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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- It's Senior Day for Morehead State football Saturday. The Eagles will wear the home uniforms for the final time in 2023 when Davidson visits for a 1 p.m. ET PFL matchup.
The game can be heard on the Eagle Sports Radio Network with WIVY-96.3 FM serving as flagship station. Chuck Mraz, Jason Blanton and Tom Lewis provide the radio call. Fans can also hear it on MSUEagles.com, WGOH-100.9 FM/1370 AM and WMST-106.9 FM/1150 AM. The game will stream live on ESPN+ with Jared Stacy and Hunter Hurst teaming up as the voices for the second straight season.
Morehead State leads the all-time series with Davidson 14-10. The Wildcats have won the previous four meetings but this series has been fiercely close lately. Davidson's last three wins have come by a total of 12 points. Two of the last three meetings have come down to last second field goals. The Wildcats kicked a game-winner to win 24-21 in 2021, and MSU misfired on a last-second potential game-winning attempt to fall 28-26 last season.
THE SERIES
Record vs. Davidson: 14-10
First Meeting: 9/2/99 MSU won 40-0 at MSU
Last Meeting: 10/15/22 Davison won 28-26 at Davidson
Eagles' Record vs. Davidson in Morehead: 9-4
Eagles' Record vs. Davidson in Davidson, N.C.: 5-6
Streak: Davidson, 4 games
GAME NOTES
• Morehead State has several entries into the top 20 among NCAA FCS level individual stats:
QB
Carter Cravens (passing yards per completion, 13.2 - 20th) (total offense, 257.4 - 20th)
LB
Jahleel Holmes (total tackles per game, 10.0 - 15th)
• Receiver
Kyle Daly now has two 100-yard games this season with his 104-yard effort versus Butler. Daly caught the Eagles' lone TD, a 68-yard strike from
Carter Cravens.
• This game will feature the top teams in the PFL in quarterback sacks. MSU ranks second with 2.3 sacks per game with Davidson just slightly ahead at 2.8. The Eagles rank 29th nationally in sacks. Lineman
Noah Benza leads the way with 4.5 sacks this season.
• Morehead State leads the PFL in punt return yardage. The Eagles average 8.29 yards per return.
• QB
Carter Cravens is the ninth QB in program history to record a 2,000+ passing yard season. It's been accomplished now 21 times by nine different signal callers. He has 2,074 yards this fall, ranking second in the PFL.
• Either QB
Connor Genal or QB
Bryce Patterson are expected to get their first MSU starting assignment this week.
• Linebacker
Jahleel Holmes leads the team with 90 total tackles, including a career-best 18 against Butler last week. Holmes needs just 10 more to give MSU back-to-back seasons with a player with 100+ tackles. Defensive back
Cooper Krezek had 100 in 2022.
•
Jihad McCall has intercepted a pass in two consecutive games and three of the last four. He leads the team and the PFL with four pick-offs. McCall has five career INTs.
• Sophomore running back
Jackson Lanier had a breakout game against Butler, rushing for a career-best 78 yards. Prior to the game, he had only three rushing yards on the season.
• Morehead State is averaging 7,306 fans per home game in 2023. If the Eagles' figure holds up Saturday, MSU will lead the PFL in attendance in 10 consecutive seasons.
