• Northwestern closes out the 2023 regular season against the Jamestown Jimmies on Veterans Day.
• The Red Raiders win streak is up to 23-straight games.
• Northwestern is one of four unbeaten NAIA schools heading into Week 10 of the season.
• NWC leads the GPAC in total touchdowns (55), which sits FOURTH in the NAIA.
• Northwestern sits 19-7 in the month of November under head coach Matt McCarty.
• The Red Raiders have taken a weekly honor from the league office in eight of the 10 weeks of the season.
• NWC is 20-0 with Jalyn Gramstad as the starting quarterback.
• NWC leads the GPAC in total yards per game (463.5), passing yards per completion (9.8), and rushing yards per carry (5.8) being the most explosive offense in the GPAC.
• The Raiders scored 55 touchdowns this season: 31 rushing, 23 passing, and one defensive (pick-six).
• Northwestern holds the No. 1 ranking in the NAIA for the 10th-straight poll, receiving all 18 of the first-place votes for the ninth-straight poll.
• Konner McQuillan continues to lead the conference in rushing touchdowns (17) and is second in the conference in rushing yards per game (98.9).
• He tallied his 13^th-career 100-yard rushing game last week against DWU (127 yards).
• Michael Storey now sits solely atop the GPAC in receiving touchdowns (11).
• 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).

𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀 𝙒𝙀𝙀𝙆 ‼️

Pack De Valois for one more game before the @NAIA Football Championship Series!

Come on out and support your 2023 @GPACSports Champions!#RaidersStandOut | #ChooseExcellence pic.twitter.com/KlZM3i6Kfg

— Northwestern College Football (@nwc_fb) November 7, 2023

• For the first time since the 1996 season, back when the conference was the NIAC, the Northwestern College football team are the outright conference champions!
• It marks the first outright GPAC title in program history – tied for the title in 2000 and 2014.
• It's the first GPAC title for head coach Matt McCarty, to go along with his 2022 NAIA National Championship.
• The Red Raiders will be presented their championship trophy and banner following the game on Saturday.

🏆 𝙂𝙋𝘼𝘾 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 🏆

For the first time since the 1996 season, the Red Raiders are @GPACSports Champions outright!#RaidersStandOut | @nwc_fb | @NAIA | @NAIAFBALL pic.twitter.com/kmjZ5gTcuZ

— NWC Red Raiders (@nwcraiders) November 4, 2023

• For the third time this season, senior kicker Eli Stader has been named the GPAC Special Teams Player of the Week.
• He went a perfect 7-for-7 on PAT attempts in the 49-28 win at Dakota Wesleyan, as the Red Raiders tied their season-high with seven touchdowns scored in the victory.
• He joins teammate Jalyn Gramstad as the only Red Raider to win a weekly award three times this season.

𝙎𝙋𝙀𝘾𝙄𝘼𝙇 𝙏𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙎 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔𝙀𝙍 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝙀𝙀𝙆 ‼️🏈

No, we're not a broken record... 𝙀𝙡𝙞 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 has picked up his 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 weekly honor for the season!

📰: https://t.co/lhclmvVsOt#RaidersStandOut | @nwc_fb | @GPACSports pic.twitter.com/yZ0AC1WGPm

— NWC Red Raiders (@nwcraiders) November 6, 2023

• Northwestern has gotten off to fast starts this season, outscoring opponents 82-17 in the first quarter this season.
• Only Concordia (Neb.), Midland, and Morningside have scored on the Red Raider defense in the first quarter.
• NWC has held six opponents (Drake, Doane, Mount Marty, Hastings, Briar Cliff, Dordt, Dakota Wesleyan) scoreless in the first 15 minutes of play.

• With the win against Dakota Wesleyan, quarterback Jalyn Gramstad…
  • Stays 10^th all-time in career passing yards (5,185).
  • He's just the 10^th Red Raider quarterback to notch 5,000 career passing yards.
  • Continues to sit ninth all-time in passing TDs (48).
  • Remains tied for 10^th all-time in career rushing TDs (30).
• Konner McQuillan has moved into fifth all-time in program history in career rushing yards (3,270).
• Michael Storey passed C. Moser for second all-time in career receiving yards (4,114).
• He remains on the hunt for chasing down Moser and S. Solberg for career TD receptions (47 & 49, respectively), sitting with 40.
• He's just the third Red Raider to have 40 or more receiving touchdowns in their career.
• He needs 12 receptions to become the program's all-time leader in career receptions.

• Converted cornerback turned safety, Cody Moser has made the transition this season look effortless this season.
• His eight interceptions now sits atop the NAIA all to himself.
• His two interceptions against Hastings was his first-career multi-interception game.
• He recorded his second multi-interception game (2) against Dakota Wesleyan last week (Nov. 4).
• He had a streak of four-straight games with a pick this season.
• In his Red Raider career, he's recorded 10 interceptions.

• In the ninth regular season poll, three GPAC teams continue to be ranked in the top-25: Northwestern (No. 1), Morningside (No. 12), and Dordt (No. 17).
• Poll 9 marks the 34th-straight week NWC has been ranked inside the top-5, dating back to May 17, 2021.
• The new program record mark for most consecutive polls ranked inside the top-25 continues to climb, now at 74-straight polls.
• For the eighth-straight poll, NWC has received all 18 first-place votes in the NAIA Coaches' Poll.

𝙏𝙊𝙋-𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙆𝙀𝘿 𝙍𝙀𝘿 𝙍𝘼𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙎 ‼️🏈

Heading into the final week of the season still leading the @NAIA!

📰: https://t.co/GGTlnVVeSk#RaidersStandOut | @nwc_fb pic.twitter.com/CZ98SC8c0u

— NWC Red Raiders (@nwcraiders) November 6, 2023

• The forecast in Orange City calls for interclass of clouds and sunshine throughout the afternoon with the high being in the low 50s.
• There's a less than a 10% chance of showers in the area (as of Tuesday afternoon).
• Winds will be 10 to 15mph from the SSE.

• Northwestern leads the all-time series 7-1, with the first meeting coming back in 2000 and NWC winning the last seven-straight.
• The Red Raiders are 3-1 with games played in Orange City.
• NWC looks to make it eight-straight wins against Jamestown.
• McCarty is 5-0 against the Tigers in his career as the two teams play their final GPAC conference game against each other.

• November 8-14 is College Sports Communicators (CSC) Membership Appreciation Week, presented by ESPN.
• The NWC Athletic Communications staff – Steve Carlson (Director of Athletic Communications) and Bradley Laackmann (Assistant Director of Athletic Communications) – are proud members of CSC, the professional organization for athletic communications professionals of all varieties (SIDs, content creators, creatives, etc.).
• "The week was created to show appreciation for athletic communicators and creatives … the celebration brings positive recognition to CSC members and their work promoting student-athletes and their institutions throughout all levels of intercollegiate athletics."
• Use the hashtag #CelebrateCSC on social media!

Starting Nov. 8: Our 8th annual CSC Membership Appreciation Week, presented by @ESPN! Celebrate w/us on social using hashtag #CelebrateCSC as we recognize the impact athletics communicators & creatives have on college athletics. Resources/content ideas: https://t.co/WYbHKAT15o pic.twitter.com/gheyssVcE5

— College Sports Communicators (@CollSportsComm) November 1, 2023