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Scott Shelton Staff Writer   The Troy Trojans fell to the Missouri Tigers 42-10 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri, in the Trojans’ final non-conference game of the regular season. With the loss, Troy falls to 2-3 on the season and remain 0-1 in Sun Belt Conference play. The team saw its two-game winning streak against Power 5 opponents on Saturday. Senior quarterback Kaleb Barker completed 15 of 26 passes for 92 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Barker and other starters were pulled from the game before halftime. Backup…

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Troy falls to Arkansas State in Sun Belt Conference opener

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Scott Shelton Staff Writer   The Arkansas State Red Wolves defeated the Troy Trojans 50-43 at Veterans Memorial Stadium Saturday night in the opening Sun Belt Conference game for both teams. Troy’s offense drove down the field inside a minute remaining. With nine seconds remaining and no timeouts, the Trojans got the 8-yard line before an offensive lineman suffered an injury. Per NCAA rules, if an offensive player is injured with under a minute left in the game, a 10-second runoff occurs on the game clock. Since there were only…

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Trojans bounce back from loss, defeat Akron on the road

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Scott Shelton Staff Writer The Troy Trojans defeated the Akron Zips 35-7 on Saturday at InfoCision Stadium in Akron, Ohio, in the team’s first road game of the season. With the win, the Trojans move to 2-1 on the season before entering Sun Belt Conference play next Saturday. From the first drive of the game, the Trojans took control. A nine-play, 64-yard drive to open the game put the Trojans on the board. Akron tied the game at the end of the first quarter, but Troy scored 28 unanswered points…

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Troy falls to Southern Miss; Barker, receivers have career night

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Scott Shelton Staff Writer   The Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeated the Troy Trojans 47-42 in a game where the offenses combined for over 1,000 yards of offense in a battle of quarterbacks. Troy’s Kaleb Barker and Southern Miss’ Jack Abraham combined to throw for 967 yards and five touchdowns as both signal callers had career nights. Troy had four receivers reach the 100-yard mark, led by Kaylon Geiger with 118 yards and a touchdown. The game marks the first time in Troy history that four different receivers each put…

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Lindsey’s tenure begins with win as Troy defeats Campbell

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Scott Shelton Staff Writer Troy football earned its first win of the Chip Lindsey era with a 43-14 win over the Campbell Camels. Lindsey becomes the first Troy head coach to win in his debut game since Larry Blakeney in 1991. The offense dominated with 527 total yards, including 305 yards in the second half, and the defense stifled the Camels to just 143 total yards. Senior quarterback Kaleb Barker was playing in his first game since his injury suffered at the midway point of last season and picked up…

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