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Football Game Notes 09-02-25
Jason Kapusta

Game 1 Preview: Marietta at Westminster

9/2/2025 7:23:00 PM

Week 1 Game Notes--
Marietta College (0-0, 0-0 OAC) at Westminster College (0-0 0-0 PAC)
When: Thursday, Sept. 4
Where: New Wilmington, Pa.
Stadium: Memorial Field inside Harold Burry Stadium (4,500)
Kickoff: 7 p.m. (EST) 

Gameday Coverage--
Watch (Westminster College TV Network--WCN)
Mark Slezak '87, Jacob Rhodes, Ethan Kurtz
Listen (Titan Radio)
Ben Kelly, Tim Wonder '89
Live Stats
Week 1 Notes (PDF)

First-and-10-- 
Westminster begins its 131st season Thursday night against Marietta... This will be the sixth meeting between two schools... The Thursday game is Westminster's first since 2019, a 66-7 season-opening win over Capital at Burry Stadium... The Titans matched the NCAA record with four interception returns for touchdowns in the win... The 66 points put up matched the school record that was set against Saint Vincent on Oct. 7, 2017... The Titans were picked to finish third in the PAC in 2025 according to the league's annual preseason poll, which is voted on by conference head coaches, sports information directors and members of the media... The results were announced Aug. 6 at PAC Football Media Day, hosted by Saint Vincent for the 18th-straight year... Marietta was picked No. 3 in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) preseason coaches' poll... Westminster (10) and Marietta (1) both receiving votes in the D3football.com preseason Top 25.

Leaders--
Marietta
Passing: Antwon Johnson -- 4 games -- 4 comp - 8 att - 0 TD - 0 INT - 41 yds [10.3 yds/g]
Rushing: Vante' Holdges -- 10 games -- 98 att - 696 yds - 8 TD - 5.3 avg [63.3 yds/g]
Receiving: Vante' Holdges -- 10 games -- 6 rec - 133 yds - 2 TD - 22.2 avg [13.3 yds/g]
Tackles: Harley Hopkins -- 11 games -- 98 tackles (51 solo/47 ast) -- 13.5 TFL/5.5 SACKS/1 FR
Westminster
Passing: Ty McGowan -- 10 games -- 196 comp - 131 att - 10 TD - 3 INT - 1,563 yds [156.3 yds/g]
Rushing: Demere White -- 11 games --56 att - 258 yds - 1 TD - 4.6 avg [23.5 yds/g]
Receiving: Brite Cannon --11 games -- 33 rec - 390 yds - 2 TD - 11.8 avg [35.5 yds/g]
Tackles: Dylan Sleva -- 11 games -- 105 tackles (61 solo/44 ast) -- 10.0 TFL/3.0 SACKS

Head Coaches--
Marietta
Tom Kaufman (John Carroll '03) - 1st season - 0-0 (0 games, .000) - 0-0 vs. Westminster 
Westminster
Scott Benzel (Mercyhurst '97) - 12th season - 77-34 (111 games, .694) - 1-0 vs. Marietta
 

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