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Wofford at Furman

Site: Paladin Stadium, Greenville

Time: 3 p.m.

Records: Wofford 3-7, 2-5 in Southern Conference; Furman 5-5, 4-3 in Southern Conference

Series: Furman leads, 49-26-7

Last Week: Samford def. Wofford, 27-24; Furman def. Georgia Southern, 30-22

Last Meeting: Wofford won, 35-10

Notable: Game will be televised by SportSouth…Terriers have not produced many wins this season but still are No. 1-ranked rushing team in country with 273.1yards per game…Passing offense is next to last in country…Mike Rucker is top rusher with 582 yards (7.0 per carry), followed by Michael Scott with 542 yards (5.9 per carry) and QB Mitch Allen with 541 yards (4.5 per carry)…Allen has passed for 605 of Wofford's 813 yards through the air…Terriers are averaging 81.3 yards per game…Furman's win over Georgia Southern ended a three-game losing streak…Paladins are led by QB Jordan Sorrells, who has 2,065 passing yards with 15 TDs and eight interceptions…RB Tersoo Uhaa is ninth in the Southern Conference with 497 rushing yards on 119 carries with 12 TDs…WR Adam Mims has 67 catches for 779 yards and three TDs…Furman's defense is anchored by Kadarron Anderson, who has 119 tackles with six for loss.

Gardner-Webb at Presbyterian

Site: Bailey Memorial Stadium, Clinton

Time: 1 p.m.

Records: Gardner-Webb 5-5, 2-3 in Big South; Presbyterian 0-10, 0-5 in Big South

Series: Presbyterian leads, 16-15

Last Week: Coastal Carolina def. Presbyterian, 41-37; Liberty def. Gardner-Webb, 51-28

Last Meeting: Gardner-Webb won, 47-21

Notable: Presbyterian is trying to end a 13-game losing streak…Blue Hose freshman RB Lance Byrd was the Big South's freshman of the week after rushing for 148 yards, his second straight 100-yard rushing game…Byrd has carried for 640 yards and three TDs…QBs Brandon Miley and Tim Webb have combined 2,314 passing yards and 14 TDs…Patrick McKoy with 553 yards and Sean Adegbola with 515 yards are top receivers with combined eight TDs…Gardner-Webb has won last two games against Presbyterian…Bulldogs gave up 24 unanswered points in second half of loss to Liberty…David Montgomery had a 100-yard kickoff return for a TD against Flames and also caught a 43-yard TD pass from QB Stan Doolittle…Doolittle, who passed for 221 yards last week, has 1,995 for the year with 10 TDs…Doolittle also has rushed for 291 yards and three TDs…RB Patrick Hall has 485 yards and 10 TDs.