Football Monday, August 29, 2022 NWC Athletic Communications

No. 3 Raiders to Face Morningside to Open 2022 Campaign

Raiders and Mustangs clash in Week One for the second time in three seasons

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The Northwestern College football team (0-0, 0-0 GPAC) opens the 2022 campaign this Saturday, September 3, visiting Sioux City to battle the defending National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national champions and top-ranked Morningside Mustangs (0-0, 0-0 GPAC) at Elwood Olsen Stadium.

You can catch the action on msidemustangs.com (live video and live stats) and tune in on KSOU Radio (93.9 FM) with Doug Broek and Mark Bloemendaal calling the action.

GAME INFORMATION:
GAME 1: at #1 Morningside
DATE: Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022
TIME: 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Sioux City, Iowa (Elwood Olsen Stadium)
SERIES RECORD: Morningside leads, 21-11
LAST MEETING: Morningside won, 28-19 (2021, NAIA Semifinals)
WATCH: msidemustangs.com
RADIO: KSOU (93.9 FM)

NWC NOTABLES

Northwestern is 40-22-1 in season openers, and 4-2 under Matt McCarty.
2022 marks the second time in three seasons the Raiders and Mustangs will open the season against each other.
NWC has 14 10+ wins seasons in program history and are tied-for-19^th in the NAIA in program wins (446).
McCarty picked up his 50^th career win last season with the 63-28 win over arch-rival Dordt on October 30.
Northwestern has been ranked inside the NAIA top-5 for a program record 14 straight weeks, dating back to the end of the 2020 season.
Northwestern is 31-3 when the defense has forced at least two takeaways, dating back to the 2017 season.

PLAYERS TO WATCH
The Red Raiders return their leading passer (B. Fryar), rusher (McQuillan), and receiver (C. Moser) from the 2021 season. Blake Fryar (Sr., Waukee, Iowa) is slated to make his ninth-career start to open the 2022 season after throwing for over 2,000 yards with 25 touchdowns last season.

In the rushing attack, keep an eye on the top-two leading rushers from a season ago as Logan Meyer (So., Alvord, Iowa) and Konner McQuillan (Jr., Leavenworth, Kan.) both return to the backfield. McQuillan rushed for 854 yards and 10 touchdowns last season.

On defense, Parker Fryar (So., Waukee, Iowa) will look to wreak havoc for the Red Raiders after notching 100+ tackles each of the last two seasons. Jaden Snyder (Sr., Larchwood, Iowa) and Noah Van't Hof (Sr., Lester, Iowa) will look to continue being quarterback's nightmare, both returning at safety.

2022 CAPTAINS

SERIES HISTORY
Morningside holds the 21-11 overall series lead, winning last time out in the NAIA Football Championship Series (FCS) Semifinals 28-19 in Sioux City back in December 2021. The last win for Northwestern came on May 1, 2021 in the 2020 NAIA FCS Semifinals that was moved to the spring due to COVID-19, the Red Raiders prevailed 44-41.

GAME DAY INFORMATION
If attending the game on Saturday, please park and ENTER on the WEST side of the stadium. The parking lot behind the scoreboard at the field in Sioux City.

Elwood Olsen Stadium
1401 S. Paxton
Sioux City, Iowa 51106

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Players Mentioned

#35 Blake Anderson: TE; 6' 4"; Senior

#11 Blake Fryar: QB; 6' 1"; Senior

#43 Parker Fryar: LB; 6' 3"; Sophomore

#69 Jack Johnson: OL; 6' 1"; Senior

#0 Tyler Jones: DL; 6' 4"; Senior

#3 Konner McQuillan: RB; 6' 0"; Junior

#2 Logan Meyer: RB; 6' 1"; Sophomore

#1 Cade Moser: WR; 6' 5"; Senior

#51 Tanner Oleson: LB; 6' 1"; Senior

#6 Jaden Snyder: DB/P; 6' 2"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#35 Blake Anderson
: 6' 4"; Senior
: TE

#11 Blake Fryar
: 6' 1"; Senior
: QB

#43 Parker Fryar
: 6' 3"; Sophomore
: LB

#69 Jack Johnson
: 6' 1"; Senior
: OL

#0 Tyler Jones
: 6' 4"; Senior
: DL

#3 Konner McQuillan
: 6' 0"; Junior
: RB

#2 Logan Meyer
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: RB

#1 Cade Moser
: 6' 5"; Senior
: WR

#51 Tanner Oleson
: 6' 1"; Senior
: LB

#6 Jaden Snyder
: 6' 2"; Senior
: DB/P