COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Sophomore quarterback Darian Stone accounted for 466 total yards to lead the Tennessee Tech offense, and several players stood out on defense including a tackle by Tommie McBride on a two-point conversion attempt that clinched a 45-44 overtime victory for the Golden Eagles Saturday against No. 23 UT Martin in Tucker Stadium.

Stone tied a school record by rushing for 190 yards on 25 carries and passed for 277 yards and three touchdowns as the Golden Eagles matched one of the most explosive offenses in the Ohio Valley Conference. Stone's 466 yards was the second-most in school history, behind a 474-yard game by Tre Lamb earlier this year at Southeast Missouri. Tech piled up 575 total yards while UT Martin countered with 579 yards.

The Skyhawks, hoping to clinch a share of the OVC title, watched the Golden Eagles storm back in the fourth quarter after trailing 31-17 midway through the third.

Stone led Tech on scoring drives of 80, 79 and 80 yards to lift the Golden Eagles to a 38-31 lead with 1:10 remaining. The third score in that stretch was a 79-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Tilghman, the eighth-longest pass completion in Tech history.

But UTM pulled off a desperation pass with six seconds remaining when Derek Carr launched a 46-yard heave toward the end zone. Tech cornerback William Dillard appeared to make an interception to end the game, but the ball skipped out of his hands and into the hands of UTM receiver Chris Thompson for the score that sent the game to overtime.

Tech kept the ball on the ground for five of its six plays on its OT possession, getting a first down at the two on a carry by sophomore Doug Page on fourth-and-one. Page plowed into the end zone on the next snap with his second TD of the game and Zach Sharp’s sixth PAT made it a 45-38 Golden Eagle lead.

Carr completed a 12-yard pass for a first down, but was sacked on third down by Marcus Edwards, his second sack of the contest. On fourth-and-16, Carr found Jeremy Butler in the corner of the end zone for the improbable touchdown.

On the PAT attempt, holder James Satterfield had to pass up the chance to let kicker Cody Sandlin tie the game when he took an errant snap and ran toward to the right. McBride beat his blocker and reached Satterfield, forcing a fumble that bounced toward the Golden Eagle sideline and ended the game.

Tech rushed for a season-high 298 yards on 54 attempts, with Stone tying the school record for most rushing yards by a quarterback set by Randy Beaman in 1991. It was Stone’s second consecutive 100-yard rushing effort. His 466 yards of offense broke the previous school record of 437 set in 2006 by Lee Sweeney. Page added a career-best 81 yards on 18 carries, including a par of two-yard touchdowns.

Stone was 16-for-29 for 277 passing yards, with one interception and three touchdowns. Da’Rick Rogers had five catches for 80 yards and Cody Matthews added five catches for 61 yards and two touchdowns. He grabbed a 20-yard strike from Stone to open the scoring on the game’s opening drive, then hauled in another 20-yard TD on the first play of the fourth quarter. Tilghman had three catches for 123 yards, his first career 100-yard performance.

Tevin Barksdale was UT Martin’s leading rusher with 71 yards on 16 carries as the Skyhawks gained 157 on the ground. Carr went 35-for-52 for 422 yards and four touchdowns in the losing effort. His top receiver, Jeremy Butler, finished with 13 catches for 142 yards and two touchdowns. Quentin Sims added six catches for 61 yards including a 10-yard TD in the first quarter, while Thompson finished with five catches for 74 yards.

A total of seven players reached double figures in tackles in the game, which included 174 offensive plays.

Freshman cornerback Demario Donnell, making his first career start, led Tech with a career-best 15 tackles and one pass breakup. Sophomore linebacker Tra’Darius Goff added 14 tackles, Dillard had 12 and Austin Tallant made 10 stops. Marcus Edwards, one of 18 seniors playing his final home game, had nine tackles, two quarterback sackes and caused a fumble.  

For UTM, J’Vontez Blackmon and Ben Johnson had 13 tackles each, and Marquis Clemons added 11 stops.

The Golden Eagles wrap up the 2012 season next week with an 11 a.m. nationally televised game at Austin Peay. A win by the Golden Eagles could clinch a share of the 2012 Sgt. York Trophy.

PREGAME NOTES
* For the fourth consecutive game, Tennessee Tech will face an Ohio Valley Conference opponent with just one league loss.
* This marks the second game in the hunt for the Sgt. York trophy for Tech. The Golden Eagles lost the first contest 22-21 against Tennessee State.
* Today marks several special events for Tennessee Tech. Today is Military and Public Safety Appreciation Day, Scout Day, and Senior Day.
* Being recognized today for Senior Day are: Jordan Adams, Slade Adams, Michael Baker, Hunter Beedle, Zach Bush, Chris Dickerson, Marcus Edwards, Howard Griffin, Taylor Hennigan, Tremaine Hudson, Will Johnson, Tre Lamb, Tommie McBride, Caleb Mitchell, Matt Moran, Kedrick Towles, Adam Urbano, and LaDarrius Verge.
* Tech owns a 21-10-2 edge in all-time series against UT Martin.
* In last season's match-up, the Golden Eagles came away with the 34-31 win.
* Today's captains for Tech is Taylor Hennigan.
* UT Martin wins the toss and will defer to the second half.

