Week 1 · 2026
Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State
Sat 09/05/2026 07:00 PMAmFirst StadiumJacksonville State pregame92% — Pregame win probability: 92% for Jacksonville State. Jacksonville State favored, and won.
88°Mostly Cloudy6 mph WSW · 66% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station
Eastern Kentucky
7
1–2
Jacksonville State
49
1–2
Attendance
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not yet reported
Eastern KentuckyEKU
Jacksonville StateJXST
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKU | Tyler Travers | 12/19 | 90 | 4.7 | 0 | 2 |
| JXST | Caden Creel | 21/28 | 327 | 11.7 | 5 | 1 |
| JXST | Jack Moran | 2/2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKU | Brady Hensley | 7 | 91 | 13.0 | 1 | 72 |
| EKU | Cortez Stone | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 0 | 25 |
| EKU | Brayden Latham | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | 12 |
| EKU | Ryder Hooks | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 |
| EKU | Tyler Travers | 7 | -2 | -0.3 | 0 | 9 |
| JXST | Jalen Likely | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 1 | 45 |
| JXST | Caden Creel | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 0 | 20 |
| JXST | Cedric Kouemi | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 |
| JXST | Khristian Lando | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 |
| JXST | Lucas Farrington | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
| JXST | Jamill Williams | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKU | Braylon Newcomb | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| EKU | Jarvis Hayes | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
| EKU | Simon Ghee | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| EKU | Colbey Lamberth | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| EKU | Ryder Hooks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| EKU | Elijah Caldwell | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 10 |
| EKU | Cortez Stone | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 |
| EKU | Jackson House | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| EKU | Tyree Weatherspoon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| JXST | Jamill Williams | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 4 | 55 |
| JXST | David Alpers III | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 25 |
| JXST | Ronnel Johnson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 14 |
| JXST | Darius Cannon | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 19 |
| JXST | Luke Gilbert | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 1 | 24 |
| JXST | DJ Vinson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| JXST | Deondre Johnson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 16 |
| JXST | Franklin Baret Jr. | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| JXST | Lucas Farrington | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| JXST | Jameson Scissum | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 |
| JXST | Jalen Likely | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKU | Tyler Travers | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKU | Derek Taylor | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Cam Jessee | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | D.J. Galva | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Jack McGrath | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Kaden Smith | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| EKU | Payne Miller | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Jayden Marable | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Jeffrey Kinley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Kaleb Neal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Aden Tagaloa-Nelson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| EKU | David Pellman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Jackson Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Keshawn Hayden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Nasir Spruill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Brock Driver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Caleb Redd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Jack Chappell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Jalen Hand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Maurice Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKU | Preston Swope | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Walker O'Steen | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Caleb Nix | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JXST | JQ Brooks | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Aidan Thompson | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Jonavan Carr | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Morven Joseph | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Tae Floyd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Brennan Core | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Khurtiss Perry | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Marquis Hood | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Mikey Rosa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Rob Billings IV | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JXST | Tre'Quon Fegans | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Angel Toombs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Ian Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Jawaun Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Kaden Cook | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Quay Hood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Jacob Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Jaheim Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Jameson McCollough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Marc Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Marvin Stringfellow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Myles Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Riggs Dunn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Ronnel Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Shondell Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Tristan Lyles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Vernon Woodward III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKU | Jack McGrath | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JXST | Caleb Nix | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| JXST | Ty Sims | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKU | Buzz Flabiano | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| JXST | Garrison Rippa | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7/7 | 7 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKU | Jettson Brown | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
| JXST | Conor Donaghy | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKU | Ryder Hooks | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | 30 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JXST | Caleb Nix | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| JXST | Darius Cannon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Jacksonville State 6–4 vs Eastern Kentucky
- 2022 · wk 11Eastern Kentucky 17 @ Jacksonville State 42
- 2021 · wk 12Jacksonville State 31 @ Eastern Kentucky 39
- 2019 · wk 13Eastern Kentucky 29 @ Jacksonville State 23
- 2018 · wk 6Jacksonville State 56 @ Eastern Kentucky 7
- 2017 · wk 7Eastern Kentucky 25 @ Jacksonville State 41
- 2016 · wk 8Jacksonville State 24 @ Eastern Kentucky 7
- 2015 · wk 9Eastern Kentucky 0 @ Jacksonville State 34
- 2014 · wk 11Jacksonville State 20 @ Eastern Kentucky 6
- 2012 · wk 4Jacksonville State 21 @ Eastern Kentucky 51
- 2011 · wk 10Eastern Kentucky 52 @ Jacksonville State 48
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