Costa Mesa (2-5, 1-0) vs. Godinez (1-6, 0-1)

When/where: Tonight, 7, at Segerstrom High

Key Mustangs: Sr. TB Antwon Byrd (80 carries, 506 rushing yards, two TDs); Sr. C Juan Garces; Jr. LG Travis Whitlock.

Key Grizzlies: So. LB: Jose Sanchez (79 tackles, including 56 solo stops); Jr. WR-DB Terry Williams (12 receptions, 2-1 yards, two touchdowns; one interception return for TD).

Breakdown: The Mustangs, who opened the season 0-5 against teams that are now a combined 22-11, are bidding for their third straight win. They have not won three straight since ending the 2002 regular season with seven consecutive victories ... The Grizzlies, playing their first varsity season, have no seniors, 16 juniors and 41 sophomores ... Godinez has yet to beat a varsity team from Orange County, having posted its lone win against Marshall of Pasadena, which is 0-6 this season and on a 26-game losing streak ... Costa Mesa shares the Orange Coast League lead with Laguna Beach, which faces Calvary Chapel tonight at 7:30 at Orange Coast College ... A Mesa win would mean a 2-0 league mark and give it the inside track on one of the five-team league’s three berths in the CIF Southern Section Southern Division playoffs ... Good things have happened for the Mustangs since installing senior Antwon Byrd at tailback for the Century game that began the two-game winning streak. Byrd, who had 259 rushing yards in the first five games, went for 170 and two TDs on nine carries against Century, before burning Estancia for 177 yards on 25 attempts in a 14-7 Battle for the Bell victory Friday ... Another key contributor during the winning streak has been Brandy Menke, a 220-pound senior noseguard who has stood out since becoming a starter against Century ... — Barry Faulkner