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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Here comes the sun! Morehead State Football will hopefully be singing that tune this week as the Eagles head to the Sunshine State for a PFL battle at Stetson. MSU also hopes the sun will shine on a team that is looking for its first PFL win this season. Game time at Spec Martin Stadium is 1 p.m. ET Saturday.
The game can be heard on the Eagle Sports Radio Network with WIVY-96.3 FM serving as flagship station. Chuck Mraz and Jason Blanton 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 Whit Watson serving as play by play voice.
After a two-year hiatus, Morehead State and Stetson meet again. The series is deadlocked at 4-4, but MSU leads 4-3 in the modern era after Stetson revived its football program in 2013. Stetson won the last game, 38-26, in DeLand in 2022. MSU will be looking for the program's first-ever win at Stetson.
Stetson is coming off its first PFL win in the last 14 tries last Saturday when it upended Davidson at home. The Hatters are 2-4 overall.
THE SERIES
Record vs. Stetson: 4-4
First Meeting: 11/7/53 STET won 41-0 at STET
Last Meeting: 9/24/22 STET won 38-26 at STET
Streak: STET, W1
Eagles' Record in Morehead: 4-1
Eagles' Record in DeLand, Fla.: 0-3
Neutral Record: 0-0
GAME NOTES
• Morehead State erased a 28-0 halftime deficit to Dayton last weekend by scoring 28 in the third quarter before ultimately falling 35-28 to the Flyers. The 28-point third quarter was the highest scoring single quarter since Sept. 22, 2022 when the Eagles matched that with 28 versus Kentucky Christian. The 28 point quarter versus Dayton marked the most points in a quarter in a Pioneer League game since Nov. 17, 2012 when MSU hung 28 on Valparaiso in the second quarter during a 76-24 victory.
• Morehead State's 600-yard offensive effort against Kentucky Christian marked the program's first 600-yard total offensive performance since chalking up 625 vs. KCU in the opening game of the 2017 season.
• Morehead State's offense has 12 scoring drives this year (field goal or TD) that the offense moved the ball 70 or more yards (see drive chart page 4). On the flip side, the Eagles also have suffered through 11 possessions in the first six games that went for negative yards.
• Morehead State has three games (Allen, KCU, Dayton) where it put together three consecutive scoring drives.
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Ryan Upp now has 133 career receptions for 1,843 career yards, including a career-best 138 yards against KCU. He now ranks fifth in career receptions at Morehead State with his 133. He also now ranks sixth in career receiving yards at MSU. Only three players in program history have ever eclipsed 2,000 career yards receiving (Jake Raymond - 2,907; Donte Sawyer - 2,555; Jarin Higginbotham - 2,107).
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Ryan Upp leads all active PFL players and ranks fifth nationally with 17 career receiving touchdowns. Upp ranks 13th among active FCS players in career receiving yards with 1,843.
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Ryan Upp leads the PFL in total receptions (34) and receptions per game (5.7) while ranking second in total yards (426) and yards per game (71.0).
• Despite missing the Dayton game with an injury, quarterback
Carter Cravens has 4,814 career passing yards and 30 touchdowns. He's reached the end zone nine more times on the ground, including twice in the season opener. He is only 108 yards shy of Lawson Page's 4,922 career passing yards for ninth place in program history.
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Carter Cravens' four passing touchdowns against KCU marked a single-game career high for him. He also added a rushing TD for a career-high five total scores. Previously he had thrown three TD passes in a game three times.
• Morehead State's offense ranks second in the PFL in time of possession per game (31:43).
• Defensive back
Mateo Reyes registered a career-best 14 tackles against Dayton. That's a individual game high for all PFL players this season, tying with Kade Werner of Marist who also had 14 last Saturday.
• Freshman kicker
Jordan Price is a perfect 17-of-17 on PAT kicks in his first college season.
• Freshman wide receiver
Cannon Dinger caught his first career touchdown last week versus Dayton, for 41 yards. Dinger has just six catches but among players with at least six this year, he is leading the team averaging 18 yards per catch.
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Sidney Webb has a kickoff return for a touchdown (83 yards vs. Allen) and a fumble return for a score (62 yards vs. Dayton) to his credit. He also ranks third in the PFL in kickoff returns, averaging 27.9 per return.
• The 2025 roster features nearly 75 new players to the program, including close to 50 true freshmen.
• Head coach
Jason Woodman's seven wins in his first season in 2024 marked the most ever by a first-year Eagle head coach for the football program.
• Stetson's Spec Martin Stadium was the fictional home of Bobby Boucher and the South Central Louisiana State Mud Dogs for the 1998 film The Waterboy.
