Langston
at Northern Colorado
Saturday, Aug. 30, 1:35 p.m.
Greeley, Colo.
Nottingham Field
(8,500, Natural Grass)
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Series History: First Meeting
The Coaches: Northern Colorado’s Earnest Collins is 5-17 entering his third season with the Bears. He is 13-29 entering his fifth season as a Division I head coach…Langston’s Dwone Sanders is entering his first season. He was the team’s defensive coordinator the previous two seasons.
Notes: Northern Colorado will play seven home games this season, including four of its first five games…UNC went 3-2 at home last season...The Bears enter the 2013 season riding a three-game winning streak…Langston, an NAIA school located in Langston, Okla, finished 6-4 last season. The Lions are ranked 23rd in the NAIA preseason coaches’ poll....UNC QB Seth Lobato threw for 2,797 yards with 19 touchdowns in 2012...Tromaine Dennis netted 948 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns last season for the Bears...NC LB Clarence Bumpas will make his return after missing the final five games of the 2012 season with an injury. Bumpas tallied 145 total tackles in 2011...Northern Colorado senior WR Jace Davis has five 100-yard receiving games in his career.