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Opponent: #21 Colorado School of Mines
Time: Saturday, November 19th; 1:00 PM
Location: Plaster Stadium; Bolivar, Missouri

Bolivar, Mo. - No. 17 ranked Southwest Baptist University football team is set to host #21 Colorado School of Mines on Saturday in SBU's first ever NCAA Football Playoff appearance.

The Coaches and the All-Time Series
Robert Clardy will begin his second season as the head coach on the Bearcat bench. Coach Clardy has spent the last eight seasons on the coaching staff at Southwest Baptist University, serving many roles during his tenure including Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Coach, and Wide Receivers Coach. Coach Clardy has produced three All-American's, most recently Antion McBee off of last year's squad, while seeing his athletes break numerous SBU, GLVC, and NCAA records.

Gregg Brandon is in the second season as the head coach at Colorado School of Mines. Brandon holds a career coaching record of 17-5 and came to Mines after 33 years of coaching experience across all levels of the NCAA.

Saturday's playoff game marks the first meeting between Southwest Baptist and Colorado School of Mines.

Scouting Southwest Baptist
Southwest Baptist comes into the game against Colorado School of Mines 10-1 (7-1 GLVC) after defeating Lincoln 50-12 last weekend. The Bearcats are currently ranked #17 in the latest AFCA NCAA Division II Coaches Poll, #19 in the D2Football.com Poll, and have advanced to the NCAA Playoffs for the first time in program history. Offensively, the Bearcats are led by Bubba Jenkins who is averaging 141.8 rushing yards/game, while TJ Edwards is averaging 273.8 yards/game through the air and 54.5 yards/game on the ground. Kendrick Payne (91.6 yards/game) and Cassian Foreman (74.6 yards/game) are the top targets in the passing attack. On the defensive side of the ball, the Bearcats are led by Shaun Hutchinson who averages 8.5 tackles/game to go along with 13.5 tackles for a loss, while Via Manuma has a team leading 11.5 sacks and 19.0 tackles for a loss.

Scouting Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines comes into the game against Southwest Baptist 9-2 (8-2 RMAC) after defeating Black Hills State 83-28 their last time out. Mines is ranked #21 in both the AFAC Division II Coaches Poll and the D2Football.com National Poll. Mines is led offensively by Justin Dvorak who averages 364.7 yards per game through the air with 48 touchdowns to only 8 interceptions. His top target is Brody Oliver who averages 130.4 yards receiving per game with 22 touchdowns. On the ground Sam Seeton averages 98.9 yards/game. Defensively Chris Brockman leads CSM with 7.2 tackles/game, 4.5 sacks, and 10.0 total tackles for a loss which are all team highs.

Quick Hits

• SBU is ranked #17 in latest AFCA NCAA Division II National Coaches Poll
• SBU is ranked #19 in latest D2Football.com Poll
• Bubba Jenkins is the all-time rushing leader in GLVC history (3,024 yards)
• Bubba Jenkins broke the SBU & GLVC single season rushing record (1,560 yards)
• TJ Edwards broke the SBU single season passing touchdowns record (33)
• Bubba Jenkins named GLVC Offensive Player of the Week twice (week 3, week 10)
• TJ Edwards named GLVC Offensive Player of the Week three times (week 2, week 5, & week 8)
• Austin Molitor named GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week in win over Eastern New Mexico (week 1)
• Via Manuma named GLVC Defensive Player of the Week in win over William Jewell (week 7)
• D'Angelo Tucker named GLVC Defensive Player of the Week in win over Missouri S&T (week 9)
• Cassian Foreman tied GLVC Record for Longest Kickoff Return (100 yards vs Indianapolis, week 3)
• Bubba Jenkins ranks 3th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Rushing Yards (1,560 yards)
• TJ Edwards ranks 4th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Points Responsible For (264)
• TJ Edwards ranks 8th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Passing Touchdowns (33)
• TJ Edwards ranks 10th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Total Offense (328.4 YPG)
• Austin Molitor ranks 19th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Punting (41.1 YPP)
• TJ Edwards ranks 21st in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Passing Efficiency (158.0)
• SBU ranks 4th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in 1st Downs on Offense (294) 
• SBU ranks 6th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Red Zone Defense (no points 40.0% of time)
• SBU ranks 8th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Winning Percentage (90.9%)
• SBU ranks 10th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Total Offense (505.0 YPG)
• SBU ranks 13th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Team Tackles for Loss (9.0/game)
• SBU ranks 16th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Team Passing Efficiency (159.64)