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SAN ANTONIO – The ACU Wildcats will make history Saturday night when they take on Incarnate Word in the regular-season finale for both teams.
The game will mark the Wildcats' 318th and final game as an NCAA Division II member and 259th and final game as a member of the Lone Star Conference. Kickoff from Tom Benson Stadium is set for 7 p.m., and the game can be heard on Mix 92.5 FM.
The ACU Alumni Association is hosting a pre-game tailgate party beginning at 5 p.m. in the northeast parking lot of Benson Stadium.
Click here for more information on the tailgate party.
The Wildcats – along with Incarnate Word – will move up to NCAA Division I affiliation and join the Southland Conference beginning with the 2013-14 athletic year.
The Wildcats will carry an overall record as DII member of 159-155-3 into the contest and an all-time LSC record of 141-115-2 into the game.
ACU – which won't reach the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2012, snapping a streak of six straight seasons in the post-season – can clinch just the 25th seven-win season in the program's 90th season of football. ACU has already clinched a seventh straight winning season with last week's 22-16 overtime win over West Alabama.
The Wildcats and Cardinals have met just twice in their history, and ACU has dominated both meetings. ACU won the first game between the two, 54-17, in 2010 in San Antonio, and then took last year's game, 61-16, in Abilene.
ACU quarterback Mitchell Gale enters his final game as a Wildcat with a chance to break more LSC and ACU career records. Already the holder of both LSC and ACU career records for completions (906) and attempts (1,477), Gale needs 299 yards to become just the second quarterback in LSC and ACU history (behind former ACU star Billy Malone) to throw for at least 12,000 yards, and needs 312 yards to top Malone's career total of 12,012 yards and become the league's all-time leading passer.