FIRST QUARTER NOTES
* The Golden Eagles off to a hot start, converting three first downs in the game's first four plays.
* TOUCHDOWN!!!! Darian Stone completes a pass to sophomore receiver Cody Matthews.
* Tech leads 7-0 with 13:24 to play in the first quarter.
* The score marks the third for Matthews this season.
* UT Martin answers with a quick score of their own, a 10-yard pass from Derek Carr to Quentin Sim. Game is tied 7-7 with 12:23 to play in the first quarter.
* Zach Sharp with a 39-yard field goal attempt. IT'S GOOD!!!!
* Tech now leads 10-7 with 8:40 to go in the first quarter.
* Tech with a huge stop on fourth down. The Golden Eagles take over on downs on their own 28-yard line.
* At the end of the first quarter, Tech leads 10-7.

SECOND QUARTER NOTES
* UT Martin ends the scoring drought by the two teams with a touchdown. The score was an eight yard rush by Jason McNair. They now lead 14-10 with 11:33 to play in the first half.
* UT Martin forced to attempt a 35-yard field goal.
* IT'S NO GOOD!!! Tech takes over on its own 20-yard line with 4:03 to play in the half.
* TOUCHDOWN!!! Doug Page reaches over the goal line and the Golden Eagles lead 17-14 with 57 seconds to play in the first half.
* Page scores for the second straight game and has over 50 yards in the first half on the ground.
* Darian Stone has 87 rushing yards and 95 through the air in the first half.
* SACK!!! Marcus Edwards with the QB sack to force a 48-yard field goal.
* It's good. UT Martin ties the game with one second to go in the first half. The score is now 17-17.
* At halftime, the game is tied 17-17.

THIRD QUARTER NOTES
* UT Martin cruises down the field and scores in a long 13-play drive capped by a 6-yard touchdown pass form Derek Carr to Jeremy Butler.
* The Skyhawks lead 24-17 with 10:01 to play in the third quarter.
* UT Martin scores again, this time on a two-yard run by D.J. McNeil. They lead 31-17 with 8:25 to go in the third quarter.
* Tech converts on a fourth down and one but are forced to punt three plays later. Just over three minutes to go in the third quarter.
* The Golden Eagle 'D' forces a three-and-out and will get the ball back with 1:53 to go in the third quarter.
* HUGE pass from Stone to Da'Rick Rogers!!!! It's complete for 46 yards and a first down.
* With the reception, Rogers now has over 2,000 receiving yards for his career.
* Stone has now rushed for over 100 yards in the game, the second week in a row he's done that.
* The only two quarterbacks in Tech history have 100-yard rushing games. Stone and Randy Beaman. Both did it twice.
* Doug Page has rushed for a career-high 65 yards so far.
* Da'Rick Rogers is just 94 yards away from breaking the Tech single-season receiving yards record.
* At the end of the third quarter, UT Martin leads 31-17.

FOURTH QUARTER NOTES
* TOUCHDOWN!!! Darian Stone connects with Cody Matthews on a 20-yard pass to pull within seven points.
* The Skyhawks still lead 31-24 with 14:54 to play.
* The TD reception is Matthews' second of the game marking his first career multi-touchdown game.
* Stone has thrown for multiple scores in all three of his career starts, these last three games.
* The Skyhawks come up huge on a fourth down by Tech and will take over on downs with 8:48 to play.
* Tech forces UT Martin to attempt a 38-yard field goal.
* IT'S NO GOOD!!!! Tech remains down by just seven points with 5:34 to play. They'll take over on their own 21-yard line.
* Stone breaks of a MONSTROUS run down to the UT Martin seven-yard line. He now has 176 rushing yards.
* Tech fails to convert on fourth down and goal, but will get a new set of downs on a pass interference call against the Skyhawks.
* TOUCHDOWN!!!! Bud Golden powers his way into the endzone to tie the game!
* With 3:06 to play the score is tied 31-31.
* UT Martin forced to punt with 1:38 remaining.
* TOUCHDOWN!!!!! Stone finds a wide-open Ryan Tilghman for a 79-yard touchdown!
* Tech leads 38-31 with 1:10 to play.
* Stone has passed for a career-high 267 yards and career-best three touchdown passes.
* Tilghman now has a career-best 113 receiving yards.
* The 79-yard TD marks the eighth longest completion in Tech history.
* The Skyhawks complete a hail-mary pass to Chris Thompson. The ball was batted twice and Thompson snuck away with it and fell into the end zone.
* Game is tied 38-38 with six seconds to play.
* We're headed to overtime.

OVERTIME NOTES
* UT Martin wins the toss and will play defense first.
* Stone now has 190 rushing yards, tied for the most in a single game by a quarterback in Tech history.
* Doug Page with the rush on fourth down and inches and he gets the first down!
* TOUCHDOWN!!! Page follows up the fourth down conversion with his second touchdown of the game.
* That makes it back-to-back games with two touchdowns on the ground for Page.
* Tech now leads 45-38. The Skyhawks will now get their chance here in the first overtime.
* SACK!!!! Marcus Edwards with his second quarterback sack lunch of the game. He also forces a fumble, but UT Martin jumps on it.
* It is now fourth down and 16 yards to go.
* UT Martin with another last ditch touchdown, this one a 19-yards completion from Derek Carr to Jeremy Butler in the corner of the end zone.
* The Skyhawks fake the extra point and James Satterfield FUMBLES!!!! Tommie McBride knocks the ball loose, Tech recovers and the game is over.
* Tennessee Tech upsets UT Martin 45-44 in overtime!!!