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. (AP) — Kaleb Barker threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns, DK Billingsley rushed for 163 yards and two more scores, and Troy defeated Georgia Southern 49-28 on Saturday. Troy (4-5, 2/3 Sun Belt) scored the game’s first 14 points and went on to lead 27-14 at halftime. Georgia Southern (5-4, 3-2) closed to within 27-21 on the first play of…
Troy University has announced that Jeremy McClain, who has been athletic director since 2015, is leaving for a similar position at Southern Mississippi. “Jeremy McClain is not only a good man — in my opinion, he is one of America’s most promising young leaders in intercollegiate athletics administration,” Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor, said in a statement on the Troy…
Grayson Allen had 21 points off five 3-pointers, Jayson Tatum had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and second-seeded Duke continued its perfect postseason with an 87-65 victory over Troy in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night to start the East Region. The Blue Devils (29-7) became the first team to win four games on the way to the Atlantic Coast…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – The Troy football team put a bow on the opening week of fall camp with a spirited two-and-a-half hour workout on the turf inside Veterans Memorial Stadium Saturday evening. In addition to being Troy’s first practice in the stadium this camp, it also marked the first time the Trojans were in full pads. In addition to…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – The Troy football team reported to campus Monday for the start of fall camp, and one of the new additions to the Trojan roster is North Carolina transfer Junior Gnonkonde, who recorded 7.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks last season for the Tar Heels. Gnonkonde graduated from North Carolina in May and will be immediately…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – Troy has been selected to finish fifth in the annual Sun Belt Conference Preseason Football Poll, the league office announced Thursday. The predicted order of finish was selected by the league’s 11 head coaches. Appalachian State and Arkansas State both received five first place votes, but the Mountaineers were selected to win the league with 114…
