Tennessee Tech 20, Samford 14

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	11
Total Yards	460	177
Passing	232	88
Rushing	228	89
Penalties	6-58	7-69
3rd Down Conversions	3-15	4-12
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	2	3
Possession	37:42	22:18

Individual Leaders

Tennessee Tech Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Sweeney 17/28 232 2 1	Samford Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Mortense... 14/26 88 0 1 Moore 0/1 0 0 0
Tennessee Tech Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG White 20 117 0 21 Ash 18 102 0 17 Sweeney 4 17 0 16	Samford Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Ray 7 49 1 13 Young 1 37 0 37 Bradley 6 10 0 7
Tennessee Tech Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Shipp 5 121 1 57 McNeal 5 37 0 15 Ottrix 2 20 1 13 Kirby 2 20 0 13	Samford Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Moore 5 50 0 19 Young 3 10 0 14 Lowery 2 27 0 14 Bradley 2 1 0 1

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				TNTC	SAM
	FG	8:50	NATE JOHNSON 28 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, 8 yards.	3	0
	TD	0:24	JEFF MOORE 62 YD PUNT RETURN (SHANNON FLEMING KICK)	3	7
SECOND QUARTER				TNTC	SAM
	FG	8:56	NATE JOHNSON 21 YD FG Drive info: 13 plays, 86 yards.	6	7
	TD	0:43	BRYON OTTRIX 13 YD PASS FROM LEE SWEENEY (NATE JOHNSON KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 95 yards.	13	7
THIRD QUARTER				TNTC	SAM
	TD	6:40	LARRY SHIPP 57 YD PASS FROM LEE SWEENEY (NATE JOHNSON KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 71 yards.	20	7
	TD	3:19	JUSTIN RAY 12 YD RUN (SHANNON FLEMING KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 86 yards.	20	14

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Lee Sweeney threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to lead Tennessee Tech to a 20-14 win over Samford.

Tennessee Tech (3-6, 3-3 Ohio Valley Conference) snapped a three-game losing streak with the win, while Samford (3-7, 1-6) lost its final home game of the season.

The Golden Eagles scored first with a 28-yard field goal from Nate Johnson, but Samford answered when Jeff Moore returned a punt for 62 yards to put the Bulldogs ahead 7-3.

Johnson kicked another Tennessee Tech field goal early in the second and Byron Ottrix scored on a 13-yard pass from Sweeney.

Leading 13-7 in the third quarter, the Golden Eagles moved 71 yards in four plays with Sweeney hitting Larry Shipp down the middle for a 57-yard score. It was Shipp's sixth TD catch of the season and Sweeney's 12th scoring pass in his rookie season.

Derek White and Anthony Ash each rushed for more than 100 yards for Tennessee Tech and Shipp had 121 receiving yards.

Samford tried to come back in the fourth, with a 12-yard touchdown by Justin Ray putting them within six points, but they could get no closer.

Alex Mortensen was 14-of-26 for 88 yards. He was sacked once.