FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Benedict College Tigers wrap up the 2018 football season on the road against Kentucky State University looking to finish off the season on a positive note.

The Tigers (5-3 overall, 3-2 SIAC) have dropped their last two games and are now out of the hunt for a conference championship. Kentucky State (0-9, 0-5) is looking to avoid a winless season. Kickoff from KSU's Alumni Stadium is 2 p.m. There is no live video stream, but live stats are available here and the KSU radio broadcast is available here.

"It's important for us to end the season on a positive note," Benedict head coach Mike White said. "It's important to go off into recruiting season on a positive note. We've played some good football this year, we've grown and learned a lot, and I think it's important again to dedicate this last game to our seniors and pull it out."

Some late-season injuries, primarily on the offensive side of the ball, have slowed Benedict. The Tigers have scored 10 total points in the last two games, and had a season-low 169 yards of total offense last week against Albany State. White is hoping to see the Tigers jump out quick against the Thorobreds and take control early.

"Offensively, we've just got to play smart and sound football and kind of play field position early and hope we can get some scores early," White said.

White said the game could be similar to last year's season-ender against the Thorobreds in Columbia. Benedict needed a late 91-yard punt return to take a 20-16 victory as KSU played with nothing to lose and used every trick play in their playbook.

"They came in and they faked punts on us, they just let it all out. I think they'll be that type of team again," White said. "You cannot tell on film they are having a bad season, they are playing extremely hard on film and they seem to be excited. And we expect them to play hard again on Saturday."

The Thorobreds rank second in the SIAC in rushing offense, averaging 162.3 yards per game. Jules St. Ge, who started the season at quarterback and was moved to receiver, leads the team and ranks sixth in the SIAC, averaging 53.3 yards per game. Last week against Lane, Paul Campbell took most of the snaps under center and threw for 154 yards and rushed for 65. Brenan Lawler was moved from wide receiver to running back and rushed for a team-high 83 yards on just 10 carries.

"They run the ball very well. They have three or four good runners and the line does a good job," White said. "That's going to put us to the test and play good rush defense again."

Despite giving up a season-high 200 yards rushing to Albany State last week, the Tigers still lead the SIAC in rushing defense (81.5 yards per game), and rank seventh nationally.

The Tigers are looking to avoid a late-season letdown and return with a win and finish the season with a 6-3 record.

"Having the two losses here at home back-to-back was extremely tough," White said. "It was not the season that we have all dreamed we would have. But 6-3 is not bad at all, and that's what we want to do is finish 6-3 and see if we can get better working for '19 now."