2009 JACKSONVILLE STATE FOOTBALL GLOSSARY
had given WIU a 27-26 lead. But Issac calmly directed the Gamecocks 71 yards in 50 seconds, capping it off with the 42-yard pass to Plott for the game-winner.
Centennial Team
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Female Kicker
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Junior placekicker Ashley Martin made NCAA history by becoming the first female to play and score a point in a NCAA college football game on August 30, 2001. With the Gamecocks scoring their second touchdown of the game, Martin trotted on the field and kicked the extra point as the Gamecocks built a 14-0 lead at the 8:31 mark of the first quarter over Cumberland University. Martin, a Ashley Martin with Regis native of Sharpsburg, and Kelly. Ga., went on to finish the game 3-for-3. She was named the Southland Football League Special Teams Player-of-the-Week and made national television appearances on Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly, Pure Oxygen, CNN, ESPN and numerous local stations across the country. She was also featured in USA Today, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution and several magazines including ESPN The Magazine, People, Newsweek, The Sporting News and several other periodicals. Martin, a twosport player, led the soccer team in scoring in 2001.
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Jacksonville State has been the recipient of four Chevrolet scholarships Awards. Two came in 1977 during JSU appearance in the Grantland Rice Bowl, regionally televised by ABC. The game, held in Anniston, Ala., was won by the Gamecocks 31-7 over North Dakota State. The win sent Jacksonville State to its first-ever appearance in the Division II National Championship Game. Jesse Baker and Bobby Ray Green were named Chevrolet Playersof-the-Game. Baker earned the honor on defense and Green was named for Jesse Baker the offensive Player-of-the-Game. JSU’s Joe Hartsfield earned the honor in JSU’s 24-14 win over Alabama State on Oct. 27, 1980. The Gamecocks’ last player to earn the award was Simon Shephard on December 4, 1982, when JSU lost 19-14 to Southwest Texas State in the NCAA Division II playoffs.
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Chevrolet Scholarships
Coach Mayfield, 35, died in a tragic fire accident in Southgate, Ky., on May 28, 1977. He lost his life trying to help others out of a burning club where he had gone to attend a retirement party for his mother, a school teacher retiring after 42 years. Coach Mayfield joined the JSU staff in 1969 as defensive coordinator, but moved to the offense in 1970. He became JSU’s head coach in 1974, winning the Gulf South Conference title his first season. He posted a 20-11-0 record during his three seasons as head coach. The Mayfield Room, which was named in is honor in 1978, is located in the Gamecock Field House.
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As part of the celebration of “100 Years of Gamecock Football”, 43 individuals were named to the Jacksonville State University Centennial Football team by the Football J-Club. Among those selected included seven former coaches, including J.W. Stephenson, Don Salls, Jim Blevins, Charley Pell, Clarkie Myfield, Jim Fuller and Bill Burgess. The list includes 15 former All-Americans, 19 professional football signees, eight JSU Hall of Fame Players and five Hall of Fame coaches. It includes JSU’s all-time leading rusher (Boyce Callahan), passer (Ed Lett), punter (Gregg Lowery) and receiver (Joey Hamilton). The complete team includes: Offense - Rusty Fuller, Butch Barker, Terry Owens, Calvin Word, Bruce Nichols, Tom Langston, Joe Billingsley, Jodie Connell, Jim Glasgow, Keith Henderson, Dieter Brock, Ed Lett, David Gulledge, Donald Young, Joey Hamilton, Bubba Long, Boyce Callahan, John Williams, Billy Hicks. Defense - Jesse Baker, David Radford, Ray Burgess, Sam Johnson, Keith Martin, Alvin Wright, Gary Godfrey, Ja’Karl Barnett, Eric Mims, Greg Robinson, Eric Davis, Ray Vinson, Terry Harris, Terry “Shaky” Hodges. Special Teams - Gregg Lowery, Chris Hobbs, Danny Lee.
Clarkie Mayfield
Gulf South Conference If there was ever a dominating team in the Gulf South Conference, Jacksonville State would lay claim to it. The GSC was born in the summer of 1970 when representative from six institutions -- Delta State, Florence State (now UNA), Livingston (now West Alabama), Tennessee-Martin, Troy State and Jacksonville State -- convened in Birmingham
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