Tuskegee Football

Tuskegee’s Osband Thompson grabs SIAC defensive player of the week honors

ATLANTA (goldentigersports.com) —  The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) released their weekly award winners Monday afternoon, and the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers’ junior linebacker Osband Thompson was named the recipient of the Defensive Player of the Week award. Thompson led the Golden Tigers with 16 tackles in a 36-13 victory over Clark Atlanta to open the season on the road Saturday….

Golden Tigers rip Clark-Atlanta 36-13

ATLANTA (goldentigersports.com) —  The 17th-ranked Tuskegee University Golden Tigers piled up over 400 yards of total offense, running away from Clark Atlanta University 36-13 in the season opener at Panther Stadium Saturday night. The Golden Tigers scored quickly, using an interception from Darnell Hill to drive 92 yards in 11 plays and using 7:23 of the clock in the opening quarter….

Tuskegee’s Clark-Atlanta season opener awaits Saturday

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) —  273 days. That is the number that has been talked about by the senior class on this year’s version of the Tuskegee University football team. That was the last time the team took the field just one year ago – December 5, 2015 against West Georgia. It has been the fuel that has spurred on workouts, spurred…

Tuskegee cracks top 20 as McCutcheon earns another honor

LIBERTY, Mo. (goldentigersports.com) — After a quarterfinal appearance in the 2015 NCAA Division II playoffs, the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers begin the 2016 season ranked 19th in the D2football.com preseason poll released Monday. Tuskegee, 10-3 a season ago, is the only school from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) ranked in the poll. The Golden Tigers do not face anyone…

Golden Tigers acclimate to practices amid classes

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) —  The Tuskegee University Golden Tigers football players begin classes tomorrow morning, signaling an end to fall camp as they will be on a regular schedule from this point through the remainder of the season. The team’s practice was moved from later in the afternoon to 9 am Wednesday morning on the practice field. The Golden Tigers worked…

Two-a-days arrive for Golden Tigers

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) —  The Tuskegee University Golden Tigers are inching closer to the end of camp as classes begin Thursday morning in Tuskegee. The Golden Tigers put in their first two-a-day practice, going early Thursday morning and followed that up with a hard fought 110-minute practice in the afternoon. In the morning practice, the team used the session to go…

Tuskegee ranked 17th in AFCA DII preseason poll

WACO, Texas  (goldentigersports.com) — After a quarterfinal appearance in the 2015 NCAA Division II playoffs, the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers begin the 2016 season ranked 17th in the AFCA preseason poll released Monday morning. Tuskegee, 10-3 a season ago, is the only school from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) ranked in the poll. The Golden Tigers received 241 votes…

Tuskegee Football finishes day 4 of Fall camp with drills

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) — A day after losing the final 45 minutes of practice to Mother Nature, the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers were able to get their entire two-hour workout in before the storms moved into the area Sunday evening. The Golden Tigers lined up for one-on-one drills for the first time in camp, with both sides of the ball…

Rain hampers Golden Tigers’ third practice of Fall

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com)  After dodging the summer storms affect much of the southern half of the state throughout this week, Mother Nature made her appearance at Tuskegee University football camp Saturday afternoon. The first day the team went in shells, they were able to get 90 minutes of work in before storms hit the area and forcing the Golden Tigers inside….

Golden Tigers open Fall football camp Thursday

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com)  The defending HSRN HBCU Division II national champion Tuskegee University Golden Tigers opened camp Thursday afternoon with several returning players mixed in with newcomers. “Today was an organizational day,” Tuskegee head coach Willie Slater said. “It was a matter of getting guys in the right spot. I like what I see so far even though it is just…