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Game 10: Lane (3-6) at Lincoln (1-8)
Date/Time: Saturday, Nov. 9 - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Jefferson City, Mo.
Stadium (Capacity): Dwight T. Reed Stadium (5,500)
Tickets: Available online at http://lubluetigers.com/tickets | Adults - $10 | Children Under the Age of Six - Free  | Non-LU Students/LU Faculty & Staff - $5 | LU Students (With ID) - Free
Streaming: https://www.glvcsn.com/lincolnbluetigers/
Radio: KJLU 88.9 FM - Jefferson City, Mo.
Audiocast: http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/KJLU
Live Stats: https://lubluetigers.com/sidearmstats/football/
Series: Lincoln leads, 10-6
 
THE KICKOFF 
The Lincoln football team steps away from GLVC play to host another HBCU on Saturday (Nov. 9), as the Blue Tigers host Lane at 12:00 p.m. CST. With next Monday (Nov. 11) being Veteran's Day, Lincoln will celebrate members of the military and other first responders on Saturday.
 
Lincoln dropped a 52-7 decision to Truman State in Kirksville, Mo. last Saturday (Nov. 2) and will try to snap a four-game skid this weekend. LU has finished the road portion of its slate and this week will close out its non-conference schedule, with just one more league game left in the 2024 season.
 
Lane enters the weekend with a 3-6 record after a 37-23 loss to Edward Waters snapped a brief two-game win streak. Lane owns wins over Savannah State, Central State and Benedict this season and has scored at least 20 points in seven of its nine contests this season.
 
QUICK HITS 
- Lane is one of Lincoln's oldest opponents, with the Blue Tigers and the Dragons meeting for the first time in 1931. Lincoln won that contest, 34-9.
 
- Saturday marks the 17th meeting all-time between Lane and Lincoln, with the Blue Tigers leading the series, 10-6.
 
- Lincoln has won the last two meetings in this series, as the Blue Tigers beat Lane on a neutral field, 10-7, to open the 2018 season, and also notched a 12-9 victory against the Dragons in Jefferson City back in 2016.
 
- A victory for Lincoln would give the Blue Tiger multiple wins in a season for the first time since 2018.
 
- Lincoln is playing for multiple home wins in a season for the first time since 2014, when the Blue Tigers beat both Quincy and Texas College. The Blue Tigers earned a 40-14 victory against Lincoln (CA) in Reed Stadium on Oct. 5.
 
- A win would be the first for the Blue Tigers in the month of November since ending 2013 with back-to-back wins.
 
- Lincoln is the only GLVC program that started the 2024 campaign with four-consecutive league games.
 
- The Blue Tigers enter this weekend with an all-time record of 262-504-25.
 
- Moses Harper was named the head coach of the Lincoln football team in 2024. He is in his first season leading the Blue Tigers and has both an overall and program record of 1-8 entering this week.
 
- Lincoln, which was a full member of the MIAA for 26 years (overall), is joining the GLVC in 2024. The Blue Tigers, who were an associate member of the GLVC from 2014-18, have played in five different conferences in their 92-year history: the Midwest Athletic Association (MWAA), the Great Lakes Football Conference (GLFC), the Central States Football League (CSFL), the GLVC and the MIAA.
 
- This is the 93rd season of Lincoln football. The Blue Tigers first fielded a team in 1920 and played every year until 1943, when Lincoln took a year off due to World War II. LU then played each season from 1944-1989. The football program was disbanded at that point, but was brought back in 2000. Lincoln did not play a full schedule in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions.
 
BLUE TIGERS TO WATCH
OFFENSE - Jareese Howard averages 6.8 .yards per carry and leads the Blue Tigers with 474 yards on 70 carries. Howard has four touchdown runs and Isaiah Tate, who has thrown for 895 yards with three touchdown passes, has three touchdowns on the ground. As a team, LU has run for 1,349 yards for an average of 108.3 yards per contest.
 
