2021 Tennessee State Tigers football team

The 2021 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They were led by first-year head coach Eddie George and played their games at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

2021 Tennessee State Tigers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2021 record5–6 (3–3 Ohio Valley Conference)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHue Jackson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBrandon Fisher (1st season)
Home stadiumNissan Stadium
(capacity: 69,143)
2021 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 UT Martin $^  5 –1   10 –3  
Southeast Missouri State  4 –2   4 –7  
Austin Peay  4 –2   6 –5  
Tennessee State  3 –3   5 –6  
Murray State  3 –3   6 –5  
Eastern Illinois  1 –5   1 –10  
Tennessee Tech  1 –5   3 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
See also: 2020 Tennessee State Tigers football team

The Tigers finished the 2020 season with a 2–5 record, 2–5 in OVC play to finish tied for sixth place in the conference. On the day of their final game of the season, it was announced that Tennessee State was not expected to renew the contract of their head coach Rod Reed, and that he would be replaced with former Tennessee Titans star and Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George.[1] The university officially announced that Reed would not return the next day on April 12, 2021, and announced the hiring of George on April 13.[2][3] It was revealed by The Tennessean that George's deal was a five-year deal with an annual salary of US$400,000.[4]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 53:00 p.m.vs. Grambling State*
L 10–1614,682
September 116:00 p.m.vs. Jackson State*
L 16–3846,171
September 184:00 p.m.Kentucky State*
W 41–72,513
September 252:00 p.m.at Southeast Missouri State
L 14–473,896
October 27:00 p.m.at Austin Peay*
W 24–227,211
October 162:00 p.m.Tennessee Tech
ESPN+W 20–13 OT2,420
October 232:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois
ESPN+W 28–06,300
October 305:00 p.m.Murray State
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
ESPN+W 27–218,627
November 62:00 p.m.at No. 15 UT Martin
ESPN3L 20–413,712
November 132:00 p.m.Austin Peay
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN+L 7–362,531
November 2011:00 a.m.at No. 25 (FBS) Mississippi State*
ESPN+/SECN+L 10–5546,770
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Source:[5]

at. Grambling State
See also: 2021 Grambling State Tigers football team and Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic
Tennessee State Tigers at Grambling State Tigers
1 2 34Total
Tennessee State 3 0 7010
Grambling State 0 7 6316

at Pro Football Hall of Fame Fieldhouse, Canton, OH

  • Date: September 11, 2021
  • Game time: 3:00 P.M. MST
  • Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: 3 mph
  • Game attendance: 14,682
  • Referee:  
  • TV announcers (NFL Network):  
StatisticsTSU TigersGRAM Tigers
First downs
Plays–yards––
Rushes–yards––
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int––––
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
TSU TigersPassing
Rushing
Receiving
GRAM TigersPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP TSU GRAM
1 5:00 7 21 4:05 TENN 39-yard field goal by Antonio Zita 3 0
2 12:41 15 79 7:14 GRAM Jaye Patrick 18-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Walker, Garrett Urban kick good 3 7
3 7:03 12 58 6:08 TENN Devon Starling 3-yard touchdown run, Antonio Zita kick good 10 7
3 2:22 3 15 1:25 GRAM Elijah Walker 15-yard touchdown run, Antonio Zita kick no good 10 13
4 9:48 10 44 5:05 GRAM 24-yard field goal by Garrett Urban 10 16
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 10 16

Coaching staff
Name Position Seasons at
Tennessee State		 Alma Mater
Eddie GeorgeHead coach1stOhio State
Hue JacksonOffensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach1stPacific
Brandon FisherDefensive coordinator1stMontana
Joe BowdenLinebackers coach1stAlcorn State
Keith BurnsSpecial teams coordinator & defensive specialist1stOklahoma State
Cory HarkeyTight ends coach1stUCLA
Mark HutsonOffensive line coach1stOklahoma
Richard McNuttDefensive backs coach1stOhio State
Pepe PearsonRunning backs coach1stOhio State
Clyde SimmonsDefensive line coach1stWestern Carolina
Kenan SmithWide receivers coach1stSacramento State

References
  1. "Sources: Former Tennessee Titans star Eddie George named Tennessee State Tigers coach". ESPN. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. "Tennessee State Not Renewing Contract of Head Coach Rod Reed". Tennessee State University. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. "Tennessee State University Names Former All Pro Tennessee Titan and Heisman Trophy Winner Eddie George Head Football Coach". Tennessee State University. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. "Here's how much Eddie George will make as Tennessee State's football coach and his contract incentives". The Tennessean. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. "2021 Football Schedule". Tennessee State University. Retrieved 11 June 2021.


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