Tiffin University (6-4, 5-3 G-MAC) takes on Findlay (10-0, 8-0) on the road in the final game of the 2025 season at 12 pm Nov. 15.
Tiffin has a 5-28 overall record historically vs the Oilers but over the last six matchups they are 4-2. They have won the last two meetings including last year's 37-14 victory. On the road over the last six games, Tiffin is 2-1 with the only loss being a close 26-21 score in 2021.
LAST TIME OUT
Tiffin University fell in another overtime heartbreaker, losing to Northwood 40-37 on the road. The game saw the Dragons fall behind by 17 points late in the first half before mounting a big comeback and taking the lead late in the fourth quarter. The game was close statistically except for two critical numbers. Tiffin had 2 turnovers leading to 14 NU points while Northwood had no turnovers.
FINDLAY NOTES
Chase Harrison leads the offense and has completed 80 of 119 passes for 1,009 yards with nine touchdowns and seven interceptions. Â
Jayden Farmer leads the team in rushing attempts (137), rushing yards (632), and rushing touchdowns (7). Christian Davis has 99 carries for 391 yards with three touchdowns and Dominic Bennett has 39 carries for 245 yards. Â
Denny Furlong leads the team in receptions (37), receiving yards (711), and receiving touchdowns (8). Furlong averages 71.1 yards per game, the most in the G-MAC and the 711 receiving yards are also the most in the G-MAC. Brennan Remy has 17 catches for 233 yards with one touchdown. Â
Mitch Nielsen has 15 catches for 196 yards with one touchdown. Bryan Hunt has 12 catches for 146 yards with one touchdown and Aidan Guilbeau has 12 catches for 131 yards with one touchdown. Tristan Cross and Delon Hurt each have two receiving touchdowns. Â
Defensively, Sam Weihrauch leads the team in total tackles with 62, has 12 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, one forced fumble, and five QB hurries. Kevin Henderson has 60 tackles, leads the team with 12.5 tackles for loss, has 3 sacks and six pass break ups. Johnny Harris has 50 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, two interceptions, one forced fumble, and four pass break ups.Â
Christion Stokes has 41 tackles and leads the team with 9 pass break ups. Carl Biddings and Braden Watson each have 4.5 sacks. Jayon Harvey has 43 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 4 pass break ups. Londyn Claxton has 6.5 tackles for loss and Jon Slaper has 7 tackles for loss. Claxton leads the team with 6 QB hurries. Braden Watson has 5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks.Â
Placekicker Zachary Bard is 32 of 34 on PATs and has converted 8 of 11 field goal tries. Â
Owen Clevenger is the punter and the reigning G-MAC Special Teams Athlete of the Week. In last week's win at Ashland, Clevenger booted an 86-yard punt, breaking the Findlay record and G-MAC record for longest punt. Clevenger averages 40.7 yards per punt and has punted a total of 31 times for 1,263 yards and has pinned 11 inside the 20. Â
Findlay averages 26.2 points per game offensively and has the G-MAC's top defense, allowing just 11.1 points per game. The most points the Oilers have allowed in a game are 35 which came week one at home against UIndy. The Oilers have allowed single digit points defensively in five of their 10 games. Â
TIFFIN NOTES
Quarterback
Alex Johnson is leading the G-MAC in passing yards per game, averaging 276.3 and his 28 passing touchdowns are also the most in the conference. Overall, Johnson is 216 for 315 with 2,763 passing yards, 28 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions. The 2,421 passing yards are the 9th most in all of NCAA Division II. Â
Running back
Ronald Blackman leads the team and G-MAC in rushing, averaging 82.6 yards per game. Blackman has 133 carries for 743 yards with four touchdowns.
Tyrese Banks-Dorn has 63carries for 304 yards with four touchdowns.
Nick Johnson has 23 carries for 120 yards.
Daniel Weems has 39 carries for 116 yards and
Isaac Bunts has 18 carries for 54 yards. Â
Ethan Holbrook leads the team in catches (36) and receiving touchdowns (11) and has a total of 500 receiving yards.
Emari White has 34 catches and leads the team in receiving yards with 548 and has four touchdowns. Blackman has 34 catches for 331 yards with two touchdowns. Other pass catchers include
Will Linkhart (28-276-2), Banks-Dorn (19-167),
Jaedyn McKinstry (15-245-2),
Joey Zalewski (26-349-5),
Javier Wills (6-144-1), and
Josiah Raber (9-135). Â Â
Defensively,
Jacob Tueimeh leads the team in solo tackles (53) and total tackles (84) and has forced three fumbles to lead the team. Isaiah Foster has 51 tackles and two interceptions along with one pass break up.
Khris Walton has 49 tackles and leads the team in tackles for loss with 12 and sacks (9.5).
Ethan Evers has 47 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, one sack, and two interceptions.Â
Malik Baker has 46 tackles, one tackle for loss, two interceptions, and a forced fumble. Baker and
Dennis Crawford both have 9 pass break ups. Walton,
Uzonna Nzekwe, and
Gio Albanese each have three QB hurries. Â
Nzekwe, Albanese, and
Danny Mason each have 28 tackles. Nzekwe has 7.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks while Albanese has 3 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.
Kevin Hornbeak has 6.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks.
Radical Rothermel has 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.Â
Placekicker
Ben Rudolph is 39 for 41 on PATs and 10 of 15 on field goals. Punter
Joseph Weiers averages 41.9 yards per punt. He's punted 37 times for 1,552 yards and has pinned 17 inside the 20-yard with eight punts of over 50 yards. Â
The Dragons have the highest scoring offense in the conference, averaging 32.4 points per game. The defense is fifth in the conference, allowing 20.2 points per game.Â
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