2007 Troy Trojans football team
Appearance
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Sun Belt co-champion | |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Record | 8–4 (6–1 Sun Belt) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Tony Franklin (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Air raid |
Defensive coordinator | Jeremy Rowell (2nd season) |
Base defense | 4–2–5 |
Home stadium | Movie Gallery Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2007 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Larry Blakeney, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the Sun Belt title with Florida Atlantic. This was the second consecutive season in which Troy captured a share of the conference title. The team played home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 pm | at No. 20 Arkansas* | L 26–46 | 73,926 | ||
September 8 | 6:00 pm | at No. 3 Florida* | CSS | L 31–59 | 90,244 | |
September 14 | 7:00 pm | Oklahoma State* | ESPN2 | W 41–23 | 24,102 | |
September 22 | 6:00 pm | at Louisiana–Lafayette | ESPN Plus | W 48–31 | 14,091 | |
September 29 | 6:00 pm | Louisiana–Monroe |
| CSS | W 24–7 | 18,273 |
October 6 | 7:00 pm | at FIU | W 34–16 | 5,723 | ||
October 20 | 2:30 pm | North Texas![]() |
| ESPN Plus | W 45–7 | 23,887 |
October 27 | 6:00 pm | at Arkansas State | ESPN Plus | W 27–0 | 14,694 | |
November 3 | 12:00 pm | at No. 10 Georgia* | L 34–44 | 92,746 | ||
November 10 | 3:00 pm | at Western Kentucky* | W 21–17 | 16,972 | ||
November 20 | 6:00 pm | Middle Tennessee |
| ESPN2 | W 45–7 | 18,242 |
December 1 | 1:00 pm | Florida Atlantic |
| CSS | L 32–38 | 17,893 |
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Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
AP | 40 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 34 | ||||||||||||
Coaches | 36 | 38 | |||||||||||||||
Harris | Not released | 40 | 36 | Not released | |||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | Not released |
Coaching staff
[edit]- Larry Blakeney – Head coach
- Shayne Wasden – Assistant head coach
- Tony Franklin – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
- Jeremy Rowell – Defensive coordinator/secondary
- Randy Butler – Defensive ends/recruiting coordinator
- Maurea Crain – Defensive line
- Neal Brown – Inside receivers
- Benjy Parker – Linebackers
- John Schlarman – Offensive line
- Chad Scott – Running backs
- Richard Shaughnessy – Strength and conditioning
References
[edit]- ^ "Troy Trojans Schedule 2007". ESPN. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ "2007 Football Schedule". Troy University Athletics. Retrieved November 14, 2022.