The Lindenwood football team (2-3, 1-0 OVC-Big South) returns to Association play on Saturday with a matchup against UT Martin (1-4, 1-0 OVC-Big South). Kickoff from Hunter Stadium is set for 1:00 p.m.
 
The Lions are coming off a 38-0 loss to FBS Miami (OH) last week, their second FBS team that they have played this season and third overall since reclassifying to Division I. Against the Redhawks, Drew Krobath led the receiving corps with 44 yards, and he now paces Lindenwood with 336 yards on the year. Lindenwood is the only school in the OVC-Big South Association with two receivers who have over 300 yards on the year as Rico Bond has 327.
 
Sanjay Strickland led a defensive effort with a game-high 11 tackles. That is his second-highest single-game total of the year as he had a career-high 13 against Appalachian State on September 6. Strickland along with Jacob Waller have 40+ tackles on the year. Waller paces the squad with 44 after nine more stops last Saturday.
 
This meeting between the Lions and Skyhawks will be the third between the two squads in the series history. The first two matchups have been in Martin, Tenn. with the Skyhawks winning both. Last season, the Lions fell 33-26 in overtime. Nate Glantz tallied 349 passing yards and one passing and one rushing score.
 
That was the first career 300 yard passing game for the Elkhorn, Neb. native. He threw for 318 yards against St. Thomas earlier this season. So far this season, the redshirt senior signal caller has compiled 1117 yards through the air and 10 total touchdowns (five passing, five rushing)
 
Lindenwood is now home for three-straight games after beginning the year with four out of five on the road. After this game against the Skyhawks, the Lions will have a bye, followed by a matchup with No. 9 Tennessee Tech on October 18 and Homecoming on October 25 against Gardner-Webb.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
79: The Lions allowed just 79 yards of offense in the first quarter against the Redhawks, their second lowest of any opening quarter this season. The Black and Gold allowed just 28 yards across the first 15 minutes in the season opener against St. Thomas

2013: Lindenwood is looking to win back-to-back home games to begin a season for the first time since 2013. That year, the Black and Gold defeated Lincoln University, 24-22, and Missouri S&T 27-10 to win their first two games inside Hunter Stadium

46: In last season's game against the Skyhawks, Nate Glantz attempted 46 passes, his most during his Lindenwood career so far. He completed 28 of them, which is also a career-high for completions in a single game so far

5: Lindenwood is looking to win its fifth-straight game inside Hunter Stadium on Saturday. The Lions knocked off Charleston Southern, Western Illinois and Southeast Missouri State to end last season, before beating Stony Brook this year