• NWC remains at No. 4 for the second-straight week in the NAIA; bringing the streak up to 16 polls.
• The Raiders are one of six NAIA teams to average north of 200 yards in both passing and rushing per game.
• Northwestern has yet to commit a turnover this season in their first three games.
• Head coach Matt McCarty is coaching his 75^th game on Saturday
• Blake Fryar is two touchdown passes away from cracking the program's top-10 career touchdown list and tying Galen Kaemingk (1975-79) who threw for 40 career touchdowns.
• Two wide receivers/tight ends close in on the 200-yard mark for the season – Michael Storey (14 rec., 185 yds.) and Blake Anderson (14 rec., 179 yds.).
• Storey passed Elton Schut (1977-79) in receiving yards with his five receptions and 52 yards last week.

• NWC is 55-2 since 2010 when the team rushes for 200+ yards.
• The Raiders put up 300 rushing yards in the win at Jamestown; 541 yards of total offense.
• Northwestern's four offensive categories sit top-20 in the NAIA under first-year OC Jake Menage – total offense (498.0, 7^th), rushing (233.3, 10^th), points per game (43.7, 11^th), and passing (264.7, 17^th).

• The Raiders are 25-9 (.735) under McCarty on Korver Field at De Valois Stadium.
• In the 2020 season, the Raiders were a perfect 6-0 at home.
• With the one home game under the belt in 2022, NWC sits 1-0.

• Blake Fryar brought home the first GPAC weekly honor of the season for the Red Raiders with his performance in the 48-3 win at Jamestown.
• He threw for 213 yards with a 77 percent completion percentage (23-for-30) with a new career-high of five touchdown passes.

Career Day Lands Fryar @GPACSports Player of the Week Accolades.

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• The Red Raiders picked up 31 first downs and 541 total yards en route to the 48-3 win at Jamestown.
• The defense forced three Jimmie turnovers and held them to 101 total yards of offense.
• Tristan Mulder returned a pick for a touchdown and Logan Meyer picked up his second-career 100+-yard rushing performance (15 att., 131 yds.).

• NWC won 31-7 in Seward a season ago behind 238 yards and two TDs from Fryar in the win.

• The Red Raiders and the Bulldogs will meet for the 45^th time on Saturday.
• Of all opponents Northwestern has faced in their history (back to 1960), the Concordia series is the second-longest behind Midland (49 games).
• In a series dating back to 1960, Northwestern's first year as a four-year institution, the Raiders lead the all-time series 30-14.
• Northwestern has won the last five meetings, including an impressive 16-1 mark in front of the Raider faithful at De Valois Stadium.
• Under head coach Matt McCarty, NWC is 5-1 against Concordia – dropping his first meeting in 2016 (9-7).