Complete Game Notes (PDF)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The 22nd-ranked Slippery Rock University football team returns home Saturday for a 1 p.m. Senior Day kickoff against Clarion. 
 
Below you will find all pertinent information regarding tickets, parking, tailgating and live coverage, along with information about Senior Day events and complete game notes.
 

Week 8: Clarion at Slippery Rock
The Rock (5-2, 2-2)	Clarion Golden Eagles (6-2, 2-2)
Complete Game Notes (PDF)	Game Notes
Depth Chart	Depth Chart
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach: Shawn Lutz	Coach: Raymond Monica
Program Records	Program Records
PSAC Standings  |  PSAC Stats Leaders  |  PSAC Schedule
Mihalik-Thompson Stadium  |  SRU Campus Map  |  Football Parking Map

 
SENIOR DAY EVENTS
• Senior Day presentation for players, interns and athletic trainers will begin at 12:25 p.m.
• All parents/escorts of players, interns and athletic trainers need to be in the stadium by 12:15 p.m.
• Band seniors will be recognized at halftime.
• Cheerleading seniors will be recognized between the 3rd and 4th quarters.

25TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION
Slippery Rock will also welcome back members of the 1997-00 football teams for a 25-year reunion this weekend to celebrate the teams that won four straight PSAC titles and reached the highest national ranking in program history with a No. 2 national ranking. The captains from those teams will join the current SRU captains for the coin toss pregame and the players and coaches from those teams will be recognized at halftime.

LIVE INTERNET COVERAGE
• Live Stats  |  Provided by SRU Athletic Communication.
• Live Streaming Video  |  Provided by SRU Athletic Communication.
• Live Audio (Online and Radio)  |  Provided by The Rock Station 97.7 FM (Butler County).
• X (formerly Twitter)  |  In-game updates and highlights.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV
• Fans can watch the game live and on-demand for free on the Rock Athletics Digital Network, created and operated by the SRU Athletic Communication Office.
 • Search for "Rock Athletics Digital Network" in the app stores on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku and Android TV devices to download the app. All remaining regular season SRU football games will be available on the app.
 
MOBILE APP
• Fans can also watch all PSAC football games on the PSAC Sports Digital Network mobile app that is available for free in the app stores on Apple and Android devices.
 
CASHLESS TRANSACTIONS AT SRU
SRU Athletics will continue to operate cashless for football this year. All parking lots, tickets and concessions will be card only. Please plan accordingly. Fans can save time and help speed up the entry process by purchasing tickets and Lot A parking in advance.
 
TICKETS
All fans are encouraged to help speed up the entry process by purchasing tickets online in advance and using the mobile QR code for entry on game day. Visit the links below to purchase tickets in advance.
 
• Purchase Single-Game Tickets
• Stadium gates will open at 11:30 a.m.
• Chair-Back Reserved Seat - $15
• Reserved Bench Seat - $15
• Adult General Admission - $10
• Students Ages 6-High School – $5
• Children Ages 6 and Under – FREE
• SRU Students – FREE with valid student ID
• Students from Other Colleges - $5 with valid student ID
 
SRU FAN PARKING  
• Parking Map and Prices (PDF)
• Lot A Reserved Parking
• Lots open at 9 a.m.
• Free Parking Available in other campus lots
• Shuttles will circle the paid parking lots to assist with transportation to the gates
• Campus Map  |  Stadium is #56 on Map
 
CLARION FAN PARKING
• Parking Map (PDF)
• Visiting fans can park together and tailgate in Lot E ($10).
• Lot opens at 9 a.m.
• GPS Address: 246 Harmony Road, Slippery Rock, PA
• Visiting fans can enter the game through gate six, located at the field hockey/lacrosse building, which provides direct access to the visiting bleachers.
• Campus Map  |  Visitor parking is above building #61. Entry gate is at building #61.
 
TAILGATING
• Tailgating is allowed in paid lots four hours before kickoff (lots open at 9 a.m.)
• No Tailgating at halftime
• All Tailgaters must enter game at kickoff
• Tailgaters must vacate the lots 90 minutes after the game ends
• No hard liquor or glass bottles
• Adhere to all campus tailgating rules found HERE.
 
STUDENT GATE PROCEDURES
Students should still bring their valid ID to enter the game through the student gate, but will also need to use the CORE application on their cell phones. Login to your CORE account to access the event QR code that will be scanned at the gate. Only CURRENT students will be allowed to enter through the student gate. To speed up entry into the game, students should add the event in advance and be prepared to scan their code at the entry gate.

