GOVS-RACERS POSTGAME NOTES

FROM THE TOP

• Austin Peay won its fourth-straight game against Murray State, which is the Govs longest winning streak in the series since they won five-straight contests from 1964-68.
• The Governors have won back-to-back games against top-15 ranked FCS opponents for the first time in program history.
• Scotty Walden improves to 4-2 in his first season as Austin Peay's head coach.  

CAPTAINS/COIN TOSS

• Matthew Gayle was the Governors captain for the first time this season.
• Austin Peay won the toss and deferred to the second half; Murray State elected to receive the ball to start the game.

SERIES UPDATE                                            

• Austin Peay improves to 18-26 all-time against the Racers
• Austin Peay is now 12-15 all-time against Murray State in Clarksville.
• The Govs have won back-to-back games against Murray State in Clarksville for the first time since 1978 and 1980.

OFFENSIVE SPARKS

• Senior DeAngelo Wilson hauled in 10 catches for 99 yards, this is the first game he has played this spring where he has not recorded 100 receiving yards.
• Draylen Ellis tossed two touchdowns and now has 14 passing touchdowns this season, which is good for the sixth-best season in program history.
• Ellis completed 21 of 34 pass attempts for a career-high 61.8 completion percentage.
• Ellis has completed 20 passes in back-to-back games for the first time in his career.
• Ellis also ran for his third touchdown of the season.
• Senior Ahmaad Tanner set career highs in carries (25) and rushing yards (125), while also running for a touchdown.
• Tanner has now scored a touchdown in three-straight games.
• Eugene Minter hauled in his fourth career receiving touchdown.
• CJ Evans Jr. recorded the first receiving touchdown of his Austin Peay career.
• Evans Jr. posted a career-high 124 all-purpose yards with 74 rushing yards and 50 receiving yards.
• The Governors ran exactly 80 offensive plays, it is their second-straight game with 80 or more plays on the offensive side of the ball.

DEFENSIVE STANDS                                         

• Jack McDonald led the Governors with 12 tackles – his second-best single-game total this season – he is the first Gov to record double-digit tackles in a game since he (13 tackles) and Kordell Jackson (10 tackles) at Southeast Missouri.
• Terrell Allen led the Govs with a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss.
• Koby Perry made a career-high eight tackles in the contest.

SPECIAL TEAMS SPRINTS

• Grant Paulette made two field goals, he is the first Austin Peay kicker to make a pair of field goals in a game since he hit two field goals at Cincinnati (9/19/20).
• Paulette's two made field goals were his first attempts this spring and were the first made field goals by any Austin Peay kicker this spring.  
• Paulette's made fields goals of 33 and 40 yards were the longest by a Governors kicker this season.
• Matt Rigney averaged 41.4 yards on five punts with three punts being downed inside the 20-yard line.