Saturday | Alfond Stadium | Orono, Maine
31-26. 26-15. 20-13.
Those are the three previous meetings between Maine and Merrimack.
And all three ended with the same result.
A Black Bears win.
Saturday's matchup in Orono will be the fourth meeting between the programs in the last six seasons, with Maine holding a perfect 3-0 series record. The most recent meeting came last October, when the Black Bears left North Andover with a 20-13 victory.
Now the Warriors make the roughly three-and-a-half-hour trip north to Alfond Stadium.
Neither team enters this game feeling particularly comfortable.
Maine is coming off a brutal 55-3 loss at App State, a game in which the Black Bears were outgained 647-250 and allowed nearly nine yards per play.
Merrimack's start has been even worse.
The Warriors opened their season with a 34-7 loss to Rhode Island before falling 42-7 at Delaware last week. Through two games, Merrimack has been outscored 76-14.
That makes this a very different challenge from Boone.
Maine is no longer the clear underdog trying to survive against FBS talent.
This is a game the Black Bears should expect to win.
And after what happened last week, they need to show why.
The Warriors do not have one overwhelming offensive strength.
What they do have is an interesting quarterback situation.