vs. No. 6 Southeast Missouri State | Hunter Stadium | St. Charles, Mo. | 1:00 p.m. | MRV Banks Game Ball Brawl
The Lindenwood football team (4-6, 3-3 BS/OVC) prepares for a matchup with No. 6 Southeast Missouri State (8-1, 5-0 BS/ OVC) on Saturday in the third-annual MRV Banks Game Ball Brawl. It will also be Senior Day for the Lions as kickoff from Hunter Stadium is slated for 1:00 p.m.
Last week, the Black & Gold dropped a road matchup with Tennessee Tech, 52-10. Darrin Fugitt accounted for the lone Lindenwood touchdown as the Bolivar, Mo. native found the endzone for the second-consecutive week after hauling in a 35-yard pass from Nate Glantz. Glantz has looked to find his tight ends more in recent weeks, with Abe Haerr leading the team in receiving against Western Illinois.
Logan Seibert was responsible for the other score on Saturday, nailing another field goal. The Belleville, Ill. native is now 14-of-17 on the season and has moved into a tie for third on the programs all-time scoring list with 275 points. He added to his program leading total of 42 made field goals.
Gareth Warren and Ethan Johnson have been mainstays on the offensive line during their time in St. Charles, Mo. Seibert, who is a redshirt junior will also be going through festivities.
Southeast Missouri enters the matchup with an 8-1 record and a perfect 5-0 mark inside Association play. The No. 6 Redhawks are the highest-ranked team Lindenwood has played at the FCS level. When Lindenwood was a member of the GLVC, the Lions traveled to Brookings, S.D. to take on the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State when they were ranked No. 3.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
8: After having no catches through the first 13 games of his career, John Anthony has registered eight for 71 yards and a score in his last two contests
65: Nate Glantz has become a dual threat at quarterback, topping 13 or more rushing attempts in each of the last three games. He had a season-high 17 two weeks ago in a win against Charleston Southern
21.4: Lindenwood a season-high nine tackles for against Gardner-Webb. Vincent King led the team with three on his way to earning Big South-OVC Defensive Player of the Week
5036: The attendance for the first-MRV Banks Game Ball Brawl at Hunter Stadium in 2022. It was the largest crowd ever for a football game at the venue
LINDENWOOD TID BITS FROM AROUND THE L
• The Lions (4-6, 3-3 BS/OVC) are facing their third nationally ranked team this season in a matchup with No. 6 Southeast Missouri State (8-1, 5-0 BS/OVC) on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. Lindenwood will head to UT Martin in a couple of weeks to close out the season. The Skyhawks are currently ranked 22nd.
• Steve Hall rushed for 259 yards and four TDs on just 13 carries ( =19.92 yards per rush) in the Lions’ win over Western Illinois in week 9. He tied the Big South-OVC single-game record for rushing scores, while his 259 is tied for second-most in a contest.
• AT FIRST GLANTZ
Nate Glantz became just the second quarterback in Big South-OVC Association history to throw for 100 yards and rush for 100 yards in the same game when he achieved the feat this past week in the Lions’ 29-14 victory over Charleston Southern. He passed for 152 yards and gained a team-high 103 yards on the ground to account for 255 of Lindenwood’s 392 offensive yards vs. the Bucs.
STUDY HALL
In Lindenwood’s 49-38 win over Western Illinois in week 9, Steve Hall rushed for 259 yards and four touchdowns on just 13 carries for a Big South-OVC single-game record 19.92 yards per carry. He tied the league’s single-game rushing touchdown record and reeled off the longest rush from scrimmage in the conference record book with a 93-yard scoring run that sealed the victory over the Leathernecks. Hall also had a 75-yard dash for a touchdown, becoming the first player in conference annals with two TD runs of 75-yards or longer in a game.
• LOGAN’S KICK
Logan Seibert broke his own Big South-OVC Association single-game record for kick scoring with 17 points in the Lions’ 29-14 win over Charleston Southern this past week. He converted an Association single-game record five field goals along with two PATs to surpass his previous mark of 16 points vs. St. Thomas in Week 4. Seibert and Southeast Missouri K DC Pippin share the league-lead with 13 field goals made, which eclipse the Association’s single-season record of 12 set last year by Tennessee State’s James Lowrey
• HOUSE CALLS
Jeff Caldwell tied the Big South-OVC Association records for consecutive games with a touchdown reception (4) as well as his own single-season touchdown receptions (8). His eight receiving scores this year came in a four-game span during Weeks 3-6, which included a Big South-OVC single-game record-tying four touchdown receptions in Week 5. For the season, Caldwell is reaching the end zone on 28.57 percent of his 28 receptions. Meanwhile, Caldwell is responsible for five of the Association’s longest pass plays in history:
Yards Rank Opponent (Date)
93t 1st vs. St. Thomas (9-21-24)
79t T-4th at Missouri State (9-14-24)
74t T-7th at Eastern Illinois (9-28-24)
74t T-7th at Eastern Illinois (9-28-24)
73t T-8th at Illinois State (9-23-23)
72t T-9th at Western Illinois (9-16-23)