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(0-7, 0-5 MEAC)

William H. Greene Memorial Stadium
(Washington, D.C., 1 p.m.)

Savannah, Ga. – The Savanna State Tigers looking to get its first road win sicne 2011 as the Tigers face Howard University on October 31 in Washington, D.C. at 1 p.m.
 
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Coach Wilson on the bye week….
We got a lot accomplished. We didn't have spraying football and all that other good stuff and we were able to keep teaching our young guys and getting them better at what they do. So, we're really happy that we were able to get another bye week this season.

Coach Wilson on the Howard...
I think it's going to be a good game. Gary is coaching those guys well. Unfortunately, for them, they've had some bad breaks on this season but they're a good football team. They're a real good football team and he's a good coach so we're going to have or hands full.

Coach Wilson on a different SSU football team ...
It's different in a way that we've got athletes; we've got football players. We've got guys that can move and can run. It's not different of course as you can see in the way of wins and losses but you've actually seen some of the scores get closer. In my first two years or 24 months on this job, I had to talk about who's doing this wrong and who's doing that wrong. Now you're not seeing as many academic problems, you don't see any drug problems you don't see any crime problems. What you're seeing is guys that are beginning to talk football strategies and that's a big difference.
 
The Series: Howard leads the series 8-0. The Tigers have never beaten Howard dating back to series starting in 2003. 
 
Tiger Bites
- The Tigers travel to Washington, D.C. to take on Howard University in the team's fifth road game of the season. SSU is looking to get their first over Howard in school history as the Bison lead the series, 8-0.

- SSU is 32nd nationally and 2nd in the MEAC in time of possession. The Tigers are also currently 3rd in the conference and 47th nationally in turnover margin.

- The Tigers are still looking for their first road win of 2015. SSU is currently 0-4 on the road this season. The Tigers' last road win was 33-30 win over N.C. Central on Sept. 24, 2011 in Durham, N.C.

- SSU has yet to throw a touchdown pass this season. The team has eight rushing touchdowns, but none through the air.
 
THE KICKER IS GOOD
Junior kicker and punter John Barron has accounted for  28 of the Tigers points this season. Barron is 7-of-11 in field goals and 7-for-7 in extra points. He is currently SSU's leading scorer (28 pts), sixth leading scorer in the conference amongst kickers (4.7 avg.) and is the MEAC's 9th leading overall scorer (4.7 avg.). He is 2nd in the MEAC in field goals (1.2 made/g) and is eighth in punting averaging 38.2 yards per punt.
 
COMMON OPPONENTS
SSU and Howard have five common opponents (South Carolina State, Hampton, Morgan State, Norfolk State and North Carolina Central).
 
COACHING CONNECTIONS
SSU offensive coordinator Andy Siegal and Howard offensive line coach Manny Martinez both coached at Dodge City Community College.
 
OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION
In their last game, SSU scored 22 points in the first quarter against North Carolina Central. The last time SSU scored at least 22 points in a quarter was in 2008 when they scored 29 points in the second quarter in a 45-10 victory over Livingstone.
 

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