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ALPINE, Texas- Sul Ross will play their final home game this Saturday as the Lobos host East Texas Baptist University at 1 p.m. at Jackson Field.

The game will be broadcast live on KVLF 1240 AM with the pregame show set for 12:40. Live stats, audio and video streaming of Saturday's game can be found at www.srlobos .com.

QUICK HITS

• Saturday's game against the Tigers marks the 15^th meeting between Sul Ross and East Texas Baptist in a series dating back to 2000.
• The Lobos look to continue their momentum as Sul Ross closes out a three-game home stand following a 13-7 victory over McMurry last weekend. Sul Ross is looking for its first ASC victory at 0-3. The Lobos are 2-5 on the season.
• The Tigers are fresh off a 46-13 victory over visiting Belhaven on October 24. ETBU is currently on a two-game winning streak as the Tigers defeated Howard Payne, 51-13, at Gordon Wood Stadium on October 10. ETBU is 5-2 on the season and 2-0 in conference competition.
• SRSU's Jermaine Stevens ran for a pick six 100 yards into the McMurry end zone last Saturday as the Lobos downed the War Hawks, 13-7.
   

SCOUTING THE TIGERS

• ETBU has one of the top scoring offenses in the American Southwest Conference ranking third behind Hardin-Simmons (2^nd) and Mary Hardin-Baylor (1^st). The Tigers have totaled 292 season points against their opponents in 2015 averaging 47.5 points per contest.
• East Texas Baptist has one of the top producing offenses in the conference in with 3271 yards of total offense yards and averages 467.3 yards per game.
• The Tigers have the No. 1 passing game in the league with 1641 yards through the air and a 234.4 yard average per game.
• Individually, Kendall Roberson is one of the top players the ASC in rushing netting 1221 yards on the ground. Roberson enters Saturday's game against Sul Ross averaging 168.5 yards per game, 8.6 yards per carry and has five touchdowns on the season after 139 attempts.
• The Tigers also sport one of the top passers in the league in the form of senior quarterback Josh Warbington. Warbington has tallied 1403 aerial yards. Warbington is averaging 233.8 yards per game completing 84 of 140 passing attempts while being picked five times.
• In the receiving department Tyler Bates is averaging 115.9 yards per game with 10 touchdowns.
• Defensively Garrett Gibson leads ETBU with 48 tackles on the season. Gibson is credited with 1.5 sacks, an interception, a pass breakup and forced fumble.
• Former Lobo quarterback and offensive coordinator Scotty Walden enters his third year as the Tigers' OC. In his first two years as the offensive coordinator Walden's offense has re-written ETBU's record book for individual, single game, and season records. In this time, 16 records have been broken from single game to season. He has produced three 1,000 yard receivers (Jamaine Sherman, Stephen Alfred, Tyler Bates), one 1,000 yard rusher (Toi Glover), and one Gagliardi Trophy semi-finalist (Josh Warbington). His offense has consistently been one of the top offenses in NCAA Division III in and in 2015 finished ranked first in total passing offense (368.1 pg), second in total offense (566.1 pg) and 11th in scoring offense (42.3 ppg). Walden joined the ETBU staff after being the offensive coordinator at Sul Ross in 2012.It was Walden's first year as a coach and offensive coordinator and his offense led all of NCAA averaging 581.9 yards per game and 48.8 points per game.His offense produced two D3Football.com All-Americans and six All-ASC products.The Lobos broke 16 overall offensive school records with two of them being most offensive yards in a game (800) and points in a game (75).
   

LAST MEETING

• The Lobos had their most productive offensive day of the season against host East Texas Baptist in their American Southwest Conference game at Ornelas Stadium in 2014. Sul Ross and the Tigers battled all day, but the Tigers outlasted Sul Ross State, and won, 45-30, in SRSU's final road game of the 2014 season.
• James Davis (Houston/South) had the best day of his young career for Sul Ross, completing 23 of 40 passes for 329 yards and a pair of touchdowns while rushing 12 times for 68 yards. Derrick Bernard (Texas City, TX/Texas City HS/Blinn College) caught 11 passes for 188 yards and a score and completed a fourth down pass for 17 yards and a first down.
• The teams combined for 1172 yards in total offense, with SRSU outgaining the Tigers, 598 yards to 578. The Lobos turned the ball over three times to ETBU's two as Sul Ross was penalized 16 times for 126 yards to 14 penalties for 120 yards for the Tigers.
• Casey Sonier (Houston, TX/C.E. King HS) led SRSU with 13 tackles, including eight solo stops, including one tackle for lost yardage. He also forced two fumbles. Caleb Taylor had 11 stops, including three solos and a tackle for lost yardage, for ETBU.
   

SERIES HISTORY

• East Texas Baptist leads the all time series against Sul Ross, 11-3.
• The series dates back to 2000 as the Lobos claimed a 40-21 win.
• SRSU's last victory over the Tigers came in 2012's season finale as Sully claimed a 50-37 conference victory over the Tigers at ETBU's Ornelas Stadium.
   

QUOTES FROM COACH JOHN PEARCE

• Thoughts on win over McMurry and renewing the 92-year old rivalry: "Our effort throughout the game was there just like it has been all season. We just eliminated some key mistakes by not giving up big plays, giving our defense a chance to play well through better ball security from our offense and just an overall mental toughness to see things through in critical situations. We're excited that McMurry is back in the ASC and hope to keep this long standing rivalry going for a long time."
• On McMurry's performance coming back into Division III: "No question they're a talented ball club. They have some scholarship-quality runners who are capable of breaking out for some big gains. Fortunately we were able to pull our defense together and limit their big play production. Again or offense helped out with much the defense's success with improved ball control."
• On special teams:  "Our kickoff coverage was much better and we're going to need that against ETBU. I'm pleased with the overall effort of containment and just seeing our guys flying down the field and making stops deep in the opponent's end of the field."
• On injuries and health of the team heading into week 8: "We have one of our defensive starters out with a concussion so will have to seal up that hole at the linebacker position. Really we're just taking things one a day-by-day basis with our other players. Our intensity has been good in practice which is one of the signs of a healthy team. We've played two to three teams in the top 20 this season and our injuries, thankfully, have been very limited."
• On ETBU and keys to a homecoming victory: "We have to stop they're run. That sounds so routine to say that but we play in a conference where people love to run the ball. They aren't as big and physical as Mary Hardin-Baylor. They have a little more finesse in their approach but they're still very hard to defend against the rush. We'll need to tighten up the red zone and of course limit our limit penalties and eliminate turnovers."