Football Hosts ATU in Home Finale

Football | 11/7/2014 2:21:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will set out to lock up a winning season and send its 19 seniors out with a home win when it hosts Arkansas Tech at 2 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Paul Laird Field.
 
The Savage Storm enter the contest at 5-4 overall and 4-4 in Great American Conference play, and can lock up the first winning season since 2009 with a win.
 
The game will also be the final home contest for 19 seniors.
 
SE comes into the game with a 4-1 mark in home contests on the season, while the Wonder Boys come to town with a 3-6 record overall and an 0-4 mark on the road.
 
ATU owns the series record with an 11-3-1 record dating sporadically back to the 1924 season, but this season will mark the fourth-straight meeting between the schools with ATU winning the three previous.
 
Southeastern will be looking to lean on its running game which is fourth in the conference at 191.0 yards per game, led by the duo of Devlon Wortham and Ronnie Green.
 
Wortham has piled up 677 yards and 10 touchdowns on the year, while Green is at 544 and five scores.
 
Ryan Polite has added 201 yards rushing, and through the air has completed 59.2 percent of his passes for 1,979 yards and 15 touchdowns.
 
Anthony Foster has been his favorite target on the year with 43 catches for 568 yards and three touchdowns.
 
Kaymon Farmer is next with 37 catches and 324 yards, while Franky Okafor is at 23 catches for 386 yards.  Both have a pair of scores.
 
Layton Dworaczyk has added three touchdowns in 22 catches for 253 yards, while also putting his stamp on the return game where he has averaged 12.78 yards per punt return with a touchdown.
 
Defensively, Thomas Curry leads the way with 52 tackles, while Chad Tucker and Roderick Mitchell have each added 40 or more.
 
Trent Hannah has chipped in a team-high six tackles for loss, while Raheem Wilson and Tanner Ginavan lead the team with a pair of interceptions each.
 
The Wonder Boys come to town relying more on their passing game than their ground game.
 
ATU is averaging 180.4 yards per game passing, while adding 71.7 yards per game on the ground.
 
Dennis Robertson is completing 48.6 percent of his passes for 1,506 yards and eight touchdowns, with his primary target being Jermaine Merdock who has 32 catches for 504 yards and two touchdowns.
 
Kelton Smith leads the ATU rushing game with 283 yards and three scores, while Justin Oliphant has added 201 yards and a TD.
 
Conversely, the Wonder Boy defense is allowing 335.1 yards per game of total offense and has forced 22 turnovers.
 
Logan Genz leads the defense with 114 tackles on the year, while Justin Martin has added five sacks and Trevon Gooden has snagged three interceptions.