CONWAY, Ark. – The Northwestern State football team will try to repeat history and scramble the Southland Conference standings Saturday night in a Southland TV game at 13^th-ranked Central Arkansas, which can clinch at least a league co-championship with a win in its Homecoming game.
 
The NSU-UCA contest is the Toyota Game of the Week on the Southland Conference Television Network. Coverage of the game will begin at 7 p.m. live from First Security Field at Estes Stadium in Conway with kickoff slated for 7:05 p.m.
 
In the Demons' last visit to UCA two years ago, Northwestern came from 10 points down to upset the 22^nd-ranked Bears 24-19.
 
The list of Louisiana cities where the telecast will be shown includes Baton Rouge on WBTR (41); Lafayette on KLFY (10.2), Lake Charles on KVHP (29.2); Morgan City-Houma on KWBJ (22); Monroe on KWMS (17); and Shreveport on KPXJ (21.1), which reaches into most of North Louisiana including Natchitoches.
 
Southland TV games are streamed live and for free on the Southland Digital Network, available via Southland.org and the official mobile and tablet apps for iPhone and Android. Coverage is also accessible from ESPN3 on WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN app for iPhone, iPad and Android users, as well as Xbox LIVE systems.
 
Northwestern (4-4 overall, 2-2 in the Southland) posted a 27-26 win over Nicholls State last week thanks to a pair of 42-yard, fourth-quarter field goals by John Shaughnessy, the Academic All-America candidate who was voted Southland Special Teams Player of the Week.
 
Quarterback Brad Henderson is completing 57.3 percent of his passes (137 of 239) for 1,388 yards and 11 touchdowns. He has thrown just two interceptions this year, which are the only two he has thrown in his last 302 attempts dating back to last season. Both interceptions were off the hands of his receivers. He threw a school record 207 consecutive passes without a pick.
 
Eight different Demons have caught a touchdown pass. Louis Hollier has 18 catches for 259 and a touchdown. Corey Simmons leads the team with three touchdown receptions and has caught 17 passes for 160 yards.
 
True freshman running back Daniel Taylor has scored five touchdowns in just 41 combined runs and receptions, including a 55-yard run last week. His scoring total is the best by a true freshman at NSU since receiver Toby Zeigler scored six TDs in 2002. Robert Walker leads the team with 252 rushing yards on 58 carries.
 
Northwestern ranks 23rd in the FCS in pass efficiency defense, holding opponents to a 113.18 rating. Two-time All-America linebacker Derek Rose, one of 20 defensive players from around the country included on the Buck Buchanan Award Watch List leads the team with 70 tackles, while Wa'Derrious Sellers leads the team with 6.5 tackles for loss.
 
 
Central Arkansas (7-2 overall, 5-1 in the Southland) can lock up the Southland's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I playoffs with a win. The Bears opened with a 3-1 record that included a 24-20 victory over defending conference champion Sam Houston State, but lost 42-37 the next week at Stephen F. Austin. They have since rattled off four consecutive victories against Nicholls State, McNeese State, Lamar and previously unbeaten Southeastern Louisiana. UCA is one of three one-loss teams in Southland play. The other two – Sam Houston and Southeastern – also play Saturday.
 
Central Arkansas is averaging 35.4 points and 391.9 yards of offense per game. The Bears are led by quarterback Wynrick Smothers, who is completing 67.1 percent of his passes (208 of 310) for 2,292 yards and 23 touchdowns. Jesse Grandy has 44 receptions for 628 yards and six touchdowns, while Dominique Croom has 43 receptions for 527 yards and six scores. Dezmin Lewis has 40 grabs for 388 yards and four scores.
 
This will be the sixth game between Northwestern State and Central Arkansas. The Bears took a 3-2 series lead by coming from behind with 31 unanswered second-half points for a 45-20 win last year in Natchitoches.
 
 
This list of Texas markets with the game telecast includes Abilene-Sweetwater on KRBC (9.2); Amarillo on KCPN (19.2); Austin on Time Warner YNN Sports (408/1509); Beaumont-Port Arthur on KUIL (12.3); Corpus Christi on KIII (3.2); Dallas-Fort Worth on KTXD (47.1); Houston on KUBE (57.1); Lubbock on KMYL (22.2); Midland-Odessa on KWWT (30.2); San Antonio on KSAT (12.2); Tyler-Longview on KCEB (54.1); and Waco-Temple-Bryan on KCEN (6.2).
 
The network reaches the Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas, market on KARZ (42.1). Viewers in Oklahoma City and Tulsa can find the game on Oklahoma's Cox Channel (3/703). The list of affiliates will vary week to week, so check Southland.org/television for a carriage list prior to each game.
 
 
Viewers in New Orleans will be able to see the game on same-day delay via WHNO (20.1) Saturday at 10:30 p.m., Central, while in Laredo, Texas, fans will see the Demons and Bears on KTXW (8.2) Sunday at 1 a.m., Central.
 
Other delayed airings include Comcast SportsNet Houston Wednesday at noon, Central. Cox Sports Television, which is available to more than two million viewers in nine states, will also carry the broadcast next Wednesday at noon, Central.
 
 
Nationally, the game will air on a tape-delayed basis on Fox College Sports Central, Sunday at 8 p.m., Central.
 
The game is the second half of a football doubleheader on Saturday for the Southland TV Network, which will also air the McNeese State vs. Nicholls State game at 3 p.m., Central.
 
 
 
 
Southland TV Network Affiliate List for Northwestern State at Central Arkansas
 

LIVE COVERAGE
Arkansas
Little Rock-Pine Bluff	KARZ 42.1 (MyNetwork)
Texarkana	KPXJ 21.1 (CW)
Louisiana
Baton Rouge	WBTR 41
Lafayette	KLFY 10.2 (Live Well)
Lake Charles	KVHP 29.2 (CW)
Morgan City-Houma	KWBJ 22
Monroe	KWMS 17 (Retro)
Shreveport	KPXJ 21.1 (CW)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City	Cox 3/703
Tulsa	Cox 3/703
Texas
Abilene-Sweetwater	KRBC 9.2 (Bounce)
Amarillo	KCPN 19.2 (MyNetwork)
Austin	Time Warner YNN Sports 408/1509
Beaumont-Port Arthur	KUIL 12.3 (MYTX/MyNetwork)
Corpus Christi	KIII 3.2 (Me-TV)
Dallas-Fort Worth	KTXD 47.1 (Me-TV)
Houston	KUBE 57.1
Lubbock	KMYL 22.2 (MyNetwork)
Midland-Odessa	KWWT 30.2 (Me-TV)
San Antonio	KSAT 12.2 (Me-TV)
Tyler-Longview	KCEB 54.1 (Me-TV)
Waco-Temple-Bryan	KCEN 6.2 (MYTX/This TV)
Online
Southland Digital Network	Southland.org and Official SLC App (iPhone/iPad/Android)
ESPN3	WatchESPN.com, WatchESPN App (iPhone/iPad/Android) and Xbox LIVE
TAPE-DELAYED COVERAGE
New Orleans, La.	WHNO 20.1	Saturday at 10:30 p.m., CT
Laredo, Texas	KTXW 8.2 (CW)	Sunday at 1 a.m., CT
National	Fox College Sports Central	Sunday at 8 p.m., CT
Regional	Comcast SportsNet Houston	Wednesday at 12 noon, CT
Regional	Cox Sports Television	Wednesday at 12 noon, CT