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Opponent: #15 Indianapolis
Time: Saturday, September 16th; 5:00 PM CST
Location: Key Stadium; Indianapolis, Indiana

Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University football team travel to #15 Indianapolis to open up GLVC play 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.

Bob Bartolomeo is in his 8th season as the head coach for Indianapolis. Bartolomeo has led the Greyhounds to four GLVC championships in the last five years, while going 35-4 in GLVC play. Overall, Bartolomeo holds a career coaching record of 72-30-1, including a 58-23-1 mark at UIndy.

Indianapolis leads the all-time series against Southwest Baptist 2-1. The Bearcats claimed a 41-37 victory in Bolivar last season.

Scouting Southwest Baptist
Southwest Baptist comes into the game against Indianapolis 1-1 (0-0 GLVC) on the season after knocking off Mississippi College 32-9. Offensively, the Bearcats are led in both passing and rushing by TJ Edwards who averages 37.0 rushing yards per game and 207.5 passing yards per game. Defensively, Tyler Curts leads the Bearcats with 12.5 tackles/game and 4.5 total tackles for a loss, while Brycen Gagnon also averages double figure tackles at 10.0/game with a team leading 1.5 sacks.

Scouting Indianapolis
Indianapolis comes into the game against Southwest Baptist 2-0 (0-0 GLVC) after defeating Wayne State 31-28 last week. UIndy is currently ranked #15 in the latest AFCA Coaches Poll, and #19 in the latest D2Football.com poll. Indianapolis presents a run-heavy offense, with a high percentage quarterback. The Greyhounds are led on the ground by Al McKeller (119.5 yards/game) and Andrew Walker (73.5 yards/game) while Jake Purichia averages 165.0 passing yards/game with an NCAA Division II leading 80.56% completion percentage. Defensively Cole Sigmund averages a team leading 9.5 tackles/game and Jacob Schmatz had a team high 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks.

Quick Hits

• Cassian Foreman ranks 8th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Yards per Reception (27.5)
• Jordan LeClair ranks 11th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Field Goals per Game (1.5)
• Tyler Curts ranks 12th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Total Tackles (25)
• Tyler Curts ranks 20th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Tackles for Loss per Game (2.3)
• De'Shawn Tone ranks 31st in the NCAA and 3rd in the GLVC in Tackles for Loss per Game (2.0)
• SBU ranks 1st in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Team Tackles for Loss (14.5/game)
• SBU ranks 2nd in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Defensive Touchdowns (2)
• SBU ranks 5th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Blocked Kicks (2)
• SBU ranks 8th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Team Sacks (4.5/game)
• SBU ranks 16th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Passing Yards Allowed (123.0/game)
• SBU ranks 20th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Total Defense (267.5 yards/game allowed)
• SBU ranks 28th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Scoring Defense (16.0 ppg allowed)