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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Looking to halt a two-game unsuccessful skid, the Morehead State football team's next challenge is at Valparaiso this week. The Eagles and Crusaders kick off at Brown Field Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.

The game will air live on WIVY-96.3 FM and WMST-106.9 FM and 1150 AM and can be watched live on ESPN+.

Morehead State (4-5/2-3 PFL) fell to Dayton at home last weekend, while Valpo fell at Davidson in a close 27-21 contest. The Crusaders are just 1-8 and 1-4 in PFL play with the win coming against Stetson.

QUOTING COACH TENYER

On what is important in the matchup with Valparaiso
"We need to match their intensity and really play a physical brand of football. We have a lot of goals we want to accomplish still this season, and we have a lot of football left. This is the next big challenge."

On similarities in the two teams this week
"When you look at their (Valpo's) halftime scores they have been in just about game. That's kind of like us too. When we win games, we get in them and stay in them and find ways to win. When we come up short, it's because we had a bad half or just didn't finish."

GAME NOTES

• Morehead State leads the all-time series with the Crusaders 19-5. Valparaiso claimed the last meeting the teams played at Brown Field in 2017, but the Eagles have a 9-3 all-time success rate in games played on the road versus Valparaiso.

• Junior defensive end Vaughn Taylor, Jr. has won three PFL Defensive Player of the Week honors in 2019 - the most ever by an Eagle (since joining the league in 2001). Taylor, Jr., continues to lead the conference in tackles for loss (14.5) and sacks (5.5).

• Morehead State's defense ranks seventh nationally among FCS teams in turnovers gained (21). The Eagles also leads the PFL with 17 sacks.

• Junior kicker Andrew Foster, who won FCS Stats National Player of the Week once this year, now owns the Morehead State record for consecutive extra point kicks made with 36. He is a perfect 35-for-35 in 2019.

• Andrew Foster ranks first in the PFL in punting, averaging 43.0 yards per boot. He has landed 18 inside opponents' 20-yard lines and has six booms of more than 50 yards.

• 21 different Eagles have caught passes in the Eagles' aerial game - that's the most spread out stat line for receivers since the 1996.

• Junior running back Issiah Aguero is averaging 105.0 all-purpose yards per outing.

• Redshirt senior center Cam Bailey has now started 31 consecutive games.

• Senior slot receiver Landon Hurst has 24 catches for 314 yards just and three touchdowns in the last three games. Over that span, he's averaged a team-high 104.1 yards per game.

• Sophomore slot man Ian Holder caught 11 passes at Drake, his career high. His 69 yards were also the second-best output of his two-year career.

• MSU ranks first in the PFL in kickoff returns at 24.6 per return. Ian Holder ranks second in the league with a 28.5 average on kickoff returns.

• Defensive backs CJ Austin and Aaron Turk have combined for 14 passes defended this season.

• The 2019 roster features 24 players who transferred from two-year or four-year institutions, including seven from two-year colleges in California. The Eagles have five Division I school transfers (Jovan and Jovel Smith and Kyle Goss from Louisville, Jelani-Ray Garvin from Rutgers and Vaughn Taylor, Jr., from Kansas.).

• Morehead State once again leads the PFL in home attendance. In five games, the Eagles have drawn an average of 6,367 fans to Jayne Stadium. Morehead State has led the league in attendance five consecutive seasons.