Tiffin University traveled north to take on the nation's top-ranked team, Grand Valley State, and came away with a 47-21 defeat. The Dragons (0-6) were outgained overall 597-181 in total offense, but did come away from the game with some positives.

The Dragons' 21 points were the second most allowed by Grand Valley this season thus far, and were 21 more points than the Dragons scored last season when they lost 49-0 at home to the Lakers. Freshman quarterback Nate Scully tossed 3 touchdowns in the game, hitting Greg Raspberry at the 6:29 mark of the 2nd quarter to get TU on the board. He then found Brenton Williams at 9:39 of the 3rd quarter and David Singleton at 5:02 of the same period on a pair of 6 yard TD tosses.

Overall Scully completed 15 of 25 passes with just one interception, the only turnover of the game for TU. Alvin McKnight rushed for 47 yards on 8 carries, while Raspberry finished with 51 yards on 6 catches. Jackson Davis led the defense with 7 tackles (2 for loss), while David Pickeral, Moses Kato, William Cook, and Nick McGowan all had 6 tackles each.

The Lakers especially dominated on the ground, rushing for 347 yards to TU's 44. They had 26 first downs to TU's 12. The Lakers held a 28-0 advantage after one quarter and a 41-7 lead at halftime.