ST. PAUL, Minn. - This Saturday, Concordia-St. Paul (3-5, 2-5 NSIC, 0-3 South) heads to Wayne State (6-2, 5-2 NSIC, 2-1 South) for a 1 p.m. kickoff on Halloween at Bob Cunningham Field at Memorial Stadium in Wayne, Nebraska. 

WEATHER OUTLOOK
This Saturday has a forecast high of 64 degrees with a S 14 mph win. A 43 percent chance of rain showers early in the morning shifts to cloudy conditions throughout game hours.

WATCH LIVE: NSIC NETWORK ON MIDCO SPORTS PLUS
Starting with the 2026-27 season, Concordia and the NSIC will call Midco Sports Plus the streaming home for the NSIC Network. Midco Sports Plus, a regional cable provider primarily based in North Dakota, South Dakota and parts of Minnesota, features an expanded variety of online sports coverage.
 
The NSIC Network will be part of a subscription service with annual access plans starting at under $7 per month for the full year ($79/year) or monthly service for $15 which includes NSIC coverage as well as Summit League.
 
Away game broadcasts are produced by the host campus with audio commentary provided by the host school. Wayne State's broadcast will feature the play-by-play call from longtime Wildcat radio voice Aaron Scheffler. 
 
For more information, view the NSIC's press release announcing the Midco Sports Plus partnership: https://cspbears.com/news/2026/7/16/athletics-midco-sports-launches-nsics-new-streaming-home.aspx
 
For streaming support and troubleshooting, visit Midco's support page: https://sports.midco.com/support
 
COACHES SHOW RETURNS TO TWIN CITIES RADIO
The Coaches Show with Joshua Schumacher is back on the Twin Cities airwaves for an eighth season, once again hosted by Wally Langfellow of Minnesota Score. The show airs following the Minnesota high school football game of the week, typically on Friday evenings in the 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. hour on KYCR 1440 AM radio, available in the Twin Cities metro area. 

This week's guests are freshman running back Jerror Koung and senior linebacker Ricky Dixon. 

For fans who miss the show or are outside of the radio station's Twin Cities reach, the entire show is accessible via the CSP Bears Podcast, available in Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and YouTube podcasts. It will typically be uploaded late Friday night (after the initial air time) or Saturday morning prior to the game. Search 'CSP Bears' into your favorite podcast provider!
2026 TEAM CAPTAINS
CSP head coach Joshua Schumacher and the coaching staff have announced the captains for the 2026 season. Captains were selected through a collaboration with student-athlete voting and coach input. 

Representing the Golden Bears are fifth-years Carter Zezulka (WR), Manny Harris (RB), Ben Rehl (LB), Percy Robertson (DL) and sophomores Lincoln Graf (QB) and Logan Bockman (OL).

A NOTE ON UNIFORM NUMBERS
With new college football jersey number rules related to special teams, Concordia will have three players potentially wearing multiple numbers throughout the game. Look for #1 Sabastine Weaver (#55), #11 Colin Avery (#53), #18 Canon Raban (#61), #24 Aydin Buchanan (#79) and #27 Avery Favors (#56) to be on the field in the 50s on punt units. 

DOWNLOAD THE APP
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SERIES HISTORY: WSC 14, CSP 11
The series began when CSP joined the NSIC and NCAA Division II level in 1999, with the Golden Bears winning four of the first five and six of the first eight from 1999 to 2006. 

The Wildcats won three-straight in 2007, 2008 and 2009 before the Golden Bears won three of the next four from 2010-13, holding a 9-6 series edge through 2013.

Since then, it's been heavily tilted towards Wayne State, who has won eight of the last 10 games since 2014 including a pair of four-game win streaks with CSP winning back-to-back in 2018 and 2019 in Concordia's last wins over Wayne State.

The Golden Bears are 5-7 all-time in Wayne America, last winning 28-21 on the road in 2019, dropping its last two trips in 2022 and 2024. 

WSC has shut out the Golden Bears each of the last two contests, 21-0 in 2024 in Wayne and 34-0 last year at Sea Foam Stadium. 

ABOUT THE WAYNE STATE WILDCATS
A year ago, the Wildcats finished 7-4 overall, tied for third in the NSIC overall standings at 7-3 and tied for the NSIC South Division title at 5-1 in division play, winning their last four games of the season. 

They entered 2026 picked fifth overall in the NSIC Preseason Poll and fourth in the NSIC South Division. 

Now 6-2 overall, 5-2 in the NSIC and in third place again, and 2-1 in the NSIC South Division, the Wildcats have been ranked as high as #22 in the nation in the AFCA Division II Coaches Poll prior to their 35-0 loss at #5 Minnesota State last Saturday in Mankato, Minn. 

The loss to the Mavericks snapped a four-game winning streak for the Wildcats, who scored at least 38 points in three of those wins and didn't allow more than 24.

The Wildcats, who have shut out Concordia two years in a row, continue to play strong defense in 2026. WSC has issued the third-fewest first downs in the NSIC (16.8), have the fifth-ranked third down defense in the country (26.1%), are second in the NSIC with nine interceptions, third in pass defense (170.1) and total defense (321.5) and fourth in scoring defense (20.1).

Offensively, the Wildcats don't turn the ball over, tied for first in the NSIC with Concordia with just two interceptions thrown, they score on 84 percent of trips to the red zone, have the fourth-ranked rushing offense in the NSIC (191.4) and the fifth-ranked total offense (385.6) in the conference.

On special teams, the Wildcats work to limit opposing returns with the nation's ninth-ranked kick return coverage, holding opponents to 15.5 yards while the 3.06 yards per punt return ranks 17th in the country and second in the league. 

WSC returner Brayden Chaney has a 15.3 punt return average, ranking fifth in the country and second in the NSIC and has a PR TD while also ranking fourth in the NSIC with seven passes defended on defense.

Brady McGill quarterbacks the Wildcats and is fifth in the NSIC with 1,524 passing yards, sixth with 10 TD passes and seventh with a 130.0 efficiency. While he's ninth in completion percentage (55.2%), he takes shots with the league's second-ranked yards per completion (13.1) average. 

Keaten Bonderson is the big-play threat in the pass game, ranked 13th in the country and second in the conference with 20.9 yards per catch while ranking seventh in the league with 522 receiving yards.

The run game powers the offense behind Dawson Forgy's 597 yards (7th NSIC) followed by Brennan Hayes with 487 (13th NSIC) - each have eight total TDs.

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