TODAY’S FCS GAMES

Lamar at UCA

WHEN 6 p.m.

WHERE Estes Stadium, Conway

RECORDS UCA 5-3, 4-2 Southland Conference; Lamar 4-4, 3-3

COACHES Nathan Brown (5-3 in first season at UCA and overall); Mike Schultz (6-13 in second season at Lamar and overall) SERIES UCA leads 7-0

LAST MEETING UCA defeated Lamar 42-14 last season.

RADIO KUCA-FM, 91.3, in Conway; KKPT-FM, 94.1, in Little Rock

INTERNET ucasports.com/KUCA

WHEN UCA HAS THE BALL Redshirt freshman quarterback Luke Hales has passed for an average of 274.5 yards a game in four starts. UCA hopes to balance Hales’ passing yards with a rushing attack led by junior Carlos Blackman, sophomore Kierre Crossley and senior Cedric Battle. Blackman has rushed for 607 yards and 8 touchdowns on 126 carries, averaging 75.9 yards a game, which ranks fourth in the Southland Conference.

WHEN LAMAR HAS THE BALL Lamar leads the Southland and is 11th in NCAA FCS with an average of 262.9 rushing yards a game. Six players have rushed for 112 or more yards this season, led by junior A.J. Walker who leads the team with 458 yards on 98 carries. Sophomore Myles Wanza is next with 391 yards on 56 carries.

WHAT’S AT STAKE UCA is in a four-way tie for second place in the Southland with Sam Houston State, Nicholls State and Incarnate Word. Each is one game behind McNeese State with three games left in the conference season.

— Pete Perkins

Alabama A&M at UAPB

WHEN 2:30 p.m.

WHERE Simmons Bank Field, Pine Bluff RADIO None

INTERNET uapblionsroar.com

RECORDS UAPB (1-7, 0-4 SWAC); Alabama A&M (4-4, 3-2)

COACHES Cedric Thomas (1-7 in first season at UAPB and overall); Connell Maynor (4-4 in first season at UAPB and 69-35 in nine seasons overall)

SERIES Alabama A&M leads 18-6

LAST MEETING Alabama A&M won 27-14 on Sept. 20, 2017, in Huntsville, Ala.

COMMENTS Through eight weeks, UAPB remains one of the more efficient offenses in the SWAC. The Golden Lions are second in total offense (446.5), rushing (193.5) and passing (253). UAPB is also third in scoring offense (28.1). … Alabama A&M has won six of the past seven meetings between the two, including three in a row. … The last time the Bulldogs and Golden Lions played in Pine Bluff, Alabama A&M ruined UAPB’s homecoming with a 40-7 rout in front of nearly 11,000 fans. … UAPB has three other players with at least 20 catches to go along with Dejuan Miller’s 37 receptions. Tyrin Ralph (30), Jeremy Brown (23) and Kolby McNeal (21) all have double-digit catches. … Wide receiver Nathaniel Dell was named the Football Championship Subdivision National Freshman of the Week after catching 6 passes for 204 yards and 2 touchdowns in Alabama A&M’s 27-10 victory over Alabama State. … Alabama A&M linebacker Armoni Holloway leads the league in tackles with 70.

— Erick Taylor

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