LaMarco Yates and Kantrell Jordan have also run for touchdowns and DeMareus Hosey has gained 95 yards on 44 attempts. In the receiving game, Armani Turner averages 19.4 yards per reception while Darian Fletcher averages 22.5 yards per catch. Israel Tate leads Lincoln with 19 receptions and Turner is next with 11 while Tobias Williams and Max Rodriguez each have eight.
 
DEFENSE - Lincoln has blocked four kicks, with Ke'Ron Blankumsee returning one of those blocks 74 yards for a touchdown. Jordan Hoskins leads the Blue Tigers with 60 overall tackles while Cory Macon is next with 37, and Hoskins has made 37 solo takedowns. Jacob McGhee has a team-high 9.5 tackles for loss and Vez Carter, who has 31 total tackles, is next with 6.0 tackles for loss. Jeremiah Gill also has 28 tackles while Zenin Hall has 19.
 
Donte Moore has two sacks and scored on a 97-yard interception return against Lincoln (CA) to go with 28 tackles on the season. Rakeim Ashford has picked off three passes and broken up three others while Renard Willis has tallied 4.0 tackles for loss and two sacks. As a team, Lincoln has made 55 total tackles for loss as well as 15 sacks.
 
SPECIAL TEAMS - Mo Alwaely made 10 field goals with a long of 49 yards a year ago and is 9-for-13 this year with his longest going 50 yards. On kickoffs, Alwaely is averaging 51.8 yards. In the punting game, Clayton Winkler has had 13 kicks go at least 50 yards, 15 kicks pin opponents inside the 20, and averages 43.5 yards per kick.
 
Macon had a rare defensive two-point conversion after returning a blocked extra point 95-yards to the end zone against McKendree. Fletcher averages 16.2 yards on kickoff returns and Tobias Williams is averaging 20.3 yards with a long of 54. Fletcher has also handled punt return duties.
 
LANE AT A GLANCE
Two players have spent time under center for Lane, with NyJal Johnson completing 56 passes for 798 yards as well as four touchdowns and Jerick Gaston completing 65 for 789 yards and seven touchdowns. Anthony Evelyn leads the receiving corps with 46 grabs for 610 yards and five touchdowns while Carl Pitts, who has 23 receptions, and Kylan Duhe, who has 189 receiving yards, each catching two touchdown passes. Duhe leads the Dragons with 588 yards and seven scores on 130 rushing attempts while Ike Brown is also having a strong season with 96 carries for 558 yards and six touchdowns.
 
Lane's defense has been responsible for five interceptions, 57 tackles for loss, 20 sacks, seven forced fumbles and 25 broken up passes in 2024. Devon Irving leads Lane with 85 tackles while Tyshun Gaiter is next with 70 tackles and nine tackles for loss. Robert Brown, who has a team-high 13 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks, has made 52 tackles on the season while Jeremiah Brown has 39 tackles, Zavion Shaw has 36 and Anthony Oatis has 34, including 5.5 TFLs and three sacks. Kori Jones has forced two fumbles and picked off a pass.
 
Placekicker Marcelo Ortiz, who is 4-for-5 on field goals and averaging 44.9 yards on kickoffs, also serves as Lane's punter and averages 31.0 yards per kick with four punts landing inside the opponent's 20-yard line. Both Evelyn and Rashad Wilson have scored touchdowns on punt or kick returns this season.
 
THE COACHES
Moses Harper was named the head coach of the Blue Tigers in January and is in his first season leading the LU football program. Harper is no stranger to Missouri as he graduated from Central Methodist and has worked at both William Jewell and Missouri Western. Most recently he was the passing game coordinator and receivers coach at Nebraska Kearney, a former rival of the Blue Tigers in the MIAA.
 
Vyron Brown is in his third season as the head coach at Lane following a one-year stint with the Dragons as the offensive coordinator and running backs coach. Prior to joining Lane, Brown worked at a number of Division I schools, including Texas Southern, Grambling State and Alabama State. Brown also served as the assistant head coach at Lincoln Prep High School, leading the program to a pair of trips to the second round of the LHSAA state playoffs.
 
