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THURSDAY, OCT. 23
West Virginia Wesleyan (3-4, 3-4) at West Liberty (4-3, 4-2), 7 p.m.
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Last Year: West Virginia Wesleyan won 38-21
Notes: The Bobcats will travel to West Liberty to play under the lights at the West Family Stadium ... MEC home teams are 1-1 on Thursday night games this year ... last year’s game was tied 14-14 at the half, and WLU led 21-17 midway through the third quarter ... WVWC QB Jeremy Musselman threw for 393 yards and three touchdowns in last year’s game ... the ‘Toppers did sack Musselman four times ... the Bobcats are second in the MEC in red zone scoring, while the Hilltoppers are second in the league in red zone defense ... both teams have losses to Concord and Shepherd this year ... WVWC is giving up 38.6 points per game, while WLU is averaging 42.5 in its last two outings.

SATURDAY, OCT. 25
Notre Dame (5-2, 5-1) at Glenville State (3-4, 3-4), 1 p.m.
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Last Year: Glenville State won, 20-16
Notes: Notre Dame College, coming off the program’s largest victory, travels to take on a resurgent Glenville State team ... NDC out-gained the Pioneers 350-191 in last year’s game ... GSC was +2 in turnovers last year ... the game features two of the top offensive players in the MEC in Notre Dame quarterback Ray Russ and Glenville State running back Rahmann Lee ... Russ leads the league in passing and Lee leads the conference in rushing ... the Falcons pulled off the upset against Shepherd last week without needing to run the ball, rushing for just 34 yards, but threw for 459 yards ... opponents threw for over 300 yards in four of Glenville State’s five games, but the Pioneers have held their last two opponents to under 200 yards passing.

UVa-Wise (0-7, 0-6) at West Virginia State (2-5, 1-5), 2 p.m.
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Last Year: UVa-Wise won 18-10
Notes: The Cavs used a safety and a defensive touchdown to get past WVSU last year ... UVa-Wise is looking for its first road MEC win, and WVSU is in search of its first conference victory at home ... points will be at a premium as the Yellow Jackets are averaging 14.9 points per game and UVa-Wise is registering 9.7 per game.

Charleston (5-2, 4-2) at #17/19 Concord (7-0, 6-0), 1 p.m.
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Last Year: Concord won 9-3, in OT
Notes: Concord puts the league’s only unbeaten record on the line against Charleston ... the Mountain Lions stuffed the Golden Eagles at the goal line in overtime to preserve the victory ... CU attempted just three passes the entire game ... the Mountain Lions bring the nation’s top scoring offense against the league’s second-best scoring defense ... UC’s Marvin Elam has been held to under 100 yards rushing in each of the last three games ... Jermaine Kelly’s 167 yards passing last week were the most by a Golden Eagle this season.

Urbana (1-6, 1-6) at Fairmont State (2-4, 2-4), 2 p.m.
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Last Year: Urbana won 41-5
Notes: The Urbana defense held Fairmont State without a touchdown in last year’s meeting ... D’Gary Wallace had 14 total tackles, including 3.5 TFL ... the two teams rank fifth and sixth in the MEC in total offense ... Urbana is third in the league in first downs, but last in turnover margin at -11 ... the Fighting Falcons have the league’s third-best passing attack at 274.5 ypg.

Team News & Notes
 CHARLESTON  
The Golden Eagles snapped their two-game losing streak last Thursday with a win over rival West Virginia State ... Torie Wagner is one of just three players to return two punts for touchdowns this season ... he also ranks 19th nationally in interceptions per game with 0.6 ... Jermaine Kelly’s 171 yards passing last week vs. WVSU were the most by a UC quarterback this season ... UC is second in the MEC in total defense allowing 332.4 yards per game ... RB Marvin Elam is averaging 56.7 yards per game in the last three.

 CONCORD  
Mountain Lions are ranked 17th by d2football.com and 19th by the AFCA ... it’s the third-straight week they’ve been ranked in both polls ... RB Calvinaugh Jones is the only player in the MEC to have 100 yards in every single game this season ... Jones needs just 126 to reach 1,000 for this year ... he is averaging 7.1 yards per carry ... CU leads the country in points per game with 51.9 ... the Mountain Lions have scored 40 points or more in all but one game this season ... Mike Carey and Derrick Johnson lead the team with four interceptions apiece ... nearly half of Ryan Stewart’s catches this year have been for touchdowns (10 of his 21 catches) ... QB Brian Novak has thrown for 500 more yards and 12 more touchdowns than he did a season ago.

