Wildcat football home opener Saturday night

THE GAME

• Weber State plays its first home game at Stewart Stadium as the Wildcats host Cal Poly Saturday night.

• Saturday's game will kickoff at 6:00 p.m. The game will be televised throughout Utah on KJZZ TV and will also be streamed online on Pluto TV 535 and WatchBigSky.com. Dave Fox, Alema Harrington and Tony Parks will be on the call.

• Radio broadcast will be on 1430 KLO radio and kloradio.com with Steve Klauke and former Wildcat head coach and athletic director Jerry Graybeal on the call.

• Live stats will be at WeberStateSports.com and the Weber State app.

OPENING DRIVE

• Weber State is coming off a 6-0 loss at San Diego State in the season opener Saturday.

• The Wildcats are ranked seventh in the nation in the latest STATS FCS poll. WSU is coming off the two best seasons in school history. Weber State has won back-to-back Big Sky Conference titles for the first time in school history, and has advanced to the quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs in each of the past two seasons.

• Cal Poly is 1-0 on the year after a 52-34 win over San Diego in the season opener. The Mustangs were picked to finish ninth in the Big Sky standings this season.

• The Mustangs are coached by longtime Big Sky coach Tim Walsh. Cal Poly freshman quarterback Jalen Hamler was named the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week.

• Saturday's game is the home opener. The Wildcats have won nine of their last 10 and 12 of the last 14 games at Stewart Stadium.

• Head coach Jay Hill is his sixth season as head coach of the Wildcats. Hill has a career record of 36-27 at Weber State.

• Even though both teams are members of the Big Sky Conference, Saturday's game will be a non-conference game and will not count in the Big Sky standings.

• This will be the 15th all-time meeting between the two schools, with Weber State holding a 8-6 all-time series lead. The Wildcats are 4-3 against the Mustangs in Ogden.

• This season Weber State is celebrating the 100th anniversary of football at Weber State and the 150th anniversary of college football.

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