This Week: Notre Dame College football hosts West Virginia Wesleyan tomorrow, October 21. Kickoff on Mueller Field is scheduled for 12 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on live radio, provided through ESPN Cleveland 1540 KNR2.

Records: Notre Dame College is 6-1 after a 45-7 victory at Urbana. West Virginia Wesleyan improved to 3-4 after defeating UVa.-Wise 10-7.

Coaches Corner: Mike Jacobs is in his second year as the head coach of the NDC football program. He has an overall record of 15-3 (14-3 MEC). Del Smith is also in his second season as a head coach. Smith has amassed a 7-11 (7-9 MEC) record for his alma mater.

Rankings: Notre Dame received 28 points in the October 16 AFCA Coaches Poll, but was not ranked in the top 25. WVWC received no votes.

Series History: The Falcons lead the Bobcats 4-0 in a series dating back to 2013. The series has often been high scoring, with an average of 69.25 combined points in the previous four matchups, peaking in 2014 with a 47-44 game. Last season, NDC won 26-21.

Noting the Falcons: Notre Dame won its sixth-straight game last week with a 45-7 victory at Urbana. It was the fourth game in a row that the Falcon defense has held opponents under 20 points. Overall, NDC has allowed fewer than 20 points in five games and fewer than 15 points in four games. The Falcons have also held opponents under their season points average in five of seven games this year: GSC (10, 34.4 avg.), WVSU (35, 38.1 avg.), CU (13, 16.4 avg.), FSU (14, 24.0 avg.) and UU (7, 25.14 avg.).

Noting the Bobcats: West Virginia Wesleyan won its third game of the season during its homecoming game against UVa.-Wise last week. Wesleyan completed 56 percent of its passes, but only threw for 146 yards. This year, the Bobcats are 3-0 when completing at least half of their passes and 0-4 when completing less than half. WVWC has also rushed for over 100 yards in each of its three victories and only done so once in its four losses.

Toss to Ross: Sophomore Marvelle Ross highlighted last week's game with 164 yards and 4 touchdowns. Ross broke the NDC record and tied the MEC record for most receiving touchdowns in a single game. After sitting out the first game of the season, Ross has recorded at least one reception in each game and has recorded at least two in five of his six games played. Overall, he has caught 19 passes for 282 yards and seven touchdowns.

By the Numbers

3: Games in a row in which Nehemiah Brown has had at least one carry of over 40 yards. Since he earned his first attempt in week four against Concord, he has averaged 9.4 yards per carry on 36 attempts.

5: Touchdowns thrown by Malik Grove against Urbana. Grove tied the NDC record for most passing TDs in a game; a record that he has tied twice now (Ray Russ had four games with five passing TDs).

8: Turnovers caused by the NDC defense in the last three games. The Falcons have recorded at least one interception and one fumble in each of its past three competitions.