College Football
BOXSCORE
Kent State 21, Merrimack 17
Saturday, August 30, 2025 12:00 PM
Location - Dix Stadium
Attendance - 8647
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Merrimack 0 3 3 11 17
Kent State 0 7 7 7 21
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 3:24
Kent State   TD  Kent State 7 - Merrimack 0
Cade Wolford 30 yd. pass from CJ Montes (Will Hryszko kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:01
Merrimack   FG  Kent State 7 - Merrimack 3
Carlton Thai 26 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:56
Kent State   TD  Kent State 14 - Merrimack 3
Cade Wolford 79 yd. pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:26
Merrimack   FG  Kent State 14 - Merrimack 6
Carlton Thai 37 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 8:38
Merrimack   TD  Kent State 14 - Merrimack 14
Seth Sweitzer 36 yd. pass from Ayden Pereira (Cade Callahan pass from
4th Quarter - 5:40
Merrimack   FG  Kent State 14 - Merrimack 17
Carlton Thai 45 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 5:28
Kent State   TD  Kent State 21 - Merrimack 17
Da'Realyst Clark 100 yd. kickoff return (Will Hryszko kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Merrimack Kent State
W‑L 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Merrimack Kent State
Score 17 21
1st Downs 17 15
3rd Down Efficiency 3-for-14
21%
5-for-14
36%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%
0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 340 308
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-164 36-99
Average/Rush 4.7 2.8
Passing
Comp-Att 15-31 12-19
Passing Yards 176 209
Average/Pass Play 5.3 9.5
Penalties-Yards 11-115 8-65
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 31:31 28:29
PLAYER STATS
Merrimack (0 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Pereira 15/31 176 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
A. Pereira 19 103 5.4 0
A. Smith 4 30 7.5 0
B. Wyatt 8 21 2.6 0
S. Sweitzer 1 8 8.0 0
M. Latham 1 2 2.0 0
D. McElroy 2 0 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
S. Sweitzer 3 59 19.7 1
C. Lehman 2 39 19.5 0
J. McDonald 4 25 6.2 0
B. Wyatt 2 16 8.0 0
C. Callahan 1 13 13.0 0
A. Palmer 1 12 12.0 0
D. McElroy 2 12 6.0 0
Kent State (1 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. DeShields 6/10 118 1 0
C. Montes 6/9 91 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
G. Garcia 15 49 3.3 0
J. Kimbrough 7 39 5.6 0
D. Delaney 4 7 1.8 0
D. DeShields 4 2 0.5 0
C. Montes 5 1 0.2 0
C. Wolford 1 1 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Wolford 2 109 54.5 2
S. Brown 3 50 16.7 0
T. Mulder 2 17 8.5 0
J. Etheridge 2 13 6.5 0
H. Hopperton 1 11 11.0 0
W. Harris 2 9 4.5 0