WHO: Hillsdale College (0-1) at #15 University of Indianapolis (1-0)
WHERE: Key Stadium - Indianapolis, IN
WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14
THE SERIES: The series between these teams is tied at 16 apiece through 32 all-time meetings dating back to 1978.
LAST MEETING: The Greyhounds won a well-played 34-24 battle between these playoff-bound teams in the final week of the 2018 regular season
LAST WEEK: Hillsdale lost to Michigan Tech 29-14...Indianapolis defeated Ashland 24-9
LINKS: Live Stats | Webcast | Tickets | G-MAC Standings | G-MAC Statistical Leaders | G-MAC Football Schedule | Hillsdale College Game Notes - Week 2 | UIndy Game Notes - Week 2
TV COVERAGE: This game will be broadcast on Comcast/Xfinity channel CN900. If you get your cable TV through Comcast/Xfinity, this station is available to you
GAME PREVIEW: The first road game will be a tough test for the Charger football team, who faces #15 University of Indianapolis Saturday night at Key Stadium...UIndy has won each of the past two meetings between the teams, 45-38 in 2017 and 34-24 in 2018...This is the third year in a row these teams are meeting in Indianapolis...In the 2017 meeting between these teams, Chance Stewart (485 yards) and Trey Brock (302 yards) set single-game school records for passing yards and receiving yards, respectively...Redshirt-freshman quarterback Luke Keller made his collegiate debut last week vs. Michigan Tech, and his first completed pass was a 73-yard touchdown throw to fellow redshirt-freshman Joe Bentley...Senior tailback David Graham became the ninth player in school history to rush for 2,000 yards in a career during last week's home opener vs. the Huskies...Indianapolis and Hillsdale were both members of the GLIAC until the Greyhounds' program joined the rest of its teams in the GLVC in 2012...Five of the past six meetings between these teams have been decided by 10 points or less...The Greyhounds are 5-1 vs. the Chargers since 2013.
EXTRA POINTS:
- Indianapolis is ranked 15th in the AFCA Division II Top 25 poll, and is 11th in the D2football.com poll
- Hillsdale defensive back Zach Herzog was named the G-MAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday...He recorded 10 total tackles - 10 solo - in the Chargers' week 1 loss to Michigan Tech
- Herzog's 20 tackles mark the first time a Hillsdale player hit that mark in one game since Tom Korte did it on September 22, 2007
- UIndy's TJ Edwards (offense) and Alex Parsons (defense) earned weekly GLVC honors following the team's 24-9 win over #23 Ashland last week
- The Greyhounds scored 24 unanswered points after trailing Ashland 9-0 early to open its season with an impressive road win
- The longest game in Hillsdale College history occured vs. UIndy, back on August 28, 2004, when the Chargers prevailed 49-43 in a game that went four overtimes
- The Chargers have won 12 straight G-MAC games, by far the longest conference winning streak in G-MAC history
- Head coach Keith Otterbein ranks third in school history with 108 career victories on the Charger sideline...The top two on that list are Frank "Muddy" Waters with 138 and Dick Lowry with 134