Kickoff
• Trinity International continues their current four-game homestand on Saturday, when they look for their first victory in MSFA Midwest League play and take on the Olivet Nazarene Tigers. Kickoff from Leslie Frazier Field is set for 1:00 p.m., with streaming video of the game available at TIUTrojans.com.

Quick Hits
• The Trojans will be going for a 1-1 start to conference play for the second time in the last three years.
• On Sept. 12 at Wisconsin Lutheran, senior running back Chris Elliott set the all-time TIU rushing record, and now has 3,493 career yards. Elliott also holds the record with 695 rushing attempts and is 2nd all-time with 31 rushing TDs.
• Saturday marks the 26th meeting between the Trojans and Tigers, making the TIU-ONU rivalry the longest running matchup in program history.
• Trinity International ranks 10th in the MSFA, with 22.4 points per game. The ONU defense averages 34.4 points allowed, good for 11th in the league.
• The Trojans have the eighth-best defense in the MSFA, allowing 26.8 points per game. Olivet's offense ranks 12th in the conference, with 16.0 points per game.
• Olivet Nazarene took a 28-14 loss at home to #12 Robert Morris last Saturday.

Series History
• Saturday marks the 26th meeting all-time between Trinity International and Olivet Nazarene. The rivalry began in 1990, the first varsity season for the TIU football program, and has been played every year since.
• The Tigers hold an 18-7 record over the Trojans, and are 8-2 in the last ten meetings.
• Four times Trinity has earned a victory on Leslie Frazier Field over ONU, most recently in 2013, when they took a 20-17 decision on Homecoming weekend.

Last Time vs Olivet Nazarene
• A defensive struggle throughout the first half opened up into a shootout, but the Trojans came up just short, falling on the road to the Tigers, 36-29 back on Oct. 4, 2014.
• Trinity had two chances to score the game-tying touchdown in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter, but a pair of interceptions ended both drives.
• Quarterback Stephen Anderson completed 29 of 49 passes for 304 yards and a pair of TDs. Cory Windle finished with 11 receptions for 127 yards.
• Kicker Jeremiah Carter tied the TIU single-game record with three field goals on the day.

About Olivet Nazarene
• The Tigers have started the season with a 1-4 record, winning the season opener over Midland (Neb.) but then dropping the past four contests.
• Last season, Olivet posted a record of 2-9, with a 1-4 mark in MSFA Midwest play.
• The ONU pass defense is one of the stronger units in the conference, allowing 232.4 yards per game. The Tigers rank 13th nationally in the NAIA, with 2.8 sacks per game.
• Linebackers Sebastian Swift and Caleb Coe rank 1st and 4th in the MSFA respectively, with 13.4 and 11.2 tackles per game. Swift also ranks 2nd in the nation in tackles.
• Senior wideout David Payne has been the top offensive threat for ONU, averaging 5.2 receptions per game, good for 8th in the MSFA.

A Trojan Win Would...
• ... Snap a three-game slide and improve the team's record to 3-3 overall, and 1-1 in the MSFA Midwest League.
• ... Be the second win over Olivet Nazarene in the last three meetings, and the second consecutive home victory over the Tigers.
• ... Secure the fifth season with at least three victories over the last six years.

A Trojan Loss Would...
• ... Drop the Trojans' overall record to 2-4, and start the MSFA Midwest League season 0-2.
• ... Be the fourth loss to Olivet Nazarene in the last five meetings.
• ... Be the fourth straight loss at home, becoming the longest home losing streak since 2011.
• ... Be the 11th overall loss in the last 14 games for Trinity, stretching back to last season.

Leslie Frazier Field
• TIU is 10-19 at home in the Wherritt era, and are 51-75-1 all-time at Frazier Field.
• Following this season's loss to Concordia, the Trojans are 15-10-1 all-time in home openers, and had won the first game of the year at Frazier Field the five previous seasons before this year.

Trojan Football History
• The Trinity International Trojan football program has an all-time record of 103-163-2 (.386), dating back to their first season as a varsity program in 1990.
• TIU's head coach for the inaugural season in 1989 through 1996 was Leslie Frazier. Frazier was a member of the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears, and is currently the defensive coordinator of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He had a record of 38-37-3 while at TIU, and remains the winningest coach in Trinity International history.
• The Trojans have won three MSFA Midwest League titles in school history, in 1994, 1995, and 2003.
• Trinity International has earned two NAIA Football Championship Series berths, in 1994 and 2004. TIU is still searching for their first NAIA playoff victory, falling to Northwestern (Iowa) and Georgetown (Ky.), respectively.
• TIU has one appearance in the NCCAA Victory Bowl, where they fell to Garner-Webb (N.C.), 54-14, in 2001.

Team Rankings
• Through five games this season, Trinity opponents have collected the third-fewest total penalty yards across the country. TIU has benefited from only 162 yards from flags on the field, an average of 32.4 yards per game.
• As a team the Trojans are averaging 22.8 yards per kick return, the 18th-best average in the NAIA.
• The Trinity defensive unit has been one of the best at killing long drives; the team ranks 11th in fourth-down conversion, at 26.7%, and 43rd in third-down conversion, at 36.1%.

