Adams State University is looking for their first win of the season as they stay on the road and head to the Land of Enchantment to take on the Cowboys of New Mexico Highlands
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The game will be streamed online through the RMAC Network. The radio broadcast will feature Sports Information Director Eric Flores on the call. Adams State University and KSPK-FM have extended their broadcast partnership for three years. Listeners can tune in to KSPK on-air throughout southern Colorado on 100.3 in Colorado Springs, Alamosa, and the San Luis Valley, 104.1 in South Fork and Trinidad, and 102.3 in Pueblo and Walsenburg. Fans nationwide can also tune in on KSPK's website (kspk.com).
 
WEATHER REPORT
Saturday's weather forecast calls for a mainly sunny sky with a high near 75 degrees and winds  NW at 5 to 10 mph.
 
LEADING THE WAY
The Adams team has elected five captains for 2021: senior defensive lineman Alu Taito, senior tight end Ian Fryday, senior linebacker Braeden Meyer, senior running back Tyreik Campbell, and senior defensive end EJ Labaze.
 
WHERE WE LEFT OFF
The Grizzlies enter the game 0-8 overall and 0-8 in the RMAC after falling to CSU Pueblo last weekend 35-28.
 
The game was tied at 21 in the third and then fell to a two-possession deficit before rallying back and scoring early in the fourth. The Grizzlies blocked a field goal attempt late but could not convert on their final drive and fell by one score.
 
ABOUT THE COWBOYS
The Cowboys are 3-5 on the season and are 3-5 in the RMAC. They enter this weekends game on a two-game winning streak They stunned CSU Pueblo two Saturdays ago by a score of 28-21 before defeating Black Hills State last weekend 24-10.
 
The Cowboys rank 15th in the nation in total offense at 461.3 yards per game and are second in the nation in first downs on the season with 210. Ramone Atkins is third in the country in total offense (348.6) while he's 15th in passing touchdowns (21) and 11th in passing yards (2,266). Atkins also has 533 yards rushing and three scores. High is second on the team in rushing with 413 yards (including a team-best 5.2 yards per carry) while Kamari Mosby has rushed for 280 yards.
 
CJ Sims has been NMHU's top receiver as he is ninth in the nation in receiving yards (784), 20th in receptions per game (6.0) and 22nd in receiving touchdowns (7).
 
Coney leads the NMHU defense in tackles with 46 followed by Brown (42), Terrence Jackson (37), and Roderick Woods (30).
 
GRIZZLIES PAVING THE WAY
The Grizzlies are doing great defensively as Bryce Hampton, who had three straight games with an interception, is tied for first in the nation with six interceptions and tied for second with .8 interceptions per game.
 
Tyreik Campbell is the top rusher for the Grizzlies as he has carried the ball 125 times for 622 yards (4.4 ypg). Elijah Harper is the top receiver with 29 catches for 425 yards and seven touchdowns.
 
MAKING RMAC HISTORY
For a league that has been around since 1909, history was made on Saturday as it marked the first time two black head coaches faced off against each other in the sport inside the RMAC.
 
Versie Wallace has been the only other black head football coach at a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference school before the current three head coaches. Wallace guided the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers from 1995 to 2000.
 
Fort Lewis College's Darrius Smith is the other current black football head coach in the RMAC. Colorado Mesa faces Fort Lewis this weekend in Durango while Adams State takes on the Skyhawks on November 6 in the Musket Game.
 
NEW LEADERSHIP
On April 26th, Adams State University removed the interim tag from Head Football Coach Jarrell Harrison, who officially became the 24th coach in Adams State football history.
 
Harrison joined Adams State football in 2016 as a Running Backs Coach and Special Teams Assistant under former Head Coach Timm Rosenbach. He was promoted to interim head coach on January 5, 2021, after the resignation of former Head Coach Josh Blankenship. Blankenship finished his two-year tenure with the Grizzlies with an 8-14 (.364) overall record; 8-12 (.400) RMAC.
 
Harrison makes history for Adams State University as he becomes the first African American to lead the football program, in this, the University's 100th year.
 
IN THE POLLS
The Adams State Grizzlies earned one first-place vote and were selected to finish in seventh place in the RMAC by the conferences' ten head coaches. At the same time, the NM Highlands was picked to finish in eighth with 31 points.
 
AROUND THE RMAC
Colorado School of Mines' Michael Zeman and Mason Pierce join New Mexico Highlands' Devin Coney as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football Players of the Week, the league announced Monday.
 
In the standings, Western Colorado leads the conference by percentage points as they sit at 6-1 on the season on the conference. Colorado School of Mines, who was stunned by Colorado Mesa last week, are tied with the Mavericks and CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves, in a three-way tie for second.
 
Five games are on the docket this weekend in the RMAC, with the Grizzlies and Cowboys set to kick off the action at noon. Chadron State and Colorado School of Mines and CSU Pueblo and Fort Lewis will also play at noon while South Dakota Mines and Black Hills and Colorado Mesa and Western Colorado will play at noon.
 
NEXT TIME
Adams State is back home for the final home game of the year when they host Fort Lewis on Nov. 6 at 1:00 p.m.