SAVANNAH, Ga. - Savannah State University's senior class does not want to be remembered as the class that won only one football game in each of its four seasons.

The Tigers finished 1-10 in 2010, 2011 and 2012. This season, they are 1-9 overall with two games remaining.
 
"All the seniors have one goal and that's just to win out," SSU senior quarterback Antonio Bostick said after the Tigers' 45-9 loss to South Carolina State last Saturday at T.A. Wright Stadium. "We want to leave a legacy, something more than just winning one game in the season. It's been tough. But we can do it.
 
"I just remember the days when I used to listen to the seniors talk, as a freshman, and now I'm the one giving the speech. It's emotional. I'll probably want to cry a little bit more after this. I can't believe this was my last game (at home). But time does pass. You've just got to look forward to better days, like next Saturday against Howard."
 
SSU (1-9, 0-6 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) will get another chance at victory at 1 p.m. Saturday when it plays Howard University (3-6, 2-4 MEAC) at William H. Greene Stadium in Washington, D.C. The game will be radio broadcast on WHCJ 90.3 FM. and WBMQ 630 AM.
 
SSU, which enters with a seven-game losing streak, is 0-6 in the series against Howard. The Bison won, 56-9, last season.
 
Howard is coming off a 22-20 defeat at Delaware State last Saturday, losing on a 26-yard field goal as time expired.
 
"Howard's a good team," SSU first-year head coach Earnest Wilson III said. "(Interim) Coach (Rayford) Petty has a great defense. He's always been strong, defensively. I'm hoping to see more of a mental group of (SSU) guys."
 
Wilson said the Tigers took a step back against South Carolina State, largely due to a lack of mental focus.
 
"It's been a long year for these kids, changing coaches in the middle of the summer and not having a strength program," Wilson said. "But that's where we're heading (in the offseason). With a strength program, the guys will be able to get physically stronger. You saw a lot of guys get injured last week in the game and that happens when you're playing for 12 straight weeks. You've got to keep your mind and body strong. We haven't had an organized program where somebody taught you something. You're not going to know how to eat right and how to take care of your body until you have that."
 
INJURIES TAKING A TOLL
Wilson said SSU was without all five of its starting offensive linemen during practice at one point last week because of injuries. This week, the Tigers' defense has been decimated by injuries.
 
"Defensively, we're going to be short some people," Wilson said.
 
Defensive back Alfred Ansley, who suffered a concussion against South Carolina State, will not play against Howard, Wilson said. Also missing will be defensive lineman William Broadbent (dislocated shoulder), who did not play against S.C. State, and defensive lineman Christian Martinez, who suffered an injury against the Bulldogs.
 
"We're struggling with injuries and we don't have any depth," Wilson said. "We just have to go out and compete until I can get more troops in here to help with the depth. And a strength program.
 
"Our guys haven't been able to match up for an entire game all year long. Hopefully, this year we can get either stronger or get more depth. We've shown that we can handle ourselves for a quarter or two. But if we're going up against guys with that size, we're going to have to either get depth or get stronger. I'm confident that we'll be able to do these two things. We'll be able to get the depth and the strength."
 
HOWARD OUTLOOK
Quarterback Greg McGhee, a 6-foot-3, 208-pound junior from Pittsburgh, Pa., is 162-of-271 passing (59.8 percent) for 1,598 yards and 11 touchdowns. He has been intercepted eight times. McGee, the MEAC's Rookie of the Year in 2011, also is Howard's leading rusher with 533 yards and a touchdown on 108 carries.
 
"He runs well. He throws. He keeps it," Wilson said. "We're just going to have to stay with him. Our coaches have put together a pretty good plan. We feel like, on offense, he can run some time off the clock so we have to keep their offense off the field."
 
Running back Anthony Philyaw, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound freshman from Los Angeles, has 447 yards rushing and seven touchdowns on 110 carries. Running back William Parker, a 6-foot, 203-pound sophomore from Stone Mountain, has 430 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 104 carries.
 
Wide receiver Jonathan Booker, a 5-foot-10, 160-pound sophomore from Winston-Salem, N.C., leads the Bison in receiving with 30 catches for 369 yards and four touchdowns.
 
Safety Cameron Alston, a 6-foot, 190-pound redshirt junior from North Augusta, S.C., has made a team-high 74 tackles. Linebacker Tabrian Resby, a 6-foot, 230-pound senior from Athens, is second on the team with 70 tackles.
 
DIXON MOVING UP IN SSU RECORD BOOK
SSU linebacker Justin Dixon, a 5-foot-11, 225-pound sophomore from Duluth, has made 102 tackles and is in sixth place on the Tigers' single-season tackles list.
Dixon trails first-place Tim Rawls (136 tackles in 1996), Eugene Brantley (118 tackles in 1990), Trent Newton (114 tackles in 2006), Damon Johnson (109 tackles in 1988) and Terrance Houston (107 tackles in 1986).
 
UNSUNG HEROES
"Offensively, the most unsung hero, actually, we've got two of them, guys who have really held their own are (offensive lineman Devon) Stainrod, who I'm trying to hype for all-conference, and (offensive lineman Jonathan) Clowers," Wilson said. "Stainrod, if you watch all the way back to the Georgia Southern game, he's been destroying cats. Against Troy State, he was just destroying cats. And Clowers has really played well."