2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team will represent Tennessee Technological University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Bobby Wilder, the Golden Eagles will play home games at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee.

2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Conference	Big South–OVC football
Record	2–2 (2–0 Big South–OVC)
Head coach	Bobby Wilder (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Scott (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Jones (1st season)
Home stadium	Tucker Stadium

2024 Big South–OVC football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Tennessee Tech		2	–	0					2	–	2
No. 13 Southeast Missouri State		1	–	0					4	–	1
Lindenwood*		1	–	0					2	–	3
Tennessee State		1	–	1					3	–	2
Western Illinois		0	–	0					1	–	3
UT Martin		0	–	1					2	–	3
Charleston Southern		0	–	1					1	–	3
Eastern Illinois		0	–	1					1	–	4
Gardner–Webb		0	–	1					1	–	4
Note: Lindenwood ineligible for Big South–OVC title and FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II. As of September 30, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN+	L 25–32	16,000
September 7	1:00 p.m.	at No. 1 (FBS) Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	SECN+/ESPN+	L 3–48	93,033
September 21	1:30 p.m.	Tenneseee State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN+	W 24–14	8,019
September 28	3:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN+	W 52–21	2,451
October 5	1:30 p.m.	South Carolina State*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+
October 12	3:00 p.m.	at Southeast Missouri State	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+
October 19	3:00 p.m.	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN+
October 26	1:30 p.m.	Charleston Southern	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+
November 2	1:30 p.m.	Lindenwood	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+
November 9	2:00 p.m.	at Samford*	Pete Hanna Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+
November 16	1:00 p.m.	UT Martin	Graham Stadium Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN+
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Tennessee State

See also: 2024 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Game Three – Tennessee State Tigers (2–1) vs Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (0–2) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	0	0

at Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN

• Date: September 21, 2024
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 0 °F (−18 °C)
• TV: ESPN+

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	TSU	TTU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Tennessee State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Tennessee Tech	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Gardner–Webb

See also: 2024 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

Game Four – Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (1–2) vs Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (1–3) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	0	0
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0

at Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC

• Date: Saturday September 28, 2024
• Game time: 3:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 0 °F (−18 °C)
• TV: ESPN+

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	TTU	GW
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Tennessee Tech	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Gardner–Webb	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving