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Opponent: Missouri Southern
Time: Saturday September 22; 6:00 PM
Location: Fred G. Hughes Stadium; Joplin, Missouri

Bolivar, Mo. - The SBU Bearcats will hit the road on Saturday looking for their first win of the season at Missouri Southern. The Bearcats are coming off of a tough loss to #1 Pittsburg State 52-9.

The Coaches and the All-Time Series
Keith Allen has already engineered a significant turnaround at SBU, moving the 'Cats from 0-11 his first year as interim coach, to 5-6 in 2008, to the winning record of 6-5 in 2009, another winning record of 7-4 in 2010, and completed a third consecutive winning season in 2011 with a 6-5 record. Allen served as defensive and recruiting coordinator before being named SBU head coach in 2007. His past coaching experience has included stops at San Jose State, Quincy, TCU and Oklahoma.

Daryl Daye was named the 11th Head Coach in the history of Missouri Southern Football on December 16, 2011.  Daye comes back to Southern after serving two seasons with the NFL's Buffalo Bills as Assistant to the Head Coach. He assisted Defensive Coordinator Dave Wannstedt in coaching the inside linebackers and also helped to coach the special teams units. Prior to his stint with the Bills, Daye served for four years with the Lions as the team's defensive coordinator. He was also the special teams coach and also coached the Southern linebackers.

Missouri Southern leads the all-time series against Southwest Baptist 17-3. The Lions won the last match-up 68-28 in 2011 at MSSU.

Scouting the Lions
Missouri Southern comes into the weekend 3-0, winning each of their first three games by less than 7 points. Last weekend Missouri Southern defeated Lincoln 21-14 after defeating Northeastern State 27-21 and Central Oklahoma 25-20 the first two weeks of the season.
The Lions have a very run heavy offense, with QB Kellen Cox leading the way averaging 110 yards per game on the ground. The Lions also have three other players who all average over 30 yards a game, and as a team MSSU averages 289.7 rushing yards per game.
Cox is also the leading passer, average only 35 yards passing per game with 4 interceptions on the season. Landon Zerekel has caught 8 of Missouri Southern's 12 completions this year for 85 yards.