La Grande, Ore. – The last time we saw our heroes, they were shutting out Augsburg 27-0 in the 7^th Annual Ag Bowl, presented by Firs Community Credit Union. That was 16 days ago.

Valley City State is back in action Saturday, September 20^th against the Mountaineers of Eastern Oregon. Gameday is finally here.

This will be the first meeting ever between these two schools. Valley City State is 1-1 on the season. Eastern Oregon is 1-1. They are in the West Division of the Frontier Conference while the Vikings are in the East Division.

In the victory over the Auggies on September 4^th, Joey Cave led the way offensively. He was eleven for 13 passing for 108 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions. He added 75 yards rushing on 16 carries with another score. Devyne Pearson had 71 yards rushing as the Vikings had 235 yards rushing as a team.

The defense held Augsburg to five first downs, eleven yards rushing, and 63 total yards.

Eastern Oregon is coming off a win last week, a 16-10 victory over Whitworth University. The Mountaineers were led by their quarterback, Elia Kirisimasi who threw for 109 yards and ran for another 65 and a touchdown.

Kickoff at Community Stadium is set for 3:00 p.m. CT. Follow all the action on  1490 AM/96.3 FM KOVC. Watch here Live Stats.