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LA GRANDE, Ore. -- The No. 9 Eastern Oregon University football team welcomes Rocky Mountain College Saturday. The weekly notes are now available.

* Game 4: No. 9 Eastern Oregon (4-0, 4-0 Frontier) at RV Rocky Mountain (3-2, 2-2)
* When: Saturday, Oct. 1, 1 p.m.
* Where: Community Stadium, La Grande, Ore.
* Forecast: Mid 70's and Mostly Sunny with 10 percent chance of precipitation.
* Live Stats: EOUSports.com      
* Live Video: EOUSports.com      
* Live Radio: KCMB 104.7 FM
* Series: Eastern has won nine of the 13 meetings all-time over the Battlin' Bears.

GAME TIME
Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Community Stadium with a live video stream on EOUSports.com. A live radio broadcast will also be available on KCMB 104.7 FM in La Grande and Baker City.

THE SERIES
* Eastern leads the all-time series 9-4, including four the past five five meetings.
* Rocky Mountain's 34-28 win in La Grande last year ended a three-game Mountaineer win streak in the series.
* Before that win, the last time the Bears won in La Grande on Sept. 22, 2007.
* EOU has won four the six meetings in Community Stadium.
* The last six matchups have totaled a combined 538 points.
* In those last six meetings the teams have combined for 6,600 yards of offense, an average of 1,100 offensive yards per game.

QUICK HITS
* The 800-mile trek, 13-hour bus ride from Billings, Mont. to La Grande is the longest trip for RMC this season.
* Rocky Mountain College's enrollment of 945 students is the lowest among Frontier Conference football schools.
* After Chris Ware broke his 13th school record last week, is 37 rushing attempts from breaking his 14th, the most rushing attempts in a career.
* Eastern Oregon is first in the nation in third down conversions (54.7 percent)
* Kevin Sampson is third in the NAIA total rushing, rushing yards per game, and scoring.
* Eastern has started two seasons, 4-0, including the school's best start in 1980, when Eastern won the first six games of the season.
* That was the only season EOU won its first five games.
* The Mountaineers have only won four games in a row seven times in their 82-year history.
* EOU is back in the Top 10 at the highest position in 31 years at No. 9.
* Eastern Oregon is second in the nation in the Massey Ratings behind Carroll.
* EOU is 13-1 under Tim Camp when it scores 40 or more points.
* Camp won his 20th Frontier Conference game last week.

WARE MOVES ON TO THE NEXT ONE
Eastern Oregon quarterback, Chris Ware, passed the school's rushing touchdowns in a career record with a third quarter run last weekend. The senior has scored 22 rushing touchdowns in his career, breaking Damien Johnson's seven-year-old record at EOU. Ware currently holds 13 school records. The Rainier, Ore. native has a chance to break record number 14. He is 37 rushing attempts from topping Tim Sicocan's 11-year-old school record. Ware's next run attempt will be the 500th of his career.

FORTY SOMETHING
When Eastern Oregon has scored at least 40 points under Tim Camp, it has done quite well. The Mountaineers have won 13 of their 14 games when they have scored at least 40 points. EOU's lone loss when it scored 40 points was the 2009 final game, a 48-43 loss to Carroll in La Grande. Eastern has scored at least 40 points in the past three games, and three of four this season. When EOU has failed to score 20 points in a game under Camp, it is 0-6. The Mountaineers scored 31 second half points last weekend.

TOGIAILUA CLAIMS CONFERENCE HONOR
Eastern Oregon University football student-athlete, Watson Togiailua, was named the Frontier Conference Defensive Player of the Week Monday. The senior had a game-changing interception return for a touchdown in last Saturday's win. The No. 9 Mountaineers currently hold the top spot in the conference standings. Togiailua finished the game with six tackles, three assisted and three unassisted, and 0.5 tackle for loss. The Lakewood, Wash. native has 16 tackles total this season. He also has two defensive touchdowns this season.

HELLO TOP 10
The Eastern Oregon University football team returned to the Top 10 for the first time in 31 years last Monday at No. 9 in the NAIA Top 25 poll. The Mountaineers remained at No. 9 in the latest national poll. It is the second highest ranking in program history. The 1980 Eastern team climbed as high as No. 8 after its 8-0 start. That Mountaineer team finished 8-1 and ended the season ranked No. 11. Eastern Oregon received 225 points in the poll, 24 more than the last poll.

HOW DID WE ARRIVE AT FIVE?
If the Mountaineers win Saturday they will do something that has only be done 17 times in 82 years of EOU football, and that's win five games in a single season. Eastern has posted at least five wins in each of the past three seasons after a 1-10 season in 2007. The Mountaineers have only began one season winning their first five games, and that was 1980 when they won their first six before going onto the school's best record ever, 8-1. EOU needs a win this week and a win next week in Ashland over Southern Oregon to match that season's start.

NOT A BAD START
EOU has started two seasons, 4-0, including the school's best start in 1980, when Eastern won the first six games of the season. Eastern has won four straight games during a season six times since beginning football in 1929. The Mountaineers have posted three straight wins only 17 times in 82 years. The Mountaineers start the season 3-0 for only the fourth time in the program's 82-year history. Eastern has the opportunity to win the fifth game in a row at home in La Grande this weekend.

SEATTLE'S BEST
Eastern runningback, Kevin Sampson, is in the top five in several statistical categories. He is third in the NAIA in rushing yards per game (136.0), total rushing (544), total scoring from touchdowns (48), and total scoring (48). The senior is fourth in scoring per game (12.0), scoring from touchdowns per game (12.0), and all-purpose yards (678). He is sixth in the nation in all-purpose yards per game (169.5). The Seattle, Wash. native is 371 rushing yards away from breaking Tim Sicocan's 11-year school career record.

THIRD DOWN? NO PROBLEM
The Mountaineers are taking care of business on third down so far this season. Eastern Oregon is currently first in the country on third down, converting 57 percent of the time. EOU has made first downs on 29 of its 53 third down attempts. Last week against Montana Western, EOU was 4 for 14 on third down. The Mountaineers are 18th in the nation on fourth down conversions as well. Eastern has made five of its eight attempts on fourth down this season. EOU scored on its first six possessions at Montana State-Northern.

GONE CAMPING
Eastern has found winning territory under its head coach Tim Camp. The Mountaineers won their 20th Frontier Conference game under Camp last week. Only Don Turner from 1978 to 1981 reached 20 overall wins faster than Camp in Eastern's coaching history. With the exception of Carroll, EOU has a winning record against every conference opponent under Camp. Eastern is 4-7 against Top 25 teams under Camp. Last week's 16-point comeback win was the second largest while Camp has been at EOU.

POINTS GALORE
Rocky Mountain and Eastern Oregon enter this week's showdown as top of the best offenses in the country. The Mountaineers are seventh in the country in total scoring offense (165) and ninth in the scoring per game (41.3). RMC is ninth in total scoring offense (161). The teams have a rich past of scoring many points and posting many yards when playing each other.