THE GAME . . . The Northeastern State RiverHawks (1-3, 1-3 MIAA) will look to rebound on the road this Saturday when they travel to Missouri Western State (2-2, 2-2 MIAA) . . . kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. Oct. 1 at Craig Field/Pratt Memorial Stadium (7,200) in St. Joseph, Mo. . . . the game can be heard live locally on KEOK 102.1 FM with
Scott Pettus (play-by-play) and Sean Rowley (color) providing commentary . . . a free audio broadcast can be found at goriverhawksgo.com . . . the game will be streamed live on Stretch Internet (http://portal.stretchinternet.com/nsu, subscription based) . . . a football-only season pass is available for $69.95, and a day pass can be purchased for $9.95.
THE MATCHUP . . . NSU and MWSU only met six times over the years with the Griffons owning all six victories. The RiverHawks are coming off a 34-7 home loss to Fort Hays State, while Missouri Western lost, 31-21, to Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Northeastern State has begun the season at 1-3 with its 35-31 win against Lindenwood on Sept. 8. MWSU opened the season with back-to-back wins vs. Neb.-Kearney and Missouri Southern before dropping its last two games against Central Missouri and UCO.
Series History (MWSU leads 6-0)
Date Winner Score Date Winner Score
1994 MWSU 33-13 2013 MWSU 54-10
1995 MWSU 44-7 2014 MWSU 30-0
2012 MWSU 45-31 2015 MWSU 24-17
THE HEAD COACHES . . . NSU's Rob Robinson (William Jewell, '00) is in his third season as the RiverHawks head coach . . . he was named the 19th head football coach in school history on Dec. 19, 2013 . . . he owns a 4-22 all-time record . . . Robinson spent the previous 12 years under Craig Schurig as a member of the Washburn Ichabod coaching staff, serving as the offensive coordinator for the last four seasons . . . he also directed the running backs from 2007-13 and coached wide receivers from 2002-06 . . . he served as the recruiting coordinator from 2002-10 and was the academic coordinator from 2010-13 . . . Robinson was an integral member of the Washburn staff that competely turned around he Ichabod program . . . Washburn averaged 3.3 wins from 1989-03 and had just one winning season, but the Ichabods averaged 7.9 wins from 2004-13 and posted 10 straight winning campaigns . . . Robinson is the second former coordinator under Schruig's tutelage to become the head coach of another program, joining Fort Hays State's Chris Brown . . . Robinson spent the 2001 season at Pittsburg State as a graduate assistant, coaching the defensive backs with Ichabod head coach Craig Schurig . . . the Gorillas won the MIAA Championship that year.
MWSU's Jerry Patridge (Missouri Western State, '85) is in his 20th season as head coach . . . he ranks first in wins at the school and is a 2-time MIAA Coach of the Year . . . he has led the Griffons to four NCAA Playoff appearances (2006, 2010, 2011 & 2012) . . . Partridge was a graduate assistant at Notre Dame and Mizzou . . . he was a member of the Fighting Irish coaching staff that won the 1988 national title with a Fiesta Bowl win under head coach Lou Holtz.
