GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Alderson Broaddus and Kentucky Wesleyan football programs will square off on Saturday, Nov. 14, for the inaugural “Founders Cup Game” in Owensboro, Ky.
 
The two Great Midwest Athletic Conference institutions will “Battle for the Mining Cart” as the winning school will retain a special trophy until it is taken back by the other school with a victory.
 
The Battlers and Panthers will clash on the gridiron for the rights to hoist a 60-pound bronze mining cart on a set of rails as the winning prize.
 
The game will be played at Steele Stadium with a kickoff set for 2 p.m. EST. Live stats and an audio feed is available on kwcpanthers.com.
 
Saturday’s contest was formed to sustain a rivalry between the two respective schools as football starts to play a more prominent role in the league.
 
Alderson Broaddus (6-4 overall) and Kentucky Wesleyan (5-4 overall) are the two current institutions in the G-MAC that sponsor the sport of football.
 
With the recent conference expansion, the G-MAC will feature at least eight football-sponsored schools for the 2017-18 academic year. Malone will join the G-MAC in 2016-17 while Findlay, Hillsdale, Lake Erie, Ohio Dominican and Walsh, are set to enter the league in 2017-18.
 
AB and KWC currently compete as independents in football at the NCAA Division II level.
 
Alderson Broaddus reeled off five consecutive wins to begin the 2015 campaign. After hitting a minor speed bump with a three-game slide, the Battlers got back on the winning track against Virginia Lynchburg before falling against nationally-ranked Charleston last week.
 
The Panthers are finding their stride late in the regular season and will enter Saturday’s contest on a four-game win streak, recently sustained with a huge win last weekend against UNC-Pembroke.