The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

The game was originally scheduled to be played a day earlier, on August 31, but was postponed due to Hurricane Harvey.

The first drive was in the first quarter when Dre Hall caught a 20-yard pass from Blake Hawkins to put North Alabama up 7–0 following Chandlr Carrera's kick.

Commerce would finally get on the board on its first drive of the second half, with Kristov Martinez making a 30-yard field goal.

Commerce would score again with 4:18 left when Blake Hawkins was tackled in his own endzone by Chris Smith, resulting in a safety.

North Alabama attempted a 55-yard field goal on the next drive, this time by Joe Gurley, but the kicked was blocked and recovered by Commerce with 12 seconds remaining in the game.

Texas A&M–Commerce trailed Eastern Washington 28–7 at halftime, but scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to tie the game.