The Northwestern Rangers will host Arkansas-Monticello Saturday in their home opener at 6 p.m. Saturday at Ranger Stadium.

NWOSU is coming off a close loss to Ouachita Baptist, 31-28, last week. In that game, the Rangers were down by 7 at halftime but fought back to narrow the final gap. New quarterback Isiah Weed, a Minot State transfer, completed 19 of 27 attempts for 178 yards and two touchdowns. Redshirt sophomore Jacob Peyton and redshirt junior Anthony Cota teamed up for 136 yards and the other two TD’s for the Rangers.

Looking at Saturday’s game, Northwestern has won four of their seven...