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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Riding the momentum of a Homecoming victory, the Morehead State football team is back at Phil Simms Stadium for the second straight week when PFL foe Drake comes to town Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m. ET.
It's Halloween, and all kids in costume receive free admission.
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, WMST-106.9 FM/1150 AM, WPKE 103.1 FM and WPRT 104.9 FM. The game will stream live on ESPN+ with Jared Stacy and Mark Ledford.
Morehead State will look for its first home win over Drake since a dramatic 38-35 triple overtime triumph in 2015. The Eagles are 4-12 all-time against Drake but knocked off the Bulldogs in 2024 at Drake to end its PFL-best 17-game conference winning streak. Three of the Eagles' four wins all-time against Drake have come at home.
The Bulldogs have fashioned a 2-6 record and a 2-3 mark in the PFL. Their passing game ranks No. 1 in the PFL.
THE SERIES
Record vs. Drake: 4-12
First Meeting: 9/27/03 MSU won 34-17 at MSU
Last Meeting: 11/22/25 Drake won 17-10 at Drake
Eagles' Record in Morehead: 3-4
Eagles' Record in Des Moines, Iowa: 1-8
Neutral Record: 0-0
Streak: Drake, W1
GAME NOTES
• The last time Morehead State played on Halloween ironically was against Drake, and it was the 38-35, triple-overtime, "Thriller" in 2015 at then-named Jayne Stadium.
• Morehead State triumphed 38-31 last weekend over Stetson to win its annual Homecoming game. Head coach
Jason Woodman is now 3-0 in Homecoming games at MSU.
• The Eagles rank third in the FCS in fewest penalties per game at just 4.2. They also rank 5th among 124 schools with just 38.8 penalty yards per game. MSU leads the PFL in all the fewest penalty stats.
• Freshman running back
Blake Fisher earned Pioneer League Freshman of the Week after 128 total yards and three touchdowns versus Stetson. Fisher rushed for a career high 98 yards and a score and caught two TD passes as well. He is the second Eagle to earn Freshman of the Week this year, joining
Cross Watson.
• In the last three games,
Bryce Patterson has thrown for 858 yards (286.0 ypg) and six touchdowns while also rushing for 107 yards and three scores.
• Ironically, both of MSU's quarterbacks (
Bryce Patterson and
David Parsons) have thrown for exactly 982 yards through eight games.
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Bryce Patterson ranks 13th among all FCS quarterbacks in passing yards per completion. he averages 13.8 yards per completion.
• Defensive back
Quinton Griffin has blocked a punt and a field goal this year and ranks tied for first (with five other players) in the FCS for blocked kicks.
• Safety
Sidney Webb ranks third in the PFL in total tackles with 62, averaging 7.7 per game (also third in the PFL). He had 10+ tackles against Valparaiso, Dayton and Davidson and nine against Stetson.
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Sidney Webb has 4.5 tackles for loss in the last three games.
• Wide receiver
Anthony Ice ranks 15th in the FCS in total receiving yards (654) and yards per game (81.8). Ice has three 100+ yard games this season, including eight catches for 101 yards and two scores at Davidson. In the past three games, Ice has caught 19 passes for 262 yards (87.3/game) and two scores.
• Sophomore kicker
Jordan Price still carries a perfect PAT sheet into his second year now and has now nailed 55 consecutive collegiate PAT kicks. He was a perfect 30-of-30 on PAT kicks in his first college season and is 20-of-20 this season.
• According to known records,
Jordan Price is the first Eagle kicker in program history to successfully convert 50+ consecutive PAT kicks.
• Morehead State's 11 touchdowns scored against KCU tied the program's modern-era record of 11 set in 2012 against Valparaiso. MSU's seven passing TDs also tied the all-time MSU record for TDs through the air in a game.
• After going 38 straight possessions without an offensive score, the Eagles have turned 15 of the last 33 possessions in the past three games into points, including 13 touchdowns.
• Morehead State is 26-of-31 in red zone opportunities to score this season.
• In his first career start at linebacker,
Blake Surratt totaled nine tackles in the win over Stetson.
• After not scoring a point in the third quarter in the first five games, MSU has scored 24 in the third period in the last three games.
