By: By Jake Dorow
Game Date: Saturday, October 28, 2017
Stadium: Bailey Memorial Stadium
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Location: Clinton, S.C.
Miles from Kennesaw: 195
Conference: Big South
Enrollment: 1,100
Home Stadium (Capacity): Bailey Memorial Stadium (6,500)
2016 Overall Record: 2-9
2016 Conference Record (Finish): 1-4
Postseason: None
Head Coach (Career Record, Years): Tommy Spangler (Overall record: 45-28, 6
th season); at PC: same)
Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4
Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5
Top Returning Offensive Player: QB Ben Cheek
Top Returning Defensive Player: LB Grant Beidel
Last Year's Meeting: Kennesaw State won, 45-10 (Kennesaw, Ga.)
Most Famous Alumni: Justin Bethel, NFL Player (Cardinals) and Harry S. Dent, Sr., U.S. Attorney
Place to visit on campus or in city: Belk Auditorium, Alumni Green, Hartness-Thornwest Memorial Presbyterian Church
Previewing the Blue Hose in 2017
Kennesaw State enters Saturday riding a program-best 6-1 start and winners of six straight games, and looks to go 3-0 in Big South action when it challenges Presbyterian at Bailey Memorial Stadium. The Owls and Blue Hose are 1-1 all-time against each other, as KSU is coming off a 45-10 victory in 2016 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. The game will conclude a seven-game homestand for Presbyterian and enters the weekend with a 3-4 overall record. Linebacker Grant Beidel ranks second in the Big South with 70 tackles, leading the defensive unit. He ranks 17
th in the FCS this season in tackles. QB Ben Cheek enters Saturday ranked second in the conference in completion percentage, completions per game, passing efficiency, passing yards and yards per attempt to lead the offensive group. Presbyterian finished the 2016 season with a 2-9 overall record, and finished 1-4 overall in Big South action.
