Hutchinson CC Sports Information

The Hutchinson Community College football team is the last Jayhawk Conference team to open Jayhawk Conference play this week.

The No. 1-ranked Blue Dragons (3-0, 0-0 KJCCC) play host to the Coffeyville Red Ravens (0-3, 0-3 KJCCC) at 7 p.m. Saturday for Youth Football Night with the Blue Dragons.

The game will be broadcast live on Blue Dragon flagship station KHUT-FM (102.9) beginning at 6:30 p.m. with Countdown to Kickoff. Glen Grunwald (play-by-play), Daren Dunn (color) and Sean Boston (sidelines) will have the call. The game will be streamed exclusively on the Blue Dragon Sports Network.

Saturday's game will be the 32nd time the Blue Dragons have opened a Jayhawk Conference season with the Red Ravens. Hutchinson is 15-16 in previous conference openers against the Red Ravens.

Hutchinson brings an 11-game winning streak inside the Jayhawk Conference into the game.

Both teams come into Saturday's contest coming off bye weeks. Leading into the bye week last week, the Blue Dragons and Red Ravens have been traveling in different directions.

Hutchinson defeated No. 5 Iowa Central 27-2 two weeks ago in Fort Dodge, Iowa to start the season 3-0. Freshman defensive back Ryan Nolan tied a Blue Dragon single-game record with three interceptions. Hutchinson had five total takeaways. Quarterback Samari Collier rushed for 107 yards and passed for 176 more, running for one touchdown and throwing two more to lead the Blue Dragon offense against the Tritons.

Coffeyville, which played Hutchinson in last season's NJCAA National semifinal, has had a very un-Coffeyville-like start to the season. The Red Ravens have dropped their first three games this season by a combined total of 18 points in setbacks to Highland, Dodge City and Independence.

The Blue Dragons are tied for first in the NJCAA in scoring defense after allowing just 5.0 points per game. The Dragons rank third in rushing defense (37.3 ypg) and fifth in total defense (184.7 ypg).