ROLLA, Mo. – Two teams looking to get back on the winning side of the ledger will face off Saturday afternoon at Allgood-Bailey Stadium when Missouri S&T hosts Southwest Baptist in a Great Lakes Valley Conference contest.

Saturday's game will be Rolla Youth Football Day at Allgood-Bailey Stadium – all members of the Rolla Youth Football program will be admitted free if wearing their jerseys – and prior to the game, a concert will take during the pre-game tailgate in the parking lot outside of the stadium.

Both teams have lost two straight games entering Saturday's contest.  S&T dropped games to Truman State and eighth-ranked Indianapolis after winning five straight games, while SBU has lost its last two after a win over William Jewell on Oct. 12.

Missouri S&T has won the last two meetings between the teams, including last year's 48-23 win in Bolivar and have taken three of the five matchups since the Bearcats began playing football as a GLVC member in 2014.

ABOUT THE MINERS:  Missouri S&T comes into today's matchup with a 5-3 overall record and 2-2 mark in the GLVC following back-to-back losses to Truman State and Indianapolis.  The Miners were held to a season-low 196 yards of total offense last week as they fell 48-7 at Indianapolis.

Despite being held down a week ago, the Miners still enter today's game averaging 433.1 yards per game in total offense.  Brennan Simms (Punta Gorda, FL/Charlotte) has completed 59.5 percent of his passes on the year for 1,975 yards and 15 touchdowns; his yardage total is currently the 10th-most in a season in school history.

Josh Brown (Gainesville, FL/North Marion HS) leads the Miner receivers with 33 receptions for 504 yards and four touchdowns, while Logan Armontrout (Centralia, MO/Centralia) has caught 32 passes -- four for scores -- for 465 yards.  Payton McAlister (Decatur, TX/Decatur) has also hauled in 26 passes out of the backfield for 281 yards and three touchdowns.

McAlister has been part of a three-headed rushing attack for the Miners this season along with Deshawn Jones (Olympia Fields, IL/Rich Central) and Aaron Moya (Canutillo, TX/Canutillo).  Jones leads the way with 471 yards and is 283 away from the S&T career mark, while Moya has 426 on the season and McAlister comes in with 302 rushing yards.

Defensively, the Miners have been paced by the 68 tackles from safety Justin Onwugbufor (Maize, KS/Northwest), while linebacker Stefan Camplin (Raytown, MO/Raytown)  has recorded 48 stops on the year and Wulfe Retzlaff (Truckee, CA/Truckee) has made 46 stops.

Camplin also has 6.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage, second to defensive end Tershawn Wharton's (University City, MO/University City) seven; Wharton is tied for the team lead in sacks with three along with Jack Hayes (Republic, MO/Republic).  Zach Gallina (Vista, CA/Rancho Buena Vista) made his third interception of the season last week to take the team in that department.

Placekicker Ben Styron (Harrisonville, MO/Harrisonville) comes into the game with 291 points and with nine more, would become the second player in program history to score 300 points in a career.

ABOUT SOUTHWEST BAPTIST:  The Bearcats opened the season with wins in two of their first three games, but have dropped four of five since which includes last week's 24-14 loss at McKendree.

SBU tied the game midway through the fourth quarter on a 26-yard scoring run by quarterback Brenden Smith, but allowed scored on McKendree's next two possessions to drop to 3-5 overall and 1-4 in the GLVC.
 
Smith, who ran for 115 yards in last week's game, leads the Bearcats in rushing with 599 yards and six touchdowns and has also thrown for 652 yards as he has completed 57.8 percent of his passes.  The Bearcats are averaging 219.8 yards per game on the ground as they have also received 469 yards from Eric Knight and another 366 from Bryce Cabrera.

When the Bearcats have thrown the ball, Curtis Culliard has made 39 catches for 449 yards and three touchdowns, while Raldy Mena has 18 catches and Jarrett Massie has made 16 receptions. 

SBU is averaging 386.2 yards per game on the offensive side, but has allowed 403.5 per contest.  Opposing teams have had success running agianst the Bearcats with an average of 213.4 yards per game.

Cornerback Cory Hanger has a team-high 51 tackles to pace the SBU defense and has a GLVC-high 16 pass breakups.  Taylor Jones-Morgan has made 43 tackles at his linebacker position, while De'shawn Tone has 40 tackles and leads the Bearcats with 11 tackles for a loss.

Southwest Baptist's defense has forced 13 fumbles over the first eight games and has recovered 11 of them.