Gunnar Watson threw for 297 yards and three touchdowns while wearing thick pads to protect fractured ribs and Troy blanked South Alabama 29-0 in Mobile to win the “Battle of the Belt” for a third straight time. Watson threw all three touchdowns in the second quarter — finding Khalil McClain from 15, Kaylon Geiger from 15 and Tray Eafford from…
Troy head football coach Chip Lindsey has tested positive for COVID-19. Lindsey’s positive test came as a result of Troy’s weekly PCR tests administered every Wednesday to all players and staff. After receiving a positive test, Lindsey, who is experiencing mild symptoms, immediately isolated away from the team. Lindsey says he has the utmost confidence in his player and staff…
Troy’s football game scheduled for tomorrow against No. 15 Coastal Carolina at Veterans Memorial Stadium has been postponed due to a combination of positive COVID-19 tests and injuries to a specific position group within the Troy football program. Troy, Coastal Carolina and the Sun Belt Conference are working together on a date to reschedule the game, which will be announced…
Jacob Free accounted for three first-half touchdowns, leading Troy to a 38-10 victory over Arkansas State. Free was 33-of-45 passing for a career-best 419 yards. He threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Luke Whittemore and a 34-yard score to Reggie Todd in the first quarter. Free’s 6-yard touchdown run with 41 seconds remaining in the second stretched the Trojans’ lead…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – Troy head coach Neal Brown has been named a semifinalist for the George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year, the Maxwell Football Club announced Friday afternoon. Brown has orchestrated a remarkable turnaround and a historic season for the Trojans. Troy is 8-2 after finishing the previous two seasons a combined 7-17, and the Trojans are ranked…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – Never in the history of the Sun Belt Conference have two league teams met with unblemished records of 5-0 or better. That all changes Thursday night when No. 25 Troy plays host to Arkansas State in Veterans Memorial Stadium in front of a nationally televised audience on ESPNU. Kickoff between the Trojans and Red Wolves is…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – Troy made school and Sun Belt Conference history Sunday as the Trojans cracked the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for the first time ever. Winners of seven straight games, Troy is ranked No. 25 in this week’s AP Top 25. “This is a testament to the hard work of a lot of people within our program,…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – Jordan Chunn scored from 11 yards out with 62 seconds remaining in the game and Troy’s defense held off a last-ditch effort by Appalachian State as the Trojans knocked off the Mountaineers, 28-24, Saturday night in a battle of Sun Belt Conference heavyweights in Veterans Memorial Stadium. App State took a 24-21 lead with 3:29 to…
TROY, Ala. (AP) – Jordan Chunn ran for two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 1:02 left, and Troy beat Appalachian State 28-24 on Saturday. Brandon Silvers led the game-winning 85-yard drive, capped by Chunn’s 11-yard scoring run up the middle, and Taylor Lamb threw two incomplete passes from the Trojans’ 38 into the end zone to end it. Chunn…
TROY, Ala. (AP) – Troy will start building a football facility behind the north end zone right after this season. Athletic director Jeremy McClain announced plans for the $24 million, 70,000-square-foot facility Thursday. Troy will also build a 35-by-90-foot video board and 402 new club seats. The four-story building will hold offices for the football staff, a new locker room,…
