COLUMBUS, Ohio - The road swing for the Ohio Dominican Panthers football team concluded last week and now the Panthers will welcome in the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers on Saturday (Oct. 22) afternoon for a G-MAC matchup. Kickoff from Sunbury Road is set for 1:00 PM between the Panthers, both black and purple.
GAME DAY INFORMATION
OPENING KICKOFF
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Ohio Dominican welcomes another set of Panthers to Sunbury Road - the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers for a Week 8 matchup.
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ODU fell 14-7 to the #6/11 ranked Ashland Eagles last week on the road.
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Jake Byrd (Fort Wayne, Indiana) threw for 91 yards passing as he was ten-of-21 for the day.
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Austin Davis (Wooster, Ohio) caught four passes for 29 yards while
Andrew Wolf (Ashland, Ohio) had two catches for 51 yards.
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Travis Whittaker (Gahanna, Ohio) scored the game's first score - a 35-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, on a night where he totaled 91 yards rushing.
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Eddie Miller-Garrett (Newark, NJ) led the Panthers with a career-high ten tackles to go with two TFL and one sack.
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Daishaun Hill (Rocky River, Ohio) picked off the Ashland QB in the game, his second career interception.
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Ohio Dominican totaled 206 yards of total offense, while allowing 416 yards to the Eagles. ODU tallied 185 yards in the first half on offense.
- Harris Nichols (Plainfield, Indiana) punted the ball nine times for an average of 39.7 yards, including a long punt of 52 yards and four punts to pin the Eagles inside the 20-yard line.
- Logan Tate (Gambier, Ohio) had nine tackles in the game while Jayden Hill (Gahanna, Ohio) finished with eight tackles.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Head coach Kelly Cummings can tie Bill Conley for most all-time wins at Ohio Dominican as head coach with his next win (46).
NUMBERS TO KNOW
- 4 - Ohio Dominican leads the G-MAC for the least amount of INT thrown. KWC has the fewest interception takeaways in the G-MAC (4).
- 5 - Ohio Dominican and Kentucky Wesleyan have met five times, with ODU winning all five games.
- 12 - The Panthers have 12 takeaways this season (7 INT, 5 FR) for a turnover margin of +3.
- 13 - Following a loss under Kelly Cummings (excluding season finales), ODU has won the next week 13 of 15 times.
KENTUCKY WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE
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Kentucky Wesleyan sits 2-5 and 1-3 in the G-MAC as they embark on a road swing that will take the Panthers to road games in three of the final four weeks.
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The Panthers have dropped two straight contests, a 46-9 defeat at Quincy and an 44-7 contest to Findlay last week.
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KWC scored the first points of the Findlay game - a Landon Newman 20 yard touchdown run, before the Oilers ouscored the Panthers 44-0 over the final 55 minutes of the game.
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For the season, Kentucky Wesleyan averages 15.6 points scored, 82.6 rushing yards, and 244.6 passing yards per game on offense. The Panthers are allowing 32.6 points, 133.6 rushing yards and 191.3 passing yards per contest. Overall on offense, the Panthers sit third in passing and eighth in scoring and rushing. For the defense, KWC is fourth in passing, fifth in rushing and seventh in scoring.
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In losses, Kentucky Wesleyan are being outscored 195-67, including giving up 40+ points in three of five losses.
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Kentucky Wesleyan has battled in four straight one-possession games this season (Weeks 2-5), going 2-2. The Panthers narrowly defeated Hillsdale and Missouri S&T while falling to Lake Erie and William Jewell.
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Tyrone Young became the head coach in March after spending three seasons as an assistant coach. Young joined the Panthers in 2019 as an assistant coach before becoming associate head coach before the 2021 season. Young was an defensive assistant, working with the secondary as KWC was 2nd in the G-MAC in interceptions and defensive efficiency with First Team All-American KiShawn Walker.
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In the 2022 G-MAC Preseason Poll, Kentucky Wesleyan was selected for an seventh place finish, earning 21 votes after the Panthers were 3-8 in 2021 with a 1-6 G-MAC mark.
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The Panthers have had both Wiley Cain and Christian Arrambide under center this season for long periods of time. Arrambide, the starter in 2021 after Cain was injured, has gone 76-for-146 with 909 passing yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions. Cain, in seven games, is 57-of-104 with 765 passing yards, five touchdowns and six interceptions.
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Landon Newman leads the rushing attack for KWC, tallying 321 rushing yards on 61 carries with two touchdowns. Jatorian Dillard has carried the ball 73 times for 199 yards, the second highest mark on the Panthers.
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David Florence has caught 40 passes for 518 yards and five touchdowns while Brennen McGuire has 33 catches for a team-high 550 yards and three scores.
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Blake Vivrette is four-of-six on field goal attempts, with a long of 48 yards. Vivrette is perfect on all seven extra point attempts while averaging 36.3 yards per punt. He has a long punt of 63 yards with seven punts inside the 20 and three punts of 50+ yards.
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Jalen Humphrey leads the tackling category with 62 stops with five tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.
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Jaden Santos-Lopez paces the defense with 6.5 tackles for loss and four sacks.
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Ramond Jackson has 50% of the Panthers' picks this season with 2.
UP NEXT
- Following the bye week, the Panthers will head to Midland, Michigan to renew the former GLIAC rivalry with the Northwood Timberwolves on Nov. 5.
Contact: Tyler Stotsky
stotskyt@ohiodominican.edu
