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Opponent: Lincoln
Time: Saturday, November 11th; 12:00 PM
Location: Plaster Stadium; Bolivar, Missouri

Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University football team will end their 2017 season with a home match-up against Lincoln on Saturday.

The Coaches and the All-Time Series
Robert Clardy will begin his third season as the head coach on the Bearcat bench. Coach Clardy led the Bearcats to their first ever NCAA Playoff appearance, National Ranking, and Conference Championship during the 2016 season. Coach Clardy has produced six All-American's during his career, while seeing his athletes break numerous SBU, GLVC, and NCAA records.

Steven Smith is in his 1st season as the head coach for Lincoln. Smith came to Lincoln after serving as the offensive coordinator at Albany State for the past four seasons.

Southwest Baptist leads the all-time series against Lincoln 8-1. The Bearcats claimed a 50-12 victory in Jefferson City last season.

Scouting the Bearcats
Southwest Baptist comes into the game against Lincoln 4-5 (3-3 GLVC) on the season and are coming off of a 28-12 road loss to Truman State. Offensively, the Bearcats are led by TJ Edwards who averages 265.8 passing yards/game, while Kendrick Payne averages a team high 80.9 receiving yards/game followed by Jerminic Smith's 64.49 yards/game. Defensively, Tyler Curts leads the Bearcats with 10.4 tackles/game and 9.0 total tackles for a loss, while De'shawn Tone has a team leading 14.5 tackles for loss and Brycen Gagnon has scored two defensive touchdowns to go along with 9.0 tackles/game. The Southwest Baptist offense averages 28.3 points per game and 390.1 yards of total offense per game, while the defense limits opponents to 25.1 points per game and 368.8 yards of total offense per game.

Scouting the Blue Tigers
Lincoln comes into the game against Southwest Baptist 1-8 (0-6 GLVC) after coming off of a 13-3 home loss to William Jewell. The BlueTigers have used three different quarterbacks during the season, with their top target being Blake Tibbs who averages 46.5 receiving yards/game with 3 touchdowns. On the ground LU also uses three running backs, with Harold Lacy leading the way with 43.7 yards/game. Defensively the Blue Tigers are led in tackles by Addison Tucker who averages 8.9 tackles/game, while Willard Cotton has a team leading 8.5 tackles for loss. The Lincoln offense averages 12.0 points per game and 243.7 yards of total offense per game, while the defense allows 28.7 points per game and 305.1 yards of total offense per game.

Quick Hits

• Kendrick Payne holds the career GLVC and SBU touchdown receptions record (33)
• Kendrick Payne holds the career SBU receiving yards record (3,158)
• TJ Edwards holds the career GLVC passing touchdown record (73)
• Cory Hanger ranks 3rd in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Passes Defended per Game (1.9)
• Tyler Curts ranks 16th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Tackles per Game (10.4)
• TJ Edwards ranks 17th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Total Offense per Game (295.1)
• De'shawn Tone ranks 18th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Tackles for Loss per Game (1.6)
• TJ Edwards ranks 20th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Passing Yards per Game (265.8)
• Kendrick Payne ranks 25th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Receptions per Game (6.6)
• Tyler Curts ranks 34th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Fumble Recoveries (2)
• Victor Clavier ranks 34th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Fumble Recoveries (2)
• Brycen Gagnon ranks 34th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Fumble Recoveries (2)
• Kendrick Payne ranks 2nd in the GLVC in Receiving Yards per Game (80.9)
• Jerminic Smith ranks 2nd in the GLVC in Receptions per Game (5.2)
• Cory Hanger ranks 3rd in the GLVC in Interceptions (3)
• SBU ranks 4th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Defensive Touchdowns (5)
• SBU ranks 14th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Team Tackles for Loss (8.4/game)
• SBU ranks 22nd in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Passing Offense (272.3 yards/game)