Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

2-0

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Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles beat the Chattanooga Mocs

2-0 24 – 9

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Final · Sat, Sep 5

Game Details

Finley Stadium (Chattanooga) · 6,869 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Jax Leatherwood throws 2 TD passes, defense provides spark in Tennessee Tech's win over Chattanooga

Jax Leatherwood threw two touchdown passes and Tennessee Tech turned a solid defensive effort into a 24-9 victory over Norfolk State on Saturday night in the Southern Conference opener for both teams.

Recap via ESPN

0:08 Jude Kelley kicks 36 yards field goal

0:14 Jameson Wharton grabs interception vs. Chattanooga Mocs

0:14 Touchdown! Marcus II Harris scores vs. Chattanooga

0:40 Kristian Ozane grabs interception vs. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
TNTC	0	7	10	7	24
UTC	3	3	0	3	9

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Game Leaders

Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

Jax Leatherwood · 19/32, 161 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
M.J. Flowers · 9 CAR, 50 YDSRushing Yards
Maury Sullivan · 5 REC, 68 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Kanstin Brooks · 1Sacks
Omari Philyaw · 7Tackles

Chattanooga Mocs

Battle Alberson · 6/16, 37 YDS, 2 INTPassing Yards
Journey Wyche · 12 CAR, 113 YDSRushing Yards
Erik Bussmann · 3 REC, 17 YDSReceiving Yards
Zion Rutledge · 1Sacks
Kristian Ozane · 8Tackles

2026 Southern Conference Standings

Team
East Tennessee State
Tennessee Tech
Chattanooga
Wofford
Furman
Mercer
Western Carolina
Samford
The Citadel
VMI

Scoring

Q4 2:44

TD Gabe Nunez 11 Yd pass from Jax Leatherwood (Carter Brown Kick)24–9

Q4 8:32

FG Jude Kelley 39 Yd Field Goal 17–9

Q3 1:01

TD Maury Sullivan 16 Yd pass from Jax Leatherwood (Carter Brown Kick)17–6

Q3 6:38

FG Carter Brown 50 Yd Field Goal 10–6

Q2 0:00

FG Jude Kelley 33 Yd Field Goal 7–6

Q2 1:16

TD M. Harris run for 1 yd, for a TD (Ca. Brown KICK)7–3

Q1 1:00

FG Jude Kelley 22 Yd Field Goal 0–3

Team Stats

Tennessee Tech Golden EaglesChattanooga Mocs

Offense

237 Total Yards 227

161 Passing Yards 37

76 Rushing Yards 190

13 First Downs 13

Efficiency

7-16 3rd Down 3-13

0-0 4th Down 0-1

19/32 Completions 6/16

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 2

6-60 Penalties 6-55

35:05 Possession 24:55

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Jax Leatherwood	19/32	161	5.0	2	1
Team	19/32	161	5.0	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
M.J. Flowers	9	50	5.6	0	32
Qua Ashley	5	19	3.8	0	7
Marcus Harris II	6	12	2.0	1	4
Aidan Littles	1	6	6.0	0	6
Tre' Holloway	2	4	2.0	0	8
Team	3	-5	-1.7	0	0
Jax Leatherwood	3	-10	-3.3	0	3
Team	29	76	2.6	1	32

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Maury Sullivan	5	68	13.6	1	22
Eric Weatherly	3	21	7.0	0	10
Tre' Holloway	3	20	6.7	0	13
Qua Ashley	2	18	9.0	0	15
Gabe Nunez	2	17	8.5	1	11
Amari Mcarthur	2	12	6.0	0	7
M.J. Flowers	1	3	3.0	0	3
Gerard Grewe	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	19	161	8.5	2	22

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jax Leatherwood	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Omari Philyaw	7	6	0	0	0	0
Greg Turner III	5	1	0	0	0	1
Jamarr Jones	4	4	0	2	0	0
Hudson Tucker	4	3	1	1	0	1
Josh Hand	4	2	0	0	0	0
Will Johnson	3	2	0	1	0	0
Joe Hall III	3	2	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Brown	3	1	0	0	0	0
Robert Dickerson	3	1	0	0	0	0
Eric Taylor	2	2	0	0	1	0
Leon Thomas	2	2	0	0	0	0
Alex Dawkins	2	2	0	0	0	0
Trey Patrick	2	2	0	0	0	0
Malaki Pegues	2	1	0	0	0	0
Alex Edwards	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kanstin Brooks	1	1	1	1	0	0
Ameer Johnson	1	1	1	1	0	1
Carter Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ahmad Haston	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ethan McLaurin	1	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Busa	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jesse Igwe	1	1	0	0	0	0
Koronnis Davis	1	1	0	1	0	0
Gerard Grewe	1	1	0	0	0	0
Eric Weatherly	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lenny Sherrod III	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Graves	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jameson Wharton	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team	60	40	3	7	3	3

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Omari Philyaw	1	0
Jameson Wharton	1	-3
Team	2	-3

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tre' Holloway	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team	1	1	1.0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Carter Brown	1/1	100.0	50	3/3	6
Team	1/1	100.0	50	3/3	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Chase Lanham	7	346	49.4	2	2	63
Team	7	346	49.4	2	2	63

Chattanooga Mocs ▾

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Battle Alberson	6/16	37	2.3	0	2
Team	6/16	37	2.3	0	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Journey Wyche	12	113	9.4	43
Kevin Lalin	13	64	4.9	19
Battle Alberson	10	13	1.3	25
Team	35	190	5.4	43

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Erik Bussmann	3	17	5.7	8
Ashton Schumann	2	14	7.0	10
TJ Briggs	1	6	6.0	6
Team	6	37	6.2	10

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Kristian Ozane	8	3	0	0.5	0	1
Keyshawn Jackson	7	5	0	0	1	0
Zion Rutledge	6	5	1	1	0	0
Martez Cooksey Jr.	4	3	0	1	0	0
Orlando Daniels	4	3	0	0	0	0
Jaden Nelson	4	3	0	0	1	0
Kam Baah-Slay	4	2	0	1	2	0
D.J. Adams	3	2	0	0	0	0
LaRawn Robinson	3	2	0	0	0	0
Montrell Henderson	3	0	0	0.5	0	0
Ky Tayo	2	2	0	1	0	0
Ryan Bell	2	1	0	0	1	0
Nick Coates	1	1	0	0	0	0
Erik Bussmann	1	1	0	0	0	0
C.J. Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Myles Mays	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	53	33	1	5	6	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Kristian Ozane	1	2	0
Team	1	2	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Davon Kiser	3	98	32.7	49
Landon Strickland	1	7	7.0	7
Team	4	105	26.3	49

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Davon Kiser	4	9	2.3	7	0
Team	4	9	2.3	7	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jude Kelley	3/3	100.0	39	0/0	9
Team	3/3	100.0	39	0/0	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Heath Jehu	7	283	40.4	1	2	56
Team	7	283	40.4	1	2	56

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