QUINCY, ILL. – The Hawks (2-2) will open Great Lakes Valley Conference play in week 5 on the road at Missouri S&T.c
Key Information
Previous Matchup
The Hawks and Miners battled last year at QU Stadium on October 2
nd. QU came out with the come from behind victory 31-28.
Kenshawn Bragg had the game winning pick 6 with nine minutes to play.
Record Book Watch
Senior linebacker
Peyten Chappel currently sits 3
rd in the NCAA Active Career leaders for total tackles with 320. This number also sits him in 4
th all-time for tackles in the QU record book.
Quarterback
Tionne Harris needs 105 more passing yards to jump into the top 5 in QU history for passing yards in a season.
Scouting the Hawks
The Hawks are coming off of a loss against now #9 ranked Ashland Eagles by the score of 34-14. Harris was 12 of 23 for 172 yards, one passing TD and one rushing TD. He currently sits 3
rd in the GLVC in passing yards with 857.
On the defensive side of the ball, the Hawks are led by their line backing core of Chappel,
Peyton Plunkett, and
Jackson Connell. Plunkett leads the conference in sacks, while Chappel leads in total tackles.
Scouting the Miners
The Miners are coming off of their week 4 in which they lost to Hillsdale College at home by the score of 17-10. S&T quarterback Staton King went 15 of 25 for 111 yards through the air and one interception. The lone Miner touchdown was on the ground by Cameren Smith who got 7 carries for 54 yards.
S&T leads the GLVC in both their red zone offense and red zone defense.
Ben Straatmann leads the Miners' defense with 35 total tackles, 11.5 TFLs and 4 sacks.