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THE GAME
No. 22 Slippery Rock returns from a bye week to host a 6-2 Clarion squad that is off to its best start in a decade in The Rock's final regular season home game.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES  |  Game-by-Game Scores
Slippery Rock owns a 59-24-3 advantage in the all-time series that dates back to 1910. The Rock have won each of the last seven meetings, 13 of the last 14 games in the series and 24 of the last 27 meetings dating back to 1994. SRU is 13-1 in the series since the introduction of the "Milk Jug Trophy" in 2010. Clarion's lone win in the last 14 meetings was a 27-23 win at home in 2016. SRU has outscored Clarion 279-64 over the last seven meetings in the series.
 
• First Meeting: 1910 (SRU won 39-0)
• Last Meeting: 2024 (SRU won 38-22)
• Current Streak: Slippery Rock +7
• at CLAR: SRU leads 31-12-2
• at SRU: SRU leads 28-12-1
• Most Points Scored (CLAR): 54 (1996)
• Biggest Win Margin (CLAR): 43 (1985)
• Most Points Scored (SRU): 75 (2021)
• Biggest Win Margin (SRU): 75 (2021)
• Last CLAR Win: 2016 at CLAR (27-23)
 
COACHING MATCHUP
Slippery Rock head coach Shawn Lutz is in his 30th overall year at The Rock and his 10th year (ninth season) as head coach, where he owns an 87-23 record with nine straight winning seasons, five PSAC West titles and six trips to the NCAA playoffs. Lutz was the PSAC West Coach of the Year in 2018, 2019 and 2023 and was the Don Hansen Football Gazette Division II National Coach of the Year in 2019. The 87 wins are the most among all PSAC head coaches since the 2016 season. Lutz was an assistant at SRU for 20 years before taking over the program in 2016. He has been a member of the coaching staff for 13 of SRU's 20 PSAC West titles. Lutz played tight end at WVU, graduating in 1996, and earned a master's degree in sport management from Slippery Rock in 2003.
 
Raymond Monica, a 1990 North Alabama graduate, is in his fourth season at Clarion and has led the Golden Eagles to a 14-27 overall record, which included eight wins the first three seasons and six this fall. Monica came back to the PSAC after serving as defensive coordinator at Southeastern Louisiana. Before that, he served five seasons as head coach at Arkansas Tech and was the head coach at Kutztown from 2006-12, where he went 45-34 and made two NCAA Playoff trips. In total, Monica is 93-95 in 17 seasons as a collegiate head coach.
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS
Slippery Rock climbed two spots to No. 22 in this week's AFCA Division II national poll but remains outside the top 25 in the D2football.com poll. Both polls are on page nine of the PDF notes linked above.
 
CLARION QUICK HITS
• Clarion already has more wins this year (6-2) than the previous two full seasons combined (5-17) as the Golden Eagles are off the to their best start in a decade.
• Clarion has already locked up its first winning season since 2015 and the third winning season for the program since 2003.
• Clarion has played four straight one-possession games the last four weeks, going 2-2 in those games with losses to Edinboro and California (Pa.) and wins over Gannon and Seton Hill.
• Clarion ranks second in the PSAC in total offense (432.8 yards per game) and passing offense (278.8 yards per game) and fourth in scoring offense (35.4 points per game).
• Clarion ranks fifth in the PSAC in scoring defense (24.6 points per game), eighth in total defense (366.9 yards per game), sixth in rushing defense (154.0 yards per game) and 14th in passing defense (262.5 yards per game).
• Three different QBs have had to play with injuries this year. Regular starter Anthony Guercio is expected to play this week. Guercio is completing 64% of his passes for 1,531 yards with 14 TD and four INT this year while also rushing for 355 yards and four TD.
• RB Khalon Simmons leads the ground game with 447 yards and nine TD. WR Egan Holt has 30 catches for 688 yards and seven TD and WR Davon Jones has 44 catches for 564 yards and eight TD. Those two gave combined for 74 of the team's 139 receptions.
• PK Andrew Kurtas is 9-for-11 on FG attempts and 28-of-29 on PAT kicks.
• Middle LB Griffin Buzzell leads the defense with 93 total tackles, including 4.0 sacks and three forced fumbles. He has almost twice as many tackles as DB Terrell Booth, who is second on the team with 50 stops. DE Matthew McGregor leads the defensive line with 6.0 sacks and 9.0 TFL.
 