MSFA Leaders
• Heading into Saturday's matchup, Chris Elliott is 3rd in the MSFA in rushing, with an average of 92.0 yards per game. The senior is one of just four backs in the league to average over 90 yards per game.
• J.J. Burmeister ranks 6th in the MSFA in pass efficiency, with a rating of 134.9. His 160.5 passing yards per game is the 10th-highest average in the league.
• Receiver Dillon Turk is averaging 5.2 receptions per game, good for 10th in the MSFA.
• Jeremiah Carter is 2nd in the conference in both field goal percentage (81.8%) and field goals made per game (1.8). He ranks 3rd among MSFA kickers in scoring, averaging 7.6 points per game.
• Rafael Williams ranks 2nd in punt return average, with 13.1 yards per return. Williams and Kyran Davis are both in the top five in the MSFA in kickoff return yardage (Williams: 24.5 yards per kick, 3rd in MSFA; Davis: 22.5 yards per kick, 5th in MSFA).
• Defensively, linebacker Riley Schussler is 2nd in the MSFA in tackles, with an average of 13.0 stops per game. He's also 3rd among league leaders in tackles for loss, with 1.6 each game.
• Mauricio Portillo is among the MSFA top 10 this week, with an average of 9.8 tackles per game (T-8th). Darwin Stone (7.4 per game, 22nd) and Jarell Carter (6.0; T-37th) are also among the top 50 tacklers in the league (6.8 per game).

TIU Milestones
• At Wisconsin Lutheran on Sept. 12, Chris Elliott became TIU's all-time leader in rushing yards, collecting 178 yards on 30 carries. Elliott now has 3,493 career rushing yards, surpassing the former record, held by Todd Johnson (1990-94).
• Against St. Xavier on Nov. 8, 2014, Elliott became just the 2nd rusher in TIU history to collect over 3,000 career rushing yards.
• Elliott recorded his second career 1,000-yard season in 2013, becoming the first Trojan to ever reach the 1K mark twice in his TIU career.
• The Miami, Fla. native's career high came as a freshman in 2012, with an MSFA-record 346 yards in the final game of the year over Waldorf.
• Wide receiver Cory Windle is closing in on a few school records of his own. The junior has collected 98 receptions during his three seasons at TIU, just 20 behind Nathan Endemano's mark of 118 (2004-05). Windle also needs 614 yards to tie Endemano for the all-time receiving record.

Record-Setting Performances
• Throughout the 2014 season, 37 single-game, season, or career records were either broken or tied in the TIU record books.
• Kicker Jeremiah Carter set a new single-game record with nine extra-points scored in the win over Trinity Bible on Nov. 1.
• Carter also tied the single-game field goal record, converting three kicks at Olivet Nazarene on Oct. 4. Trojan kickers have recorded three field goals five different times throughout program history (Kelly Tappenback, 2004; Mark Wilcox, 2008; Jason Owens, 2011; Carter, 2013 & 2014). Adding his name yet again, Carter set a new record for points scored by a kicker, with 53 points throughout last season.
• Quarterback Stephen Anderson finished his TIU career last year, making a case as one of the best signal-callers in Trojan history. Anderson now owns the all-time school record in passing yards (5,996), total offense (7,019), passing completions and attempts (536-899), and touchdowns (60). His career completion percentage of 59.6% is the highest among all Trojan QBs with at least 300 attempts.
• Anderson also set a new single-game record with seven passing touchdowns in the win over Wisconsin Lutheran on Sept. 12. Wide receiver Cory Windle tied the program's single-game receiving touchdowns record with four TD catches in that game.
• Linebacker Riley Schussler set a new single-game record with 23 tackes in the season finale at William Penn. His 136 tackles on the year is also a new TIU record.
• Fellow linebacker Ethan Ming's 6.5 sacks on the year set a new single-season record.

AFCA Good Works Team
• Junior linebacker Riley Schussler was selected as a nominee for the 2015 Allstate AFCA Good Works TeamÆ, announced by the Allstate Insurance Company and the American Football Coaches Association.
• Schussler is one of 197 college football players across the nation to be nominated for the highest off the field honor in college football.
• The Wrightstown, Wisc. native is one of just seven student-athletes in the NAIA, and the only representative in the Mid-States Football Association to be selected as a nominee. He also becomes the first player in Trinity International history to be nominated.

TIU in the Polls
• The Trojans start the season unranked, with their last appearance in the coaches' poll coming in 2013.
• That season, Trinity was ranked as high as No. 21 on Oct. 7, following their win over Olivet Nazarene.
• Before the 2013 season, Trinity's last ranking came in 2005 (No. 24, Sept. 19).
• TIU has been ranked 18 weeks in the program's history, and hold an all-time record of 14-11 (.560) as a nationally-ranked team.
• The Trojans are 7-47 (.130) all-time against ranked opponents, and 54-66 (.450) against unranked teams.
• When TIU is unranked, they are 50-112 (.309) since the poll's debut in 1999.

NCCAA Victory Bowl
• The top two teams in the NCCAA based on Massey Rating will meet at the end of the season in the 2015 Victory Bowl.
• Trinity International has made one previous appearance at the Victory Bowl, in 2001. The Trojans fell to current NCAA Division I foe Gardner-Webb (N.C.), 54-14.
• Trinity International holds a Massey Rating of -0.78, good for 12th in the NCCAA standings.

#BreakTheChainsTIU
• The Trinity International football program has partnered with Bright Hope for a third year to raise $15,000 and rescue girls trapped in sex trafficking in northern India.
• Since 2013, the TIU Football team has raised $22,500 and awareness for Bright Hope's Anti-Human Trafficking Intiative.
• To learn more about the Trojans partnership with Bright Hope, visit BrightHope.org/TIU.