NORTHEASTERN STATE (2-7, 2-7 MIAA)
vs. FORT HAYS STATE (4-5, 4-5 MIAA)
Saturday, November 6 -- 1 p.m.
Gable Field at Doc Wadley Stadium (Tahlequah, Okla.)
All-Time Series: Northeastern State trails 6-2

TOP STORYLINES

1 | The RiverHawks will honor six departing seniors before the game Saturday.  Those being celebrated include #1 Bryce Brown, #6 Darius Hopkins, #9 Damani Carter, #16 Tim Davis, #56 Brady Kropp, and #72 Madison Wrather.  Senior Day will start at 12:25 p.m. on Gable Field. 

2 | Northeastern State will like to give their offense a kickstart Saturday in their home finale with the RiverHawks averaging 125 yards in the last two games and no trips to the red zone. 

3 | Mark Wheeland is second in the MIAA with seven touchdown catches this season and has caught for 100-yards in three games.  The junior is ranked 39th nationally in touchdowns.


4 | Marques Williams is tenth in the nation averaging 6.4 solo tackles per game, and is second in the MIAA.  In total tackles, he is second in the MIAA, averaging 9.1 per game, which is 30th best nationally. 

5 | Saturday is the second consecutive Senior Day for the RiverHawks that they have hosted Fort Hays State.


NSU QUICK HITS
>> Madison Wrather has started 31 consecutive games on the RiverHawks' offensive line, the longest streak among student-athletes on the NSU roster.  

>> Isaiah Davis has two 100-yard rushing games this season and is the first running back since 2012 (Joel Rockmore) to have at least two 100-yard days in the backfield.  He had a second three-touchdown game against Missouri Western, catching two and running against the Griffons. 

>> Keon Moore had his first 100-yard rushing day against Lincoln with 103 on the ground.  Moore had an 84 yard run for a touchdown which was the longest this season in the MIAA.  In the NSU record book, it is eighth-longest. 

>> NSU's tight end Matt Amos has his longest career pass reception against Lincoln for 62 yards.  His catch was the third-biggest play this season for NSU.

>> Dashawn Williams has two of the top-four biggest plays of the season for NSU on one-handed grabs.  He had a 65-yard catch at Missouri Western, the second-longest play of the year for NSU.

>> Redshirt freshman Grant Elerick has 1,109 passing yards this season and leads the team with eight touchdowns

>> Jacob Frazier has appeared in five games this season and is 41-for-67 in pass attempts, for 456 yards of offense, and has two touchdown passes.  He took the majority of the snaps in the last two games for the RiverHawks.

>> Northeastern State's seven touchdowns against Lincoln are the most since Oct. 2011 vs. Harding and tied for seventh-most in the modern scoring era (1945-).  The five rushing touchdowns were tied for the fifth-most and highest total since Nov. 2003 at Central Oklahoma. 

>> The Northeastern State defense limited Missouri Western to field goals in five trips to the red zone and 173 passing yards, the lowest this season for the RiverHawks.  Against Northwest Missouri, they forced three turnovers, the most this season for the Bearcats.  Jordan Lamotte ran back an interception for a touchdown against the Northwest offense. 

>> Triumphant Olatunji was named MIAA Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week on Sept 27.  The sophomore had the longest kick return this season in the MIAA at Lincoln with a 70 yard run back.  Olatunji is the second NSU football player to earn MIAA Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week honors (Garrett Powell, 2015).

>> Taoheed Karim is tied for third in the MIAA with six pass breakups. 

>> Tim Davis is a sixth-year member for the RiverHawks and averaged 40.6 yards per punt through nine weeks, which is second-best in the MIAA and 21st in the nation.  The graduate student has kicked an 85-yard punt against Northwest Missouri, which was second-longest in program history, and tied for the longest in NCAA Division II football this season.

THE SERIES WITH THE TIGERS
>> Northeastern State won the first two games in the series.
>> As members of the MIAA, the RiverHawks are winless in six meetings with Fort Hays State.

ABOUT THE TIGERS
>> All but Fort Hays' 72-0 win over Lincoln in week three and a 24-14 loss home loss to Central Okla. have been decided within a touchdown.   The Tigers will come to Tahlequah having lost three of their last four games. 

>>  Fort Hays State holds the third-ranked red zone offense in the nation at 94.1-percent and is 15th in passing offense with 301.4 yards per game. 

>> The Tigers have been penalized just 39 times this season which is 17th lowest in the nation and tops in the MIAA.

>> Chance Fuller is second in the MIAA with 281.9 passing yards per game and has thrown for 2,537 yards, good for 14th nationally. 

>> Adrian Soto leads the MIAA with 6.7 yards per carry and is fourth in the MIAA with seven rushing touchdowns.  He has 163.1 all-purpose yards per game, which is the seventh-highest nationally.

>>  Fort Hays State is fourth in defense, allowing 20.9 points per game, and in the middle of the MIAA with 4.9 tackles for loss per game and 1.7 sacks per game.  They have recovered seven fumbles which are second in the MIAA this season. 

>> The Tigers have five on their roster from Oklahoma.  Jordan Starks, a Tulsa-Union product, was an All-MIAA selection and CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.  Redshirt-Freshman Diante Crutchfield is from Muskogee.