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Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
	2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
First season	1922; 102 years ago
Head coach	Bobby Wilder ; 1st season, 7–5 (.583)
Stadium	Tucker Stadium; (capacity: 16,500)
Location	Cookeville, Tennessee
NCAA division	Division I FCS
Conference	Big South–OVC
All-time record	436–542–31 (.447)
Bowl record	0–3 (.000)
Conference titles	10
Colors	Purple and gold;
Mascot	Awesome Eagle
Marching band	Golden Eagle Marching Band
Website	ttusports.com

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The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Tennessee Technological University located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1922. The team plays its home games at the 16,500 seat Tucker Stadium and is coached by Bobby Wilder.

Conference championships

Tennessee Tech has won ten conference championships, five shared and five outright. Their ten Ohio Valley titles are the most in the conference of any current member, behind only former conference members Eastern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State.^[2]

Season	Coach	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
1952†	Preston Vaughn Overall	Ohio Valley Conference	9–2	4–1
1953	Preston Vaughn Overall		7–4	5–0
1955	Wilburn Tucker		7–3	5–0
1958†			7–3	5–1
1959†			6–2–2	5–0–1
1960			8–3	6–0
1961			7–3	6–0
1972	Don Wade		10–2	7–0
1975†	Don Wade		8–3	6–1
2011†	Watson Brown		7–4	6–2
2024†	Bobby Wilder		7–5	6–2

† Co-championship

FCS Playoffs results

The Golden Eagles have appeared in the FCS playoffs one time with an overall record of 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2011	First Round	Central Arkansas	L 14–34

Bowl games

The Golden Eagles have appeared in three bowl games with an overall record of 0–3.

Season	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result
1952	Preston Vaughn Overall	Tangerine Bowl	East Texas State	L 0–33
1960	Wilburn Tucker	Tangerine Bowl	The Citadel	L 0–27
1972	Don Wade	Grantland Rice Bowl	Louisiana Tech	L 0–35

Head coaches

Seasons	Coach	Record
1922	Loyal Duyck	2–1–4
1923–1946, 1952–1953	Preston Vaughn Overall	97–96–18
1947–1949	Hooper Eblen	12–19
1950–1951	Star Wood	9–12–1
1954–1967	Wilburn Tucker	70–65–5
1968–1982	Don Wade	81–78–3
1983–1985	Gary Darnell	3–29
1986–1995	Jim Ragland	42–66
1996–2006	Mike Hennigan	52–57
2007–2015	Watson Brown	42–60
2016–2017	Marcus Satterfield	6–16
2018–2023	Dewayne Alexander	20–43
2024–present	Bobby Wilder	7-5

Notable former players

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of July 10, 2024.^[3]

2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
at Middle Tennessee State	at James Madison	at Chattanooga	vs Chattanooga	vs Samford	at Samford
at Georgia	vs Chattanooga	vs Samford	at Samford	at Chattanooga
vs South Carolina State	at Kentucky	at Mississippi State
at Samford	at Texas A&M-Commerce

References

^ "Communications and Marketing - University Color Palette". Retrieved December 30, 2022.
^ "Champions - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
^ "Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "Communications and Marketing - University Color Palette". Retrieved December 30, 2022.

[sfmg-2] "Champions - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

[nonconfopp-3] "Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.

