GOVS-REDHAWKS POSTGAME NOTES

SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK KENTEL WILLIAMS POSTGAME

FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK JEREMIAH OATSVALL POSTGAME

FROM THE TOP

• A Fortera Stadium record 9,428 were in attendance for the 71st Homecoming contest.
• Austin Peay's 38 points were its second-most in an OVC contest since its return to the league in 2007.
• The Governors offense did not commit a turnover for the first time since Oct. 31, 2015 against Tennessee State.

CAPTAINS/COIN TOSS

• For the sixth consecutive game, nickelback Malik Boynton and quarterback JaVaughn Craig were the captains.
• Austin Peay won the toss and deferred to the second half.
• The Governors are 4-4 on coin tosses this season.

SERIES UPDATE

• Austin Peay and Southeast Missouri met for the 22nd time and the 12th time in Clarksville.
• Austin Peay defeated Southeast Missouri for the first time since 2009, ending the Redhawks seven-game win streak in the series.
• It also was the Govs first win against the Redhawks in Clarksville since 1991, ending SEMO's nine-game win streak in Clarksville.

MORE ABOUT WINS

• The Governors five wins are their most since the 2007 season, their first back in the OVC. Austin Peay went 7-4 overall and 5-3 in OVC play in that 2007 campaign.
• Austin Peay won its third home contest, equaling the 2011 team's home win total.
• Austin Peay has back-to-back wins for the second time this season. It is the first time since 2007 a Governors team has posted multiple back-to-back wins.

HOMECOMING

• Saturday's game was the Govs 71st Homecoming contest.
• The 38 points scored are the most in a Homecoming contest since 1999 (vs. Kentucky Wesleyan).
• It was Austin Peay's 27th homecoming victory.

LINEUP                                                 

• Cornerback Trent Taylor made his season's third start.
• Wide receiver Gorel Soumare made his first career start and offensive lineman Ethan Self started at right guard – his second start this season.
• Soumare caught one pass for 25 yards and was targeted twice.
• Taylor finished with three tackles (two solo).

OFFENSIVE SPARKS

• Jeremiah Oatsvall became the first Govs quarterback since Jake Ryan (Oct. 24, 2009 vs. Eastern Kentucky) to win in his first start.
• Oatsvall's 52-yard touchdown pass to Daryl Rollins-Davis the both the Governors longest pass play and its longest scoring play this season.
• That longest play lasted until the Governors next offensive drive when Kentel Williams broke off a 74-yard rush for a touchdown. It was the Govs longest rush play since Williams' 61-yard rush against Morehead State.
• Oatsvall became the first Govs quarterback to throw multiple touchdowns in a game this season with his 10-yard strike to DJ Montgomery in the second quarter.
• It was the second time this season the Govs passing game was responsible for multiple touchdowns in a contest (Jacksonville State).
• Austin Peay had three plays of 50-plus yards, Williams later adding a 56-yard run that saw him tackled at the one-yard line. The Govs had three plays of 50-plus yards entering the contest.
• Williams 74-yard run and 56-yard dash were his fourth and fifth plays of 50-plus yards.
• Nine different Governors caught a pass in the contest.
• Austin Peay scored for the 34th consecutive game.

DEFENSIVE STANDS                                              

• Free safety Malik Davis led the Govs with 10 tackles (three solo), his second double-digit tackle performance this season (12, Miami-Ohio).
• Kordel Jackson tallied the Govs lone sack of the contest, the team's sixth consecutive game with a sack. It was his third sack this season.
• Gunnar Scholato had a team-high 1.5 tackles for loss and now has 7.5 tackles for loss this season.
• Austin Peay recorded five tackles for loss and now has 48 tackles for loss this season – 28 of those coming in OVC play.

SPECIAL TEAMS                                                    

• Daryl Rollins-Davis blocked the game's first punt and recovered the ball at the Redhawks 16-yard line. It was the Govs third blocked kick this season.
• Austin Peay attempted just two punts in the contest, punter Devin Stuart booting a 37-yard punt.
• Jeremiah Oatsvall tagged a 42-yard punt into the end zone, his longest punt this season.