Fort Lewis College travels to Colorado School of Mines this Saturday for a 12 p.m. kickoff against the Orediggers at Marv Kay Stadium.  The game marks the second straight road game for the Skyhawks.

The Orediggers are currently on a 10-game winning streak against the Skyhawks.  FLC's last win against CSM was Oct. 21, 2006.

FLC enters the game with a 1-3 overall and conference record.  Colorado Mines owns a 2-2 overall and league record.  Their two losses came to nationally ranked CSU-Pueblo in the season opening game, and Colorado Mesa University.

FLC is second in the league in interceptions, recording five interceptions in four games, including two picks for touchdowns.  Saturday's game at CMU was the first game this season FLC did not intercept the ball.

The Skyhawks have committed three turnovers (all fumbles), while forcing eight turnovers (five interceptions, three fumbles).  The Skyhawks +5 turnover margin is second in the league.

Freshman Ben Raybon has converted 5-of-6 field goals, the most made by any kicker in the league.  His 83.3 field goal percentage is also tops in the RMAC.  Combined with his five field goals and eight extra-points, Raybon's 23 points are the fifth most in the leauge by a kicker.

Linebacker Darrian Stickney has recorded 36 tackles this season, the fifth most in the RMAC.  Seventeen of his tackles have been solo stops.  He is averaging 9.0 tackles per game.

Junior quarterback Bo Coleman has completed 41-of-83 passes for 447 yards and one touchdown.  He is the only quarterback in the league to attempt at least 30 passes and not throw an interception.

FLC's clock management is No. 1 in the RMAC, possessing the ball an average of 35:52 minutes per game, more than four minutes longer than the next opponent.

Despite a late fourth quarter rally, Fort Lewis is coming off a 40-14 road loss to Colorado Mesa University (ranked No. 11 at the time).
 
FLC's defense held the Mavericks to a three-and-out on their first drive of the fourth quarter.  Tyler Telphy capped off a 13-play, 81-yard drive to put the first points on the board for FLC, 7-40.
 
On the ensuing CMU drive, Nathan Aguilar recovered a fumble on CMU's 22-yard line, giving FLC a short field.  Backup quarterback Jake Lowry ran the ball in from 22 yards out to cap a one-play, 22-yard drive.  
 
FLC's offense against the Mavericks produced 343 yards of total offense, with 199 yards coming on the ground game.
  
Telphy finished with 137 rushing yards on 23 carries.  Lowry ran for 34 yards on two carries, including a touchdown.

Senior running back PJ Hall has 2,884 rushing yards on 597 carries (4.8 yards per carry), and 13 rushing touchdowns.  He is 682 yards shy of tying the all-time rushing record, held by Joe Moore (3,566 yards).

Hall is the fourth running back in school history to rack up at least 1,000 yards in a season.  He carried the ball 230 times for 1,128 yards in 2015, the third most by any FLC back (Scott Stamper-1,206 yards, 1982 and Joe Moore-1,058 yards, 2000).   Drake Griffin set the single season rushing record in 2016 with 1,309 yards.