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Football Hosts Greensboro College Saturday Under the Lights

by | Sep 18, 2025

The Wildcats will return to Davidson College Stadium Saturday night.

 

GAME 4 | SEPT. 20, 2025 | 7:00 PM | DAVIDSON COLLEGE STADIUM (5,000) | DAVIDSON, N.C. | ESPN+

YOUTH FOOTBALL NIGHT: Youth 8th grade and younger that wear their team jersey to the game will receive FREE Admission.

DAVIDSON WILDCATS
2025 Record: 0-3 (0-0 PFL)
2024 Record: 6-5 (4-4 PFL)
Head Coach: Saj Thakkar
Davidson Record (Yrs): 1st Year
Career Record (Yrs): 14-9 (3)

GREENSBORO COLLEGE
2025 R
ecord: 1-1 (0-0 USAS)
2024 Record: 1-9 (1-7- USAS)
Head Coach: Tyler Card
Greensboro (Yrs): 5-37 (6)
Career Record (Yrs): Same

INSIDE THE SERIES
Meetings: 1
Series Record: Davidson leads, 1-0
First Meeting: Davidson W, 32-7 (Sept. 10, 2005)
Last Meeting: Davidson W, 32-7 (Sept. 10, 2005)
Streak: Davidson, Won 1
In Davidson: 1-0
In Greensboro: 0-0
Thakkar vs. Greensboro College: 0-0

1ST AND 10

  • After two straight on the road, Davidson returns home Saturday for a 7 p.m. kickoff with Greensboro College.
  • The Wildcats enter 0-3 on the season after falling at No. 15/16 Tennessee Tech last weekend.
  • Davidson played three straight against FCS scholarship programs to open the 2025 campaign.
  • Four of the Wildcats' opponents this season have appeared in the FCS Top-25 or received votes.
  • Since joining the Pioneer Football League (2001), Davidson is 1-4 against teams ranked in the FCS Top-25. The lone win came against then-No. 25 San Diego in 2021.
  • The Wildcats are 6-2 at Davidson College Stadium, which opened in 2024.
  • Wide receivers Brody Reina and Ivan Hoyt lead Davidson with two touchdowns each.
  • Preseason All-American Mari Adams finished with a season-high 58 yards on 11 carries at Tennessee Tech.
  • Adams is just seven rushing yards from moving into fifth in program history.
  • The Wildcats have put together seven straight winning seasons, the longest stretch in program history.

INSIDE THE SERIES

  • Saturday's contest will be just the second all-time between the two schools separated by 70 miles.
  • Davidson won the previous meeting 32-7 on September 10, 2005.

UP NEXT

  • Davidson will enter a week five bye, before opening league play Oct. 4 at Stetson.

LAST TIME OUT | NO. 15/16 TENNESSEE TECH 72, DAVIDSON 14 -- SEPT. 13, 2025 | COOKEVILLE, TN.

  • Continuing its challenging non-conference stretch to open the 2025 campaign, Davidson fell at No. 15/16 Tennessee Tech, 72-14, Saturday afternoon inside Tucker Stadium.
  • Playing its fifth nationally-ranked opponent since 2001, the Wildcats fall to 0-3. The Golden Eagles extended the nation's longest FCS winning streak, while improving to 3-0.
  • Led by Kekoa Visperas, who concluded the day 23-of-32 for 246 yards and five touchdowns (3 pass, 2 rush), Tennessee Tech finished with 576 yards of total offense. In addition, Quinn Quintell rushed for 122 yards and two scores on nine carries for the Golden Eagles.
  • Shortly after Mari Adams scampered for 37 yards down the sideline, Coulter Cleland connected with Ivan Hoyt for the second straight game, this time with an 18-yard touchdown pass to put Davidson on the board.
  • Adams led the 'Cats on the ground with a season-high 58 yards on 11 carries.
  • With 1:33 left in the half, Christian Lyons forced a fumble that was recovered by Dallas Brown setting up the Wildcats on the Tennessee Tech 19-yard line. On the ensuing play, Cleland found Reina in the end zone to cut the deficit to 31-14.
  • Cleland finished the day, 16-of-26 for 132 yards and two touchdown throws.
  • The Golden Eagles, who led 28-0 after the first quarter, would answer with a 7-play, 50-yard touchdown drive and 60-yard interception return to put the game out of reach.
  • Defensively, freshman Hudson Altenburg led Davidson with nine tackles.