BUCKHANNON, W.Va. -- West Virginia Wesleyan and Seton Hill face-off for the the final time in the foreseeable future at 12 p.m. on Saturday. 

The Game

• West Virginia Wesleyan and Seton Hill face-off on Saturday afternoon at Ross Field, with both teams in search of their first win of the season.
• The Bobcats have won three straight in the  match-up with Seton Hill.
• Griffin head coach Joel Dolinski is 1-3 against Wesleyan, his one win came in Buckhannon during the 2008 season.
• Each team is looking to end a five game losing streak, dating back to last season.
• Saturday will mark the final time the two schools meet as part of the WVIAC, as Seton Hill joins the PSAC and Wesleyan heads to the newly formed Mountain East Conference.
• For those who can't be at Ross Field, the new voice of the Bobcats, Reuben Perdue, along with Bill Nestor and sideline reporter Chris Nutter will be on the call from Buckhannon--starting with a pregame show at 11:30 leading up to the 12 p.m. kickoff on 102.3 WFBY on; you can listen on the internet at WFBY.com.

Last Week

• West Virginia Wesleyan fell into a 27-3 hole, and could not recover falling 33-16 at West Liberty last week.
• Jeremy Musselman connected on 18-of-31 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns.
• Jesse Robertson racked up 15 tackles, with two tackles for loss and one sack.
• Shepherd raced to a 28-0 lead last week and went onto a 42-6 victory over Seton Hill in Greensburg.

Notebook

• Saturday marked the first time during the 2012 season that Wesleyan was able to throw for 300 yards.
• West Liberty was the seventh team to throw two or more touchdowns against the Bobcats (3-4).

NFL Ties

• West Virginia Wesleyan has become a home for former NFL talent looking to break into the coaching ranks.
• Assistant Head Coach Anthony Thomas is starting his second season in Buckhannon after an eight year NFL career where he was Rookie of the Year in 2001 with the Chicago Bears. Thomas played college football at the University of Michigan where he led the Wolverines to the 1997 National Championship.
• Defensive Coordinator Eric Brock played two seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. Brock was a three-year letterwinner at Auburn University.
• The newest addition to the Wesleyan coaching staff has been that of former Pittsburgh Steeler and two-time Super Bowl Champion running back Willie Parker.
• Nate Montana, the son of Joe Montana, is also in Buckhannon.

Home Field Advantage

• Wesleyan has won 12 of the last 13 games played on the grass at Ross Field.
• The loss to Bentley snapped a 12-game win streak at Ross Field.

Road Blues

• Wesleyan has compiled an 18-6 overall record over the past two seasons, but has managed just a 7-6 record on the road.
• Under Jonas Jackson, the team is just 4-4 on the road.
• Each of the four games the Bobcats have surrendered 200+ rushing yards have come on the road.

Mussel Up

• Redshirt sophomore quarterback, Jeremy Musselman, missed the Millersville game with an injury, but did not miss a beat when his number was called against Bentley—leading the Bobcats on a seven play 70 yard drive ending in a touchdown pass to Nyme Manns.
• Musselman tossed for 245 yards and two scores on 18-of-31 passing against West Liberty.

90 Plays a Game

• Jonas Jackson set a goal this season for his team to run 90 plays a game, so far the high this season has been 82 plays at Millersville.
• The Bobcats are last in Division II in third down conversions managing just six conversions in 47 attempts (12.8%).
• Of the 47 attempts 19 have been third and 10 or more yards to go.
• The Wesleyan defense has also struggled at times to get off the field in clutch situations, yielding opponents conversions on 18 of 49 attempts.

Red Zone

• Although the scoreboard hasn't provided a positive result, the Bobcats have shown great signs inside the 20 on both sides of the ball.
• The Wesleyan offense has scored on six of seven possessions (4 TDs and 2 FG) inside the opponents' red zone. The Bobcats rank 33rd in the country converting 86% of opportunities inside the 20.
• The defense has limited opponents to scores on just 8-of-15 (six TDs, 2 FGs) attempts inside the 20.The 53% of scores given up by Wesleyan ranks 17th in D-II.

