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MONTICELLO — After two straight games at home, the University of Arkansas at Monticello football team begins a two-game road swing this Saturday, October 24 at Ouachita.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Cliff Harris Stadium in Arkadelphia. The game can be heard on the UAM Sports Network at KHBM-FM 93.7 in Monticello and online at UAMsports.com. Ouachita will also provide live stats and live video streaming. All links to live coverage can be found at www.UAMsports.com/coverage.aspx.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Ouachita hosts UAM this Saturday having lost back-to-back games for the first time since the 2012 season. The Tigers are most recently coming off a 32-28 loss to Southern Arkansas this past Saturday in the Boomtown Classic in El Dorado. The week before, Arkansas Tech handled Ouachita 30-12 in Russellville. OBU is 4-3 coming into Saturday's game and tied for sixth place in the Great American Conference after going undefeated during the 2014 regular season on its way to a conference championship. This season, the Tigers are middle to lower pack in most GAC statistical categories, but have had success in the run game with an average of 244.9 yards on the ground per game and two rushers with at least 500 total yards.

75^TH ALL-TIME MEETING
Saturday's game against Ouachita is the 75th all-time meeting between the Weevils and Tigers on the gridiron, representing the third-most played opponent in school history, trailing only Southern Arkansas (89) and Henderson State (79). The Tigers have won four straight games over the Weevils, including last year's 47-10 game played in Monticello. The last win for UAM in the OBU series was a 37-31 victory over the Tigers in Arkadelphia during the 2010 season.

LAST TIME OUT
The Weevils are coming off a 41-3 loss to then-ranked No. 19 Henderson State last Saturday in the team's fourth home game of the 2015 season. Henderson moved up to No. 14 in this week's American Football Coaches Association Top 25 poll. UAM held the Reddies to just 14 points in the first half, and only trailed by 11 going into the locker room at the break. HSU scored 27 unanswered in the second half to pull away for the lopsided victory. UAM's only points came with 1:29 remaining in the second quarter on a 20-yard field goal by junior kicker Jamie McGee. HSU out-gained UAM 420-254. The Reddies out-rushed the Weevils 208-100 and also held the edge in passing at 212-154.

LEPPERT CHASING UAM HISTORY
UAM senior quarterback completed 27 passes for 154 yards in last Saturday's loss to Henderson State, moving him up to 142 completions for 2,079 yards for the season. It is the 12th time in school history a UAM quarterback has thrown for at least 2,000 yards in a season. Leppert turned in the 11th last year with 2,203 yards in 10 games. The Minden, Louisiana native has four games remaining in his UAM career. With his current average of 297 passing yards per game, he is on pace to become just the second UAM quarterback to pass for 3,000 yards in a season. Cory Allred did it twice in 2003 and 2004, including a school-record 3,606 passing yards in 2003... Leppert is also making his way up UAM's all-time passing charts, currently ranking fifth with 5,583 career yards. Next on the list is Jay Austin, who threw for 6,178 yards from 1993-96. He also continues his climb on UAM's all-time passing touchdowns and total offense charts. He now stands in sixth place with 44 career passing touchdowns and fifth all-time in total offense at 5,808 yards.
 
MCGEE WITHIN SINGLE DIGITS OF ALL-TIME RECORD
UAM junior kicker Jamie McGee nailed his sixth field goal of the 2015 season in this past Saturday's loss to Henderson State, giving him 29 career made field goals and pulling him to within eight of the all-time UAM record of 37 by Kevin Craft from 1997-2000. McGee is 6-for-7 on field goals this season and 21-for-22 on extra points, ranking him sixth in the GAC in scoring among kickers at 5.6 points per game. For his three-year career, he has made 29 of 38 field goal attempts, which is currently the best field goal percentage in school history at 76.3%.

THREE RECEIVERS RANK IN GAC TOP 10
Three of UAM's receivers are among the top 10 in the Great American Conference in yards per game. Sophomore Jalen Tolliver is third in the league at 81 yards per game, followed by senior Cody Bordelon in 6th at 63.1 and junior Trevon Smith in ninth at 55.7. Bordelon also ranks fifth in the league with an average of 4.6 receptions per game.

JACKSON AMONG ALL-PURPOSE LEADERS
UAM sophomore running back/return specialist Jeremy Jackson enters Saturday's game against Ouachita ranked third in the GAC in all-purpose yards. In addition to his team-high 299 rushing yards, he has also totaled 149 receiving yards and 408 kickoff return yards for an average of 122.4 all-purpose yards per game.

KOSE ONE OF GAC'S TOP TACKLERS
UAM senior linebacker Ofisa Kose has topped the double-digit mark in tackles in four out of seven games this season and currently ranks fourth in the Great American Conference in the category. He currently has 64 total tackles and averages 9.1 stops per game.