in 1958, but have lost their past 50 games against SEC opponents to drop their record against the league to 3-94. Chattanooga's other two victories over SEC opponents came in the same month in the 1945 season, when it beat Vanderbilt 13-6 on Nov. 10 and Ole Miss 31-6 on Nov. 29.
63 Games have been played by Auburn against in-state opponents other than Alabama. Auburn hosts Alabama A&M on Saturday. The Tigers have a 58-4-1 record against Alabama A&M, Birmingham-Southern, Camp Sheridan, Marion, Maxwell Field, Montgomery AC, North Alabama AC, Samford and Spring Hill. Since a 7-0 loss to Birmingham-Southern on Sept. 21, 1934, Auburn has won its past 15 games against in-state opponents other than Alabama.
468 Points have been scored this season against Austin Peay, which visits Kentucky on Saturday. The winless Governors have given up more points than any team in NCAA Division I. Austin Peay's best defensive showing is a 34-14 loss to Jacksonville State on Oct. 15. The Governors have yielded at least 41 points in each of their other nine games. Austin Peay has the worst scoring defense in NCAA FCS. California, which has the worst scoring defense in NCAA FBS, has given up 456 points. The worst scoring defense in the NCAA belongs to Division II New Mexico Highlands. The winless Cowboys have given up 559 points in 10 games.
1,879 Rushing yards have been gained by Kentucky RBs Stanley "Boom" Williams and Benny Snell Jr. this season, tied for the school record for the most rushing yards for two players in one season. In 1974, Sonny Collins and Mike Fanuzzi combined to rush for 1,879 yards for the Wildcats. This season, Williams has 1,025 rushing yards and Snell has 854.
1,040,444 Spectators have attended Tennessee games this season. The Volunteers are the first team in the nation to reach the 1 million mark in home-and-away attendance in 2016, boosted by the record crowd of 156,990 that attended Tennessee's 45-24 victory over Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway. Alabama and Texas A&M could pass the 1 million mark on Saturday. The Crimson Tide ranks fourth in the nation in total attendance with 937,055 and Texas A&M is fifth at 901,354. Michigan is second at 973,132 and Ohio State third at 965,789.
6 SEC teams still are seeking to reach six victories to become bowl-eligible this season, with Kentucky, Ole Miss and South Carolina at five wins entering Saturday's games. The Wildcats play Austin Peay, Ole Miss plays Vanderbilt and South Carolina plays Western Carolina on Saturday. Eight SEC teams already have six victories – Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee and Texas A&M. Missouri, which has three victories with two games left, is the only SEC team that can't reach six wins. Mississippi State and Vanderbilt have four victories. The Bulldogs finish their regular season against Arkansas and Ole Miss. Vanderbilt closes against Ole Miss and Tennessee.
8 Years since LSU lost a home game that kicked off earlier than 6 p.m. Central. On Saturday, LSU hosts Florida in a game scheduled to start at noon CST. The Tigers have won 13 consecutive day games at Tiger Stadium since falling 31-13 to Ole Miss in a contest that kicked off at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 22, 2008. Saturday's game will be the first day contest at Tiger Stadium this season.
12 Kicks have been missed by Missouri this season, the most in the nation. The Tigers' place-kickers have made 5-of-12 field-goal attempts and 37-of-42 extra-point attempts.
46 Games as the coach of the No. 1 team in the AP poll for Nick Saban when the Crimson Tide takes on Chattanooga on Saturday, the most in the history of the poll. Saban at Alabama, Woody Hayes at Ohio State and Bobby Bowden at Florida State have each coached the No. 1 team in 45 games. Saban has a 40-5 records in those games, the same record that Bowden had. Hayes had a 40-4-1 record.
58 Years since Chattanooga beat an SEC team. The Mocs, who visit Alabama on Saturday, upended Tennessee 14-6 in 1958, but have lost their past 50 games against SEC opponents to drop their record against the league to 3-94. Chattanooga's other two victories over SEC opponents came in the same month in the 1945 season, when it beat Vanderbilt 13-6 on Nov. 10 and Ole Miss 31-6 on Nov. 29.
63 Games have been played by Auburn against in-state opponents other than Alabama. Auburn hosts Alabama A&M on Saturday. The Tigers have a 58-4-1 record against Alabama A&M, Birmingham-Southern, Camp Sheridan, Marion, Maxwell Field, Montgomery AC, North Alabama AC, Samford and Spring Hill. Since a 7-0 loss to Birmingham-Southern on Sept. 21, 1934, Auburn has won its past 15 games against in-state opponents other than Alabama.
468 Points have been scored this season against Austin Peay, which visits Kentucky on Saturday. The winless Governors have given up more points than any team in NCAA Division I. Austin Peay's best defensive showing is a 34-14 loss to Jacksonville State on Oct. 15. The Governors have yielded at least 41 points in each of their other nine games. Austin Peay has the worst scoring defense in NCAA FCS. California, which has the worst scoring defense in NCAA FBS, has given up 456 points. The worst scoring defense in the NCAA belongs to Division II New Mexico Highlands. The winless Cowboys have given up 559 points in 10 games.
1,879 Rushing yards have been gained by Kentucky RBs Stanley "Boom" Williams and Benny Snell Jr. this season, tied for the school record for the most rushing yards for two players in one season. In 1974, Sonny Collins and Mike Fanuzzi combined to rush for 1,879 yards for the Wildcats. This season, Williams has 1,025 rushing yards and Snell has 854.
1,040,444 Spectators have attended Tennessee games this season. The Volunteers are the first team in the nation to reach the 1 million mark in home-and-away attendance in 2016, boosted by the record crowd of 156,990 that attended Tennessee's 45-24 victory over Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway. Alabama and Texas A&M could pass the 1 million mark on Saturday. The Crimson Tide ranks fourth in the nation in total attendance with 937,055 and Texas A&M is fifth at 901,354. Michigan is second at 973,132 and Ohio State third at 965,789.