SE Set for Final 2019 Road Trip

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will close out the road portion of its 2019 schedule on Nov. 2 when it travels to Russellville, Ark., to take on Arkansas Tech at 2 p.m.
 
The contest will be carried on Mix 96.1 locally with Jay Lindly, Ed Meacham, and Rob Johnson on the call, and can be heard worldwide by going to GoSoutheastern.com and following the link on the football schedule.
 
The Savage Storm head into the matchup with a 1-7 record on the year and aiming to snap a six-game losing skid.
 
The Wonder Boys come into the weekend with a 2-6 record after winning back-to-back games.
 
Saturday will be the 21^st meeting between the two teams all time with SE trailing the series 5-14-1.  ATU has picked up wins in the last two meetings, including a 10-6 defensive affair a season ago, with the last Storm win coming in 2017 by a 36-31 final score.
 
Southeastern is coming off a loss to nationally-ranked Henderson State despite outgaining the Reddies and putting up 417 yards of total offense.
 
Daulton Hatley got his second-straight start at quarterback and threw for 234 yards and two touchdowns, but was picked off three times.
 
His top target in that matchup was Felton Hatcher who had five grabs for 102 yards and a TD.
 
Hatcher heads the receiving corps for the season with 499 yards on 39 catches.
 
Three others have at least 25 receptions on the season, with Braxton Kincade putting up 424 yards on 29 catches with three TDs.  Katrell Blakely is next in line with 37 catches for 417 and three scores, while Duce Pittman has pulled down 25 catches for 306 yards and a score.
 
Rashod Polk paces the ground attack with 467 yards on 81 carries and three touchdowns.
 
Defensively, Conner Swope returned to the lineup and posted 13 tackles after missing two games due to injury, and has lifted his season total to 63 tackles and 7.0 tackles for loss.
 
Josh Mulumba is right behind with 58 tackles and has a pair of interceptions, while Andrew McBeth leads the defense with 3.5 sacks.
 
ATU averages 174.3 ypg passing and 167.4 ypg rushing the ball, averaging 22.9 ppg.
 
Carter Burcham is in line to start Saturday at quarterback after putting up 191 yards and a TD passing along with 37 rushing yards and a score in the Wonder Boy win over Southwestern Oklahoma State last Saturday.
 
Caleb Batie leads the rushing attack overall with 434 yards and five touchdowns, while Wallace Foote has 428 yards and two scores.
 
Drew Wade has been the top passing target on the year for ATU with 33 catches for 364 yards and a touchdown.
 
Darryn Cain leads the defense with 43 tackles and has logged three interceptions, while Tre Chism has posted 4.5 sacks.