# 2006 Savannah State Tigers football team

The 2006 Savannah State Tigers football team represented Savannah State University in American football. The Tigers were members of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | Benedict | Ted Wright StadiumSavannah, GA | L 7–21 | 11,372 |
| September 9 | 4:00 p.m. | at Bethune–Cookman | Municipal StadiumDaytona Beach, FL | L 6–55 | 14,601 |
| September 23 | 4:00 p.m. | Liberty | Ted Wright StadiumSavannah, GA | L 0–28 | 12,708 |
| September 30 | 2:00 p.m. | Miles | Ted Wright StadiumSavannah, GA | L 12–24 | 12,916 |
| October 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern | Ted Wright StadiumSavannah, GA | L 13–38 | 11,651 |
| October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Morehouse | B.T. Harvey StadiumAtlanta, GA (Black Football Classic) | W 24–20 | 10,000 |
| October 21 | 3:00 p.m. | Winston-Salem | Ted Wright StadiumSavannah, GA | L 6–38 | 12,002 |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at Johnson C. Smith | Irwin Belk ComplexCharlotte, NC | L 6–27 | 9,004 |
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Coastal Carolina | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | L 6–66 | 12,214 |
| November 11 | 6:00 p.m. | Edward Waters | Memorial StadiumSavannah, GA | W 28–7 | 15,111 |
| November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Cal Poly | Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA | L 0–55 | 11,075 |
| HomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||

## Preseason

* Athletic director Sterling Steward Jr. announced the hiring of new head coach Theo Lemon
* 15 players signed letters of intent to attend Savannah State University on February 3, 2006.
| Name | Position | School | City, State |
| Jacorey Kilcrease | Quarterback | Bayside High School | Clearwater, Florida |
| Antwon Edwards | Running back | Groves High School | Garden City, Georgia |
| Stephen Williams | Running back | Martin Luther King Jr High School | Lithonia, Georgia |
| Del Ben | Wide receiver | Sol C. Johnson High School | Savannah, Georgia |
| Isaiah Cruz | Wide receiver/Quarterback | Cross Keys High School | Augusta, Georgia |
| Amondo Harris | Wide receiver | Southwest High School | Macon, Georgia |
| Joshua Marshall | Tight end | Metter High School | Metter, Georgia |
| Derrick Dorsey | Offensive lineman | Alfred Ely Beach High School | Savannah, Georgia |
| Louis Hall | Offensive Line | Richmond Hill High School | Richmond Hill, Georgia |
| Horton Louima | Defensive Line | North Miami Beach Sr High | Miami, Florida |
| Chris Reed | Defensive lineman | Vidalia High School | Vidalia, Georgia |
| Luis Justiniano | Kicker | Jenkins County High School | Millen, Georgia |
| Brandon Luster | Linebacker | Jasper County High School | Monticello, Georgia |
| Steven Drinks | Defensive back | Wade Hampton High School | Varnville, South Carolina |
| Jonathan Johnson | Defensive back/Wide receiver | Jackson High School | Jackson, Georgia |

## Coaches and support staff

| Name | Type | College | Graduating year |
| Theo Lemon | Head coach | Ohio | 1978 |
| Booker Collins | Offensive coordinator | Oklahoma | 1992 |
| Deon Tilburg | Defensive coordinator | Butler | 1993 |
| Bobby Hull | Quarterbacks coach | Syracuse | 1981 |
| Lance Williams | Running backs coach | Tennessee State | 2001 |
| Steven Youngblood | wide receivers coach | Fort Valley state | 1995 |
| Cassius Brown | Tight Ends coach | Troy | 1988 |
| Mont'e Gordon | Offensive line coach | Bryant | 1997 |
| Juan Sanchez | assistant offensive line coach | San Jose State | 1990 |
| Xzavier Bryant | Defensive line coach | Point | 1999 |
| Dwayne Jones | Assistant defensive line coach | Lander | 1997 |
| Anthony Carter | linebackers coach | Florida State | 1994 |
| Wesley Gore | secondary coach | Clayton State | 2000 |
| Ricky Baxley | special teams | South Carolina State | 1992 |
| Mike Summer | Athletic Trainer | UNC-Pembroke | 1985 |

