Black Hills State football will host Colorado Mesa on Saturday, Sept. 24 for it's homecoming game at 1 p.m.
The game will also be the 2022 Beef Battle, presented by the South Dakota Beef Council.
BHSU is currently 3-0 to start the season for the first time since 2016 when the team finished 7-4 overall and 6-4 in the RMAC. The team now looks to make it a 4-0 start to the season, something the BHSU football program has not done since the 1970 season when they finished the season 8-2 as SDIC Champions.
The Yellow Jackets currently sit first among RMAC teams, allowing only 14.7 points per game. The BHSU defense has surrendered only five touchdowns and three field goals up to this point in the season.
The offense is third in the RMAC averaging 29 points per game while having scored 11 touchdowns (third in RMAC) and kicking four field goals (T-first).
Colorado Mesa
The Mavericks are 1-1 so far in 2022 after defeating William Jewell 37-14 on Thursday, Sept. 1, and then falling to South Dakota Mines 31-17 on Saturday, Sept.17.
This will be CMU's first road RMAC game after falling to SDSMT at home last weekend. Last season, the Mavericks finished 8-2 overall, but went 3-2 in road contests.
Series History
BHSU is 2-8 against Colorado Mesa all-time, dating back to 2012 when the Yellow Jackets joined Division II. BHSU has lost the last three matchups with CMU, but both wins over the Mavericks have come at home, in 2016 (48-34) and in 2018 (31-26).
League Leaders
Offensively, the squad ranks fourth in the RMAC with an average score of 29.0 per game, having scored 11 touchdowns and four field goals.
Nolan Susel ranks third in the RMAC with five total touchdowns this season, and leads the league in total rushing yards (264). Susel is second in rushing yardes per game with 88.0.
Receiving,
Hasaan Williams is tied for the most receptions in the league with 23, and is fourth in the RMAC with 276 total receiving yards and 92.0 receiving yards per game.
Defensively, the Yellow Jackets have three of the top-10 in the RMAC among passes defended.
Lovenski Simon is in a tie for second with four broken up passes this season, and
Klaus Souffrant and
Deunte Moody are both tied for fifth with three breakups.
RMAC Honors
Week 2, 9/12
Linebacker
Ryder Blair was named Defensive Player of the Week and kicker
Coleman Chapman earned Special Teams Defensive Player of the Week honors.
Week 3, 9/19
Sophomore linebacker
Aaron Thiele was named RMAC Defensive Player of the Week.
Coverage
Yellow Jacket fans can now catch Steve Ammerman on KDSJ 980 AM/103.5 FM, or live online at https://listen.streamon.fm/kdsjam. Ammerman is the voice of Yellow Jacket Athletics and can be heard for every football, and women's and men's basketball game throughout the year.
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