COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Presentation to face Northwestern today

today at Swisher Field a college football contest.

PC and Northwestern both enter with identical 1-1 records. The Eagles have been on the road for the first two weeks of the season.

Northwestern is coming off a 49-7 win over Westminster College last week and a 52-7 loss against St. John's University in the opening game of the year. Northwestern handed the Saints their worse loss last season in a 55-0 shutout at Roseville, Minn. The Eagles have averaged 28 points over the first two games. They have also racked up nearly 500 yards of total offense, including 226 yards per game through the air. Northwestern quarterback Josh Balzer has thrown for 452 yards and four TDs through the first two games this season.

"Northwestern is a real good football team," PC coach Andy Carr said. "One thing you see with Northwestern is they are always where they need to be. Those kids play hard and they are always where they are supposed to be. That just shows they are well coached and playing the game the right way." The Saints dropped last week's game 47-29 at Waldorf College. PC led 22-18 at halftime and trailed by a slim 32-29 margin at the start of the fourth quarter. Carr felt his team just got worn out in the final 15 minutes.

"I really liked how the guys fought back on the road," Carr said. "A lot of reasons to give in at that point, but they didn't give in to any of those reasons. They fought back and took the lead.

I'm really proud of that.

With young guys, that resiliency really makes a big difference." Junior QB Stephen Braswell threw for 277 yards and a pair of touchdowns in his second start of the season. "Stephen is doing a really good job," Carr said. "He is kind of learning on the fly with the quarterback position. He made really good decisions with the football. It is really good to see that growth from Stephen."

Game notes

Northwestern will have its first home game of the season next Saturday against MacMurray College. . . . Each and every home game for the Saints will be streamed on the web at www.ustream.tv/ channel/saintsid. . . .

Freshman defensive back Jordan Taylor leads the Saints in tackles with 19.