#9 Colorado School of Mines (6-0, 6-0 RMAC) at Fort Lewis College (1-5, 1-5 RMAC), Saturday, 12 p.m.
Dennison Field, Durango, Colo.
[Streaming: RMAC Network] [Live Stats] [Mines Media Notes]
 

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Now 6-0 this season, #9 Colorado School of Mines hopes to keep rolling as it visits Fort Lewis in an RMAC clash on Saturday.

WATCH US
Every Mines game this season will be seen live and for free on the RMAC Network at minesathletics.com/tv. Fans can also watch on their smart TV by searching "RMAC" in the app store of their Roku, Apple TV, or Amazon Fire device.

TICKETS
Tickets are available one hour prior to game time and are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $3 for students. Visit goskyhawks.com for more information.

WEATHER REPORT
The Saturday forecast for Durango is a beautiful one - sunny skies and highs in the lower 60s.

BY THE NUMBERS
50 - career touchdown catches by Brody Oliver, which has him tied for the RMAC all-time record
10 - straight wins by Mines dating back to the final four games of the 2017 season, the third-longest streak in program history
9 - national ranking by the AFCA, Mines' highest since 2015 and second-highest in the Gregg Brandon era
4 - consecutive games in which Mines has scored points on either defense or special teams
0 - sacks allowed by Mines in the last two games. Mines has not allowed a sack in 83 straight passing downs and leads the RMAC with five allowed in 2018

MINES VS. FORT LEWIS
Mines and Fort Lewis are meeting for the 57th time, with Fort Lewis holding a narrow 29-27 all-time advantage in the series ... The two first met in 1963, a 21-7 Mines win ... Mines has dominated the series in recent history, including 11 straight wins dating back to 2007 and 14 of the last 15 ... Mines has scored at least 38 points in each of the last nine games, averaging 47.0 points per game in that span.

IN THE POLLS
Mines cracked the AFCA and D2football.com top 10s this week, ranking #9 in the AFCA poll and #10 in the D2football.com top 25. It is the third time in program history that Mines has been in the top 10, along with 2004 (peaked at #5) and 2015 (peaked at #7). 

OREDIGGERS ON TOP OF THE RMAC
Mines is the lone remaining unbeaten team in the RMAC at 6-0. Of the one-loss teams, Mines has yet to play Dixie State but has already beaten #14 CSU-Pueblo. Click here for this week's RMAC standings:

ON A ROLL
Mines has won 10 straight games dating back to last season, which is the third-longest win streak in program history. Mines' longest streaks are:

WON - YEAR(S)
14 - 2003-04    
11 - 2013-14    
10 - 2017-18    
8 - 2010    
8 - 2016    

OLIVER TIES RMAC TD RECORD
Brody Oliver's record-setting career added another notch in the record book against Colorado Mesa as he caught two touchdowns to take him to 50 in his career, tying for the RMAC all-time record. His next scoring grab will surpass Richie Ross of Nebraska-Kearney, who caught 50 between 2002-05. In week 2, Oliver became only the ninth player in RMAC history (and second Oredigger) to cross 3,000 receiving yards, he is now seventh in RMAC history at 3,314 yards, only 248 short of breaking Justin Gallas' Mines record of 3,561 compiled from 2002 to 2005. Oliver is NCAA football's active leader in receiving touchdowns, and it isn't even close: the next-highest total is 36, by Tiffin's Charles Holland, and Oliver's 50 TDs are 20 more than the active FBS leader, Middle Tennessee State's Gatlin Casey.

RMAC CAREER RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
1. 50, Richie Ross, Nebraska-Kearney (2002-05)    
1. 50, Brody Oliver, Mines (2015-pres.)    
3. 47, Anthony Edwards, N.M. Highlands (1984-88)    
4. 38, Kyle Kaiser, Nebraska-Kearney  (2007-10)    
5. 35, Tyrone Johnson, Western State (1990-93)    

RMAC CAREER RECEIVING YARDS
1. 4882, Richie Ross, Nebraska-Kearney (2002-2005)    
2. 3996, Anthony Edwards, N.M. Highlands (1984-1988)    
3. 3717, Tyrone Johnson, Western State (1990-1993)    
4. 3687, Johnny Cox, Fort Lewis (1990-1993)    
5. 3561, Justin Gallas, Mines (2002-2005)    
6. 3355, Kyle Kaiser, Nebraska-Kearney (2007-2010)    
7. 3314, Brody Oliver, Mines (2015-pres.)    
8. 3266, Trevor Weston, Nebraska-Kearney (1997-2000)    
9. 3144, Donald Byrd, Western N.M. (2011-2014)    
10. 2975, Mike Smith, Nebraska-Kearney (1994-1997)    

MAYBERRY NEARS MINES CAREER YARDS RECORD
Cameron Mayberry has a chance to become Mines' all-time leading rusher this weekend, sitting 69 yards away from breaking Greg Marshall's program record of 2,576 that he set from 1989 to 1992. Mayberry - in only a season and a half of play - has compiled 2,508 yards. He's also riding a 15-game consecutive touchdown streak, finding the end zone 27 times in that span. He is currently eighth among active NCAA Division II running backs in career touchdowns (30).

O'DELL ENJOYING BREAKOUT 2018
One of the RMAC's breakout players in 2018 has been Mines slot receiver Sean O'Dell, who has quietly racked up big numbers as a go-to option for quarterback Isaac Harker. Through six games, O'Dell has caught a team-high 34 passes (which ranks sixth in the RMAC) for a 76.5 yards-per-game average (also sixth in the RMAC). He is coming off two of the biggest production games of his career, catching seven passes for a career-high 148 yards and a touchdown against Colorado Mesa, and five passes for 91 yards at Western Colorado. O'Dell has had no fewer than four catches in all six games this year, and averages 5.7 receptions per game.

