GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Nov. 9
Time: 1 p.m.
Video: TheMIAANetwork.com
Radio: Billy Country 96.3
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/nsuok/football/

RECORDS
Northeastern State: 0-9, 0-9 MIAA
Central Oklahoma: 4-5, 4-5 MIAA

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE GAME NOTES - NSU VS. CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 

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).

>> Saturday's meeting will feature a reunion between two former Southwest Junior College Football Conference head coaches. NSU Head Coach J.J. Eckert and UCO Head Coach Nick Bobeck faced each other from 2008-11 while they were at Kilgore and Navarro College. The two coaches had teams invited to the Heart of Texas Bowl last season with the game featuring a Junior College and Division II contest. 

>> Northeastern State is tied for the MIAA lead with four blocked kicks this season. Triumphant Olatunji blocked an extra point in two straight contests this season and is ninth 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 six games as NSU's quarterback and has gone 96-for-167 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 20, and Jason Staggs leads the team with 35 starts.

>> Ty Nichols leads the MIAA in passes defended and tied for 17th nationally with 11 this season. The sophomore is third on the NSU roster with 56 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. 

President's Cup Breakdown 
 

Overall:	Central Oklahoma leads 12-9
In Tahlequah:	Central Oklahoma leads 7-4
In Edmond:	Tied at 5-5
In MIAA Play	Central Oklahoma leads 5-2
Streak:	Central Oklahoma, W5
Last Meeting:	Central Oklahoma 62, at Northeastern State 0 (Nov. 3, 2018)
Last NSU win:	at Northeastern State 45, Central Oklahoma 38 (Nov. 16, 2013)

>> The Northeastern State and Central Oklahoma series is the oldest and longest active rivalry games for the NSU football program. 

>> 82nd meeting between the two teams with NSU winning 30 games, and there have been two ties.

>> Three of the last four meetings have been in Tahlequah. First trip to Edmond since 2016 for the RiverHawks.

>> Of the teams in the MIAA, the NSU and UCO rivalry is the second longest-running series behind Emporia State and Washburn, who have met 115 times. From 1985-96, the NSU/UCO was dormant due to membership changes. 

>> Head Coaches for both programs played for the teams they lead.  

>> A November meeting has been a norm for the clash with Saturday being the 59th since 1926. 

>> NSU assistant coach Tom Howe was on the UCO staff from 2012-13 as a Linebackers Coach and Special Teams Coordinator. 

About the Bronchos 

>> Central Oklahoma four losses have a combined record of 31-5, and they sit one through four in the MIAA standings.

>> Bronchos lead the nation in red-zone offense and have scored 30 of their 31 times from inside the 20-yard line. Central Oklahoma has scored a touchdown 24 times, with 16 of them coming on a rush.

>> On third down, UCO is third in the MIAA and has moved the chains 46.5% of the time. 

>> UCO junior quarterback Chandler Garrett has had the hotter hand offensively in the last three games. Garrett has been responsible for 12 touchdowns during that span with 542 rushing yards and 648 passing yards. 

>> On the lower half of the league in turnovers with Central throwing five interceptions and losing the ball on a fumble six times, which is second-lowest in the MIAA. 

>> Jay Tedseco is tied for the MIAA lead in punting yardage average at 41.7. Tedseco had 16 punts that have falling inside the 20-yard line and 12 that have gone beyond 50 yards. His yardage average is 17th in NCAA Division II Football.

>> Sophomore defensive back Daniel Baughman was MIAA co-Defensive Player of the Week following a game where he had an interception and three pass breakups against Missouri Southern.

>> As expected from a team in Oklahoma, the Bronchos' roster in dominated by in-state players with 68 listed.