'Cats Conclude Road Slate Saturday at Dayton

GAME 11 | NOV. 14, 2026 | 12 PM | WELCOME STADIUM (11,000) | DAYTON, OHIO | ESPN+

DAVIDSON WILDCATS
2026 Record: 4-6 (2-4 PFL)
2025 Record: 2-10 (1-7 PFL)
Head Coach: Saj Thakkar
Davidson Record (Yrs): 6-16 (2)
Career Record (Yrs): 20-22 (4)

DAYTON FLYERS
2026 Record: 8-1 (5-1 PFL)
2025 Record: 7-4 (5-3 PFL)
Head Coach: Trevor Andrews
Dayton Record (Yrs): 25-17 (4)
Career Record (Yrs): Same

INSIDE THE SERIES
Meetings: 20
Series Record: Dayton leads, 18-2
First Meeting: Dayton Won, 49-7 (9/16/1989)
Last Meeting: Dayton Won, 42-14 (11/22/2025)
Streak: Lost 3
In Davidson: 2-9
In Dayton: 0-9
Thakkar vs. Dayton: 0-1

1ST AND 10

Davidson will play its final road contest of the season this weekend when it heads to Dayton to take on the league-leading Flyers at noon Saturday.
Coming off a convincing 33-14 win over Stetson, Davidson enters 4-6 overall and 2-4 in the Pioneer Football League.
Casey Bullock became the first Wildcat quarterback to throw for 350 yards in a game since the 2013 season.
Bullock completed 23-of-36 passes for a career-high 357 yards and three touchdowns. The junior captain also ran for 45 yards and a score.
He ranks among league leaders in total yards (2nd / 2,844), total yards per game (3rd / 284.4), passing yards (4th / 2,287) and passing yards per game (4th / 228.7).
Davidson's wide receiver duo of Jacary Lightsey and AJ Adams also sit among the league's best in several categories, including receptions, receptions per game, yards and yards per game.
Senior Michael Leonard also played a key role in Davidson's win last Saturday with a pair of interceptions.
Defensively, the 'Cats are led by sophomore Hudson Altenburg, who has a team-best 64 tackles and three pass breakups. Jarmal Gilmore leads the team in sacks (5.0) and tackles for loss (8.5).
As a team, Davidson ranks 17th nationally in time of possession.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Saturday's meeting will be the 21st all-time between Davidson and Dayton.
The Flyers, who have won the last three, lead the series, 18-2.
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 MEETING | DAYTON 42, DAVIDSON 14 -- NOV. 22, 2025 | DAVIDSON, N.C.

Dayton turned three turnovers into 21 points as part of a 42-14 victory over Davidson in Pioneer Football League action Nov. 22, 2025 at Field 76 and Davidson College Stadium.
A pair of Josh Williams' first-quarter interceptions, including a 32-yard pick-six, helped Dayton to a 13-0 halftime advantage.
The Flyers pushed the lead to 35-0 late in the third to all but put the game out of reach.
Despite the loss, running back Mari Adams, one of the program's most prolific rushers, finished the game with 75 yards on nine carries.
Davidson's first score came five seconds into the fourth quarter when Coulter Cleland found wide receiver Ivan Hoyt for the senior's league-leading 10th touchdown reception of the season.
After Jamal Chandler-Fuller's first career interception, Cleland hooked up with tight end Langston Green on a 17-yard touchdown pass to cut the deficit to 35-14 with 10:25 to play.
Freshman Hayden Meese also recorded his first interception for the Wildcats late in the fourth.
In all, Davidson forced a season-high four turnovers of its own.

UP NEXT

Davidson will conclude its 2026 campaign next weekend when Marist comes to town for a 1 p.m. "Senior Day" matchup.

LAST TIME OUT | DAVIDSON 33, STETSON 14 -- NOV. 7, 2026 | DAVIDSON, N.C.

Trailing by seven points early, the Davidson Wildcats dropped 26 unanswered points on the visiting Stetson Hatters, putting them in the rear-view mirror in a 33-14 win Saturday afternoon at Field 76 and Davidson College Stadium.
Wildcats quarterback Casey Bullock led the way, passing for 357 yards on 23-of-36 passing, and he threw three touchdowns. He also chipped in 45 yards and a touchdown on the ground, equaling running back Brodey Berg for the rushing yards high.
On the receiving end, senior Jacary Lightsey had a monster day, snagging eight catches and gaining 116 yards, including the go-ahead 44-yard touchdown in the second quarter. Alani Ajigbotosho and Tristan Hollins followed him, racking up 69 and 59 yards, respectively. Tanner Waring and tight end Xavier Vela also found the end zone, scoring one touchdown apiece.
Kicker Christos Tzoumakas got in on the action as well. His 25-yard field goal early in the second quarter capped Davidson's first scoring drive, a 14-play, 77-yard march. He hit a 26-yard field goal as the first-half clock expired, giving the Wildcats a 13-7 edge at the break.
Stetson quarterback Thomas von Grote put up 338 passing yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing two interceptions to Davidson's Michael Leonard. Receiver Landon Farco caught both passing scores on big plays (63 yards, 54 yards), while gaining 125 yards of his own. Rush yards were hard to come by for Stetson, as Chris Stephenson tallied the most for the Hatters with a mere 16.
Defensively, Wildcat Hudson Altenburg recorded the most tackles with seven, while Jamal Chandler-Fuller had six, and Hayden Meese five. Casey Bending had two sacks.

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Players Mentioned

AJ Adams

Mari Adams

Alani Ajigbotosho

Hudson Altenburg

Brodey Berg

Casey Bullock

Jamal Chandler-Fuller

Coulter Cleland

Jarmal Gilmore

Langston Green

Tristan Hollins

Ivan Hoyt

Michael Leonard

Jacary Lightsey

Hayden Meese

Christos Tzoumakas

Xavier Vela

Tanner Waring

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