STAPLES IN THE NATIONAL POLL
Slippery Rock has appeared in every weekly national poll released by the American Football Coaches Association since the final rankings of the 2018 season, a streak that stretches more than six full years and more than 2,500 straight days. The Rock opened the 2025 season ranked No. 4 in the national poll before slipping all the way to No. 25 and climbing back up to No. 22 entering this week.
 
HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
Rock football teams have compiled a 198-71 (.736) record in 51 seasons at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium (formerly known as N. Kerr Thompson Stadium). The Rock own a 98-26 (.790) home record since artificial turf was installed in the summer of 2003 and are 94-20 (.825) in home games since 2005. The numbers get even better in recent years, as The Rock are 76-11 (.874) at home since the beginning of the 2010 season and 64-8 (.889) since the beginning of the 2013 season.
 
REGIONAL RANKINGS  |  Full Story
The first set of NCAA Regional Rankings were announced this list in alphabetical order and Slippery Rock is one of the 10 teams from Super Region One to be included in the rankings. The first ranked-order list will be announced next Monday. The Rock likely need to win out and could still need some help from other teams in the region in order to qualify for a seventh straight NCAA Playoff appearance. Three other teams from the PSAC are listed in the first set of rankings, including PSAC West rivals IUP (5-2) and California (5-3) and PSAC East frontrunner Kutztown (8-0).

SUPER REGION ONE RANKINGS
Oct. 27, 2025 (first ranking is alphabetical)

Rank	Team	W-L	NCAA PI*
-	Assumption	6-1	24.857 (4)
-	California (PA)	5-3	23.875 (9)
-	Charleston (WV)	5-3	24.125 (8)
-	Fayetteville St.	5-2	24.143 (7)
-	Frostburg St.	7-1	24.750 (5)
-	Indiana (PA)	5-2	24.571 (6)
-	Johnson C. Smith	7-1	26.875 (2)
-	Kutztown	8-0	27.750 (1)
-	SLIPPERY ROCK	5-2	23.286 (10)
-	Virginia Union	7-1	25.375 (3)

* NCAA Performance Indicator score 

NO ROOM FOR ERROR
With back-to-back one-possession losses to Cal (Pa.) and Gannon, Slippery Rock's NCAA postseason streak is now in serious jeopardy. The Rock will have to win out the rest of the way and could still need help to extend their playoff streak to seven straight years. SRU entered this fall with the second longest active playoff streak in the country at six straight years, trailing only the 10 straight appearances by Ferris State. SRU has not missed the NCAA Playoffs since 2017.
 
LAST THREE AGAINST THE BEST THREE
Slippery Rock will close the PSAC West portion of the schedule with three straight games against the top three teams in the current standings in IUP, Clarion and Edinboro. The Rock opened that stretch with a key win over IUP and will now host Clarion before closing the year divisional schedule at Edinboro next week.
 
CLARION GUARANTEED OF WINNING SEASON
Clarion's six wins this fall are already more than the Golden Eagles had in the last two full seasons combined (2-9 in 2023, 3-8 in 2024). The 6-2 record entering this week guarantees the first winning season for the program since a 7-4 record in 2015. This fall marks the third winning season for the program since 2003 and signals a stark improvement in a short time from an 0-10 record in 2021 to a guaranteed winning season in 2025.
 
RANKED SRU TEAMS ARE 11-0 AGAINST CLARION
This will mark just the 12th time in the series against Clarion that SRU will enter the game carrying a national ranking. The Rock are 11-0 all-time against Clarion when ranked dating back to the first ranked meeting in 1963. SRU is ranked for the sixth straight year entering its meeting with Clarion.
 
COMING OFF A BYE
The Rock are coming off a bye last week with the schedule vacancy created when Mercyhurst left the PSAC last year. SRU played a rare 10-game schedule in both 2024 and 2025 but will return to 11 games in 2026. The Rock also faced Clarion last fall coming off the bye week and posted a 38-22 road win in that meeting.
 
LAST GAME FOR SRU
Slippery Rock has not played since posting a 30-27 Homecoming win over rival and PSAC West leader IUP back on Oct. 18. The Rock outscored IUP 20-7 in the second half to erase a 20-10 halftime deficit and earn the comeback win. DaOne Owens ran for two TD and threw for one and JayJay Jordan rushed for 99 yards and one score, including a season-long 75-yard TD run. The Rock defense tallied four sacks and 10 pass breakups while limiting the nation's top-ranked passing offense to under 50 percent completions and no passing TD.
 
