THIS SERIES
* This will be EOU's first contest against Dikinson State
* The Hawks have yet to score more than 21 points against any Frontier Conference teams
* Dickinson State ranks 24th in the division in punt return yards, Eastern Oregon ranks seventh.
* Both teams have split their last two games.

QUICK HITS
- Eastern's No. 16 ranking is the highest preseason start in program history.
- The Mountaineers have been ranked in 14 straight polls, the longest in program history, climbing as high as No. 8 in 2012.
- EOU is 5-6 in its last 11 season openers, including a win last year over UMW.
- The Mountaineers have rotated wins and losses each year in the past 10 home openers, last year EOU won.
- EOU has a two-game lose streak in Community Stadium.
- Howard McDonald ranks 1 in the Division in tackles per game (17.3)