SFA Football Hosts North Dakota
9/24/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 24, 2009
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack football team will look for its third consecutive victory Saturday as it hosts North Dakota. After a heartbreaking season-opening loss at SMU, the 'Jacks have now rattled off consecutive wins over Texas College and at Western Illinois. Saturday's game is slated to kick off at 6 p.m. from Homer Bryce Stadium. Saturday's game will also serve as Parents' Weekend on the SFA campus.
Saturday's meeting will mark the first-ever meeting between the two schools on the football field.
The Lumberjacks are 17-9 (.654) in Parents' Weekend games dating back to the 1993 season, but are looking to end a recent skid. SFA has dropped the last three Parents' Weekend games, which includes a 50-48 decision to No. 20 South Dakota State last year.
SFA will be in search of their third-straight victory Saturday when North Dakota comes to Nacogdoches. If SFA wins the game, it ties the team's longest win streak from last season.
The Lumberjacks victory over Western Illinois marked its first victory over a non-conference oppenent away from Homer Bryce Stadium since SFA defeated Southern Utah, 40-17, in Cedar City, Utah, during the 2005 season.
Junior quarterback Jeremy Moses completed 35-of-58 (.603) passes for 363 yards and four touchdowns against the Leathernecks. He now has 59 for his career, becoming only the third player in school history to throw for at least 50 touchdowns in a career. Moses needs only two more TD passes to move into second all-time at SFA, and only seven more to become the school's all-time leader (Hammel - 65).
SFA is only three games into the 2009 season, but has already recorded 14 sacks (4.7 pg). The 'Jacks are on pace to smash their 2008 mark of 32 sacks, which led the Southland Conference.
Saturday's game will pit a North Dakota starting offensive line that averages 6-5, 281 pounds, against a Lumberjack defensive line that averages 6-3, 260. The 'Jacks' offensive line enters the game averaging 6-4, 299 pounds. The Fighting Sioux defensive line averages 6-4, 264.
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