COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle football team will journey to Clarksville Saturday to close out the 2014 season with a visit to play the Austin Peay Governors. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m.

The Golden Eagles (4-7/3-4 OVC) can still achieve a tie for fourth place with a win, while the Govs (1-10/1-6 OVC) are hoping to send off the team's 16 seniors with a victory in their career finale.

For Tech, several individual numbers can fall on Saturday. Senior Austin Tallant can tie the school record for career starts with his 44th. Tallant (97), Marty Jones (106) and Jay Rudwall (94) can alsobecome the first trio in school history to all top the 100-tackle mark in the same season. Meanwhile, punter Jonathan King could break school single-season records for most punts and most punting yards, a couple of records he would just as soon leave standing as they already are. Jones, Tallant, Darian Stone and Cody Matthews also will learn their final places in several Tech career charts as they play their final games. Jones is on the charts for tackles and interceptions, while Tallant is on the list for career tackles. Stone is on the charts for passing, rushing and total offense, and Matthews is in the Top 10 in both career receptions and receiving yards.

Fans who cannot attend in person can listen to the game on the Golden Eagle Sports Network with Roger Ealey and Buddy Pearson in the press box. The broadcast begins at 3:30 p.m. on 98.5 KISS FM.

The weather isn't going to be too pleasant in Clarksville on Saturday, with a 60 percent chance of rain showers and a high of 59 degrees. In addition, a breeze will be blowing up to 14 mph, so dress prepared for rather challenging conditions. It could be worse -- Tech could be playing in Minnesota or North Dakota!

Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (4-7, 3-4 OVC)
at Austin Peay Governors (1-10, 1-6 OVC)
Saturday, Nov. 22 • 4:00 p.m. CT
Governors Stadium (7,000) • Clarksville, Tenn.

GAME NOTES: Austin Peay and Tennessee Tech will conclude the 2014 season with the 48th all-time meeting in the series on Saturday in Clarksville. Tech leads the all-time series 29-18 with the teams splitting games each of the past two years. Last season Tennessee Tech outgained Austin Peay 402-to-186 in winning 34-0 and pushing the Govs to 0-12 on the season. Quarterback Darian Stone passed for 118 yards and rushed for a game-high 153 yards and a touchdown in the victory. Omar Williams had 39 rushing yards for the Govs who got 13 tackles apiece from A.J. Gray and Antonio Turner.
 
SCOUTING TENNESSEE TECH: Tennessee Tech played its fifth nationally-ranked opponent of the season (a sixth opponent is now ranked) when they lost 38-17 at home to No. 9 Chattanooga in the first meeting between the teams since 2006. The Golden Eagles managed just 171 yards of total offense while allowing the Mocs to net 457 yards. Ladarius Vanlier rushed for a 64 yard touchdown and averaged 11.6 yards on seven total carries on the day. Darian Stone added 11 rushing yards and 30 passing yards. Cory Webber made 17 tackles while Austin Tallant, last week’s OVC Defensive Player of the Week, had 12 tackles, a pass breakup and forced a fumble. Punter Jonathan King averaged 43.2 yards/punt on five attempts, downing two inside the UTC 20-yard line.
 
SCOUTING AUSTIN PEAY: Austin Peay suffered its 31st-straight road defeat (the longest active streak nationally) on Saturday, falling 42-7 at Southeast Missouri. The team will enter the 2015 season without a win on the road since Sept. 18, 2010. Overall the team has 10 losses on the season, the seventh time in program history APSU has reached double-digit losses. Senior punter Ben Campbell punted four times last week to tie his APSU single-season record of 87 punts. Campbell needs just six punts this week to tie the OVC single-season record of 93 set by Morehead State’s John Christopher in 1982. The team’s lone touchdown against Southeast came on defense when Damien Whitfield intercepted a pass and returned it 12 yards for a touchdown; it marked the first defensive score for the team since 2011 when Amius Smith had a safety. It was the fourth interception by a Govs player this season. Trey Taylor made the start a quarterback, his first since the season opener, and completed 14-of-28 passes for 156 yards. Justin Roberson led the team with 65 rushing yards while Julian Franklin added 35.
 

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