Today’s game

CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

WHEN 2 p.m. Central WHERE Bryce Stadium, Nacogdoches, Texas RECORDS UCA 3-2, 2-1 Southland; Stephen F. Austin 1-4, 1-3

COACHES Nathan Brown (3-2 in first season at UCA and overall); Jeff Byrd (1-4 in first season at SFA and overall) SERIES UCA leads 9-3

LAST MEETING 2017: UCA 24, Stephen F. Austin 20

RADIO KUCA-FM, 91.3, in Conway; KKPT-FM, 94.1, in Little Rock INTERNET ucasports.com/KUCA

WHEN UCA HAS THE BALL UCA will attempt to strike first with its trio of running backs: junior Carlos Blackman, sophomore Kierre Crossley and senior Cedric Battle. On Sept. 29 against Sam Houston State, Blackman rushed for 135 yards. Crossley rushed for 147 yards against Houston Baptist last Saturday. Redshirt freshman quarterback Luke Hales should make his second career start. A third-teamer when the season began, Hales passed for 304 yards and 5 touchdowns in UCA’s 66-35 victory over Houston Baptist on Saturday.

WHEN STEPHEN F. AUSTIN HAS THE BALL The Lumberjacks will attempt to turn around an offense that ranks 11th out of the 11 Southland teams with an average of 294.0 yards a game. Stephen F. Austin is last in rushing with an average of 92.0 yards and ninth in passing yards with an average of 202.0. Senior quarterback Foster Sawyer and junior Jake Blumrick combined last Saturday to pass for 191 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 54-21 loss at Sam Houston State in Huntsville, Texas. Junior running back Thomas Hutchings carried 7 times for 89 yards against Sam Houston. Junior Jamal Shaw leads Stephen F. Austin with 208 rushing yards on 46 carries. WHAT’S AT STAKE UCA has won five consecutive games against Stephen F. Austin. Its last loss in the series came at Nacogdoches, Texas, in 2012