Know Your Football Opponent Peru State

Today we quickly look at this week's football opponent Peru State.

But first a look back over the week…

The men's golf finished their last tournament of the season by placed 6th out of 19 at the Lindenwood Fall Invitational which took place on Monday.

While men’s and women’s bowling is off to a decent start finishing 16th out of 36 teams this last weekend at Kegel/ISBPA Collegiate Tournament and the women’s bowling team placed 10th out of 28 teams.

Women's volleyball picked up a 2 wins over the weekend at the Clarke Tournament to improve their overall record to 22-19. Then on Tuesday the Lady Statesmen won in 5 games to Iowa Wesleyan making them fourth in conference with a record of 4-3.

Men's and women’s soccer continue their fall season action. The WPU men were defeated by William Wood on Tuesday 3-2. The women's soccer team remained scoreless on Tuesday against Coe moving them to 5-9-3 on the season. The soccer teams will finish the rest of their season on the road.

Now on to know your opponent this week for the 1 p.m. (Central) kick off between William Penn and Peru State. The contest will be carried locally by MCG 22 TV and also broadcast on KBOE local Radio.

1.) Peru State was founded in 1865 making it the first and oldest institution in Nebraska.

2.) Third school to open a teacher education program west of the Missouri River.

3.) The Peru State football team won the 1990 NAIA Division II National Championship, defeating Westminster (Pa.) 17-7. Nate Bradley was Peru's offensive player of the game and Bob Hansen was Peru's defensive player of the game. Tom Shea was also named the 1990 NAIA Division II Coach of the Year

4.) The Bobcats run a pro-set offensive formation with a 4-3 defensive formation.

5.) The Bobcats are ranked number one in the NAIA for Field Goal Percentage (1.000).

6.) Peru State overall defense is ranked 43rd in the Nation. The Bobcats’ rushing defense is ranked 46th giving up 151 yards per game and their pass defense is 49th in the Nation giving up 191 yards per game.

7.) The Bobcats are 39th in total scoring offense with 204 yards, and 44th in total pass offense with 1,490 yards for the season.