LAST WEEK FOR CLARION
Clarion played its fourth straight one-possession game last week and came away with a 23-17 win at home against Seton Hill. The Golden Eagles lost 21-20 to Edinboro back on Sept. 27, beat Gannon 48-46 on a last second field goal Oct. 11, lost to California 31-28 on a last second long TD pass by the Vulcans on Oct. 18 and came away with a 23-17 win over Seton Hill last week in a stretch of four straight close games. Clarion outgained SHU 398-364 last week with 236 passing yards and 162 rushing yards. QB Anthony Guercio, who missed time earlier this year with an injury, ran for 88 yards on 17 carries and threw for 93 yards with one TD and two INT. Backup QB Jase Ferguson threw for 143 yards and one TD. Egan Holt caught four passes for 142 yards, including an 81-yard TD. PK Andrew Kurtas kicked three field goals (37, 20, 38) and scored 11 total points in the game.
 
LAST MEETING  |  Box Score
No. 14 Slippery Rock broke open a 14-14 game with a 24-0 run to pull away for a 38-22 win last Halloween on the road at Clarion. The teams combined for 930 yards of offense with SRU posted a 510-420 edge with 399 passing yards and 111 rushing yards. Clarion ran for 216 yards and threw for 204 yards. SRU QB Brayden Long threw for 399 yards with four TD and no INT. The only SRU player that accounted for any of those 520 yards of offense that is on this year's roster is tight end Carson Heckathorn (6-yard catch) and he is injured and out for the season, meaning every yard of offense for SRU this year will come from a player that did not touch the ball in last year's game. Clarion got two rushing TD from QB Anthony Guercio and 136 receiving yards and one TD from Trevon Tate.
 
SENIOR DAY
Saturday marks the final regular season home game for SRU and The Rock will recognize its senior players, interns and student athletic trainers in a pregame ceremony. The players being honored include grad students, seniors and redshirt juniors that are on track to graduate this year. The players being recognized are: Xander McClure, Joshua Hayes, Mel Carter, Anthony Smith, Demeatric Crenshaw, Anthony Vespo, Michael Henwood, Ty Eilam, Mark Williams, Cory Butts, Matthew Prudhomme, Mehki Twillie, Eli Podgorski, Luke Pugliese, Joe Cooper, Kevin Roberts and Blake Nicholas.
 
SPLASH PLAYS FOR JAYJAY JORDAN
RB JayJay Jordan opened the IUP game with a 75-yard TD run on The Rock's first offensive play. It marked his second TD run of 70+ yards this year after he also had a 74-yard TD at Franklin Pierce. Jordan has broken off runs of at least 19 yards in every game this season and has snapped off runs of 35+ yards in four different games.
 
JORDAN LEADS PSAC / AMONG NCAA LEADERS
Through seven games, RB JayJay Jordan leads all players in the PSAC in every rushing statistic and all-purpose yardage with his 991 rushing yards, 172 receiving yards and 198 kickoff return yards stacking up to 1,361 all-purpose yards. Jordan ranks. No. 3 among all players in Division II this year in all-purpose yards per game (194.4) and rushing yards per carry (8.5) while ranking No. 3 nationally in rushing yards per game (141.6) and No. 4 nationally in total rushing yards (991), despite SRU playing one less game than many teams.
 
RUSHING OFFENSE
Slippery Rock enters this week ranked No. 12 among all programs in the country in rushing offense at 237.1 rushing yards per game. JayJay Jordan leads the charge with 991 yards and eight TD, averaging 8.5 yards per carry and 141.6 yards per game. Quentin Harrison has 344 yards and two TD, averaging 6.0 yards per carry and 49.1 yards per game. QB DaOne Owens has 193 yards and seven TD, averaging 4.5 yards per carry and 27.6 yards per game, despite sack yardage counting against his rushing yards.
 
PASSING OFFENSE
The Rock enter week eight of the season averaging just 24 pass attempts per game after averaging 32.3 attempts per game in 2024.  Redshirt freshman QB DaOne Owens is completing 57 percent of his passes (69-of-121) for 1,040 yards with 11 TD and three INT. The Rock rank 13th out of 15 PSAC teams in passing offense and enter this week ranked 98th nationally in passing offense.
 
FIVE STARTS BY A FRESHMAN QB AT SRU
QB DaOne Owens is the first freshman or redshirt freshman QB at Slippery Rock to start at least five games in his freshman season since Nate Crookshank, who won the job in 2004 and held it four years through 2007. Crookshank and SRU Hall of Famer Randy McKavish (1997-00) were the last two freshmen QBs to win the job in their freshman season and start all four years at SRU.
 
