Concord Travels to Glenville State

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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University football team seeks to get back on the winning track when it heads to Glenville State 1:00 p.m. Saturday in a Mountain East Conference clash.

LIVE COVERAGE
Radio: Glenville State play-by-play voice Bob Edwards will provide live radio coverage of Saturday's game on 100.3 WAFD in the Glenville area and the game can also be heard online at http://www.theboss97fm.com/wafd.htm
Stats: The Glenville State Sports Information Department will provide live video of
Video: A video webcast of Saturday's game will be available.

To access the live coverage options, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• The Mountain Lions fell 35-28 to Shepherd last week at Callaghan Stadium in a game that featured five lead changes, two ties and a score by the Rams in the game's final minute.

• Sophomore wide receiver Jermeil Douse had career-highs in catches (10) and receiving yards (164).

• Over his last two games, Douse has caught 16 passes for 245 yards.

• Fellow sophomore wide receiver TJ Smith hauled in five receptions for 84 yards and his fifth and sixth receiviing touchdowns of the season.

• It was Smith's first multi-touchdown game since Sept. 26 versus West Virginia Wesleyan.

• Additionally, Smith tied Lynn Pendercraft and Rayshaune Ward for fifth on the all-time Concord receiving touchdown list with 19.

• With his next touchdown, Smith would become just the fifth Concord player to haul in 20 or more touchdown catches in a career joining senior wide receiver Ryan Stewart as the only active players with 20 touchdown catches.

• On the game's last play versus Shepherd, a 12-yard completion to senior wide receiver Tiko Henderson, junior quarterback Brian Novak went over the 7,000-yard mark for passing yards in his career at Concord and now has 7,008 yards in his Mountain Lion career.

• Novak can pass former Concord quarterback Zack Grossi for second on the all-time passing list this weekend at Glenville State.

• Grossi amassed 7,048 yards in his career.

• Furthermore, Novak can also stand alone at the top of the career passing touchdowns list at CU.

• Novak enters the matchup wtih GSC having tossed 54 touchdowns in his career, third all-time.

• Former signal caller Mike Lazo had 55 touchdowns in his career while Grossi finished with 57.

• Senior linebacker Austin Dotson finished the Shepherd game with 10 tackles, the second straight game the Pound, Virginia native has tallied 10 tackles in a contest.

• Dotson is closing in on 200 tackles for his career, entering the game with 194 tackles.

• With just two games remaining this season, Dotson is seeking to move into the top 10 on the all-time tackles list.

• Former Concord defensive standout Terrence Lee is 10th all-time tackles at CU with 210.

• Senior defensive end Ervin Moore continues to close in on 50 tackles for loss for his career.

• Moore had another TFL versus Shepherd to bring his career total to 47.5, ranking third on the all-time list at Concord.

• With 2.5 more TFLs Moore would achieve 50 TFLs for his career, becoming the third Mountain Lion to do so.

• Additionally, 4.5 more TFLs for Moore would move him into second on the list passing Darryl Wilson in the process.

• CU have won two straight over the Pioneers including a 54-27 win last year to open the season.

• Novak tossed for a then-career-high 318 yards and one touchdown in the win.

• It was also the first of five 300-yard passing games for Novak in 2014.

• Smith caught five passes from Novak for 99 yards and his first career touchdown.

• Jones also went over the 100-yard rushing mark with 101 yards versus GSC and one touchdown.

• In two career games versus the Pioneers, Jones has averaged 143.5 yards per game.

• Against teams that Jones has played at least twice in his career, the only other foes he has averaged more than 143.5 rushing yards per game against is UVa.-Wise (148.0 yards per game) and Notre Dame (143.6 yards per game).

• Jones has taken over the league lead in rushing yards with 890 yards and needs just 110 yards to notch his third straight 1,000-yard season.

• Sophomore linebacker Denis Ikic recorded a career-high eight tackles against Glenville State last season which Ikic matched this season versus Charleston.

• As has been the case the last couple of games for the Mountain Lions, one of the league's top rush defenses will be charged with shutting down one of the league's best rushing offensive attacks.

• The Mountain Lions rank second in the MEC in rush allowed per game (106.0) and have held their opponents to under 100 yards rushing in four games this season.

SCOUTING GLENVILLE STATE
• Meanwhile, the Pioneers boast two of the best running backs the league has to offer in senior Rahmann Lee and senior Tevin Drake.

• Both have gone over 200 yards yards rushing in a game this season.

• Lee rushed for 412 yards in week two of the season against West Virginia Wesleyan, which is an MEC record.

• Meanwhile, two weeks ago Drake ran for 294 yards in a non-conference clash versus Alderson-Broaddus.

• Drake is second in the MEC in rushing with 860 yards this season while Lee ranks third, despite only playing in six games due to injury,  with 834 yards on the ground.

• Among Division II active running backs, Jones and Lee rank with the elite.

• Lee is fourth among active DII rushers with 4,713 yards on the ground while Jones is fifth on that same list with 4,404 rushing yards.

• Glenville has only allowed 225.1 yards through the air this season.

• Additionally, the Pioneers are fourth in the MEC in interceptions picking off seven passes this season led by defensive back Earon Settles who has a league-leading three.

A CONCORD WIN WOULD..
• A Concord win would snap a breif two-game losing strek, the first losing streak for CU since the beginning of the 2012 season.

• A Concord win would give CU three consecutive wins over Glenville State.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
4- Touchdowns needed by Novak to become the all-time leader in passing touchdowns in CU history.

0-  Concord hasn't given up a passing touchdown to Glenville State in the last two meetings.

10-  No CU player has had three straight games of 10 tackles since Jake Lilly in 2013, Dotson is seeking his third straight game of double-digit tackles.