GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Oct. 19
Time: 2 p.m.
Video: TheMIAANetwork.com
Radio: Billy Country 96.3
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/nsuok/football/

RECORDS
Northeastern State: 0-6, 0-6 MIAA
Lincoln: 0-6, 0-6 MIAA

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NSU Notes

>> Sixth-year senior Ashton Antwine is a nominee for the 2019 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year (click here for story).

>> NSU will be sporting gray uniforms twice this season on the road. The uniform set will make their debut at Lincoln this Saturday and will see the field against at Central Oklahoma on Nov. 9.

>> In week-five against Washburn, Kevin Jackson is the first NSU player to have a rushing and a receiving touchdown in the same game since Ra'Keim Abdul on Oct. 28, 2017, against Missouri Southern. 

>> Jacob Medrano has started the last three games as NSU's quarterback and has gone 62-for-103 in completions and has tossed three touchdown passes. Medrano completed a season-high 24 passes last week against Washburn and opened the game, completing ten straight. 

>> Brady Ellsworth has kicked a field goal in the last three games. The sophomore is 3-for-4 this season and has kicked a season-long 39-yard field goal.

>> Madison Wrather holds the team lead in consecutive starts with 17, and Jason Staggs leads the team with 32 starts.

>> Ty Nichols second the MIAA in passes defended and is second nationally with ten this season. The sophomore is second on the NSU roster with 39 total tackles and has one forced fumble. Nichols needs six more to crack into NSU's single-season record book and nine to match the program best (Jameel Jones, 1996). Against Missouri Western, he had four defended passes, which is tied for second-most in a game this season in the MIAA and tied for ninth nationally

>> Jahmel Bodrick played basketball for the RiverHawks last season and played in 28 contests while making four starts. 

>> Redshirt quarterback Cayden Aldridge is a two-way player and will play for the NSU baseball program in the spring. Aldridge played quarterback for Tahlequah High School and was signed to play baseball at Oklahoma. 

>> Ukoh Essang and Damani Carter will play their final playing season at graduates. There are 117 players from 32 schools in Division II who are graduates playing this season. 

>> NSU will be sporting gray uniforms twice this season on the road. The uniform set will make their debut at Lincoln on Oct. 19 and will see the field against at Central Oklahoma on Nov. 9.

>> What dose BTC mean on the front of the NSU football helmets? Be the Change. The tag is on the back of the main fountain at the entrance to Northeastern State.

>> Three Northeastern State coaches have won a national championship as a player or as a staff member. Tom Howe (University of Duluth) and Michael Conrad (Texas A&M-Commerce) both won NCAA Division II National Titles, and Head Coach J.J. Eckert was a member of the 1994 NAIA Championship at NSU. 

>> NSU has two graduate assistants with Big 12 playing experience. Darius Curry was a four-year letter winner at Oklahoma State, and Brady Foltz played four-years at TCU. 

Series Breakdown 
 

Overall:	Tied at 1-1
In Tahlequah:	NSU leads 1-0
In Jefferson City:	LU leads 1-0
In MIAA Play	Tied at 1-1
Streak:	LU, W1
Last Meeting:	at Lincoln 42, Northeastern State 33 (Nov. 9, 2013)
Last NSU win:	at Northeastern State 45, Lincoln 21 (Nov. 3, 2012)

>> First meeting between the two head coaches from both programs. 

>> Homecoming week for Lincoln and third homecoming game for NSU this season. 

>> Six-year gap in-between meetings and the shortest series history for NSU against a team in the MIAA.

>> First new opponent for the RiverHawks since the 2014 season.

About the Blue Tigers

>> The Blue Tigers have lost their last nine games and last five at home.  They have lost their previous four homecoming games win the last win coming against Texas College (62-6) on Oct. 18, 2014.

>> Interim Head Coach Malik Hoskins was an assistant at Bacone in 2016. NSU running back Kevin Jackson was a freshman at Bacone while Hoskins was on staff. 

>> The majority of the Lincoln offense goes through its sophomore tailback, Hosea Franklin, who leads the MIAA with 854 yards on the ground.  He is third in the nation in rushing yards and averages 6.89 yards per carry which is 18th best in the country. Franklin will face an NSU defense that is last in the nation, allowing 338.5 yards per game. 

>> Lincoln is seventh in the nation with its defense creating 16 turnovers, which paces the MIAA. The Blue Tigers has recovered ten fumbles, which is a league-high and third nationally. Cody Alexander is tied with five others for the national lead with three fumble recoveries. 

>> The Blue Tigers have the second-worst scoring offense in the nation and averaged 10.3 points per game, and on third down, they are 14-for-89 (16%). Inside the red zone, they are the bottom team in the nation going 3-for-10. From inside the red zone, they only one rushing touchdown with their other two coming from passes. 

>> Javier Moreno is 0-for-4 in field goal attempts this season.