Game 4 Preview: W&J at Westminster

10/2/2024 4:52:00 AM

Week 4 Game Notes--
W&J (3-1, 3-1 PAC) at Westminster (3-0, 3-0 PAC)
When: Saturday, Oct. 5
Where: New Wilmington, Pa.
Stadium: Memorial Field inside Harold Burry Stadium (4,500)
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
Gameday Coverage
Watch (Westminster College TV Network [WCN], Talent: Mark Slezak, Cody Vetter, Jacob Rhodes)
Listen (Titan Radio, Talent: Ben Kelly, Augustust Necastro)
Live Stats
Week 4 Notes (PDF)

First-and-10--
The Week 5 matchup between W&J and Westminster is the 46th in the all-time series... The Presidents own a 9-3 record in New Wilmington since the turn of the century... Westminster won three-straight in the series at home before W&J's 17-14 come-from-behind victory in 2022, when it outscored the Titans 17-7 in the fourth quarter... John O'Rourke caught touchdown passes (8, 24) from Jacob Pugh and John Peduzzi in the fourth... Brice Butler returned Colton Jones' second quarter interception 77 yards for a touchdown... Ty McGowan capped an 11-play, 75-yard scoring drive with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Gomes with 1:23 left, trimming the deficit to three... It was the first touchdown pass of his career.

Leaders--
W&J
Passing: Jacob Pugh -- 4 games -- 85 comp - 126 att - 16 TD - 3 INT - 1,243 yds [310.8 yds/g]
Rushing: Owen Petrisek -- 4 games -- 36 att - 256 yds - 2 TD - 7.1 avg [64.0 yds/g]
Receiving: John Peduzzi -- 4 games -- 24 rec - 512 yds - 6 TD - 21.3 avg [128.0 yds/g]
Tackles: Dawson Dietz -- 4 games -- 25 tackles (17 solo/8 ast) -- 11.5 TFL/2.5 SACKS/0 FF/0 FR/0 PBU

Westminster
Passing: Ty McGowan -- 3 games -- 46 comp - 59 att - 3 TD - 0 INT - 592 yds [197.3 yds/g]
Rushing: Demere White -- 3 games -- 20 att - 116 yds - 1 TD - 5.8 avg [38.7 yds/g]
Receiving: Taite Beachy -- 3 games -- 9 rec - 127 yds - 1 TD - 14.1 avg [42.3 yds/g]
Tackles: Dylan Sleva -- 3 games -- 25 tackles (12 solo/13 ast) -- 0.0 TFL/0.0 SACKS/0 FF/0 FR/0 PBU

Head Coaches--
W&J
Mike Sirianni (Mount Union '94) - 22nd season - 188-45 (192 games, .807) - 16-5 vs. Westminster

Westminster
Scott Benzel (Mercyhurst '97) - 11th season - 72-31 (103 games, .699) - 5-5 vs. W&J

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