BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (Interstat) — Lindenwood will be the visiting team and Gardner-Webb will be the home team Saturday in an NCAA Football Championship Division game at Ernest W. Spangler Stadium. The forecast for game time is 81 degrees. Lindenwood’s Lions are 4-4, while Gardner-Webb’s Runnin Bulldogs are 3-6.

Lindenwood enters after a 27-0 win against Tennessee State. Pops Battle, a quarterback, led the Lions by completing 24 of 32 passes for 265 yards, rushing 16 times for 71 yards and scoring two touchdowns. DeVonta Owens, a cornerback, added two tackles and an interception, and Elijah Thomas, a safety, had two tackles. Battle is the player to watch for Lindenwood. In the game before the Tennessee State result, he completed 26 of 34 passes for 230 yards, rushed seven times for 27 yards and scored once.

Gardner-Webb’s most recent result was a 34-10 win at Southeast Missouri State. Lan Farmer, a quarterback, completed 13 of 25 passes for 209 yards, rushed nine times for 39 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, with two through the air and one on the ground. Elisha Luckett III, a defensive back, and Michael Luisa Jr. each had one tackle. Farmer is the player to watch for the Runnin Bulldogs. In his previous outing, he completed 4 of 12 passes for 74 yards and rushed four times for 5 yards.

Lindenwood’s other results this season include a 44-9 win against Chicago State, a 20-13 win at Eastern Illinois, a 38-27 loss to Southeast Missouri State, a 29-3 loss at Eastern Michigan, a 48-14 loss at Missouri State, a 36-32 loss at Stony Brook and a 20-17 win against Charleston Southern. Gardner-Webb’s other results include a 17-6 loss at Tennessee-Martin, a 21-7 loss to Eastern Illinois, a 12-10 win at Charleston Southern, a 36-35 loss at Marshall, a 44-20 win against North Carolina Central, a 24-23 loss at Liberty, a 17-13 loss at Wofford and a 35-17 loss at Austin Peay. Lindenwood will visit Tennessee-Martin and host Western Illinois. Gardner-Webb will visit Western Illinois and host Tennessee State.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Gardner-Webb 33, Lindenwood 26. Interstat’s ELO system projects Gardner-Webb with a 72.6 percent probability to win.