This Saturday, Eastern welcomes the Dayton Flyers at noon at Lakeside Field.

This will be the first time the teams will meet since a spring scrimmage and the teams have never met during the fall.

The Panthers are treating this match no differently from the previous first two matches. In practice, they have continued to the limit the contact for the game.

Head Coach Frank Graziano said Eastern has concentrated on cleaning up its play for Dayton. The Panthers have also focused on the details of the Flyers’ gameplan. Their gameplan in the spring gave the Panthers some problems. Dayton is a similar team to Iowa State.

“They are very athletic and good runners,” Graziano said.

The game will be more competitive with both teams battling for control, Graziano said.

There is no specific gameplan for the Flyers.

“We’re going to stick with what we do best,” Graziano said.

The Panthers will being to trying to kick the ball into good position. This could be a key to the game because in the scrimmage Dayton often looked out of place.

“The Flyers on the field looked confused and were caught out of position during kicks,” Graziano said. “We benefited from it. It should be interesting to see what areas the coach has addressed since then.

Another thing the Panthers do well is running. If they kick the ball well, look for the Panthers to have some long runs.”

On defense, the Panthers will be trying to control the game as well as they did against Iowa State last weekend.

Graziano hopes to see the number of bad passes reduced in the game.

These turnovers were evident in the win over Iowa State.

“We won’t get away with those passes against better teams,” Graziano said. “It is important to start now with Penn State and Ohio State coming up soon.”