## Roster
### Quarterbacks

* 3 Jacorey Kilcrease – freshman
* 14 Brandon Dozier – Junior
* 6 Garrett Williams – sophomore
* 18 Daniel White – Freshman

### Running backs

* 1 Quinton Beasley – Senior
* 32 Louis Bacon – Sophomore
* 22 Antwon Edwards – Freshman
* 31 Charles Howard – Junior
* 44 Craig Chambers – Sophomore
* 28 Reginald May – sophomore
* 48 Jerry Stinson – Sophomore
* 21 Stephen Williams – Freshman

### Wide receivers

* 3 Solomon Agyei – Junior
* 7 Bernard Coleman – sophomore
* 17 Tyson Kirkland – sophomore
* 15 Isaiah Cruz – Freshman
* 5 Del Ben – Freshman
* 89 Anthony Bowden senior
* 86 David Roberson "Junior"
* 80 Derek Harkness– Junior
* 9 Deleon Hollinger – Senior
* 29 Amondo Harris – freshman
* 20 Llich Solano – sophomore

### Tight ends

* 88 Joshua Marshall – Freshman
* 85 Terrence Kirkland – Junior
* 84 Marcus Harris – senior

### Kickers / Punters

* 14 Luis Justiniano – freshman (K)
* 49 Jeremy Johnson – Junior (P)

### Offensive line

* 73 Byron Allen – senior
* 75 James Arowoselu– Senior
* 59 Derrick Dorsey – freshman
* 66 Rashad Jackson – Junior
* 71 Kereem Riley – sophomore
* 70 Peter Booker – Sophomore
* 64 Justin Norton – sophomore
* 73 Tim Moss – Freshman
* 79 Louis Hall – freshman
* 67 Austin Davis – sophomore
* 65 Warren Washington – sophomore
* 66 Algernon Wright – freshman

### Defensive line

* 55 Dominque Clark – Junior
* 93 Brandon Miller – freshman
* 90 Mike slaughter – Sophomore
* 99 Lee Riley – senior
* 48 Chris Browlson – Sophomore
* 57 Horton Louima– freshman
* 92 Randy Harling – Junior
* 91 Chris Reed– freshman
* 94 Chris Osborne – Junior
* 95 Tony Newman – sophomore
* 69 Randy Williams – Junior
* 87 Fred Wright – freshman

### Linebackers

* 56 Jonathan Stewart – Junior
* 13 Brandon Luster – freshman
* 40 Dominque Wells – sophomore
* 41 Timothy Gregory – senior
* 93 Jalvin Lovett – Junior
* 44 Trent Newman – senior
* 16 Brandon Parker– sophomore
* 10 Josh Mitchell – sophomore
* 51 Calvin Leonard – Sophomore
* 45 DeAngelo Jenkins – freshman

### Defensive backs

* 11 Larrione Carlyle – senior
* 26 Antwan Allen – freshman
* 19 Jeremy Boston – sophomore
* 13 Jonathan Johnson – freshman
* 15 Chris Herans – sophomore
* 49 Ryan Carmichael – sophomore
* 37 Nate Carr– Junior
* 29 Brandon Howard– sophomore
* 8 Steven Drinks – Freshman
* 43 Chester McBride – Junior
* 12 Frank Usher – sophomore

## Media

* Radio flagship: WHCJ
* Broadcasters: Steve Richards (play-by-play), Curtis Foster (analyst)

