Merrimack at Kent State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Merrimack | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | |
| Kent State | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 3:24 | Kent State touchdown. Cade Wolford 30 Yd pass from CJ Montes (Will Hryszko Kick) |
| 0:01 | Merrimack field goal. Carlton Thai 26 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 9:56 | Kent State touchdown. Cade Wolford 79 Yd pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko Kick) |
| 2:26 | Merrimack field goal. Carlton Thai 37 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 8:38 | Merrimack touchdown. Seth Sweitzer 36 Yd pass from Ayden Pereira (Aveon Smith Pass to Cade Callahan for Two-Point Conversion) |
| 5:40 | Merrimack field goal. Carlton Thai 45 Yd Field Goal |
| 5:28 | Kent State touchdown. Da'Realyst Clark 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Will Hryszko Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Merrimack | Kent State |
| Total first downs | 17 | 15 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Merrimack | Kent State |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 14 |
| Third downs converted | 3 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 21 % | 36 % |
| Fourth down | Merrimack | Kent State |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Merrimack | Kent State |
| Total yards | 340 | 305 |
| Total rushing yards | 164 | 96 |
| Total passing yards | 176 | 209 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 31:31 | 28:24 |
| Rushing | Merrimack | Kent State |
| Total rushing plays | 35 | 37 |
| Total rushing yards | 164 | 96 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.7 | 2.6 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Merrimack | Kent State |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.7 | 11.0 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | Merrimack | Kent State |
| Penalties committed | 11 | 8 |
| Penalty yards | 115 | 65 |
| Turnovers | Merrimack | Kent State |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Merrimack | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Ayden Pereira | 19 | 103 | 5.4 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Aveon Smith | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Brendon Wyatt | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Seth Sweitzer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Matthias Latham | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| DeMarcus McElroy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Kent State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Gavin Garcia | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jahzae Kimbrough | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Donovan Delaney Jr. | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dru DeShields | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Cade Wolford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| CJ Montes | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Team | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Merrimack | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Ayden Pereira | 31 | 15 | 48 % | 176 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kent State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Dru DeShields | 10 | 6 | 60 % | 118 | 11.8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| CJ Montes | 9 | 6 | 67 % | 91 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Merrimack | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Seth Sweitzer | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 1 | 36 | ||||
| Cooper Lehman | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Jalen McDonald | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Brendon Wyatt | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Cade Callahan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Austin Palmer | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| DeMarcus McElroy | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Kent State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Cade Wolford | 2 | 109 | 54.5 | 2 | 79 | ||||
| Sebastian Brown | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Terik Mulder | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Jay Jay Etheridge | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Hunter Hopperton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Wayne Harris | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Merrimack | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Garry Rosemond Jr. | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Adrian Rufo | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kent State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Dru DeShields | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Merrimack | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Merrimack | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Kendal Sims | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rajahn Cooper | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DJ Frazier | 7 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| RJ Chapman | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacob Wilson | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jason Compoh | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Garry Rosemond Jr. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dwayne Green Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Logan Graham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adrian Rufo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kamden Wyatt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cidney Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jabari Echols | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryce Warrick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Nate Palanica Jr. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DeMarcus McElroy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Will Claude | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryce Ricks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justyce Hathaway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darrell Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kent State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| CJ Young | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mason Woods | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaire Rawlison | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joel Cordoba | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| A'tiq Muhammad | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jelani Davis | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Aden | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tevin Tucker | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jamond Mathis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Mattheus Carroll | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Canaan Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Jackson III | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sayed Abuhamdeh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brodyn Bishop | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Semaj Cross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Amon Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mason Maddox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DJ Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darian Blachewicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaihien Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Da'Realyst Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Merrimack | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Austin Palmer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Da'Realyst Clark | 1 | 100 | 100.0 | 100 | 0 | ||||
| Cade Wolford | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Merrimack | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Garry Rosemond Jr. | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Wayne Harris | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Merrimack | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Carlton Thai | 3/3 | 45 | 0/0 | 9 | |||||
| Kent State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Will Hryszko | 0/1 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Merrimack | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Mike Ryan | 7 | 345 | 49.3 | 1 | |||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jake Stoeckel | 6 | 173 | 28.8 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Friday, October 3, 2025 4:44 AM.