MOVING THEM BACKWARDS:  Lincoln has 55 total tackles for loss, with nine of those coming in the opener against Quincy and one resulting in a safety. Nationally, the Blue Tigers rank 69th in Division II in tackles for loss as well as seventh in the GLVC. Jacob McGhee has 9.5 tackles for loss on the year and individually ranks fifth in the GLVC while Vez Carter is next with 6.0 TFL.
 
PLAY LIKE JORDAN:  Jordan Hoskins has made plays all over the field for the Lincoln defense and leads the team with 60 total tackles as well as 37 solo tackles. Hoskins has forced two fumbles to go with a fumble recovery, a pass break-up, a pair of tackles for loss and two quarterback hurries. On a national scale, Hoskins is 54th in Division II in forced fumbles, 84th in solo tackles and 124th in tackles per game (6.7).
 
THEY ARE SPECIAL:  The Blue Tigers have made their presence known on special teams, including blocking four kicks, the second-most in the GLVC and the 26th-most in the country. Mo Alwaely's .692 field goal percentage is the 42nd-best in DII and he also ranks 32nd in the country in field goals made. Clayton Winkler, meanwhile, is 11th in the nation with a 43.9 punting average.
 
OTHER NATIONAL NOTES: Rakeim Ashford is 47th in the nation in interceptions per game (0.4) and 123rd in passes defended (0.9). Isaiah Tate is 74th in Division II in passing yards per completion (12.4) while Jareese Howard is 95th nationally in rushing yards per game (59.3). As a team, Lincoln is 47th in defensive touchdowns, 27th in fewest passes intercepted, 84th in fewest fumbles lost, 96th in passing yards per completion and 26th in fourth down conversion defense (.357).
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK:  After a big performance against William Jewell, Ke'Ron Blankumsee was named the GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 23. Blankumsee blocked a 28-yard field goal attempt by the Cardinals and, later in the game, scooped up the ball after another block and ran it back 74 yards for a Lincoln touchdown. With the honor, Blankumsee becomes the first Lincoln player to be named GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week since kicker Alex Templeton earned the distinction in 2016.
 
KICKING IT:  Clayton Winkler had a big day in LU's season opener, punting for 370 yards while averaging 46.3 yards per attempt, both of which led the GLVC through the first week of the season. Winkler currently leads the GLVC with 43.6 yards per punt, an average that also ranks 11th in NCAA Division II. Winkler's success has also led to Lincoln to ranking fourth in the league in net punting average (34.3).
 
TICKETS:  Like in the past two years, fans can purchase their tickets to Lincoln's home football games online. Head to http://lubluetigers.com/tickets to purchase both season and individual game tickets for the 2024 season. The season ticket package also includes parking passes for all six of Lincoln's home games.
 
JOIN THE TEAM BEHIND THE TEAM:  The Blue Tiger Athletics Club is a great way to engage with other LU fans while supporting Lincoln student-athletes. Every dollar raised by the club goes towards scholarships for students, improving campus facilities and purchasing and maintaining equipment. To become a member of the BTAC, or to learn more about the club, please visit www.LUBlueTigers.com/BTAC.
 
LU PLAYS ON KJLU:  Veteran play-by-play announcer James Stanley returns to the airwaves to provide Lincoln fans the action on the field in 2024. Stanley will call all six of LU's home games, and fans can listen to him live on 88.9 FM KJLU. Those not in the Jefferson City area can also listen to the games on KJLU's website, http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/KJLU.
 
...AND ONLINE:  All 11 of Lincoln's games in 2024 will stream online on the GLVC Sports Network at https://www.glvcsn.com/lincolnbluetigers. The six home games will include a simulcast of the KJLU broadcast, while the five road games will be called by the home team's radio broadcasting crew. All-season viewing packages are now available.
 
GEAR UP FOR THE GAME:  LU fans can get everything they need for the game at www.BlueTigersStore.com, the official online store for LU athletics. Everything from jerseys to office supplies can be found on the site, with a portion of all sales going to benefit Lincoln athletics.
 
UP NEXT:  Lincoln closes its 2024 campaign at home by hosting GLVC rival Indianapolis next Saturday (Nov. 16) at 12:00 p.m. CST.