LEADING THE WAY
Mines enters week 7 with one of the nation's most balanced and dangerous offenses, ranking among NCAA Division II's leaders in virtually every offensive category. The Orediggers are second in the nation in total offense (549 ypg), third in scoring (47.5 ppg), sixth in passing offense (323.5 ypg), and 20th in rushing offense (225.5 ypg). The defense hasn't been too shabby either - Mines ranks 22nd nationally in scoring defense (18.2 ppg), 14th in rushing defense (95.0 ypg), 14th in defensive touchdowns (2), and 20th in third-down conversion defense (27.7%).

O-LINE KEEPING HARKER CLEAN
Mines leads the RMAC and is 12th nationally in sacks allowed with five, and the Orediggers have not allowed a sack in each of the last two games. It's been 83 straight passing downs since Mines allowed one (at New Mexico Highlands with the back-ups playing in the fourth quarter), and in fact it's been even longer since starting quarterback Isaac Harker has been hit - he hasn't been sacked since week 3 against CSU-Pueblo, a span of 100 consecutive passing downs.

PART-TIMERS
A huge advantage Mines has heading into the second half of the season is a lack of wear and tear from the first half. That's because the Orediggers have put five of their six games out of reach early in the second half, and Mines' starters have only played roughly 19 of 24 quarters this season (the only exception being against CSU-Pueblo). Combined on offense and defense, Mines starters have missed only four man-games due to injury this season.

BIG PLAY BURROS
Everybody knows that Orediggers love blowing things up - Mines has an explosives club, after all. That pyrotechnic proclivity has transferred to the football field this year as Mines has produced big plays left and right. In five games, Mines has produced 17 20+ yard touchdowns, including eight of 50+ yards. Mines' longest scoring plays of the year thus far are:

90 - Logan Bock fumble recovery (vs. CSU-Pueblo)    
77 - Sean O'Dell pass from Isaac Harker (vs. Colorado Mesa)    
70 - Cameron Mayberry run (vs. CSU-Pueblo)    
67 - Brody Oliver pass from Isaac Harker (vs. Adams State)    
60 - Brody Oliver pass from Isaac Harker (at Black Hills State)    
58 - Cameron Mayberry run (vs. CSU-Pueblo)    
55 - Michael Zeman run (vs. Colorado Mesa)    
50 - Brody Oliver pass from Isaac Harker (at Colorado Mesa)    

STOPPING THE RUN
Mines' run-stopping success has been keyed by a pair of veterans, inside linebackers Averie Mansfield and Grant Gale, who are the Orediggers' #1 and #3 leading tacklers, respectively, this season. Together, the duo have produced a combined 65 stops including 9.5 tackles for loss; Mansfield alone has a team-leading 6.5 tackles for loss. Together they have helped Mines hold opponents to 95.0 yards rushing per game, which includes three sub-100 yard performances this season.

BINGO?
Linebacker Logan Bock has seemingly done it all for Mines' defense this season. The redshirt senior has been a force with 31 tackles, 5.0 for a loss, and 3.0 sacks. Bock also has a chance this season to complete a rare defensive "bingo" - if he can snag an interception, he would have at least one of every major defensive statistic (tackle, sack, interception, break-up, forced fumble, fumble recovery, kick block, and safety). Bock already has two forced fumbles, one recovery, two break-ups, a kick block, and a safety this season, as well as a defensive touchdown. The last Orediggers to come close were Dean Wenger in 2017 and Kole Kadavy in 2014; both were a safety short of the full line.

EVERYBODY SCORES
Mines is third in NCAA Division II in scoring offense at 47.5 points per game, but the term "offense" might be a little misleading in Mines' case. That's because the Orediggers have gotten non-offensive points in each of their last four games (16 total points) with two safeties, a defensive touchdown, and a special teams touchdown. The streak started with Logan Bock's fumble return for a touchdown against CSU-Pueblo, and continued with safeties at New Mexico Highlands (by Bock and Averie Mansfield) and against Colorado Mesa (by James Kohlschmidt). Then last week at Western, a fumble on a kickoff caused by Nate Renfrew was collected in the end zone by Luke Jeter for a touchdown.

GET OFF THE FIELD
One thing the Mines defense has been very good at this year is getting off the field. The Orediggers have held opponents to 27.7 percent on third-down chances (which ranks 20th in NCAA Division II and best in the RMAC) and 29.4 percent on fourth down (24th nationally) to force 12 turnovers on downs and 41 punts. ven more impressive has been the red zone defense; through six games, opponents have made only 14 trips inside Mines' 20 and scored touchdowns on nine.

LAST YEAR VS. FORT LEWIS
Mines rolled to a 41-7 Homecoming win over Fort Lewis last season, led by an outstanding defensive effort and 308 yards on the ground. Cameron Mayberry led the ground attack with 122 yards and a touchdown, with quarterbacks Ben Bottlinger and Cody Limmer also running for scores. Bottlinger threw for 130 yards and a touchdown to Brody Oliver, while Grayson Harris hit a career-long 52-yard field goal to go with another from 33. The Mines defense produced a dominating effort, shutting FLC out for three quarters and allowing only 244 yards of total offense. Dean Wenger returned a fumble for a touchdown, Clayton Lauderdale had an interception in the end zone, and Brockton Sterling had two of Mines' three sacks.

LOOKING AHEAD
The Orediggers will return home Oct. 20 to play Azusa Pacific at 1 p.m.