After losing four straight away games, the Flyers are home and will be trying to jump into the victory column with a win over the Musketeers of Xavier Saturday night at UD stadium.

The game shapes up to be a tough one, for Xavier will also be trying to break a long losing streak. The Muskies won their first three games over St. Ambrose of Davenport, Iowa 27-7, Louisville 28-13, and Villanova 48-20, but were defeated by Miami 33-7, Ohio U. 25-7 and Detroit 38-14.

The Flyers pass defense will have to be extra sharp, for, as of the Ohio U. game, Xavier was leading the nation's small colleges in pass offense with 63 completions out of 116 attempts for 975 yards. One reason for this fine passing attack is that they have had particularly good quarterbacking from Ron Costello and Irv Etler. Costello is fourth among small college players in total offense with 578 yards and is leading in passing with 45 completions in 70 attempts. Another reason is John Cappers who is ninth in pass receiving with 12 receptions for 211 yards.

UD's offense will also be having a tough time because of the fine line play of center and captain Tom McGraw and tackles Ed Mazurek and Tom Gonnella.

One week later the Flyers will again be on the road, this time traveling to Philadelphia to meet winless Villanova. The Wildcat situation is even worse than Dayton's. After they had lost their first four games head coach Frank Reagan resigned and backfield coach Joe Rogers took over the reins. He could do no better for he lost to Miami 26-6 in his first start as head coach.