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(0-3, 0-1 MEAC)
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(0-4, 0-1 MEAC)

Theodore A. Wright Stadium
(Savannah, Georgia, 7 p.m.)

Savannah, Ga. – The Savannah State University football team will take on Florida A&M University in its home opener on Saturday, October 3, 2015 in Theodore A. Wright Stadium. Both teams are looking for their first wins of the season.

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Coach Wilson on Florida A&M matchup...

It should be a good one. We've got a lot of young guys. I think my guys are improving each week and doing a great job and becoming more disciplined. I know that Alex Wood (FAMU head coach) is one of the premier coaches in America. He's going to have his team ready to play. A lot of people are maybe going to drive up here. My cousins are FAM grads and they're going to be wearing green and orange and I'd love nothing more than to beat them.

Coach Wilson on the growth of the team from the beginning of the season till now…

I think just in football IQ. When you're playing a good amount of freshmen and sophomores and having a new offense installed, you see them go from they're still stuttering a little bit; but counting 8 or 9 or 9 to 10 play drives against a good team like Bethune-Cookman. You know that they're going to start finishing the product pretty soon. Hopefully it'll be this week. Offense I've seen doing well. Defensively we're beginning to step it up more. We have some guys that are first year players that are really standing out. We do a highlight tape at the end so we can see how many freshmen are making plays. They're beginning to understand the game.

Coach Wilson on the Bethune-Cookman game….

Terry did a great job preparing his players after having a down week the week before in playing Lane. But he came out and he did a lot of great things. His coaching staff put together a great game plan. We hung in there with them, we had about nine drives over 10 to 12 plays. But you know you can drive it down there, but if you're that many times inside the red zone you don't come away with any points, and you're going to probably end up losing the game and that's what we did.

The Series: Florida A&M leads the series 7-0. The Tigers have never beaten Florida A&M and the closest game was last season when Florida A&M won 14-24 in Tallahassee, Fla. 

Tiger Bites

- Both Savannah State and Florida A&M are looking for their first wins in 2015. SSU comes into the game with an 0-3 record, while FAMU is 0-4 this season.

- SSU is looking to snap a 32-game conference losing streak. The last time SSU won a conference game was when the Tigers defeated N.C. Central, 33-30, in 2011. It was the team's first official season in the MEAC.

- SSU currently has a total of 79 freshmen and sophomores on its 104 man roster. The roster has 46 freshmen and 33 sophomores.

- Saturday's game will mark the eighth meeting between  SSU and FAMU.

THE KICKER IS GOOD - Junior kicker and punter John Barron has accounted for  16 of the Tigers 34 points this season. Barron is 5-of-7 in field goals and 1-for-1 in extra points. He is currently SSU's leading scorer (16 pts), second leading scorer in the conference amongst kickers (5.3 avg.) and is the MEAC's 8th leading overall scorer (5.3 avg.). He leads the MEAC in field goals (1.67 made/g) and is second in punting averaging 40.3 yards per punt.

TIGERS IN THE RANKINGS - Savannah State is currently 19th nationally and leads the MEAC in turnover margin. The Tigers are also third in the conference in time of possession and 34th nationally.

FORMER COACH - Florida A&M defensive coordinator Theo Lemon served as head football coach at Savannah State from 2006-07. During his tenure with SSU, Coach Lemon compiled a 3-18 record including wins over Morehouse, Edward Waters and Johnson C. Smith.

DID YOU KNOW - Former SSU head football coach Theodore "Ted" Wright was also the head football coach at FAMU. At SSU, Wright is known more for his days as a head basketball coach.

THIRD QUARTER BLUES - SSU has not scored any points in the third quarter this season.

TALLAHASSEE TIES - SSU freshmen offensive lineman James Livingston is a native of Tallahassee, Florida.

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