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MISSOURI STATE MissouriStateBears.com | @MoStateFootball | /MissouriStBears Game 3 - No.6 kennesaw state owls (2-1) AT missouri state bears (0-2) 2019 SCHEDULE Saturday, Sept. 21 • 2:02 p.m. (CT) Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Robert W. Plaster Stadium (17,500) • Springfield, Mo. Aug. 29 at (RV) Northern Arizona (Pluto) L, 23-37 Radio: KTXR 101.3 FM/Bears Football Radio Network (Art Hains, Dennis Heim) Sept. 14 at Tulane (ESPN3) L, 6-58 TV: KOZL-TV/ESPN+ (Don West, Dan Lucy) Live Stats: MissouriStateBears.com • Twitter: @MoSateFootball Sept. 21 (6) Kennesaw State (ESPN+) 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Oct. 5 at Western Illinois* 3:00 p.m. Location ...........................................................................Kennesaw, Ga. Location .......................................................................... Springfield, Mo. Oct. 12 South Dakota* (ESPN3) 2:00 p.m. Enrollment .................................................................................... 35,000 Enrollment .................................................................................... 26,182 Oct. 19 at North Dakota State* (ESPN+) 2:30 p.m. Conference ...............................................................................Big South Conference .................................................................................... MVFC Head Coach ....................................................................Brian Bohannon Head Coach ........................................................................ Dave Steckel Oct. 26 UNI* (H) (ESPN+) 2:00 p.m. Alma Mater ............................................................ Georgia (1993) Alma Mater .......................................................... Kutztown (1982) Nov. 2 South Dakota State* (ESPN3) 2:00 p.m. Career Record ......................................................39-13 (5th year) Career Record ......................................................12-34 (5th year) Record at MSU .....................................................39-13 (5th year) Record at MSU .....................................................12-34 (5th year) Nov. 9 at Southern Illinois* (ESPN3) 2:00 p.m. 2018 Overall/South (finish) ...............................................11-2/5-0 (1st) 2018 Overall/MVFC (finish) .................................................4-7/2-6 (9th) Nov. 16 at Illinois State* (ESPN+) 12:00 p.m. Nov. 23 Indiana State* (ESPN+) 2:00 p.m. Bears set for home opener against sixth-ranked kennesaw state *Missouri Valley Football Conference game; (H) Homecoming; all times The Game • Led by preseason all-league selection Tyler Currie, Central; Radio broadcasts of all MSU games carried live on KTXR FM the Bears offense brings back six starters, including 101.3 in Springfield and the Bears Football Radio Network throughout The Missouri State Bears open their 78th season at senior quarterback , who passed for the state of Missouri Robert W. Plaster Stadium Saturday (Sept. 21) afternoon Peyton Huslig 2,113 yards last fall to rank fifth all time on MSU’s with a 2 p.m. non-conference game against the No. 6 single-season passing chart. HEAD TO HEAD Kennesaw State Owls on Family Weekend. • Bears senior long snapper Chandler Collins was named to STATS Inc.’s 2019 FCS Preseason All- MSU Category KSU The Bears are in search of their first win of the 2019 America squad, picking up third-team honors. campaign and host a national top 10 program for 14.5 Scoring Offense 41.3 • MSU’s defense will welcome back seven starters, led the second year in a row. Last season, coach Dave 48.5 Rushing Offense 388.7 by two-time All-MVFC linebacker Angelo Garbutt and Steckel’s squad topped No. 9 Illinois State, 24-21, at preseason all-conference picks and 208.5 Pass Offense 127.7 Plaster and later fell to top-ranked North Dakota State on McNeece Egbim . senior day. Matt McClellan 115.76 Pass Efficiency 161.98 • Missouri State’s rushing defense held Northern Ari- 257.0 Total Offense 516.1 zona to just 2.4 yards per carry in last week’s season The contest will be broadcast live locally on KOZL-TV opener; for the game, the Bears allowed just 88 yards 31 First Downs 73 and online through ESPN+, with Don West and Dan Lucy on 36 carries. describing the action. The game will also be carried on 47.5 Scoring Defense 11.0 • In last week’s loss at Tulane, Missouri State redshirt the Missouri State Radio Network, as Art Hains and freshman caught a touchdown pass for the 193.0 Rushing Defense 75.7 Dennis Heim will once again have the call. DJ Frost 296.5 Pass Defense 147.0 second straight contest, hauling in an 11-yard pass from Huslig in the second quarter in New Orleans. • Missouri State holds an all-time mark of 215-171-12 181.50 Pass Defense Efficiency 105.88 • The Bears also got a