West Liberty,W.Va. The West Liberty University football team returns from their bye week to host Concord Saturday at West Family Stadium. The series between the two schools is the third longest in program history, dating back to the first meeting in 1930 a 27-0 Hilltoppers win. 

WLU and the Mountain Lions have met 81 times with the Toppers holding a 40-38-3 edge. The only two opponents the Hilltoppers have faced more are Fairmont State (89) and Glenville State (84). 

West Liberty won last year's meeting 23-21 at Callaghan Stadium. The Toppers secured the  victory on the final play of the game as Rudy Garcia found Rashawn Harvey on a ten-yard touchdown pass as time expired. Both teams have struggled to start the year West Liberty and Concord both enter the match up at 0-4 overall and 0-2 in the Mountain East Conference. 

Game Details: 

Concord (0-4, 0-2) vs West Liberty (0-4, 0-2) 

Saturday, 1 p.m. 

West Family Stadium 

Series Record 40-38-3 (WLU) 

WLU won last year's game 23-21 at Callaghan Stadium

Topper Leaders:

• Ben Turner leads the Mountain East Conference in receiving at 82.25 yards per game

• Ben Turner is 4th in the MEC in all-purpose yards with 115.5 per game

• Ben Turner leads West Liberty with 17 catches for 329 yards and 2 TD's receiving, he averages 19.35 yards per catch

• In their last game Ben Turner set a career high in receiving yards with 230 yards on 10 receptions, that's 5th highest receiving yards total in program history 

• Hunter Patterson leads the West Liberty rushing attack with 79.3 yards pergame, on the season he has 238 yards and 3 TD's

• Bre'Andre Horsley leads the MEC in sack average per game with 1.17 , he has 3.5 sacks for the season which is 3rd best in the MEC, Taison Fa'Asuamanu is 2nd on the team in sacks with 2.0

• Bre'Andre Horsley, Trent Crawford, and Taison Fa'Asuamanu are tied for 8th in the MEC with 4.5 tackles for loss

•  Trent Crawford and Taison Fa'Asuamanu lead West Liberty in total tackles with 23, Nolan Shimp is second with 20. 

• Tyler Waddell is 4-4 on field goals this season with a long of 39 yards. 

• West Liberty is 6th in scoring in the MEC at 23.5 points per game , Concord is averaging 10.3

• West Liberty is 2nd in the MEC in passing offense at 249 yards per game, Concord's defense is 6th against the pass at 210 yards per game and 7 touchdowns

Mountain Lion Leaders: 

• TJ Finney is 7th in the MEC in rushing at 63.3 yards per game 

• Jeremiah Valdry is 5th in the MEC in kick returns at 26.6 per return with a long of 92 yards and a TD

• Jake Roberts is 3rd in the MEC in punt returns with 13 yards per return

Up Next: 

Following their meeting with Concord the Hilltoppers return to action next Saturday, Oct.12 at UNC Pembroke for a 1 p.m. kickoff at Grace P.Johnson Stadium