ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's football team will face a nationally-ranked team for the first time in the 2025 season this weekend as the Miners play host to 18^th-ranked Indianapolis in a 4 p.m. contest at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.

The Miners will be looking to get back above the .500 mark on the season as they enter the contest at 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference following a 36-26 loss Saturday on Homecoming to Upper Iowa.  The Miners trailed 21-19 at the end of three quarters, but Upper Iowa reached the end zone on back-to-back possessions in the fourth quarter to keep the Miners at bay.

UIndy went to 5-1 on the season and 3-0 in the GLVC after a 63-17 home victory Saturday over William Jewell, as the Greyhounds rolled up 640 yards of total offense in posting their highest point total in a game in nearly four years.

Saturday's game will be Missouri S&T Faculty & Staff Appreciation Night at Allgood-Bailey Stadium; faculty and staff members that present their university identification cards at the gate will receive free admission for themselves and their immediate families.

ABOUT THE MINERS: Missouri S&T dropped its Homecoming game to Upper Iowa Saturday 36-26, despite getting another big day through the air from Jake Farrell (Scottsdale, AZ/Notre Dame Prep) as the graduate student quarterback completed 29-of-48 passes for 363 yards and four touchdowns.  Farrell, who ranks among the top 10 in NCAA Division II in several categories, threw scoring passes to Tyler Gioia (Huntington Beach, CA/Edison), Sam Ryan (Columbia, MO/Father Tolton), Justis Braden (Liberty, MO/Liberty North) and Brennen Taranto (Weston, FL/Western) in the contest.

For the season, Farrell has completed 154-of-251 passes (61.4 percent) for 1,781 yards and 16 touchdowns, which is tied for the lead in the GLVC with his counterpart on Saturday, UIndy's Gavin Sukup.  Farrell currently ranks fourth in passing yards, fifth in completions per game (25.7) and touchdown passes and eighth in passing yards per game (296.8) in NCAA Division II.

His top target this season has been Reid Weber (St. Charles, MO/Francis Howell) with a GLVC-leading 28 receptions for 354 yards and six touchdowns.  Braden has hauled in 26 passes for 257 yards, Sheldon Butler-Lawson (Junction City, KS/Junction City) has made 21 catches for 190 yards and Taranto reached the 20-catch mark for the season Saturday with his touchdown reception and has 195 yards on those catches.

Evan Wells (Roxana, IL/Roxana) leads the Miners in the rushing department with 229 yards and AJ Harris (Wentzville, MO/Lutheran-St. Charles) comes into the contest with 219 yards on the year.

The Miner defense is paced by linebacker Seneca Bradley (Clarksville, TN/Rossview) Jr., who has been in on 42 stops and also has four tackles for a loss. Cameron Sturgell (Lamar, MO/Lamar) has made 35 tackles on the season and fellow linebacker Justin Gniedziejko (Chicago, IL/Taft) has been in on 32 tackles.

Bentley Hart (Brookland, AR/Brookland) leads S&T with eight tackles behind the line of scrimmage which ranks fourth in the GLVC, while Christian Kemp (Madison, AL/Bob Jones), who has five tackles for a loss, is the S&T sack leader with three as the Miners have reached the quarterback 12 times this season.

Placekicker Layne Ryals (Louisburg, KS/Louisburg) currently ranks eighth in the GLVC in scoring with 42 points, a mark that ranks second among kickers in the conference and made a league-high nine field goals in as many attempts.

ABOUT INDIANAPOLIS: The Greyhounds, the GLVC pre-season favorites and ranked 18^th in the latest AFCA Division II rankings, have won four games in succession and come into Saturday's contest at 5-1 on the year and 3-0 in the GLVC.  UIndy smashed William Jewell 63-17 Saturday as it scored touchdowns on seven of its first eight possessions, rolling up 640 yards of total offense at a clip of 10 yards per play from scrimmage.

UIndy has the top-ranked offense in the GLVC as it is averaging 479.8 yards per game, sparked by the league's top rushing attack that is posting 186.2 yards per game.  Juseters Fataki ranks fifth in the conference with 359 yards and six touchdowns, as he is averaging eight yards per carry.  Meanwhile, Garrett Sherrell has 265 yards on the ground and four scores and quarterback Gavin Sukup has added another 217 while reaching the end zone three times.

Sukup has completed 71 percent of his passes this season (124-of-175) for 1,675 yards and shares the GLVC lead in touchdown passes with S&T's Farrell with 16.  Derrick Alonzo has been on the receiving end of 24 of those completions for 407 yards and four scores, while Sherrell has caught 18 passes for 198 yards.

Linebacker Jalen Wilson has a team-high 51 tackles to pace the Greyhounds on that side of the ball, while Eli Liapis has made 39 stops and Danny Royster has recorded a league-leading six quarterback sacks.  Kaleb Dotson has two interceptions, while Mario Williams and TJ Easley-Jones have each been credited with six pass breakups in the secondary.