This weekend, the Sul Ross State football team is making its final road trip of the 2024 season.
The Lobos are making an 1,814-mile trip up to the Pacific Northwest to take on the Central Washington Wildcats in Ellensburg, Wash.
>> HEAD TO HEAD:
This is the first meeting between the Lobos and Wildcats.
>> SCOUTING THE WILDCATS:
- The Wildcats are 6-3 overall and 5-2 in Lone Star Conference play. Central Washington currently sits in third place in the LSC.
- Central Washington fell to conference-leading Angelo State last week, 17-16.
- The Wildcats rank second in the LSC in offensive scoring (262 points), second in total offense (3,704 yards) and second in rush offense (2,237 yards).
- Redshirt sophomore quarterback Kennedy McGill is the second-best rusher in the LSC with 891 yards on 122 carries and nine touchdowns.
- McGill has completed 99 of 165 passes with 1,352 yards and 12 touchdowns.
- McGill leads the LSC in individual total offense with 2,243 yards.
- McGill also ranks second in the LSC with 891 all-purpose yards.
- Redshirt junior running back Tyler Flanagan is the third-best rusher in the conference with 758 yards and 11 touchdowns on 155 carries.
- Flanagan is second in the conference in scoring with 66 points scored.
- Redshirt senior wide receiver Marcus Cook leads the receivers with 332 yards on 25 receptions.
- Redshirt senior wide receiver Darius Morrison is second in the LSC with five receiving touchdowns.
- Senior defensive back Tanner Volk leads the defense with 50 total tackles and 21 solo tackles.
- Head coach Chris Fisk enters his sixth season at the helm.
- Last season, Central Washington finished 9-4 overall and 7-1 in LSC play. The Wildcats went three rounds deep in the NCAA Division II playoffs.
- The Wildcats dropped out of the D2Football.com top 25 this week after being ranked in the last 10 polls.
>> THE LOBOS:
- Quincy Blair is just two tackles away from tying the school record for most tackles in a career. Blair sits at 277 tackles.
- The program record for most tackles in a career was set by Ronin Williams in 2022.
- Blair eclipsed the century mark by tallying 101 total tackles this season.
- Blair leads the LSC in total tackles and solo tackles.
- Brendon Martin's 65 total tackles rank eighth in the LSC.
- Andrew Martinez has 1,627 passing yards, tying him for the conference lead alongside Angelo State's Braeden Fuller.
- Martinez leads the LSC in passing touchdowns with 13.
- Austin Ogunmakin still leads the LSC in receiving yards with 650 yards on 31 catches.
- Yamil Oaxaca is fourth in the LSC with 486 receiving yards while he leads the conference with seven touchdowns.
- Oaxaca is eighth in the LSC in scoring with 48 points.
- Oaxaca's 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown last weekend is the longest in the LSC this season.
- Oaxaca ranks fifth in the LSC in all-purpose yards with 853.
- Carlos Arreola made a 57-yard field goal last weekend to tie the program record for the longest field goal which was set by Michael Van Wagner in 2009.
- Arreola's 57-yard kick is the longest in the LSC this season.
- The Lobos have the second-best passing offense in the LSC with 2,027 yards and 15 touchdowns.
>> FINALLY GETTING RECOGNIZED:
Arreola and
Jordan Morales become the first student-athletes to earn LSC Player of the Week honors during the Division II era.
Morales had a breakout game, rushing for 122 yards on just six carries with two touchdowns in last week's 33-28 win over Eastern New Mexico.
Morales scored on an 85-yard run, the second-longest touchdown run in the LSC this season.
Arreola's 57-yard field goal was one two field goals made by the Clint, Texas native. He also made a 47-yarder while also making all three extra-point attempts.
GAME INFO
WHO: Sul Ross State at Central Washington
WHEN: 8 p.m. CT / 6 p.m. PT (Saturday, Nov. 9)
WHERE: Steve Hertling Field at Tomlinson Stadium
HOW TO WATCH: FloSports ($)
LIVE STATS: https://wildcatsports.com/sidearmstats/football/summary
