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Two football contests involving programs in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference will take place on Sunday, September 22.
Northland Community & Technical College will face off in a Divisional matchup with M State-Fergus Falls in a game postponed and moved due to field conditions in Thief River Falls yesterday.
The Northwest corner of the state was hit with a deluge of rain Friday evening and Saturday morning, leaving Lowell T. Swenson Field in Thief River Falls unplayable. Today's contest - kicking off at 1:30pm - will be held on turf at East Grand Forks High School in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Northland, currently 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the MCAC Western Division, will hope to hold off the Spartans, who are looking for their first win of the year. The Pioneers fell to Dakota College-Bottineau last week 38-7; M State is coming off of a 36-12 loss at MnWest.
Also on the docket for Sunday is Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College, who travels to Stevens Point, Wisconsin to play the JV team of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Sunday's 2pm contest does not count in MCAC standings or affect post-season play opportunities for the Thunder, but will offer FDLTCC a chance to regroup and move on after falling to Itasca last week by a 39-6 scoreline.
FDLTCC has produced two strong MCAC wins over M State-Fergus Falls and Vermilion and held their own against NDSCS before falling, 38-28. Thunder QB Danny Jackson has completed 44-of-101 passes so far in 2019 for 565 total yards; wideout Mason Klinger has 20 catches and is averaging 71.5 yards a contest. DJ Buckhanan leads the FDLTCC defense with 35 tackles on the year.
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The 2019 MCAC Football Season Poll and Previews for the Western and Eastern Divisions, as well as current scores and statistics, are found at: https://www.mcacsports.org/sports/fball/index
The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system, as well as select member colleges in North Dakota and Wisconsin. The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions. The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.
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