## Statistics

Current as of November 27, 2006 (2006-11-27) – All Games

### Team

| | Team | Opp |
| Scoring | 235 | 480 |
| Points per Game | 21.3 | 43.6 |
| First Downs | 201 | 300 |
| Rushing | 1,629 | 2,178 |
| Passing | 1,793 | 2,898 |
| Penalty | 74 | 107 |
| Total Offense | 3,422 | 5,076 |
| Avg per Play | 4.4 | 6.8 |
| Avg per Game | 311.0 | 461.4 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 21–14 | 17–10 |
| Penalties-Yards | 74–563 | 107.908 |
| Avg per Game | 51.2 | 82.5 |
| | Team | Opp |
| Punts-Yards | 78–3,557 | 44–2,094 |
| Avg per Punt | 45.6 | 47.6 |
| Time of Possession/Game | 29.24 | 30:36 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 56 of 158 (35%) | 68 of 129 (53%) |
| 4th Down Conversions | 4 of 13 (31%) | 11 of 18 (61%) |
| Touchdowns Scored | 28 | 66 |
| Field Goals-Attempts | 13–18 | 6-6 |
| PAT-Attempts | 28–28 (100%) | 66–66 (100%) |
| Attendance | 28,485 | 158,233 |
| Games / Avg per Game | 2 / 14,242 | 9 / 17,581 |

#### Scores by quarter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Savannah State | 31 | 37 | 27 | 17 | 112 |
| Opponents | 101 | 152 | 87 | 101 | 441 |

### Individual offense
#### Rushing

| Name | GP | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Beasley, Quinton | 11 | 143 | 779 | 35 | 744 | 5.2 | 8 | 86 | 67.6 |
| Bacon, Louis | 11 | 93 | 619 | 15 | 604 | 6.5 | 5 | 69 | 54.9 |
| Kilcrease, Jacorey | 11 | 113 | 550 | 31 | 519 | 4.6 | 6 | 47 | 47.1 |
| Edwards Antwon | 11 | 49 | 233 | 23 | 210 | 4.3 | 4 | 38 | 19.1 |
| Howard, Charles | 11 | 22 | 113 | 9 | 104 | 4.7 | 2 | 31 | 9.4 |
| Chambers, Craig | 10 | 20 | 107 | 6 | 101 | 5.0 | 1 | 42 | 10.1 |
| May, Reginald | 10 | 12 | 66 | 0 | 66 | 5.5 | 2 | 29 | 6 |
| Williams, Steven | 11 | 12 | 49 | 3 | 46 | 3.8 | 1 | 24 | 4.1 |
| Stinson, Jerry | 6 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | 9 | 5.5 |
| Dozier, Brandon | 7 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 | 2.1 |
| Total | 11 | 479 | 2,571 | 129 | 2,442 | 5.0 | 29 | 86 | 222.0 |
| Opponents | 11 | 366 | 2,028 | 125 | 1,903 | 5.2 | 20 | 90 | 173.0 |

#### Passing

| Name | GP | Effic | Att-Cmp-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G |
| Kilcrease Jacorey | 11 | 97.4 | 128–66–3 | 51.5 | 804 | 4 | 62 | 73.0 |
| Dozier, Brandon | 7 | 89.5 | 41–21–1 | 51.2 | 247 | 1 | 42 | 35.2 |
| Williams, Garrett | 3 | 90.3 | 2–3–0 | 66.6 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 9 |
| Total | 11 | 93.4 | 89–172–4 | 51.7 | 1,078 | 5 | 62 | 98.0 |
| Opponents | 11 | 160.6 | 179–281–8 | 63.7 | 2,411 | 30 | 88 | 219.1 |

#### Receiving

| Name | GP | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Babb, Justin | 10 | 24 | 231 | 9.6 | 3 | 52 | 23.1 |
| Heslop, Daniel | 9 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | 13 | 3.0 |
| Hollinger, Deleon | 10 | 51 | 509 | 10.0 | 4 | 40 | 50.9 |
| Holmes, D. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| McMullen, Chris | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Taylor, Javares | 9 | 27 | 214 | 7.9 | 0 | 26 | 23.8 |
| Leggett, Byron | 9 | 20 | 350 | 17.5 | 1 | 32 | 38.9 |
| Talley, Deron | 8 | 18 | 256 | 14.2 | 2 | 47 | 32.0 |
| Taylor, Stefon | 5 | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 1 | 21 | 9.2 |
| Rivera, Ricky | 4 | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | 26 | 16.5 |
| Total | 10 | 156 | 1,703 | 10.9 | 12 | 52 | 170.3 |
| Opponents | 10 | 176 | 2,311 | 13.1 | 27 | 69 | 231.1 |

