The East Central University football team will play its first home game at Norris Field at Koi Ishto Stadium, Saturday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. when the Tigers welcome Southern Nazarene.

Game Notes I Live Stats I Live Video I Live Radio

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 21st consecutive season. Manos has worked 211 Tiger games since taking over the play-by-play duties in 1997.

This year fans in the stadium will have a chance to rent or buy a Smart Bug.  The Smart Bug will let you listen to The X-Factor radio broadcast from the stands, through the post-game show, and for a chance for exclusive content during broadcast breaks.  Cost is $15 to purchase and use for the entire 2017-18 season at football and basketball, or $10 to rent with a $5 return when the unit is checked back in after the game.

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 will be just the seventh meeting in the all-time series against the Crimson Storm, with the Tigers holding a 6-0 advantage.  The series lead includes a 4-0 mark as GAC members and a 3-0 mark when playing in Ada.

Last Meeting: In 2016 ECU earned a 23-6 win at Southern Nazarene (Sept. 17).  The Tigers claimed the win largely due to field goals in the first three quarters.

Trevon Jackson and Tre Harvey are the top returners offensively for ECU.  Jackson added 73 yards on 10 carries.  Harvey added two catches for 58 yards and a TD.

On the defensive side, Jamil Young and Camnik Campbell led the returners.  Young tallied five solo tackles, a TFL and broke up a pass, while Campbell netted four (3-1) total tackles.

ECU allowed just 137 total yards for the day, including just two passing, while recording 429.

The teams ended the first half knotted at six, after two Tigers' field goals.

But ECU came out ready to fight in the second half, taking a 16-6 lead before the end of the third quarter.  

Harvey gave the Tigers their final points on a touchdown, with 9:23 left in the fourth quarter, to put ECU up 23-6.

About SNU: The Crimson Storm are 0-1 on the season after falling to Southeastern 58-0 in the opening game of the season.  SNU tallied 267 yards of total offense in the game, while allowing 544.  The Crimson Storm also struggled with ball control, with three fumbles (losing two).

Holle Named GAC Offensive Player of the Week:  After his first game of the 2017 ECU football season, junior quarterback Noah Holle was named the Great American Conference Offensive Player of the Week for Sept. 4.

Holle, went 20-of-27 in his debut in an orange and black uniform, throwing for 351 yards and five touchdowns.  He used seven different receivers and connected for touchdowns with five of those receivers.

Holle also set up two more touchdowns on the rush, helping the Tigers to 546 total offensive yards, the most since Sept. 19, 2015.

Williams Starts Off Season on High Note: Senior Devyn Williams gave the Tigers a great start to the 2017 season, by returning the opening kickoff of the first game of the season (Sept. 2) 91 yards for a touchdown.  It was the first time since Sept. 14, 2013 that any kickoff during a game had been returned for a TD.  The last time was when LaQuan Harper returned a kickoff, in the middle of the game, 94 yards for TD against Southern Arkansas.

Up Next: ECU will return to the road for a 6 p.m. game at Arkansas-Monticello, Saturday, Sept. 16.  The next opportunity to see the Tigers at Koi Ishto Stadium will be Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. against Ouachita Baptist.