SUTTON SHOWING BIG PLAY ABILITY
WR Latrell Sutton ranks second in the PSAC and 13th among all players in Division II in receiving yards per catch with an average of 21.75 yards per reception. Sutton has four TD catches on the year and leads SRU in total receiving yards with 348.
 
ONE HUGE CATCH FOR McCLURE
WR Xander McClure had just six catches over the first six games of the season and was held without a catch against Seton Hill Oct. 11. He had just one grab against IUP two weeks ago, but it came in the most important moment of the game when he pulled down a 24-yard TD on a third down play in the fourth quarter that put The Rock out front for good and accounted for the winning points in the 30-27 win. It marked his second TD of the season and his first TD grab since week three against Shippensburg.
 
SABO GETTING MORE TOUCHES
WR John Sabo had just one catch for seven yards in the first two games combined. Since week three, Sabo has grabbed 14 passes for 228 yards with four TD over the last five weeks, averaging 45.6 yards per game over that stretch. He has at least three catches in four of the last five games and has a catch of 27 or more yards in four straight games.
 
KICK RETURN CAROUSEL
Slippery Rock has tried five different players on kickoff returns this year and enters this week averaging 20.3 yards per return on 22 returns. Two-way player Evan Harper was the latest to get a crack at it. Harper averaged 29.0 yards per return on two returns against IUP. The wide receiver transfer from Tiffin has had to play on both sides of the ball this year with most of his playing time coming at defensive back, where he has seven tackles, one sack and two pass breakups.
 
ROBERTS BOOTS ANOTHER FG
PK Kevin Roberts connected on a 32-yard field goal against IUP on his first FG attempt in a stretch of three weeks. He is now 3-for-5 on the year with a long of 37. Roberts also saw his first missed PAT of the season against IUP and is now 34-of-35 on PAT kicks. He enters this week with 98 career made PAT kicks, needing just two to become the eighth player in program history to boot 100 PAT kicks. Roberts also had his best punting outing of the season against IUP, kicking a career long 53-yard punt and averaging 42.8 yards per punt on four punts.
 
THOMPSON LEADING DEFENSE
DB Kanye Thompson earned All-America honors on the track last spring after he became the fastest man in PSAC history with a 10.1-second effort in the 100-meter dash. He has followed that showing on the track with the best football season of his career this fall, where he leads SRU in total tackles with 49 to go along with 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, six pass breakups and four forced fumbles. His four forced fumbles rank second among all players in Division II. Thompson has twice been named the PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Week this year.
 
DEFENSE GETS TWO BACK, LOSES ANOTHER
Slippery Rock got two key defensive players back against IUP that missed the previous two games with defensive end Brett Kwoka and linebacker Teddy Gregory Jr. returning to action, but The Rock also lost starting defensive end Brian Young Jr. for the season. Young was off to a stellar start to the year through six games, leading SRU with 7.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks to go with 25 total tackles. Despite missing two full games, Gregory still ranks third on the team in total tackles with 40 stops to go along with one interception and two forced fumbles. Kwoka has 18 stops and three fumble recoveries.
 
FUMBLE LEADERS
Slippery Rock owns the No. 2 ranked players in the country in forced fumbles and fumble recoveries with DB Kanye Thompson forcing four fumbles and DE Brett Kwoka recovering three fumbles, despite Kwoka missing two full games.
 
STEADY HENNY
DB and captain Michael Henwood has quietly racked up 44 tackles with one interception and two pass breakups this year while providing a steady presence for a defense that has been racked by injuries and lineup changes.
 
FOUR STAPLES ON DEFENSE
Entering this week, Slippery Rock has just four total players that have started all seven games on the defensive side of the ball, including defensive backs Kanye Thompson and Michael Henwood and defensive tackles Trever Valenti and Nick Frisco. Thompson (49 tackles) and Henwood (44 tackles) are the top two tacklers on the team, while Valenti ranks fourth with 38 stops, 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks and Frisco ranks eighth with 21 stops, including 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. That foursome has combined for 152 total tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks and five forced fumbles.
 
CAIN STEPS UP FOR SNOW
Slippery Rock lost team captain and starting linebacker Jacob Snow for the season in week four. Sophomore transfer Tyler Cain has stepped up and has 25 total tackles over the last three weeks since moving into the starting lineup. He has at least five tackles in all three starts.
 