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+{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
+{{For|information on all Tennessee Technological University sports|Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles}}
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-| CurrentSeason    = 2023 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
+| CurrentSeason    = 2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
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-| Image            = Tennessee Tech Athletics pre-2005 logo.svg
+| Image            = Tenn tech wordmark 2006.png
-| ImageSize        = 183
+| ImageSize        = 200
-| FirstYear        = 1922
+| FirstYear        = {{Start date and age|1922}}
-| HeadCoach        = [[Dewayne Alexander]]
+| HeadCoach        = [[Bobby Wilder]]
-| HeadCoachYear    = 5th
+| HeadCoachYear    = 1st
-| HCWins           = 16 <!-- As of games through 2022 season -->
+| HCWins           = 7
-| HCLosses         = 36 <!-- As of games through 2022 season -->
+| HCLosses         = 5
 | Stadium          = [[Tucker Stadium]]
 | StadCapacity     = 16,500
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 | Location         = [[Cookeville, Tennessee]]
 | NCAAdivision     = I FCS
-| Conference       = [[Ohio Valley Conference]]
+| Conference       = [[Big South–OVC Football Association|Big South–OVC]]
-| ATWins           = 482
+| ATWins           = 436
-| ATLosses         = 566
+| ATLosses         = 542
-| ATTies           = 22
+| ATTies           = 31
 | BowlWins         = 0
 | BowlLosses       = 3
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+|MarchingBand=Golden Eagle Marching Band|MascotDisplay=Awesome Eagle}}
-}}
+The '''Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football''' program is the intercollegiate [[American football]] team for the [[Tennessee Technological University]] located in the U.S. state of [[Tennessee]]. The team competes in the [[Division I FCS|NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)]] and are members of the [[Ohio Valley Conference]]. The school's first football team was fielded in 1922. The team plays its home games at the 16,500 seat [[Tucker Stadium]] and is coached by [[Bobby Wilder]].
-: ''For information on all Tennessee Technological University sports, see [[Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles]]''
-The '''Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football''' program is the intercollegiate [[American football]] team for the [[Tennessee Technological University]] located in the U.S. state of [[Tennessee]]. The team competes in the [[Division I FCS|NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)]] and are members of the [[Ohio Valley Conference]]. The school's first football team was fielded in 1922. The team plays its home games at the 16,500 seat [[Tucker Stadium]]. They are coached by [[Dewayne Alexander]].
 == Conference championships ==
-Tennessee Tech has won ten conference championships, five shared and five outright. Their ten Ohio Valley titles are the most in the conference of any current member, behind only former conference members [[Eastern Kentucky Colonels football|Eastern Kentucky]] and [[Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee State]].
+Tennessee Tech has won ten conference championships, five shared and five outright. Their ten Ohio Valley titles are the most in the conference of any current member, behind only former conference members [[Eastern Kentucky Colonels football|Eastern Kentucky]] and [[Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee State]].<ref name=sfmg>{{cite web|url=https://ovcsports.com/sports/2023/2/28/GEN_0228232859.aspx|title=Champions - Ohio Valley Conference|publisher=Ohio Valley Conference|website=ovcsports.com|access-date=November 28, 2023}}</ref>
-<ref name=sfmg>{{cite web|url=https://ovcsports.com/sports/2023/2/28/GEN_0228232859.aspx}}</ref>
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 {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Season|Coach|Conference|Overall record|Conference record}}
 |-
-| 1952† || [[Preston Vaughn Overall]] || [[Ohio Valley Conference]] || 9–2 || 4–1
+| 1952† || rowspan="2"|[[Preston Vaughn Overall]] ||[[Ohio Valley Conference]] || 9–2 || 4–1
 |-
+| 1953
-| 1953 || Preston Vaughn Overall || Ohio Valley Conference || 7–4 || 5–0
+| || 7–4 || 5–0
 |-
-| 1955 || Wilburn Tucker || Ohio Valley Conference || 7–3 || 5–0
+| 1955 || rowspan="5"|[[Wilburn Tucker]]
+| || 7–3 || 5–0
 |-
+| 1958†
-| 1958† || Wilburn Tucker || Ohio Valley Conference || 7–3 || 5–1
+| || 7–3 || 5–1
 |-
+| 1959†
-| 1959† || Wilburn Tucker || Ohio Valley Conference || 6–2–2 || 5–0–1
+| || 6–2–2 || 5–0–1
 |-
+| 1960
-| 1960 || Wilburn Tucker || Ohio Valley Conference || 8–3 || 6–0
+| || 8–3 || 6–0
 |-
+| 1961
-| 1961 || Wilburn Tucker || Ohio Valley Conference || 7–3 || 6–0
+| || 7–3 || 6–0
 |-
-| 1972 || [[Don Wade]] || Ohio Valley Conference || 10–2 || 7–0
+| 1972 || rowspan="2"|[[Don Wade]]
+| || 10–2 || 7–0
 |-
+| 1975†
