(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College football team fought till the end for a 42-35 victory over the Muskingum University Fighting Muskies Saturday evening in Williams Stadium. This is their first win over Muskingum since 2008.
It looked promising for the Quakers early on, as they ran out to a 31-7 lead late in the first half. Touchdowns came on rushes of nine yards from senior
Bryce Stout, 19 yards from freshman
Kaiden Molnar, and three yards from sophomore
Jalen Jordan, before a 16 yard pass to junior
Amare Middleton.
Combine this with 29 yard and 41-yard field goals from sophomore
Camden Marx and the Quakers held a 34-14 lead heading into the halftime break.
Muskingum immediately cut the lead down to six points in the third at 34-28 after a pair of touchdown passes to standout freshman Ryan Lamonica with 8:32 remaining in the third.
The Quakers clawed back with another 16-yard Molnar touchdown run for a 42-28 lead. Muskingum made it interesting down the stretch with a touchdown for a 42-35 deficit, but a late
Nathan Nemeth interception sealed the first conference win of the season for Wilmington.
Notables
- Wilmington forced six turnovers with five interceptions. Their five interceptions are the most in a game since at least 2006.
- Senior Nathan Nemeth's two interceptions in the game is the first time a Quaker has had multiple interceptions in a contest since Jordan Fitzpatrick accomplished the feat last season at Anderson University (IN) on Oct. 25, 2025.
- The sophomore Fitzpatrick also recorded an interception in this game for Wilmington.
- Sophomore Javon Pray and freshman DJ Lewis had the other two interceptions for the Quakers.
- Freshman Elijah Cable forced a fumble on a punt from the long snapper position.
- Senior Gavan Hunter recovered the fumble.
- Freshman Lucas King concluded his second game at quarterback for Wilmington going 18-33 for 214 yards and one touchdown.
- Freshman Kaiden Molnar crossed the century mark rushing for the second time this season, going for 109 yards and two touchdowns on 23 attempts.
- Sophomore Jalen Jordan had his best game in a Quakers uniform, catching seven passes for 78 yards.
- Sophomore Tristen Malone led the team with two tackles for loss and combined on a sack with junior Jelani Hunter.
- Sophomore Camden Marx connected on field goals from 29 yards and a career best 41 yards.
What's Up Next
Wilmington heads to the University of Mount Union next weekend to take on the Purple Raiders at 1:30 P.M.
