BILLINGS, Mont. – The Rocky Mountain College football team returns to action on Saturday when they open Frontier Conference play with a home game against Montana State University-Northern. Kickoff from Herb Klindt Field is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 
All of the action will be available with Kyle Riley (play-by-play) and Bob Rittierodt (analyst) on the call live on ESPN Billings 910 AM.
 
Rocky Mountain will enter Saturday's game with an 0-1 record after suffering a 43-28 road loss at No. 15 Dickinson State last Thursday. The loss snapped a streak of six straight wins in season openers for the Battlin' Bears. The Bears finished 2016 with a 2-3 record in home games and they have dropped two consecutive games at Herb Klindt Field.
 
Saturday's game is the season opener for Montana State-Northern. The Lights finished 1-9 last season and lost the final seven games of the year. Garet Fowler returns at linebacker for the Lights after finishing 27th in the NAIA by averaging 9.4 tackles per game in 2016.
 
Rocky finished the opener with 334 yards of total offense and went for 5.1 yards per play. The Bears ran 176 yards and threw for another 158 yards. The team converted on 5 of 13 3rd-down attempts (38.5 percent) and possessed the ball for 31:30 minutes with 18 total first downs.
 
On defense, the Bears gave up 396 yards to the Blue Hawks for an average of 6.0 yards per play. Dickinson finished with 159 yards rushing and 237 yards through the air. DSU was 5 of 15 on 3rd-down (33.3 percent) and the Bears forced two turnovers.
 
These two teams have met 26 times since the start of the 2004 season with each team winning 13 times. Rocky has compiled a 7-5 record at home over that span. The Bears have won four straight against the Lights, including a 21-13 win at Herb Klindt Field in the last game between the two squads on October 15, 2016.