THIS WEEKEND IN PEACOCK FOOTBALL
Upper Iowa football (2-2, 1-0 GLVC) takes on Quincy University (2-0, 2-0 GLVC) on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Quincy, Ill. This will be Upper Iowa's third consecutive road game before returning home next weekend.
 

LIVE OPTIONS
Fans unable to make it to Quincy, Ill. for Saturday's game can stay connected with a pair of live options at UIUPeacocks.com/Live, with access to live stats and a pay-per-view webcast through GLVCSN. Fans can also refer to the links attached to this story for all live options. 

In addition to GLVCSN.com, viewers can catch the Peacocks on the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile app, as well as the GLVCSN app on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV.
 

REVIEW OF THE LAST ACTION
Upper Iowa played in their first conference contest last weekend against Southwest Baptist and put together a solid fourth quarter in a come-from-behind victory. Peacock football trailed the Bearcats in Bolivar 7-0 for three quarters before coming to life in the fourth and putting up 21 unanswered points. The Peacocks sealed the 21-7 victory for their first conference win of the season and improved to 2-2 (1-0 GLVC).

Jayden Mitchell paced the Peacocks with 131 yards rushing on 16 attempts for an average of 8.2 yards per rush, his longest being 52 yards. 
 

THE NATIONAL SCENE
Several highlights of the Peacock defense appears on the national leaderboard. Upper Iowa is tied for fourth in the country with seven interceptions on the season. Zacarius Murray, Tyler Owen and Ben Kamara have two, while Shaquille Roman has nabbed one. 

UIU ranks 17^th in Division II in third-down defense (26%) and sits near the top of the leaderboard in blocked kicks with two, tying with a handful of other teams.

SCOUTING THE HAWKS
Quincy is leading the GLVC in league wins with two and have yet to compete against a non-conference opponent. They were scheduled to play Drake in the first week of the season, but it resulted in a "no result" due to weather conditions during the game.

The Hawks defeated Lincoln 46-5 two weeks prior and, most recently, downed Missouri S&T 21-14 in Rolla, Mo. 

Teon Dollard leads the team with four rushing touchdowns and has totaled 269 yards in the team's two games this season. Drake Davis has completed 37-48 passes (77%) and has tossed four touchdowns. Brock Inman paces the Hawks in tackles with 14, while Joseph Web has their only interception.

UP NEXT
The Peacocks are back home next weekend as they host Truman State at Harms-Eischeid Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m.