great effort from Egbim, who (.555) at Plaster Stadium. registered a game-high eight tackles in his 20th 489.5 Total Defense 222.7 • The Bears are 68-35-4 in home openers, including a straight start at linebacker. -1 Turnover Margin -1 27-8-2 mark in such games as a Division I program • MSU is 469-511-3 all-time as a program and 12-34 and 4-0 under Steckel, who has logged a 6-8 mark in 16.5 Kickoff Returns 24.0 under fifth-year head coach . non-MVFC action as MSU’s head coach. Dave Steckel 1.0 Punt Returns 9.5 • Missouri State enters Saturday’s game in search of The Owls 38.6 Net Punting 35.0 its first win of the 2019 season after dropping a 37-23 28:32 Time of Possession 35:04 contest in its season opener at Northern Arizona on • Kennesaw State head coach Brian Bohannon Aug. 29, and a 58-6 road tilt against FBS foe Tulane returns 11 starters from an 11-2 team that advanced 16.0 Tackles for Loss 30.0 last Saturday. to the Division I FCS playoffs last season. 0-0 Sacks-Yards 10-66 • The Bears will also be looking for their seventh con- • In last week’s 42-7 home win, the Owls rushed 64 3-20 Sacks Allowed-Yards 4-18 secutive non-conference home win as part of a streak times for 481 yards and passed just six times. that dates back to Sept. 2014. • The upstart Kennesaw State squad (2-1) features Team Leaders versatile quarterback Daniel David, who leads the MSU KSU series notes Owls in rushing and passing through the club’s first three games; the senior is averaging 56.7 yards per Rushing ............................. Ypg Rushing .............................. Ypg • The Bears and Owls will be meeting for the first time game on the ground with five touchdowns on the Donovan Daniels ...............20.5 Daniel David ...................... 56.7 on the gridiron Saturday. season, while passing for 112.7 yards per game with DJ Frost ............................16.5 Antavius Grier .................... 46.0 • MSU brings a 1-2 all-time mark against the Big South two touchdowns. Passing ............................. Ypg Passing ............................... Ypg Conference, with their last such meeting coming on • KSU employs an option attack that has featured 15 Peyton Huslig ..................208.5 Daniel David .....................112.7 Sept. 7, 2002 at Hampton — a 28-26 road win over different ball carriers and averaged an eye-popping Receiving .......................... Ypg Receiving ............................ Ypg the Pirates. 388.7 rushing yards per game through the first three Tyler Currie .......................61.0 KJ Hancock ....................... 26.0 • Saturday’s game also marks the Bears’ first-ever Lorenzo Thomas ...............40.5 Ryan Pontrelli .................... 21.3 games of the season. contest against a team from the state of Georgia. Tackles .............................Total Tackles ...............................Total • In addition to David’s team-leading rushing total, McNeece Egbim ...................13 Kareem Taylor....................... 18 The Bears Antavius Grier (46.0 yards per game), Isaac Foster Matt McClellan .....................13 Bryson Armstrong ................. 12 (42.0) and Bronson Rechsteiner (39.3) have each Sacks ...............................Total Sacks .................................Total • MSU was tabbed for 10th place in the Missouri Valley contributed to the Owls ground success; Foster is NA ............................................ Joel Parker .......................... 4.0 Football Conference’s annual preseason poll. coming off an 84-yard performance in last week’s win Three tied with ..................... 1.0 • The Bears return 44 letterwinners and 13 total starters over Alabama State. from last year’s 4-7 squad. Game 3 vs kennesaw state | September 21, 2019 2019 Missouri State Football Game Notes Last time out receiving touchdowns. He also ranked fifth in the MVFC and 79th nationally in yards per reception (15.66) while MISSOURI STATE QUICK FACTS Missouri State dropped its second straight contest—and his five receiving touchdowns ranked 90th nationally and its seventh in a row overall—last weekend at Tulane, as Founded ...........................................................................................1905 eighth in the Valley. Location ...........................................................................Springfield, Mo. the Green Wave rolled up 540 yards of offense in a 58-6 decision over the Bears. Address ................................................................... 901 S. National Ave. Garbutt was a Preseason All-MVFC standout last season • The Green Wave ground game racked up 298 rushing ..................................................................Springfield, MO 65897 as well, ultimately earning All-MVFC honorable mention Web Site ......................................................................MissouriState.edu