Oct 15, 2024

KWU Football opens Bissell Division play on Saturday hosting Avila for Homecoming

Posted Oct 15, 2024 10:14 PM

The Coyotes return from the bye week for their Homecoming game against Kansas Conference and Gene Bissell Division opponent Avila. Kickoff is 1 p.m. at JRI Stadium and the Graves Family Sports Complex.LIVE COVERAGE

  1. The video stream of the game will be available online through the Coyote Sports Network at www.kcacnetwork.com/kansaswesleyan. The Coyote Sports Network video stream will start at Noon with the KINA Radio Pregame Show with Tyler Henry and Brooks Garretson.
  2. Live Stats will be available at https://kwucoyotes.com/sidearmstats/football/summary
  3. Radio coverage will be on the KINA Radio starting at Noon, with the pregame show with Tyler Henry and Brooks Garretson. The online radio stream is available at https://radio.securenetsystems.net/ce/kina2.

GAME INFORMATIONTICKETSTickets are on sale now at www.kwucoyotes.com/tickets. Tickets are also available at the door. Cash and cards are accepted at the ticket gate. Very few spots remain in the Premium Tailgate lot. Premium Tailgate parking is reserved for KWU fans only. Reserve a remaining spot now at www.kwucoyotes.com/ticketsGAME DAY SPONSORSSaturday's official game day sponsors are Ryan Roofing and A-Plus Architecture and Construction Services of Salina. KWU would also like to thank Little Caesar's and Chick-Fil-A for providing team and game day staff mealsPROMOTIONS

  1. Yotee's Spirit Store will be open in the Student Activities Center AND on the concourse level at JRI Stadium.
  2. Coyote Dance Team will perform at half time
  3. Jerry Jones Kansas Wesleyan Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame members who were inducted on Saturday morning will be recognized at half time.
  4. Alumni Award winners who received awards on Saturday morning will be recognized at half time.
  5. The 2024 Kansas Wesleyan Homecoming King and Queen will be revealed at half time.
  6. Check out the latest vehicles from our transportation partners Marshall Motor and Long McArthur

RECORDS

  1. Kansas Wesleyan 2-4
  2. Avila 1-5

THE SERIES

  1. The Coyotes are 4-2 against Avila since the Eagles joined the KCAC in 2018. They won last year's game 34-16 in Kansas City, Missouri and are 2-2 against AU in the last four contests. Oddly, KWU is 1-2 at home against Avila and 3-0 in games played in Kansas City.

KANSAS WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE

  1. The Coyotes will be led by co-interim head coaches Chris Snyder and David Leonard.
  2. After competing against teams from the Ted Kessinger Division in the first six weeks KWU plays its final five games of the regular season against teams in the Bissell Division. The Coyotes shared the division title with Ottawa last season, the Braves advancing to postseason play by virtue of the tiebreaker.
  3. The Coyotes lost to McPherson 42-13 in McPherson in their game before the conference-wide bye week. They led 10-7 after the first quarter but trailed 21-10 at halftime. Zarek Fewell scored on a 29-yard run and Talon Cope kicked field goals of 23 and 29 yards to account for KWU's scoring.
  4. Cope has 32 points this season having made all five of his field goal attempts and 17 of 19 extra points. Cole Seagraves is 2 of 3 on field goal attempts including a school-record 54-yarder against Friends on September 21 in Wichita.
  5. KWU ran for 250 yards - 118 by Tyler Boston and 80 from Nick Allsman - in last year's victory over Avila. Both scored touchdowns as well. Byron McNair threw for 119 yards and a touchdown in his first college start. Defensively the Coyotes held the Eagles to a minus-1 yard rushing.

AVILA AT A GLANCE

  1. The Eagles have lost five in a row since a 24-21 season-opening victory over Bethany. They lost to Evangel 44-3 in Springfield, Missouri in their game before the bye. Their best showing since Bethany was a 20-17 loss to Bethel on September 21 in North Newton.
  2. Junior Eli Williams and sophomore Nick Sanford II have shared the quarterback duties. Williams has thrown for 657 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions while Sanford has 621 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions. Williams is the top rusher with 151 yards and two touchdowns.
  3. Williams was 30 of 49 passing for 245 yards and two touchdowns in last year's game against KWU.
  4. Avila averages 16.5 points and 260.7 yards and allows 37.3 points and 435.5 yards per game. Opponents average 241.5 yards rushing and the Eagles just 43.8.
  5. Avila is coached by Derrick Alexander who's in his second season. A wide receiver out of Michigan he was a first-round draft pick by the Cleveland Browns in 1994 and played nine seasons in the NFL - four with the Kansas City Chiefs. He finished his career with 417 receptions and 40 touchdowns.
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