BILLINGS, Mont.- The Battlin' Bears host the Arizona Christian Firestorm on Saturday afternoon, celebrating the 2024 senior class before the game. 

Game Information

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Rocky Mountain College (1-7) vs Arizona Christian University (1-7)
Saturday, November 7th | 1:07 pm (MT)
Herb Klindt Field

Scouting Report - Arizona Christian

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Arizona Christian enters the weekend looking for its first victory since September 21st against MSU-Northern. The Firestorm features an option-heavy attack that averages 163 yards per game on the ground. Despite the potent rushing attack, Arizona Christian has yet to have a 100-yard rushing day, as they distribute the ball to multiple players to spread out their opposing defenses. This is punctuated by seven different Firestorm who have tallied more than 100 yards of rushing total this season with ten different players totaling ten or more rushing attempts. 

The defense has been a challenge for Arizona Christian overall, as they have not allowed less than 48 points in a game since September 28th, when they lost 28-0 to Carroll College. In their most recent loss to Montana Western, the Firestorm gave up 283 yards on the ground and 740 yards total. However, Arizona Christian has been opportunistic defensively, totaling two or more turnovers twice this season.  

Game Notes

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Protect Herb Klindt Field
The Battlin' Bears host their fifth and final home game of the 2024 season on Saturday versus Arizona Christian, honoring their 2024 senior class before the game for Senior Day. 

Beat The Firestorm
The Battlin' Bears defeated the Firestorm in their first and only matchup against Arizona Christian last season, 52-14 in Arizona. Rocky totaled nearly 500 yards of total offense in the win, including 299 yards of rushing on the afternoon.

Limit Mistakes
The Battlin' Bears have been the least penalized team in the Frontier Conference this season, both in total penalties and in penalty yardage. 

Bear Raid
The Rocky offense will face an Arizona Christian defense that allows an average of 272 yards of passing per game, the most in the conference this season. The Battlin' Bears passed just 21 times in their win over the Firestorm a season ago after grabbing a comfortable lead in the first half. 

Safety Blankets
The starting safeties for the Battlin' Bears have been sure tacklers over the past three games. Landen Quesnell averages 7.3 tackles per game, and Dylan Deines averages 7.1, ranking in the top 11 individually in the Frontier Conference. 

Rest and Recover
Rocky will look to come out hot following their bye week last weekend. Since 2020, the Battlin' Bears hold a 3-3 record in games following their bye week.