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Football Iain Dexter, EOU Sports Information Director

Game Notes: Mountaineers Welcome Rival Southern Oregon

LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon football team will be at home for the second game in a row, hosting rival Southern Oregon on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Community Stadium for the annual Military Appreciation game.
 
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NOTES
•  Live stats for the game can be found at http://www.sidearmstats.com/eou/football/ while a live broadcast can be found at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/eou/with John Mallory on the call for all home games in 2019.
 
• The Mountaineers enter the weekend with a 2-4 overall record and 2-3 in the Frontier. EOU is coming off a big win in which they defeated Montana State-Northern handily 45-7. In the win, EOU outgained the Lights 523 yards to 239 in a dominant performance in all three faces for the Mounties.
 
• Saturday's game will be the 78th meeting between the two rivals with Southern Oregon owning a 54-20-3 record against EOU. The Mountaineers have won the last two games most recently 24-21 on Sep. 7 in Ashland.
 
• EOU holds an all-time record of 287-471-14 (.379). 2019 marks the 74th-consecutive season in program history. EOU did not compete between 1942-45 due to World War II.
 
• In the last matchup between the Mountaineers and Raiders, EOU came out on top with a 24-21 victory. The Blue and Gold won the game on the final drive as Kai Quinn hit Saige Wilkerson in the end zone for a four-yard score with just 10 seconds left on the clock.
 
• The Mountaineers are 33-25 at Community Stadium all-time under Camp. EOU has gone 1-1 so far at home this year with a 35-10 loss to Montana Tech, followed by a 45-7 win over MSUN. EOU plays three of its final five games at Community Stadium.
 
• The Mountaineers made their first trip to the NAIA Championships in 2016, reaching the semifinals.
 
• After a slow start to the season, the Raiders are on a two game winning streak including a 21-14 win over reigning Frontier champions Rocky Mountain. The Raiders lost their three Frontier Conference games by just three points each.
 
MOUNTAINEERS BY THE NUMBERS
69: Head Coach Tim Camp is the all-time winningest coach in EOU football history with 69 wins.
 
10: EOU defeated the Raiders on Sep. 7 thanks to a touchdown catch by Saige Wilkerson with just 10 seconds left.
 
523: The Mountaineers had a season-high 523 yards last week for Homecoming against MSUN.
 
6: Kicker Jaiden Machuca has made all six of his field goal attempts this year with a long of 33 yards.
 
42: The Mountaineers have 42 wins to just 16 losses when winning time of possession under Coach Camp.
 
3: Safety Zackary Jacobs ranks third in the NAIA after recording his 4th interception of the year against MSUN. EOU had 3 interceptions in the game.
 
9: Receiver Tanner Zenke ranks 9th in the NAIA in kick off return yards with 337.
 
5: The Mounties returned five all-conference selections from 2018 including 1st Team Sage DeLong.
 
31: EOU has a 31-3 record under Camp when allowing 20 or less points.
 
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Contact: Iain Dexter; 541-962-3946; idexter@eou.edu
 
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Players Mentioned

Sage DeLong

#92 Sage DeLong

DE
6' 5"
Redshirt Junior
Zackary Jacobs

#28 Zackary Jacobs

DB
6' 0"
Junior
Kai Quinn

#7 Kai Quinn

QB
6' 0"
Redshirt Junior
Saige Wilkerson

#4 Saige Wilkerson

WR
6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
Tanner Zenke

#19 Tanner Zenke

WR
5' 11"
Junior
Jaiden Machuca

#89 Jaiden Machuca

K/P
6' 0"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Sage DeLong

#92 Sage DeLong

6' 5"
Redshirt Junior
DE
Zackary Jacobs

#28 Zackary Jacobs

6' 0"
Junior
DB
Kai Quinn

#7 Kai Quinn

6' 0"
Redshirt Junior
QB
Saige Wilkerson

#4 Saige Wilkerson

6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
WR
Tanner Zenke

#19 Tanner Zenke

5' 11"
Junior
WR
Jaiden Machuca

#89 Jaiden Machuca

6' 0"
Redshirt Junior
K/P