RICHMOND, Ky. – There is a three-way tie for first place in the OVC football standings and two of those teams square off Saturday afternoon – Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State. Game time in Jacksonville is set for 4 p.m. ET.

The Colonels (5-3, 4-1 OVC) are riding a four-game winning streak thanks in large part to their resurgent running attack. EKU leads the league and ranks 16th nationally in rushing yards per game (206.0). Over the last four weeks, the Colonels have averaged 297.8 yards per game on the ground. Junior RB Matt Denham is one of only two FCS players to have three or more 200-plus yard rushing games this season. He posted 219 rushing yards and two scores last week at Murray State.

No. 18 Jacksonville State (5-3, 4-1) is coming off its first OVC loss of the season, a 21-14 setback to Tennessee Tech on Oct. 29. The Gamecocks lost their starting quarterback, Marques Ivory, in the season opener, but sophomore back-up Coty Blanchard has stepped in and kept JSU rolling along. Blanchard has thrown for 1,147 yards and eight touchdowns compared to only four interceptions this year. Sophomore linebacker Rashad Smith paces the Gamecock defense with 56 tackles and one interception.

The all-time series between the two schools is tied at 4-all. Eastern Kentucky’s 49-37 win over No. 2 Jacksonville State on Nov. 6, 2010 was the program’s first over a top-five FCS team since Oct. 7, 1990. EKU ran for a season-high 233 yards, but turned the ball over three times in a 34-26 loss at JSU in 2009. Since Jacksonville State joined the league in 2003, no other teams have won more OVC games than Eastern (53) and JSU (52).

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

Game Notes
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Television
--None

Video Streaming
--Saturday’s game can be seen on the web for FREE at www.ESPN3.com.

Live Audio
--Saturday’s game can be heard locally on WCYO 100.7 FM. Click here for live radio broadcast!  WCYO is now streaming on most mobile devices. Download the TuneIn Radio app, available for iPhone/iPod/iPad, Android, Blackberry, Palm and Windows Phone.

Live Stats
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Tickets
--Tickets are available by calling the Jacksonville State ticket office at 1-877-JSU-TIXX (1-877-578-8499).

Directions
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Weather
--Saturday’s forecast in Jacksonville calls for a beautiful fall day with sunny skies and a high of 67 degrees. Sunset is slated for 5:47 p.m. local time.

Storylines
--Sophomore DL Anthony Brown reached 100 career tackles a week ago at Murray State. Brown, who now has 103 career stops, posted a season-high 10 tackles to go along with two tackles for loss against the Racers. He is the EKU active leader in sacks (9.0) and ranks second in tackles for loss (19.0).

--Junior WR Tyrone Goard has three touchdown receptions in the last two games. One year ago against Jacksonville State, Goard’s 20-yard first quarter touchdown catch while lying on his back was selected as the No. 1 play of the Nov. 6-7, 2010 weekend by ESPN.

--Junior RB Matt Denham is the first Eastern Kentucky player to reach 100 yards rushing in four straight games since 2001 when C.J. Hudson accomplished that feat in five consecutive games.