Orange City, Iowa — The Northwestern College football team has lofty expectations heading into Saturday’s season opener against Valley City State of North Dakota.
The Red Raiders finished 9-2 a year ago and lost in the opening round of the NAIA playoffs to Dickinson State. They start this season ranked 11th.
Northwestern coach Matt McCarty. The Red Raiders return 15 starters from a year ago.
Valley City State opened the season last week with a win over Jamestown of North Dakota.
Kick off is at 1:00 pm at Korver Field in Orange City.
