LIBERTY, Mo. After two weeks at home, the William Jewell football is back on the road this week, heading south to Southwest Baptist. 

THE SERIES

The Cardinals are 5-9 all-time against Southwest Baptist and looking for their first win over the Bearcats since 2019, in a 29-9 non-conference victory to open the season. The Bearcats took last season's meeting 55-10 in Liberty.   

CARDINAL NOTES

• For the fourth week in a row the offense was more productive than the previous outing, scoring 34 points, the most for the Cardinals since April 17, 2021 when they scored 50 against these Bearcats. Jewell put up 513 yards of total offense, including a season best 225 on the ground.  
• On special teams, the Cardinals are one of the best on punt return defense. Jewell does not allow positive yardage on average, holding opponents to -0.14 yards, which ranks seventh nationally and tops in the GLVC.  
• Jewell punted just twice on Saturday against McKendree, their fewest punts since September 29, 2019 when they had just one against Missouri S&T. The Cardinals committed one turnover on downs and gave up one interception but all other possessions ended in a score of some kind, including four touchdowns and two field goals. When a punt is necessary freshman Paul Geelen is one of the best legs in the GLVC ranking third with an average of 38.3 yards. 
• Despite appearing limitedly, primarily as a running quarterback, Taylor Eggers enters the week ranked third in the conference with three rushing touchdowns. The 6-foot-5 redshirt sophomore has been successful on the ground with 84 net yards on 28 carries, in addition to his three scores. 
• Several Cardinals put their name into a top-10 single game list last week, including sophomore Adam Callahan. The linebacker put up a career high 15 tackles against McKendree, the most since Brock Geisz's 16 against Southwest Baptist in week one of 2019 and the highest total by a GLVC player this season. The total is also tied for fourth most in an NCAA era game and is the second 12-plus tackle contest of the season, putting him second in the league with an average of 9.0 tackles per game entering week six. 
• Tabren Yates and Jordan Clay formed a potent one-two punch last week racking up 189 combined yards on the ground. The latter had 100 of those yards for the first 100-yard rushing game of the year and the second of his career. Yates picked up 51 yards on a single play in the third quarter, tied for the ninth longest run from scrimmage in the NCAA era and longest since 2018. The sophomore is seventh in the conference with 48.6 yards rushing per game and 243 total. 
• As a team, Jewell boasted an impressive run game in week four, putting together 225 yards, the most October 12, 2019 when the team had 246 against Southwest Baptist. The offense was well balanced against McKendree, also throwing for 288 yards and three scores for 513 yards of total offense, for an average of 8.7 yards per play, most by a GLVC team this season. 
• CJ Ward connected with Deldrionn Amos twice in the fourth quarter on Saturday, one for a 68-yard touchdown. The longest pass completion of his career and reception for Amos, the mark is the fourth longest completion by a GLVC player in 2022. The junior Ward, also averaged 20 yards per pass in week four, the best mark in the conference this fall. 
• Greene Stadium was completed in 1955 and has served as the home of the Cardinals for the past 66 seasons but 2022 will be its last. Following the conclusion of the season construction will begin on The Link Project which will include among its features a new indoor arena, locker room and coaches spaces, athletic training room and student fitness center on the inside of the building along with a new stadium and campus entrance design on the outside. The $20 million campaign was matched this summer and the ceremonial ground breaking will take place on homecoming weekend, on Saturday morning prior to the Homecoming tailgate and kick off.