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GOLDEN EAGLE FLASHBACK: Collett, Peeples, Vaughn have big day as Golden Eagles snap EKU streak in 3OT

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – As the Tennessee Tech football team took to the field to take on Eastern Kentucky on a warm and sunny October afternoon at Tucker Stadium, the Golden Eagles were ready to end a long futility streak against the Colonels.

When legendary EKU head coach Roy Kidd took over the Colonel program in 1964, the Tech gridders welcomed him with a 27-7 defeat. Kidd and the EKU team returned the favor the following year, defeating the Golden Eagles 28-14. Tech picked up a 7-3 win in Richmond in 1966, then the Colonels strung together five straight wins before the Golden Eagles were victorious again in the OVC-championship campaign in 1972.

1973 and 1974 both saw wins go to the Colonels, then Tech won 14-3 in 1975, another title for the Golden Eagles. But after that game? Nothing but losses as Eastern Kentucky took the next 22 contests as Kidd led the Colonels into a dominant period with two Division I-AA (now the Division I Football Championship Subdivision) national championships in 1979 and 1982 and runners-up in 1980 and 1981.