Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

TODAY’S FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSH­IP SUBDIVISIO­N GAME

- — Pete Perkins

CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT AUSTIN PEAY

WHEN 2 p.m. Central WHERE Fortera Stadium, Clarksvill­e, Tenn. RADIO KUCA-FM, 91.3, in Conway; KKPT-FM, 94.1, in Little Rock INTERNET ESPN Plus, ucasports.com/ KUCA RECORDS UCA 1-0, Austin Peay 1-0 COACHES Nathan Brown (7-5 in second season at UCA and overall); Mark Hudspeth (1-0 in first season at Austin Peay, 96-59 in 15th overall)

SERIES UCA leads 1-0.

LAST MEETING UCA defeated Austin Peay, 14-13, in 1975.

WHEN UCA HAS THE BALL Look for UCA to attempt a balanced attack, relying heavily on the running of senior Carlos Blackman and junior Kierre Crossley and a passing game spearheade­d by sophomore quarterbac­k Breylin Smith. In his first game for UCA since he broke his right ankle in the fourth game last season, Smith helped lead UCA to a 35-28 victory at Western Kentucky in the season opener for both teams on Aug. 29. He completed 20 of 28 passes for 324 yards and 3 touchdowns. All of Smith’s touchdown passes went to sophomore Lujuan Winningham, who caught a total of eight passes for 222 yards. Blackman was held to 42 yards on 17 carries, and Crossley had 8 yards on 4 carries, but Blackman caught 3 passes for 61 yards and Crossley had 3 for 47 yards. Blackman also threw an 80-yard touchdown pass on one attempt. WHEN AUSTIN PEAY HAS THE BALL Senior running back Kentel Williams needed 12 carries to rush for 139 yards in the Governors’ season-opening 41-10 victory over North Carolina Central. It marked his eighth career 100-yard rushing game. Junior quarterbac­k Jeremiah Oatsvall passed for 232 yards to become the sixth player in school history to throw for more than 3,000 yards. With 1 more rushing yard, he’ll become the third Austin Peay quarterbac­k with 1,000 or more career rushing yards and the first with at least 3,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing.

WHAT’S AT STAKE With a victory, UCA will have its first undefeated start through two games since 2010.

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