Ends of Fury

• West Virginia Wesleyan leads D-II in sacks with 15 on the year.
• The pressure on the  quarterback is being generated by All-American defensive end Jonas Celian is tied for sixth in D-II with five sacks.
• Celian, a native of North Lauderdale, Fla., racked up 12 sacks last season and is in second place on Wesleyan's all-time sack list with 34.5.
• While Celian gets a lot of notice from opposing offenses,  of equal attention on the other side is Brian Vukela who also registers in the top 10 in career sacks.
• The senior from Bethel Park, Pa. has 16.5 career sacks, needing just 3.5 to crack the top three.
• Celian and Vukela combined for three and a half sacks against Millersville.
• Junior college transfer Marcus Sprearman is also causing havoc with four sacks in 2012.
• Celian, Vukela and Spearman have combined for 11.5 sacks this season.

Hall of Fame Pedigree

• Nate Montana has two challenges this season; first, he is the son of a Super Bowl Champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer (Joe Montana), second is that he has to fill the shoes of Adam Neugebauer (who led D-II in passing yards and touchdowns).
• Montana completed 27-of-49 passes in his debut for 255 yards, a pair of touchdowns and two interceptions.
• Montana has struggled the last two weeks  completing just 13-of-41 passes for 131 yards.

First and Boston

• Richmond transfer Donte Boston pulled down four passes during his first game in black and orange, three of which went for first downs, while the fourth was a touchdown.

Scouting The Griffins

• Joel Dolinski is in his fifth season in Greensburg. He has an overall record of 15-32, while being 8-24 in WVIAC play.
• Cal PA transfer, Ryan Morris, pilots the Griffin offense. Morris is 78-of-133 with a league-leading 746 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions on the season.
• Derrick Dyer leads the SHU rushing attack with 65 yards on 15 carries and one touchdown.
• D.J. Carter leads the Griffin receivers with 22 catches for a WVIAC-best 264 yards and has reached pay dirt once.
• The Seton Hill defense is led by sophomore linebacker Tyler Zimmerman who leads the WVIAC in tackles (38), sacks (six), tackles for loss (eight) and also has one interception.

Upper Class

• The Wesleyan roster consists of 52 upperclassmen, including 21 seniors and 31 juniors.

Ricky on the Return

• Wesleyan junior Ricky Conner broke through last season as the team's primary punt returner, taking in 32 of the teams 33 returns.
• Conner needs just 63 yards to crack the top-five in punt return yards at Wesleyan.

Kasper Kicks

• Wesleyan struggled a season ago in the kicking game, hitting on just 45% of field goals and 86% of extra points.
• This season, help has arrived in the form of Denmark native Kasper Bernild.
• Bernild hit on 80% of his field goal attempts in the 2010 Danish National League with a long of 53 yards.
• Bernild is 3-for-6 on the year with a long of 43 yards.

The Beef

• The Wesleyan offensive line averages a height of 6-4 and weight of 297--anchored by senior center, Kevin Goetaski (6-5,300).

Black Hats

• Wesleyan steps away from the white helmets with black paws worn in 2012.
• The new look domes are black with orange paws, an idea conceived by coach Jackson as a way to make his players proud to be Bobcats.

The End of the WVIAC

• West Virginia Wesleyan, along with the other eight football playing schools, will be vying for the final WVIAC football crown as they move into the Mountain East Conference.

Last Season vs. Seton Hill

• West Virginia Wesleyan broke open a 13-10 game with 21 points in the third quarter on its way to a 34-10 victory in Greensburg.
• Jonas Celian registered 16 tackles, 2.5 sacks and five tackles for loss.

2011 Review

• The Wesleyan football team rolled to a 9-0 start before dropping the final two games of the regular season, finishing 9-2 overall and 6-2 in league play.
• Wesleyan led Division II, averaging 384.3 passing yards per game.
• Adam Neugebauer, Jon Meadows and Jonas Celian all earned All-American status.
• Meadows and Neugenbauer each set 2 school single season records. (Meadows: receptions (99) and receiving yards (1,275) (Neugebauer passing touchdowns (40) and yards (4,111).
• The 2011 Bobcats also set seven single game records as a team, along with nine single season records.