### Defense

| Name | GP | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Pass Defense | Pass Defense | Fumbles | Fumbles | Blkd Kick | Saf |
| Name | GP | Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | INT-Yds | BrUp | QBH | Rcv-Yds | FF | Blkd Kick | Saf |
| Stewart, Jonathan | 11 | 56 | 31 | 87 | 7–14 | 3-18 | 2–28 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Allen, Coy | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alston, Travis | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3.0–6 | 0.5–3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Asbury, Chris | 10 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 1.5–8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Babb, Justin | 10 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Briscoe, James | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.5–2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chambers, Cedric | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clay, Nate | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cochran, Vince | 9 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 7.5–23 | - | - | 1 | - | 1–0 | - | - | - |
| Cooper, Justin | 8 | 14 | 10 | 24 | - | - | 1–19 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Curry, Kurvin | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edwards, D. | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gaines, Phillip | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.5–0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goodman, Juvaro | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1.0–2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Hollinger, D. | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holt, Toriano | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Howard, Johnny | 8 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3.0–8 | 0.5–3 | - | - | - | 1–0 | - | - | - |
| Hunt, Tametric | 10 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4.0–11 | 1.5–2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hunter, Darren | 7 | 15 | 4 | 19 | - | - | 1–3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| JeanBaptiste, S | 10 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 7.0–25 | 2.5–11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Jefferson, J. | 8 | 18 | 15 | 33 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Kuku, Michaek | 8 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 3.5–9 | - | - | 1 | - | 1–0 | 1 | - | - |
| Leggett, Byron | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| McCall, Brent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Miller, Brandon | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1.0–3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Myers, Stephan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.0–1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ndem, Edward | 9 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 1.5–4 | - | 1–19 | 6 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Printup, Deshawn | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Redfield, L. | 10 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 7.0–25 | 2.5–11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Reed, Chris | 10 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 11.5–62 | 6.5–43 | - | 2 | 2 | 2–0 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Robertson, J. | 9 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 2.0–13 | - | - | - | - | 2–0 | - | - | - |
| Rucker, Richie | 7 | 9 | 4 | 13 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1–0 | - | - | - |
| Russell, Rashard | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Smith, Matthew | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Talley, Deron | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TEAM | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1–0 | - | - | 1 |
| Thomas, Anthony | 10 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 1.0–3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1–0 | - | - | - |
| Thomas, Patrick | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Welch, Channing | 8 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 9.0–40 | 2.5–13 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Williams, Derek | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Williams, Emery | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 10 | 365 | 334 | 699 | 71–268 | 18–85 | 4–62 | 36 | 6 | 13–0 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Opponents | 10 | 361 | 326 | 687 | 65–291 | 25–181 | 12–331 | 26 | 38 | 3–0 | 2 | 1 | - |

### Special teams

| Name | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs |
| Name | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | Blkd | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB |
| Defilippis, A.J. | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 50.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarver, Vance | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 172 | 57.3 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Williams, Derek | 54 | 2,040 | 37.8 | 58 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 40 | 2,170 | 54.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 58 | 2,156 | 37.2 | 58 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 43 | 2,342 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents | 43 | 1,617 | 37.6 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 62 | 3,647 | 58.8 | 7 | 3 |
| Name | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns |
| Name | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
| Allen, Antwan | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 26 |
| Beaurem, Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 332 | 17.5 | 0 | 38 |
| Campbell, C. | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | 43 |
| Heslop, Daniel | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Hollinger, D. | 12 | 191 | 15.9 | 0 | 38 | | | | | |
| Hunter, Darren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JeanBaptiste, S. | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson, J. | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 254 | 23.1 | 0 | 48 |
| Proctor, Antonio | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 196 | 17.8 | 0 | 23 |
| Rivera, Ricky | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russell, Rashard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 0 | 36 |
| Veasy, Steven | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 254 | 14.9 | 0 | 38 | 52 | 1,018 | 19.6 | 0 | 48 |
| Opponents | 26 | 159 | 6.1 | 0 | 39 | 40 | 884 | 22.1 | 0 | 56 |