• NWC will play at home for the first time this season when they welcome Doane to De Valois Stadium on Saturday.
• The Red Raiders are 6-1 under McCarty in home openers, winners of six-straight.
• Jalyn Gramstad was tabbed the GPAC Offensive Player of the Week for leading the Red Raiders to the 27-24 upset overtime win at Drake; marking back-to-back weeks the Red Raiders have won the weekly offensive award.
• Michael Storey passed former teammate Cade Moser in the first half of the Drake game for second-most receptions in NWC program history.
• NWC leads the GPAC in total offense (491.5 yards per game) and rushing offense (266.0 yards per game).
• The Raiders scored 10 touchdowns this season: six rushing and four passing.
• Northwestern holds the No. 1 ranking in the NAIA for the second-straight poll, receiving all 18 of the first-place votes.
• NWC holds a record of 24-6 in the month of September under McCarty.
• McCarty closes in on 75 career wins, entering 2023 with 69 wins to his name heading into the home opener.
• 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).

• Junior quarterback Jalyn Gramstad was named the Week 2 GPAC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts at Drake.
• He accounted for 338 total yards, being over 90% of Northwestern's total yardage.
• He threw one passing touchdown to Konner McQuillan (Week 1 Offensive POW) that led to the 2-pt conversion that tied the game in the fourth quarter.
• On the night, he was 25-for-35 through the air with the one score, having 224 yards.
• On the ground, Gramstad notched his fourth-career 100-yard rushing game with 114 yards on 19 carries.

𝙅𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙙 Lands @GPACSports Offensive Player of the Week Honors.

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— NWC Red Raiders (@nwcraiders) September 11, 2023

• Sophomore linebacker recorded a new career-high 11 tackles (eight solo) in the win at Drake to lead all tacklers.
• He helped the Red Raider defense to hold the Bulldogs to just 100 total yards on the ground.

• In the first regular season poll, three GPAC teams continue to be ranked in the top-25: Northwestern (No. 1), Morningside (No. 3), and Dordt (No. 19).
• Midland picked up 10 votes in the poll.
• The preseason poll marks the 26^th-straight week NWC has been ranked inside the top-5, dating back to May 17, 2021.
• It's now 66th-straight week the Red Raiders have been ranked inside the top-25.

Red Raiders Hold No. 1 @NAIA Spot After Upset Win at NCAA FCS Drake.

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— NWC Red Raiders (@nwcraiders) September 11, 2023

• Saturday's forecast in Orange City calls for sunny skies with a high in the mid-70s.
• Winds are expected to be North-Northwest between 5-10mph.

• NWC leads the all-time series 23-15, dating back to the 1982 season.
• The Raiders have a 12-6-2 record at home against Doane.
• McCarty is 6-1 against Doane in his career, winning the last six-straight.