One Troy Today 9/23: A Night To Remember

Today, Trojan football earns its first win of the season and a men’s golf sits in second through day one

Good morning! Troy Football is lucky enough to have some of the best fans in the nation, and it was proven so at The Vet this weekend.

What else do we have brewing for you in today’s edition of One Troy Today?

🏈 Trojans earn first win of the season
⛳️ Men’s golf sits in second through day one
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Cemented In History. Troy football’s Devonte Ross rewrote the record books on Saturday night, recording a program record 229 receiving yards as the Trojans took down Florida A&M, 34-12, at The Vet in head coach Gerad Parker's first career win. The junior wide receiver recorded a career-high 11 receptions and found the endzone three times in Saturday's win. Quarterback Goose Crowder put together a career day with career highs in passing yards (295) and passing touchdowns (4) in his first game back from injury. On the defensive side of the ball, Jordan Stringer led the unit with eight tackles and two tackles for loss, while Phillip Lee and Terry Thomas each recorded their first sack of the season. 

🗣️ "Happy for our staff. Happy for our players. It's certainly some momentum that's created by a lot of good play and improvement, but there's no better motivator than winning.” - Gerad Parker

🔼 Through One. After opening the season with a victory two weeks ago, the Troy men's golf team is off to a good start in its encore performance, as the Trojans are in second place following Sunday's opening round of the Graeme McDowell Invitational. Troy shot 9-under as a team on Sunday for its second under-par round out of four this season. Lee Poppell and Jake Springer led the way for the Trojans as the duo shot matching rounds of 69, good for a tie for 10th place.

🔼 Sunday Matchup. The Troy volleyball team was firing on all cylinders in the first set, but Texas A&M rallied back in the next three sets to win 3-1 at the UW Field House on Sunday afternoon.  Troy, now 5-5 on the season, got good offensive production from Amiah Butler (15 kills) and Tori Hester (11 kills), but as a team hit just .102.

Today’s Trojan Top Performance, brought to you by Conecuh Sausage, is Trojan football’s Devonte Ross. Ross' 229 receiving yards is a Troy single-game record and recorded a career-high 11 receptions. The junior wideout now has six touchdown catches this season and nine in his career; his six touchdowns this season have been from an average of 46.14 yards.

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🤔 TROY TRIVIA

So Many Scores. Today’s trivia question…who was the last Trojan receiver to score multiple touchdowns in back-to-back games?

Think you know your stuff? Scroll to the bottom to see the correct answer!

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⛳️ Men’s Golf @ Graeme McDowell Invitational | Live Scoring

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⛳️ Men’s Golf @ Graeme McDowell Invitational | Live Scoring

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Eric Thomas!

Devonte Ross became the first Trojan since Eric Thomas in 2011 with multiple touchdown receptions in back-to-back games after his two touchdown receptions at Iowa last week and three against Florida A&M.

⚔️ Have a great Monday!