Currentseason: | 2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team |
Teamname: | Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football |
Headcoach: | Bobby Wilder |
Headcoachyear: | 1st |
Hcwins: | 7 |
Hclosses: | 5 |
Stadium: | Tucker Stadium |
Stadcapacity: | 16,500 |
Ncaadivision: | I FCS |
Conference: | Big South–OVC |
Atwins: | 436 |
Atlosses: | 542 |
Atties: | 31 |
Bowlwins: | 0 |
Bowllosses: | 3 |
Conftitles: | 10 |
Websitename: | ttusports.com |
Websiteurl: | http://www.ttusports.com/sports/fball/index |
Marchingband: | Golden Eagle Marching Band |
Mascotdisplay: | Awesome Eagle |
The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Tennessee Technological University located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1922. The team plays its home games at the 16,500 seat Tucker Stadium and is coached by Bobby Wilder.
Tennessee Tech has won ten conference championships, five shared and five outright. Their ten Ohio Valley titles are the most in the conference of any current member, behind only former conference members Eastern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State.[1]
1952† | 9–2 | 4–1 | |||
1953 | 7–4 | 5–0 | |||
1955 | 7–3 | 5–0 | |||
1958† | 7–3 | 5–1 | |||
1959† | 6–2–2 | 5–0–1 | |||
1960 | 8–3 | 6–0 | |||
1961 | 7–3 | 6–0 | |||
1972 | 10–2 | 7–0 | |||
1975† | 8–3 | 6–1 | |||
2011† | 7–4 | 6–2 | |||
2024† | Bobby Wilder | 7–5 | 6–2 |
The Golden Eagles have appeared in the FCS playoffs one time with an overall record of 0–1.
First Round | Central Arkansas | L 14–34 |
The Golden Eagles have appeared in three bowl games with an overall record of 0–3.
1952 | East Texas State | L 0–33 | |||
1960 | Wilburn Tucker | The Citadel | L 0–27 | ||
1972 | Don Wade | Louisiana Tech | L 0–35 |
1922 | 2–1–4 | |||
1923–1946, 1952–1953 | 97–96–18 | |||
1947–1949 | 12–19 | |||
1950–1951 | Star Wood | 9–12–1 | ||
1954–1967 | Wilburn Tucker | 70–65–5 | ||
1968–1982 | Don Wade | 81–78–3 | ||
1983–1985 | Gary Darnell | 3–29 | ||
1986–1995 | Jim Ragland | 42–66 | ||
1996–2006 | Mike Hennigan | 52–57 | ||
2007–2015 | Watson Brown | 42–60 | ||
2016–2017 | Marcus Satterfield | 6–16 | ||
2018–2023 | Dewayne Alexander | 20–43 | ||
2024–present | Bobby Wilder | 7-5 |
See main article: List of Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in the NFL draft.
Announced schedules as of July 10, 2024.[2]
at Middle Tennessee State | at James Madison | at Chattanooga | vs Chattanooga | vs Samford | at Samford |
at Georgia | vs Chattanooga | vs Samford | at Samford | at Chattanooga | |
vs South Carolina State | at Kentucky | at Mississippi State | |||
at Samford | at Texas A&M-Commerce |