'Cats Host Dayton on Senior Day

GAME 12 | NOV. 22, 2025 | 1 PM | DAVIDSON COLLEGE STADIUM (5,000) | DAVIDSON, N.C. | ESPN+

DAVIDSON WILDCATS
2025 Record: 2-9 (1-6 PFL)
2024 Record: 6-5 (4-4 PFL)
Head Coach: Saj Thakkar
Davidson Record (Yrs): 2-9 (1)
Career Record (Yrs): 16-15 (3)

DAYTON FLYERS
2025 Record: 6-4 (4-3 PFL)
2024 Record: 6-5 (4-4 PFL)
Head Coach: Trevor Andrews
Dayton Record (Yrs): 16-16 (3)
Career Record (Yrs): Same

INSIDE THE SERIES
Meetings: 19
Series Record: Dayton leads, 17-2
First Meeting : Dayton Won, 49-7 (9/16/89)
Last Meeting: Dayton Won, 16-14 (10/12/2024)
Streak: Lost 2
In Davidson: 2-8
In Dayton: 0-9
Thakkar vs. Dayton: 0-0

1ST AND 10

Davidson will conclude its 2025 campaign Saturday afternoon when Dayton visits for a 1 p.m. "Senior Day" contest.
Prior to kickoff, Davidson will honor its 15 senior scholar-athletes, student coaches and managers.
The Wildcats enter their regular season finale 2-9 and 1-6 in PFL play following a setback at Marist last weekend.
Offensively, Davidson is led by senior wide receiver Ivan Hoyt, who leads the league in touchdown catches (9), while also ranking among PFL leaders in receptions (2nd / 53), yards (4th / 770) and yards per game (2nd / 77.0).
Freshman Hudson Altenburg leads the Davidson defense with 70 tackles, which ranks tied for 15th in the conference.
Four of Davidson's opponents this season have appeared in the FCS Top-25 or received votes.
Since joining the Pioneer Football League (2001), Davidson is 2-4 against teams ranked in the FCS Top-25 (2021 - at San Diego / 2025 - Presbyterian).
Dating back to 2018, Davidson has a 36-24 PFL mark, while capturing two regular season crowns and making three FCS Playoff appearances.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Saturday's meeting will be the 20th all-time between Davidson and Dayton.
The Flyers, who won last year's game 16-14, lead the series, 17-2.
In 2022, Davidson's 24-23 victory ended Dayton's run of 10 straight wins over the 'Cats.
Perhaps, one of the more memorable contests between the two came in 2014 when they played a five-overtime thriller, with the Flyers eventually coming out on top, 54-48.

LAST TIME OUT | MARIST 37, DAVIDSON 10 -- NOV. 15, 2025 | DAVIDSON, N.C.

After an even first half, Marist scored three touchdowns in the third quarter to pull away from Davidson 37-10 in Pioneer Football League action Saturday afternoon at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field.
The Red Foxes broke a 10-10 tie in the third quarter with a 14-play, 75-yard drive capped by a 1-yard touchdown run by quarterback Sonny Mannino, who did much of his damage through the air Saturday and finished 18-of-24 for 317 passing yards. Marist's next two drives covered 55 and 65 yards and also ended with touchdowns, extending the lead to 30-10 entering the fourth.
Davidson led 7-3 in the second quarter thanks to an 11-yard touchdown pass from Coulter Cleland to receiver Ivan Hoyt. And a 24-yard Christos Tzoumakas field goal made it 10-10 as the first half clock expired.
Hoyt finished with eight catches for 88 yards, all in the first half. Andrew Frazier added six receptions for 56 yards, including a 30-yarder in the first quarter.
Cleland was 19-of-40 passing for 193 yards, the touchdown to Hoyt and an interception.
The Wildcats were limited to 46 rushing yards, with 41 of those coming from Mason Sheron.
Hudson Altenburg led the defense with 11 tackles.

LAST MEETING | DAYTON 16, DAVIDSON 14 -- SATURDAY, OCT. 12, 2024 | DAYTON, OHIO

Dayton blocked three field goals and a punt as the Flyers held off Davidson, 16-14, in Pioneer Football League action Oct. 12, 2024 inside Welcome Stadium.
Davidson had a chance to take the lead with 22 seconds left, but Adam Zouagui's 51-yard field goal attempt came up short.
Mason Sheron led the Wildcats with a career-high 152 yards on the ground and two scores.
Both of Dayton's touchdowns came on short fields, as Davidson's defense held one of the league's top-passing offenses to just 110 yards, highlighted by interceptions from Amare Hill and Daniel Carter.
In all, the Wildcats forced three turnovers on the day.
Dominic Njoku also had an impressive game for the 'Cats with a career-high 15 tackles.
Davidson's lone score in the first half came off a 39-yard run from Sheron. His eighth touchdown of the season was set up by the conference's leading rusher, Mari Adams, who had 41 of the 80 yards on the four-play drive.
Despite having three kicks (2 – FG | 1 – Punt) blocked in the opening 30 minutes, the Wildcats forced a pair of turnovers to trail just 13-7 at the break.
Sheron later gave Davidson its first lead (14-13) of the afternoon, bouncing for a 44-yard run midway through the third quarter.
The Flyers, who blocked another field goal attempt with just under four minutes left, took the lead for good on a 25-yard field goal by Danny Baker with 10:03 to go.

Schedule

Players Mentioned

Mari Adams

Hudson Altenburg

Daniel Carter

Coulter Cleland

Andrew Frazier

Amare Hill

Ivan Hoyt

Dominic Njoku

Mason Sheron

Christos Tzoumakas

Adam Zouagui

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Upcoming Event: Football versus Dayton on Nov. 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM