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Opponent: Mississippi College
Time: Saturday, September 9th; 6:00 PM
Location: Plaster Stadium; Bolivar, Missouri

Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University football team returns home to host Mississippi College for their 2017 home opener on Saturday evening. The game, which will feature post game fireworks, is set to kickoff at 6:00 p.m.

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.

John Bland is in his fourth season as the head coach at Mississippi College. Bland holds a career coaching record of 81-50, including a 6-24 mark at Mississippi College.

Saturday's game marks the first meeting between Southwest Baptist and Mississippi College.

Scouting Mississippi College
Mississippi College comes into the game against Southwest Baptist 0-1 (0-0 GSC) after falling to Clark-Atlanta in overtime 32-29 last week. Mississippi Collge relies heavily on the ground game, as they average 185.0 rushing yards per game compared to 99.0 passing yards per game. Tiberias Lampkin leads MC with 94.0 yards/game on the ground, while in the air Ty Jobe averages 99.0 yards/game. Defensively Kaleb Coleman averages 7.0 tackles per game to lead the way for MC.

Scouting Southwest Baptist
Southwest Baptist comes into the game against Mississippi College 0-1 (0-0 GLVC) after falling on the road at Eastern New Mexico 23-21 last Thursday. Offensively, the Bearcats are led in both passing and rushing by TJ Edwards who averages 51.0 rushing yards per game and 156.0 passing yards per game. Defensively, Tyler Curts leads the Bearcats with 13 tackles and 3.5 tackles for a loss, while Brycen Gagnon (11 tackles), De'shawn Tone (10 tackles), and Victor Clavier (10 tackles) all have double-digit tackles on the season.

Quick Hits

• SBU received votes for the 11th straight week in latest AFCA NCAA Division II Coaches Poll
• Tyler Curts ranks 11th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Tackles for Loss (3.5)
• Tyler Curts ranks 17th in the NCAA and 2nd in the GLVC in Total Tackles (13)
• Brycen Gagnon ranks 24th in the NCAA and 3rd in the GLVC in Total Tackles (12)
• Brycen Gagnon ranks 31st in the NCAA and 3rd in the GLVC in Tackles for Loss (2.5)
• De'shawn Tone ranks 31st in the NCAA and 3rd in the GLVC in Tackles for Loss (2.5)
• SBU ranks 1st in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Team Tackles for Loss (17.0)
• SBU ranks 12th in the NCAA and 1st in the GLVC in Team Sacks (4.0)