• Northwestern welcomes Morningside to Korver Field on Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. kickoff in a top-5 NAIA clash.
• Head coach Matt McCarty picked up career win No. 75 in the 35-14 win against Dordt last week.
• NWC has started the season 8-0 for the 10^th time in program history and third time under McCarty.
• Northwestern is one of six unbeaten NAIA schools heading into Week 9 of the season.
• NWC has tied a program record for most consecutive polls inside the NAIA Top-25 at 72-straight polls this week.
• Konner McQuillan became the seventh Red Raider to notch 3,000 career rushing yards last week against Dordt.
• Michael Storey sits fifth in the NAIA in receiving yards per game at 102.5, having four 100+-yard receiving games this season.
• NWC has recorded an interception in 14-straight games and has forced at least one opponent turnover in 26-straight games.
• The winning streak continues, now up to 21-straight games.
• The Red Raiders have taken a weekly honor from the league office in six of the first eight weeks of the season.
• NWC is 18-0 with Jalyn Gramstad as the starting quarterback.
• NWC leads the GPAC in total yards per game (459.3), passing yards per game (274.6), and yards per rush (5.5).
• The Raiders scored 43 touchdowns this season: 24 rushing, 18 passing, and one defensive (pick-six).
• Northwestern holds the No. 1 ranking in the NAIA for the eighth-straight poll, receiving all 18 of the first-place votes for the seventh-straight poll.
• Konner McQuillan again leads the conference in rushing touchdowns (14) – the only GPAC athlete with double-digit rushing scores - and is second in the conference in rushing yards per game (94.1).
• Michael Storey also sits in a three-way tie for the GPAC lead in receiving touchdowns (9).
• There's a two-way tie for the team lead in sacks (5.0) in Jessen Reinking and Adam Gubbels.
• Since 2020 when the deep playoff runs began for Northwestern, NWC is one of eight NAIA programs to make the NAIA Football Championship Series (FCS) (see p. 5 of notes for full list of teams).

• Northwestern has gotten off to fast starts in 2023, outscoring opponents 68-10 in the first quarter this season.
• Only Concordia (Neb.) and Midland has scored on the Red Raider defense in the first quarter.
• NWC has held six opponents (Drake, Doane, Mount Marty, Hastings, Briar Cliff, Dordt) scoreless in the first 15 minutes of play.

• Converted cornerback turned safety, Cody Moser has made the transition this season look effortless this season.
• His six interceptions sits tied for the NAIA lead through the first eight weeks of the season (three-way tie).
• His two interceptions against Hastings was his first-career multi-interception game.
• He's now recorded an INT in four-straight games for the Red Raider defense.
• In his Red Raider career, he's recorded eight interceptions.

• In the fifth regular season poll, three GPAC teams continue to be ranked in the top-25: Northwestern (No. 1), Morningside (No. 3), and Dordt (No. 25).
• Poll 5 marks the 32^nd-straight week NWC has been ranked inside the top-5, dating back to May 17, 2021.
• It's now 72-straight week the Red Raiders have been ranked inside the top-25, tying the program record for most consecutive weeks inside the top-25.
• For the seventh-straight poll, NWC has received all 18 first-place votes in the NAIA Coaches' Poll.

Red Raiders Continue to Hold Unanimous No. 1 @NAIA Ranking.

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— NWC Red Raiders (@nwcraiders) October 23, 2023

• The weather forecast is not a particularly bright one for Saturday, with the first forecasted snow of the season in the early morning hours.
• Temperatures are called to be in the high 20s with winds from N/NE at 5 to 10mph.
• It'll remain overcast up to kickoff and into the game, being partly to mostly cloudy most of the day.

• Morningside leads the all-time series 22-11.
• The Red Raiders are 7-8 with games played in Orange City.
• McCarty is 1-8 against the Mustangs in his career and is looking for his first regular season win.