 FAIRMONT STATE  
The Fighting Falcons were idle last week ... QB Cooper Hibbs is just the seventh player in school history to throw for over 3,000 yards ... the sophomore also ranks seventh in school history ... RB Daniel Monroe ranks seventh in school history in career rushing yards with 2,329 ... WR Fabian Guerra has more receptions (43) than the four next closest players combined (40) ... the Falcons have just eight sacks in six games.

 GLENVILLE STATE  
After an 0-3 start, the Pioneers have won three of their last four ... RB Rahmann Lee needs just 73 yards to go over 1,000 for the season ... he is also the team’s second-leading receiver with 28 catches for 347 yards ... he is ninth in the country in all-purpose yards per game with 183.29 ... he leads the league in scoring with 10.9 points per game ... Gary Henderson is tied for the MEC lead with 7.5 sacks ... GSC has 11 passing touchdowns in the red zone this year compared to six on the ground.

 NOTRE DAME  
The Falcons became the first MEC team to register a win over a ranked opponent with its victory over No.8 Shepherd ... QB Ray Russ has thrown for 1,007 yards and nine touchdowns in his last two games. ... he’s the first MEC quarterback to have back-to-back passing games of 400 yards or more ... Russ has thrown at least two touchdown passes in every game this season and has 24 on the year ... he ranks fourth in the nation in that category ... WR Mitchel Shegos has over 100 yards receiving in each of his last four games and has a league-best five this season ... NDC is 0-2 in games it commits more turnovers than its opponent ... the Falcons have given up 607 yards on the ground in the last two games ... NDC leads the MEC in sacks with 26 in seven games -- six more than the next closest team.

 SHEPHERD  
The Rams are dropped to 19th in the AFCA poll and 20th in the D2Football.com poll ... last week’s loss was the first ever for Shepherd in the MEC ... SU rushed for 300 yards in the loss, but were -2 in turnovers ... the average scoring play for Notre Dame against the Rams defense was 46.4 yards ... Shepherd is the only team in the country to not throw an interception this season (164 pass attempts) ... the Rams still lead the country in first downs allowed, rushing defense and total defense ... RB Allen Cross’ 132 yards last week were a season-high ... DE Shaneil Jenkins is tied for the league lead with 7.5 sacks.

 URBANA  
The Blue Knights are in the midst of a six-game losing streak ... UU is averaging just 2.8 yards per carry ... the team is fourth in the league in passing, though, averaging 273.1 yards per game ... Kelly Carter leads the league in kick return average with 29.0 yards per return ... D’Gary Wallace is averaging an MEC-best 10.4 tackles per game ... Kevin Chapple is second in the league with 1.71 tackles for a loss per game.

 UVa-WISE  
LB Zack Blair continues to lead the league in tackles for a loss with 18 (2.57 per game) ... he has had three or more TFLs in each of the last three games ... RB Von Purvis had a season-high 70 yards rushing and a touchdown last week vs.Glenville State ... the Cavs have not managed more than 15 points in a game this season.

 WEST LIBERTY  
The Hilltoppers have had an offensive resurgence with 83 points in its last two games ... WLU is +9 in turnover margin in the last two games, leading to a 32-0 advantage in points off of turnovers in those games ... QB Dakota Conwell has thrown for 484 yards, seven touchdowns and just one interception in the last two games ... WLU is averaging 37.0 points in its four wins and 16.6 in its three losses ... S Alec Wood has forced three fumbles on the year ... he also leads the team with 6.0 tackles for a loss.

 WEST VIRGINIA STATE  
WR Quinton Gray is fifth in the league with 4.57 catches per game ... the Yellow Jackets are fourth in the league in scoring defense at 28.1 points per game, and is giving up just 22.5 points in its last three games ... the Yellow Jackets have converted just 14-of-24 attempts in the red zone (58.3 percent) ... after 51 carries two weeks ago, Tevin Brown had just three carries last week vs. UC ... WVSU is out-scoring opponents 33-30 in the fourth quarter of games this year.

 WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN  
After starting just 1-3, WVWC has won two of its last three games ... the Bobcats have been without starting QB Jeremy Musselman the last two games ... last week vs. Concord, WVWC had just 98 yards passing ... the Bobcats have had a lead in all seven games they’ve played this year ... WVWC is 3-0 in games it does not turn the ball over.