-| 1975† || [[Don Wade]] || Ohio Valley Conference || 8–3 || 6–1
+| || 8–3 || 6–1
 |-
-| 2011† || [[Watson Brown (American football)|Watson Brown]] || Ohio Valley Conference || 7–4 || 6–2
+| 2011† || [[Watson Brown (American football)|Watson Brown]]
+| || 7–4 || 6–2
+|-
+|2024†
+|[[Bobby Wilder]]
+|
+|7–5
+|6–2
 |}
 † Co-championship
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 {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Seasons|Coach|Record}}
 |-
-| 1922||[[Loyal Duyck]] ||2-1-4||
+| 1922||[[Loyal Duyck]] ||2–1–4
 |-
-| 1923-1946, 1952-1953 || [[Preston Vaughn Overall]] ||97-96-18||
+| 1923–1946, 1952–1953 || [[Preston Vaughn Overall]] ||97–96–18
 |-
-| 1947-1949|| [[Hooper Eblen]] ||12-19||
+| 1947–1949|| [[Hooper Eblen]] ||12–19
 |-
-| 1950-1951||[[Star Wood]]||9-12-1||
+| 1950–1951||[[Star Wood]]||9–12–1
 |-
-| 1954-1967||[[Wilburn Tucker]]||70-65-5||
+| 1954–1967||[[Wilburn Tucker]]||70–65–5
 |-
-| 1968-1982||[[Don Wade]]||81-78-3||
+| 1968–1982||[[Don Wade]]||81–78–3
 |-
-| 1983-1985||[[Gary Darnell]]||3-29||
+| 1983–1985||[[Gary Darnell]]||3–29
 |-
-| 1986-1995||[[Jim Ragland]]||42-66||
+| 1986–1995||[[Jim Ragland]]||42–66
 |-
-| 1996-2006||[[Mike Hennigan (American football)|Mike Hennigan]]||52-57||
+| 1996–2006||[[Mike Hennigan (American football)|Mike Hennigan]]||52–57
 |-
-| 2007-2015||[[Watson Brown (American football)|Watson Brown]]||42-60||
+| 2007–2015||[[Watson Brown (American football)|Watson Brown]]||42–60
 |-
-| 2016-2017||[[Marcus Satterfield]]||6-16||
+| 2016–2017||[[Marcus Satterfield]]||6–16
 |-
-| 2018-2023||[[Dewayne Alexander]]||20-43||
+| 2018–2023||[[Dewayne Alexander]]||20–43
+|-
+| 2024–present|||[[Bobby Wilder]]||7-5
 |}
 ==Notable former players==
-{{main|List of Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in the NFL Draft}}
+{{main|List of Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in the NFL draft}}
 * [[Barry Wilmore]]
 * [[Larry Schreiber]]
@@ Line 130: / Line 146: @@
 * [[Howard Stidham]]
 * [[Frank Omiyale]]
+* [[Wade Plemons]]
-==Year-by-year results==
-{{expand list|date=November 2018}}
-* 1999: 5-5
-* 2000: 8-3
-* 2001: 7-3 (Did not play Samford due to 9/11)
-* 2002: 5-7
-* 2003:
-* 2004:
-* 2005:
-* 2006:
-* 2007: 4–7
-* 2008: 3–8
-* 2009: 6–5
-* 2010: 5–6
-* 2011: 7–4
-* 2012: 3–8
-* 2013: 5–7
-* 2014: 5–7
-* 2015: 4–7
-* 2016: 5–6
-* 2017: 1–10
-* 2018: 1–10
-* 2019: 6–6
-* 2020: 2-5
-* 2021: 5-6
-* 2022: 4-7
-* 2023: 4-7
 == Future non-conference opponents ==
-Announced schedules as of November 11, 2023.<ref name="nonconfopp">{{cite web |title=Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Football Future Schedules |publisher=FBSchedules.com |url=https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/tennessee-tech/ |access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref>
+Announced schedules as of July 10, 2024.<ref name="nonconfopp">{{cite web |title=Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Football Future Schedules |publisher=FBSchedules.com |url=https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/tennessee-tech/ |access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref>
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|2024|2025|2026|2027}}
+{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|2024|2025|2026|2027|2028|2029}}
 |-
 | at [[Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee State]]
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 | at [[Chattanooga Mocs football|Chattanooga]]
 | vs [[Chattanooga Mocs football|Chattanooga]]
+| vs [[Samford Bulldogs football|Samford]]
+| at [[Samford Bulldogs football|Samford]]
 |-
 | at [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
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 | vs [[Samford Bulldogs football|Samford]]
 | at [[Samford Bulldogs football|Samford]]
+| at [[Chattanooga Mocs football|Chattanooga]]
+|
 |-
 | vs [[South Carolina State Bulldogs football|South Carolina State]]
-| at [[Texas A&M-Commerce Lions football|Texas A&M-Commerce]]
+| at [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
 | at [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]
 |
+|
+|
 |-
+| at [[Samford Bulldogs football|Samford]]
+| at [[Texas A&M-Commerce Lions football|Texas A&M-Commerce]]
 |
+|
-| at [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky Wildcats]]
 |
 |}
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
 ==External links==

v t e Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Venues	Tucker Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1972 Grantland Rice Bowl Austin Peay, Tennessee State, UT Martin: Sgt. York Trophy
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e Ohio Valley Conference football
Teams	Eastern Illinois Panthers Lindenwood Lions Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Tennessee State Tigers Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles UT Martin Skyhawks Western Illinois Leathernecks
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings
Related links	Big South–OVC Football Association