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Opponent: McKendree
Time: Saturday, September 30th; 1:00 PM
Location: Leemon Field; Lebanon, Illinois

Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University football team will hit the road on Saturday as part of a short two-game road trip when they take on McKendree University.

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.

Mike Babcock is in his 5th season as the head coach at McKendree. Babcock holds a 25-17 career coaching record with McKendree.

McKendree leads the all-time series against Southwest Baptist 2-1. SBU earned a 35-7 home victory over McKendree last season.

Scouting Southwest Baptist
Southwest Baptist comes into the game at McKendree 2-2 (1-1 GLVC) on the season after taking down Quincy 55-6 last weekend. Offensively, the Bearcats are led in both passing and rushing by TJ Edwards who averages 283.0 passing yards/game and 24.8 rushing yards/game. Kendrick Payne averages a team high 87.5 receiving yards/game followed by Cassian Foreman's 71.0 yards/game and Jerminic Smith's 65.8 yards/game. Defensively, Tyler Curts leads the Bearcats with 10.5 tackles/game and 5.5 total tackles for a loss, while De'shawn Tone has a team leading 6.5 tackles for loss and Brycen Gagnon has scored two defensive touchdowns to go along with 9.3 tackles/game. The Southwest Baptist offense averages 31.2 points per game and 417.2 yards of total offense per game, while the defense limits opponents to 20.8 points per game and 282.8 yards of total offense per game.

Scouting McKendree
McKendree comes into the game against Southwest Baptist 3-1 (1-0 GLVC) after defeating William Jewell 54-28 on the road last weekend. Reece Metcalf handles a majority of the snaps at QB for the Bearcats, averaging 161.5 passing yards/game, while his top target is Jalyn Williams who averages 49.2 receiving yards/game. On the ground Shayeen Edwards averages a team high 66.8 yards/game. Defensively Ricco Gipson leads McK with 10.3 tackles per game with a team high 6.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks. The McKendree defense allows 22.8 points per game and 353.8 yards of total offense per game, while the offense averages 32.5 points per game and 339.5 yards per game.

Quick Hits

• Tyler Curts ranks 6th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Fumble Recoveries (2)
• Brycen Gagnon ranks 6th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Fumble Recoveries (2)
• Cory Hanger ranks 9th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Passes Defended per Game (2.0)
• TJ Edwards ranks 15th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Total Offense per Game (307.8)
• TJ Edwards ranks 19th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Passing Yards per Game (283.0)
• Tyler Curts ranks 21st in the NCAA and 3rd in the GLVC in Tackles per Game (10.5)
• TJ Edwards ranks 25th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Passing Touchdowns (9)
• TJ Edwards ranks 25th in the NCAA and 3rd in the GLVC in Passing Yards per Completion (14.70)
• De'shawn Tone ranks 2nd in the GLVC in Tackles for Loss per Game (1.63)
• Kendrick Payne ranks 3rd in the GLVC in Receiving Yards per Game (87.5)
• Cassian Foreman ranks 4th in the GLVC in Receiving Yards per Game (71.0)
• Brycen Gagnon ranks 5th in the GLVC in Tackles per Game (9.0)
• SBU leads the NCAA and GLVC in Defensive Touchdowns (3)
• SBU ranks 6th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Team Tackles for Loss (10.8/game)
• SBU ranks 10th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Fumbles Recovered (6)
• SBU ranks 12th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Passing Yards Allowed (144.0 yards/game)
• SBU ranks 17th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Passing Offense (294.8 yards/game)
• SBU ranks 19th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Total Defense (282.8 yards/game)
• SBU ranks 20th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Blocked Kicks (2)
• SBU ranks 34th in the NCAA and 3rd in the GLVC in 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (.317)