OGDEN, Utah-Saturday, 1-2 Weber State (No. 5 in the STATS FCS poll and No. 6 in the AFCA coaches’ poll) hosts 2-1 Northern Iowa (No. 7 in the coaches’ poll and No. 9 in the STATS FCS poll) at Stewart Stadium in a match-up of “purple powers” in the FCS as both of these teams have purple as their primary color.

In this vein of thought, all Wildcats fans are encouraged to wear purple as the athletic department has deemed this a “Purple Out” game. Furthermore, the Wildcats will wear both purple jerseys and purple pants as well as the trademark purple helmets with the “Go W” logo.

The Wildcats are also celebrating their 100th year of football and all living former Weber State players and coaches are invited to attend the game as they will be recognized for their contributions to the program.

The Wildcats are 1-2 because they have suffered a pair of closely contested defeats at the hands of Mountain West Conference teams San Diego State and Nevada. In their other game, Weber State clobbered Cal Poly 41-24.

The Wildcats are tied for 96th in FCS in scoring offense (18 points per game) with Howard and New Hampshire. Weber State is 12th nationally in scoring defense (16.3 points per game) as against San Diego State and Nevada, the Wildcats surrendered only a net 22 points to their two FBS foes. Incidentally, the Panthers are tied with Weber State in scoring defense.

The Wildcats are led by junior quarterback Jake Constantine, who completes 70.4 percent of his passes on the season (38-54) for 256 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

Star sophomore tailback Josh Davis (31 car, 161 yards, 2 TD’s) and sophomore receiver Devon Cooley (8 rec, 112 yards) are their leading rusher and receiver respectively.

Freshman cornerback Maxwell Anderson and junior safety Preston Smith (interception apiece) lead the Weber State defense.

The Panthers began the season with a 29-26 double overtime loss to FBS power Iowa State and have defeated two consecutive Big Sky Conference foes, Southern Utah (34-14) and Idaho State (13-6).

Northern Iowa is tied for 74th nationally in scoring offense (24.3 points per game) with Texas Southern.

The Panthers are led by redshirt freshman signal-caller Will McElvain (57-93, 621 yards, 5 TD’s/0 INT’s), senior tailback Trevor Allen (45 car, 153 yards) and redshirt sophomore receiver Isaiah Weston (11 rec, 189 yards, 2 TD’s).

Northern Iowa’s defense is paced by redshirt junior defensive lineman Ellerson G. Smith who ranks third nationally with 5 sacks. He also has 2 forced fumbles and a pair of breakups.

Freshman defensive back Omar Brown has two interceptions and redshirt junior defensive back Austin Evans has another theft for the Panthers.