The No. 11 Keiser football team (8-2) will travel to Waleska, Ga., Saturday to take on No. 6 Reinhardt (9-2) in a battle of familiar foes in the NAIA Football Championship Series First Round. Kickoff from Ken White Field is set for 12 p.m.


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• Saturday's matchup marks the third straight year the two programs will meet on the gridiron.
• Keiser holds a 2-0 edge in the series against the Eagles after winning last season's NAIA FCS Quarterfinal matchup, 42-14.
• Jaden Meizinger carried the load offensively in the win last season, racking up 173 yards on 27 carries and a touchdown.
• Logan Wakefield led Keiser defensively with three tackles for loss and two and a half sacks en route to earning Defensive Player of the Game honors.
• Saturday will be the first meeting between the Seahawks and Eagles in Waleska, Ga.

• Both Keiser (MSC Sun Division) and Reinhardt (MSC Appalachian Division) earned automatic bids into the NAIA postseason after winning their respective division championships.
• Against teams from the state of Georgia, Keiser is 3-0 all-time.
• In postseason play, the Seahawks are 2-2 all-time and coming off a trip to the NAIA FCS Semifinals in 2020.
• Saturday's contest marks only the second postseason road game in program history.
• Keiser closed out the regular season with a 4-1 record on the road and is 14-5 all-time away from West Palm Beach.
• In the month of November, the Seahawks are 4-2 all-time.
• Coming off a win, Keiser is 25-6.
• Running back Marques Burgess closed out the regular season as the nation's leader in rushing yards (1,558), rush yards per game (155.8) and rush attempts (240).
• Overall, the Keiser rushing attack ranks ninth nationally in total rushing yards with 2,298.
• Defensively, Keiser ranks seventh nationally in points allowed per game at 15.1.
• In the secondary, Wendol Philord and Sage Chen-Young have combined for 11 interceptions on the season.
• Reinhardt enters Saturday's contest at 9-2 overall and is led by Head Coach James Miller, who is in his fifth year at the helm.

 

Keiser	2021 Stats	Reinhardt
30.5	Scoring	41.6
229.8	Rushing	262.9
167.4	Passing	156.5
397.2	Total Yards	419.4
15.1	Scoring Defense	15.7
143.5	Rushing Defense	136.1
166.7	Passing Defense	165.4
310.2	Total Defense	301.5