The East Central University football team will take on Arkansas-Monticello Saturday, Oct. 31 in the annual Homecoming game.  It is also Senior Day, where ECU will honor its 18 seniors before the start of the game.  The game also features a reunion of the 1965 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Champions.

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The Broadcast: ECU's radio home for Tiger football is Ada's KXFC, 105.5, FM 'The X-Factor'. Mike Manos returns to broadcast the games for his 19th consecutive season. Manos has worked 198 Tiger games since taking over the play-by-play duties in 1997.

The Coverage: Fans who can't be at the game can find links to live stats, live video and the KXFC radio broadcast on ECUTigers.com.  Go to the football schedule page.  You can also download the KXFC radio app for your smartphone by searching '105.5 the X Factor.'

The Series: Saturday's game is the eighth in the all-time series that dates back to 1988.  ECU holds a 5-2 advantage, including a 4-1 mark when playing at Norris Field.  The Tigers have also won the last five games in the series and all the games when playing as GAC opponents.

Scouting Arkansas-Monticello: The Boll Weevils are 1-7 on the season after dropping their last two games.  The team is averaging 23.5 points per game, while allowing 37.5.

UAM is a passing team, with 2,414 passing yards and just 795 rushing.  The Boll Weevils opponents have done a little better with the rush, having 1465 yards passing and 1,868 rushing.  However, UAM has grabbed just two interceptions and allowed 13 passes to be picked off this season.

Hunter Leppert is the leader of the offense, with 2,185 yards passing, 18 touchdowns and a 150-of-283 passing mark.  Jeremy Jackson is the top rusher for UAM, with about half of the teams yards at 349, while scoring three times.  Cody Bordelon, Jalen Tolliver and Trevon Smith are the core group of receivers, with over 400 yards each.  Bordelon has 527 yards and four TDs, Tolliver adds 582 yards with five scores and Smith has 432 yards and five touchdowns.

Ofisa Kose is the leader on the defensive side of the ball, with 71 (35-36) total tackles, 5.5 TFL, 1.0 sacks and one forced fumble.  Antonio Jenkins adds 42 (27-15) tackles, 4.5 TFL, an interception and three PBUs.

The Voice of the Tigers: Mike Manos has been the Voice of the Tigers on 105.5 The X-Factor radio broadcast for the past 19 seasons.  Including Saturday's game, Manos is at 199 Tiger games since taking over the play-by-play duties in 1997 and will mark a record 200 games next week at Southern Arkansas.

Capturing the Record:  Senior Jameel Whitney finished the 2014 season with the record for the most tackles in a single season (111) and took over the career tackle record from Norris Wrenn (2009-12).  Wrenn recorded 278 career tackles and Whitney tied that record, with 14 tackles against Arkansas-Tech.  He then broke the record in the next game against Harding, now standing at 284.

Pulling in Records: Junior David Moore's 11 touchdowns for the year have him just two from breaking the single season receiving TD record of 12, set by George Robbins in 2011.  His 11 scores this season also put him at 23 for a career, which is a new ECU Career Receiving Touchdown record.  The old record was 20 set by Ed Wood from 1962-65. David could also break the single season record for reception yards in a season (970-Caleb Holley, 2012).  David has 745 yards this year and is averaging 93.1 with three games left to play.

Senior Rocky Moore is the other half of those touchdowns this season and set the single season passing touchdown record in the win over ATU.  He broke the record of 25 set by Tyler Vanderzee in 2010 and now has 29 to his credit this season.

Leaping Lexus:  Junior Lexus Jackson has had a good season on defense for the Tigers, but has been somewhat quiet in the overall picture.  That all changed with 28 seconds left in the game against No. 24 Arkansas Tech when he caught his second interception of the season to guarantee the win for the Tigers.  In 2015, Jackson has tallied 27 (14-13) tackles, 4.5 TFL, two interceptions and four break ups.

Taking Down the Ranked: The Tigers beat their first ranked team since Oct. 27, 2012 with a 20-19 win over No. 24 Arkansas Tech (10/17).  The last time ECU defeated a ranked team was a 37-27 win over Ouachita Baptist at Norris Field.

Among the Nation's Best: ECU has had a strong season, allowing them to be ranked in the top-10 in the NCAA in five statistical categories.  The Tigers also have three players ranked in the top-10 in at least one category.  The top rankings for ECU is a No. 4 ranking in punt return defense (-1.60).  Senior Rocky Moore is ranked in the top-10 individually in four categories, including No. 3 in passing TDs (29).  Junior David Moore is ranked No. 4 in receiving TDs (11) and senior Karmah Yates has moved into the No. 8 spot in forced fumbles per game (0.38).

Interception Insanity: The game against Northwestern turned into an interception crazy game, with 10 total interceptions.  The Tigers caught seven of those passes for a new Great American Conference single game record.  A total of four players claimed an interception for ECU, with three (Mariano Dillard, Dar-ray Jubilee & Blake Summers) each netting two.

Dual Threat: After the opening two games of the year, the Tigers' rushing game has turned up the intensity to make it a dual threat with the passing power of quarterback Rocky Moore.  Through the first two games, ECU averaged 64.0 yards rushing and that has increased to 139.1 yards for the season.  Senior Jamal Hall and freshman Tre'von Jackson are two key reasons for the increase.  Hall is now averaging 60.0 yards per game, while Jackson adds 56.2.

Record Outing: ECU's 69-0 victory over SNU marked the first home shutout since Sept. 25, 2010, when the Tigers claimed a 23-0 victory over Southwestern.  The lopsided score also accounted for the second-best margin of victory in school history.  The record is an 8-0 win over Bacone in 1939.

#GiveMeMoore: The Tigers have scored 25 of their 32 touchdowns on the pass so far in 2015 and 10 of those have been between senior Rocky Moore and junior David Moore.  Rocky Moore has had a strong season, averaging 306.2 passing yards per game, while David Moore ranks in the top-10 in five GAC categories, including first in receiving yards per game.

Air Raid: The opening game of the season was a tight battle all the way to the end, but it was a good night for the quarterback and receivers from ECU.  Senior quarterback Rocky Moore recorded 405 yards passing, going 23-of-40.  Senior Nathan Pickett and junior David Moore were the recipients of a good chuck of those yards, with each garnering over 100 yards.  Pickett caught two passes for 129 yards, with a long catch of 82 yards that set up a touchdown.  David Moore caught four passes for 100 yards and scored two TD's.  The Tigers had a total of 10 receivers catch at least one pass, with four of those earning over 50 yards.

Up Next: The Tigers will finish the 2015 season on the road, as they travel to Southern Arkansas next week (Nov. 7) and finally to Southeastern (Nov. 14) for the annual Great American Classic, sponsored by Landmark Bank.