GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Nov. 2
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Video: TheMIAANetwork.com
Radio: Billy Country 96.3
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/nsuok/football/

RECORDS
Northeastern State: 0-8, 0-8 MIAA
#14 Northwest Missouri: 7-1, 7-1 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, and he is one of two student-athletes in NCAA Division II football to be named (click here for story).

>> This Saturday will be the third team NSU will play this season ranked in the AFCA Coaches Poll.

>> A rare November trip to the northern part of the MIAA footprint. Saturday will be the furthest trip November trip north for NSU since 1961, where they played at Nebraska-Kearney.  The record will be short-lived with the RiverHawks slated to finish the 2020 season at UNK. 

>> Northeastern State has blocked kicks in back-to-back games and is tied for the MIAA lead with four. Triumphant Olatunji blocked an extra point in two straight contests and is eighth nationally in blocked kicks. The RiverHawks' defense recorded three blocked kicks against Missouri Southern in week-eight.

>> Lincoln's 19 passing yards allowed in week-seven is tied for fifth-fewest in NSU's program history and least since Oct. 9, 2000, against Panhandle State (0 passing yards). This was the eighth fewest passing yards allowed this season in NCAA Division II football.

>> Jacob Medrano has started the last five games as NSU's quarterback and has gone 87-for-146 in completions and has tossed three touchdown passes. Medrano completed a season-high 24 passes in week-six against Washburn and opened the game, completing ten straight. 

>> Madison Wrather holds the team lead in consecutive starts with 19, and Jason Staggs leads the team with 34 starts.

>> Ty Nichols leads the MIAA in passes defended and tied for 11th nationally with 11 this season. The sophomore is second on the NSU roster with 50 total tackles and has one forced fumble. Nichols needs five more to crack into NSU's single-season record book and eighth 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. 

>> 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.

>>  NSU 'racetrack' logo on the left side of their helmets has returned and will be on for the remainder of the season where they will honor their 1994 NAIA National Championship team and 1999 NCAA Semifinalist team.  The 'racetrack' logo was a primary logo for the team through the 1980s and 1990s.

>> 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:	Northwest leads 9-0
In Tahlequah:	Northwest leads 5-0
In Maryville:	Northwest leads 4-0
In MIAA Play	Northwest leads 7-0
Streak:	Northwest, W9
Last Meeting:	Northwest Missouri 62, at Northeastern State 17
Last NSU win:	N/A

>> Eighth straight meeting with the Bearcats where they have been nationally ranked. 

>> First November meeting between the two programs.  

>> First meeting between the two head coaches.

>> Northwest has outscored the RiverHawks 445-99 in the series.

>> NSU's 29 points scored in their 2016 visit is the most Northwest has allowed in the last three seasons and most since 2014 (35, Pitt State). 

About the Bearcats

>> Northwest Missouri is No. 6 in the first 2019 Super Region 3 rankings released by the NCAA.

>> With a 56-9 win over Lincoln last week, the Bearcats became the seventh NCAA Division II school to record 600 or more victories. 

>> Northwest is tied for first in the nation in red-zone scoring offense. The Bearcats have scored on 25 of their 26 trips inside the red-zone. 

>> Averaging 44.1 points per game, the Bearcats are eighth in the nation in scoring offense and have scored over 50 points in three games this season.

>> With 98.5 yards allowed per game, the Bearcats lead the MIAA in its rush defense. 

>> Northwest leads the MIAA with 12 interceptions, with three of those being ran back for a touchdown. 

>> 16 different Northwest players have found the end-zone this season.

>> Roster features zero players from Oklahoma, with 48 coming from Missouri. 

>> Junior Wide Receiver Kaden Davis and NSU Long Snapper Carson Schlotfeldt played together at Butler CC (Kan.).