NEXT MAN UP IS MORE THAN A CLICHE
Slippery Rock has been hit by the injury bug in a big way this season with a total of 22 players being forced to miss games over the first seven weeks. Some of those players, like starting RT Jake Jonassen, DT Daniel Tooson and LB Tyree Johnson, have missed every game this season. Since the season began, SRU has also lost starting DE Brian Young Jr., starting LB and captain Jacob Snow, backup LB Troy Lucas, starting TE Carson Heckathorn, grad transfer WR Reggie Fleurima and kicker Nathan Pfennigwerth with season-ending injuries. That list doesn't include the players that have missed multiple games, including starting LB Teddy Gregory Jr., starting DE Brett Kwoka, starting OL Matthew Prudhomme, backup TE Vincent Berardi and backup offensive linemen Dom Clifford and Mohamed Aly.
 
FRESHMEN GETTING EXPERIENCE FAST
With all the injuries piling up, Slippery Rock has played a growing number of freshmen and redshirt freshmen in key roles this year. That group includes QB DaOne Owens, rotating right tackles Luke Caldwell and Varrius Farrell, tight ends Lou Swartz and Christian Werling, linebackers Troy Lucas, Spencer Barninger and John Frangos, safety Carmen Metcalfe and kicker Nathan Pfennigwerth.
 
YOUNG TEAM TO BUILD AROUND
After losing most of its starting lineup entering this year, Slippery Rock was eyeing a potential rebuilding year for the program. Entering this week, a total of 20 players listed as starters or backups on the SRU two-deep are in either their first or second year of eligibility. Additionally, 16 more players on the two-deep are in their third year of eligibility and have at least one more season left. Only five total starters on the offense and defense this week are in their senior seasons of eligibility (WR Xander McClure, OL Joe Cooper, OL Eli Podgorski, OL Matthew Prudhomme, DB Michael Henwood).
 
ONLY THREE REGULAR SEASON LOSSES SINCE 2022
Slippery Rock has only lost three times in the regular season since 2022 with losses to California in 2024 and 2025 and now a loss to Gannon in 2025. The Rock are 24-3 in the regular season since the beginning of the 2023 season with the only losses in 2023 coming in the PSAC championship game and the NCAA quarterfinals and the only other loss in 2024 coming in the national semifinals.
 
FIVE PSAC WEST LOSSES SINCE 2017
Slippery Rock has lost just five PSAC Western Division games since Oct. 21, 2017 and is 42-5 against the Division since then, including 38-3 over six full seasons (2018-24) with five PSAC West titles over that stretch. The Rock have won or at least shared nine of the 13 PSAC West titles dating back to 2011, easily leading all programs in the Division. SRU head coach Shawn Lutz is 44-8 against the PSAC West in the last seven seasons and 47-12 against the Division in his career as head coach.
 
TWO PSAC WEST LOSSES IS RARE FOR SRU
Slippery Rock was 18-2 in PSAC West games over the last three seasons entering this fall (2022-24,) but is off to a 2-2 start this year. The last time The Rock lost two PSAC West games in the same season was the 2017 season when SRU went 5-2 in the division. From 2018-24, SRU went 38-3 against the PSAC West and is now 42-5 in its last 47 PSAC West games dating back to the last two weeks of the 2017 season.
 
CAPTAINS
Slippery Rock has named four captains for the 2025 season with the team voting for two offensive players and two defensive players to serve as captains. The offensive captains are quarterback Anthony Vespo and offensive tackle Joe Cooper, while the defensive captains are safety Michael Henwood and linebacker Jacob Snow.
 
COOPER NAMED TO EAST-WEST SHRINE BOWL WATCHLIST
SRU left tackle Joe Cooper picked up a high honor entering this fall when he was named as one of just 10 players in Division II on the East-West Shrine Bowl Watchlist. Cooper, at 6-foot-7 and 320 pounds, has already received visits from multiple NFL teams.
 
COOPER AND KWOKA ON D2 ELITE 100 LIST
Slippery Rock landed two players on the D2football.com Elite 100 list entering this season with left tackle Joe Cooper and defensive lineman Brett Kwoka both being recognized.
 
WINNING SEASONS STREAK
Slippery Rock has put together a winning season in each of the last 15 years, which ranks ninth among all Division II programs for the longest active winning seasons streak in the country. The only other program in the PSAC with more consecutive winning seasons currently is California (Pa.), which has strung together 20 winning seasons entering 2025.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will close the PSAC West divisional schedule with a noon game next Saturday at Edinboro.




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