Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Today’s CSFL game TEXAS WESLEYAN AT LYON
WHEN 2 p.m.
WHERE Pioneer Stadium, Batesville INTERNET lyonscots.com
RECORDS Texas Wesleyan 0-7, 0-4 Central States Football League; Lyon 2-5, 0-4 COACHES Kyle Phelps (5-13 in second season at Lyon and overall); Joe Prud’homme (0-7 in first season at Texas Wesleyan and overall)
SERIES First game between teams COMMENTS The game features the only two winless conference teams in the Central States Football League. … The Rams have been outscored 241-70 in their seven games, while the Scots have been outscored 232-197. … Texas Wesleyan restarted its football program this season after a 76-year hiatus. … Lyon returns to action after its lone bye week and two weeks after it was defeated 5617 by Arizona Christian in Phoenix.
— Frankie Frisco American Conference; Ouachita Baptist 5-2 in GAC
COACHES Chris Jensen (16-35 in fifth season at Oklahoma Baptist and overall); Todd Knight (96-93 in 19th season at Ouachita Baptist, 124-125-2 in 25th season overall)
SERIES Ouachita Baptist leads 4-2-1
LAST MEETING Ouachita Baptist won 5128 last season
COMMENTS Ouachita Baptist will clinch its 10th consecutive winning season with a victory over Oklahoma Baptist, which has not beaten Ouachita since joining the Great American Conference in 2015. … OBU senior quarterback Austin Warford leads the GAC in passing efficiency (154.0), which ranks 22nd in NCAA Division II. He is 245 yards away from matching his career record in passing yards (1,604, last season). … Oklahoma Baptist is on a 14-game losing streak and has only beaten two Arkansas teams (Arkansas-Monticello, Arkansas Tech) since joining the GAC. … Oklahoma Baptist freshman quarterback Preston Haire set school records with 32 completed passes against Henderson State and four touchdown passes against Southern Arkansas, and both opponents have higher ranked pass defenses than Ouachita (sixth in the GAC, 200.7 yards allowed per game).