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FIRST LOOK: Bobcats Host #12 Southeast Missouri for Gold Rush on Saturday
9/4/2019 3:08:00 PM | Football
Saturday's game will be Bobcat Stadium's 13th pitting teams ranked in the top 15
FIRST LOOK – Southeast Missouri
Summary: Southeast Missouri comes to Bozeman as the highest-ranked team to visit Bobcat Stadium since No. 4 South Dakota State in 2017. The Redhawks are led by reigning Buck Buchanan Award winner Zach Hall.
2019 Record: 1-0 after a 44-26 win against Southern Illinois of the Missouri Valley Conference.
2018 Record: SEMO logged a 9-4 record, finished second in the Ohio Valley Conference, and won an FCS Playoff first round game before dropping a close decision at Weber State.
Current Conference Standings: Southeast Missouri is one of seven Ohio Valley teams to win its opener.
Preseason Conference Prediction: Southeast Missouri was picked to finish second in the OVC.
Rankings: Southeast Missouri enters Saturday's game ranked 12th in the nation, the Bobcats 13th. That sets up the 29th meeting between two nationally-ranked teams in Bobcat (and Reno H. Sales) Stadium during MSU's Division I era. The Cats are17-11 against ranked opponents in Bobcat Stadium, 7-5 in home games pitting two teams ranked in the top 15.
MSU vs. Southeast Missouri
Jeff Choate vs. Opponent: 0-0
Jeff Choate vs. Tom Matukewicz: 0-0
Tom Matukewicz vs. MSU: 0-0
Redhawks Leaders
Rushing: Zion Custis – 78 yards, Geno Hess – 77 yards
Passing: Daniel Santacaterina – 248 yards, 14-24-1, 1 TD
Receiving: Kristian Wilkerson 6-146-1
Tackles: Zach Hall – 19
Sacks: Zach Hall, D. Alexander – 1 each
Interceptions: Marcus Lucas – 1
What the Pundits Say
Greg Rachac, Billings Gazette – "The Bobcats had high expectations coming into the season, and playing the No. 12-ranked team in the FCS will be a great barometer by which to judge this year's team. It's a great opportunity to put themselves on the national map, and it's a game that could have playoff implications later in the season. It's probably too early to call it a 'must win,' but if MSU wants to get where it's trying to go, this is a big one."
Summary: Southeast Missouri comes to Bozeman as the highest-ranked team to visit Bobcat Stadium since No. 4 South Dakota State in 2017. The Redhawks are led by reigning Buck Buchanan Award winner Zach Hall.
2019 Record: 1-0 after a 44-26 win against Southern Illinois of the Missouri Valley Conference.
2018 Record: SEMO logged a 9-4 record, finished second in the Ohio Valley Conference, and won an FCS Playoff first round game before dropping a close decision at Weber State.
Current Conference Standings: Southeast Missouri is one of seven Ohio Valley teams to win its opener.
Preseason Conference Prediction: Southeast Missouri was picked to finish second in the OVC.
Rankings: Southeast Missouri enters Saturday's game ranked 12th in the nation, the Bobcats 13th. That sets up the 29th meeting between two nationally-ranked teams in Bobcat (and Reno H. Sales) Stadium during MSU's Division I era. The Cats are17-11 against ranked opponents in Bobcat Stadium, 7-5 in home games pitting two teams ranked in the top 15.
MSU vs. Southeast Missouri
Jeff Choate vs. Opponent: 0-0
Jeff Choate vs. Tom Matukewicz: 0-0
Tom Matukewicz vs. MSU: 0-0
Redhawks Leaders
Rushing: Zion Custis – 78 yards, Geno Hess – 77 yards
Passing: Daniel Santacaterina – 248 yards, 14-24-1, 1 TD
Receiving: Kristian Wilkerson 6-146-1
Tackles: Zach Hall – 19
Sacks: Zach Hall, D. Alexander – 1 each
Interceptions: Marcus Lucas – 1
What the Pundits Say
Greg Rachac, Billings Gazette – "The Bobcats had high expectations coming into the season, and playing the No. 12-ranked team in the FCS will be a great barometer by which to judge this year's team. It's a great opportunity to put themselves on the national map, and it's a game that could have playoff implications later in the season. It's probably too early to call it a 'must win,' but if MSU wants to get where it's trying to go, this is a big one."
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