DAYTON -- With a bid to the NCAA Football Championship secured, the University of Dayton football team will still have plenty to play for when the Flyers travel to Des Moines Saturday, Nov. 21 to close out the regular season at Drake.  Saturday's game time is 2:00 p.m. ET.

Dayton (10-0 overall, 7-0 PFL) will be playing for sole possession of the PFL title and a perfect regular season record.  UD has only had two 11-0  teams in its history -- 1980 and 1996. 

Drake is 4-6 overall and 3-4 in the PFL, battling through a slew of injuries to key players.  But the Bulldogs are undefeated at home this season, and Saturday will be Drake's Senior Day.

UD has won its 12th PFL championship, currently twice as many as any other PFL team. 

Dayton is one of two FCS teams still undefeated this season (McNeese is also unbeaten).  UD has won 12 straight games going back to 2014, the longest active FCS winning streak. 

The Flyers have come from behind in the second half in seven of their ten wins.

None of those come-from-behind wins were as dramatic as Saturday's 28-21 win over Marist.  Marist overcame a 17-0 deficit to take a 21-20 lead with 3:38 left in the game.  Dayton drove 66 yards to score with 53 seconds to go.  After a successful two-point PAT, the Dayton D held and UD celebrated on its home field. 

Dayton has already clinched its 38th winning season in the last 39 years.

GOOD NEWS WORTH REPEATING
The Flyers entered the season with the fourth-best winning percentage (.738, 124-41) in FCS football since 2000 AND have produced the most football Academic All-Americans (22) at any level of competition in the same time frame.  The top five in winning percentage are North Dakota State (.845), Harvard (.799), Montana (.775), Dayton (.738), and San Diego (.698).

STREAKING
UD has not been shut out in a school-record 441 straight games, the best such active string in all of college football. The last team to shut out the Flyers was Marshall, 9-0, on Oct. 16, 1976. That is also the all-time FCS record.

SERIES STUFF
• Dayton leads the series 24-7.   
• Drake has won the last two meetings. 
• Last year in Dayton the Bulldogs won 34-30 on Nov. 8.  That is the last time UD lost.
• Two seasons ago at Drake Stadium, the 'Dogs prevailed 36-10.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
• Drake is led by one of the top defensive players in the PFL, senior linebacker (and captain) John Hugunin. 
• Hugunin is third in the PFL in tackles (10.4), second in TFL (14) and first in both fumbles forced (9) and recovered (3).
• Running back Conley Wilkins is second in the PFL in rushing (77.1 yards a game).

PFL POWER
• The Pioneer Football League is in its 23rd season.  The original (and now the only) Division I strictly need-based football league began with charter members Butler, Dayton, Drake, Evansville, San Diego and Valparaiso. 
• UD's 103-31 record is the best in PFL history.

600 CLUB
• The Flyers were the 11th NCAA FCS team (and the first west of the Alleghenies) to win 600 games in its football history in 2008.
• The 16 members of the club, heading into the 2015 season are: Yale (884), Harvard (848), Penn (830), Princeton (804), Dartmouth (676), Delaware (674), Lehigh (671), North Dakota State (671), Lafayette (669), Dayton (649), Northern Iowa (641), Cornell (633), North Dakota (625), Colgate (625), Holy Cross (613) and Brown (601).
• Of the 600 Club members, Dayton has played the fewest seasons (106, nine fewer than Northern Iowa's 115).
• Drake needs one more win to be the latest team to join the club.

DAYTON IN THE POST-SEASON
• The Flyers have qualified for their first-ever FCS playoff berth.
• But UD played in the post-season 13 times, including 11 NCAA Division III playoff appearances.
• Dayton was the Division III national champion in 1980 and 1989.
• This is UD's first playoff appearance since 1992, and first post-season action since 2007.

THE MAN AT THE TOP
• Rick Chamberlin is now in his eighth season in charge of the Flyer football program. His record is 65-23.
• He is third all-time in wins at Dayton, behind two members of the College Football Hall of Fame -- Mike Kelly (246 wins) and Harry Baujan (124).
• Chamberlin is also in his 41st season as part of the Flyer football program.  A Flyer All-American linebacker in his playing days, he has been a part of 359 of UD's 659 wins – 26 as a player, 268 as an assistant coach, and 65 as a head coach.  He has also been a part of 460 of UD's 1,045 games.

EXCEPTION TO THE RULE
• Nine of the last 10 undefeated teams in FCS football were/are quarterbacked by a senior or redshirt senior.
• The exception is Dayton's Alex Jeske, who is a redshirt freshman.

TUCKER'S TOUCHES
• Since Connor Kacsor's injury, Tucker Yinger has averaged 8.0 yards per touch on 84 rushes and seven pass receptions. 
• The touches include 12 plays (nine runs, three passes) of more than 25 yards.
• He had 122 yards on 19 carries against Jacksonville.  He gained 103 yards on 11 attempts in the third quarter.
• Ran for a career-best 237 yards on 23 carries against Marist, including 194 in the second half.

CHRISTOPHER CLUB
• Senior linebacker Christopher Beaschler leads UD in tackles (92), solo hits (49) and is second in TFL (7.5).
• He is also fourth in the PFL in tackles (9.2).
• He had a career-high 18 tackles at RMU.
• It was also the most tackles by a Flyer in a single game in the last six years.
• He had 14 hits (11 solo) at Valparaiso.
• He had 11 hits (8 solo) vs. Marist
• He was one of seven players who were First Team All-PFL and First Team Academic All-PFL in 2014.
• He was second in the league in tackles per game (10.1) last year.
• A 2015 team captain, Beaschler was named Preseason First Team All-PFL.

CAD CAM DESIGN
• Cameron Stubbs is second in the PFL and tied for fourth in FCS football in interceptions (0.6).
• He was named PFL Defensive Player of the Week when he intercepted two passes in the Duquesne win.
• Stubbs had another two picks vs. KSU.
• He had three PBU, two tackles and a fumble recovery in the Butler win.
• He had another interception vs. Marist.
• Stubbs has a team-high nine passes broken up this season.
• He is also third on the tam in TFL (7.0).
• He is second in the PFL in KO returns (27.3).
• He is on the CFPA National Kickoff Returner Watch List.

MAJOR FACTOR
• Of 91 declared majors on the UD football team, 37 are Business majors and another 26 are in Engineering.

THE UNDEFEATED
• Heading into the weekend, UD is one of two remaining FCS teams still undefeated in 2015.
• The other is McNeese State.
• Ohio has one undefeated team in each division of college football. They are: Div 1-A Ohio State, Div I-AA Dayton, Div II Ashland, Div III Mount Union.

COMEBACK KIDS
• Dayton has trailed in the second half in seven of the 10 wins this season. 
• The Flyers were behind by at least 10 points against RMU, Duquesne, Kennesaw State, Butler and Morehead State as well.
• The other undefeated FCS team, McNeese, has trailed only once at halftime.

UP NEXT
• The Flyers will play in the FCS playoffs.  Pairings will be announced Sunday, Nov. 22 at 11 a.m. ET.