2026 · Week 1Final

Thursday, August 27, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT

Mercyhurst at Youngstown State

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Game details

Kickoff: Thursday, August 27, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT
Matchup: Mercyhurst at Youngstown State
Venue: Stambaugh Stadium

Scoring by period

Box score

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Mercyhurst	3	0	0	7	10
Youngstown State	7	22	7	7	43

Excitement index: 3.38
Mercyhurst final win probability: 0.9%
Youngstown State final win probability: 99.1%

Full comparison

Team stats

MercyhurstYoungstown State

First downs: 16; 27
Third-down efficiency: 3-9; 9-13
Fourth-down efficiency: 0-1; 1-1
Total yards: 241; 484
Passing yards: 212; 232
Completions / attempts: 18-31; 20-30
Yards per pass: 6.8; 7.7
Rushing Yards: 29; 252
Rushing Attempts: 20; 36
Yards per rush: 1.5; 7.0
Penalties / yards: 6-45; 9-79
Turnovers: 2; 1
Fumbles lost: 0; 0
Interceptions: 2; 1
Time of possession: 27:26; 32:34
Passes defended: 2; 6
QB hurries: 0; 2
Sacks: 3; 1
Tackles: 38; 21
Defensive touchdowns: 0; 0
Tackles for loss: 3; 8
Total fumbles: 2; —
Fumbles recovered: 0; —
Passes Intercepted: 1; 2
Interception TDs: 0; 0
Interception Yards: 1; 16
Kicking Points: 4; 5
Kick returns: 4; 3
Kick Return TDs: 0; 0
Kick Return Yards: 60; 47
Passing touchdowns: 1; 3
Punt returns: 2; 1
Punt Return TDs: 0; 0
Punt Return Yards: 1; 19
Rushing touchdowns: 0; 3

Every recorded category

Player stats

Passing

Mercyhurst

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Alex Gevaudan	18/31	212	6.8	1	2

Youngstown State

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Beau Brungard	20/29	232	8.0	3	1
Malachi Lewis	0/1	0	0.0	0	0

Rushing

Mercyhurst

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jameir Gamble	9	36	4.0	16
Alex Gevaudan	3	2	0.7	2
Team	1	-1	-1.0	1
Byron Cardwell	5	-4	-0.8	2
Camden Lewis	2	-4	-2.0	0

Youngstown State

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Beau Brungard	21	119	5.7	2	21
Jaden Gilbert	5	89	17.8	1	50
Antuan Gardner	2	15	7.5	0	12
Donald Barksdale	1	12	12.0	0	12
Tahir Mills	2	12	6.0	0	10
Da'Shaun Whatley	2	5	2.5	0	4
Lynn Wyche-El	2	4	2.0	0	4
Malachi Lewis	1	-4	-4.0	0	0

Receiving

Mercyhurst

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Camden Lewis	3	44	14.7	0	18
Christian MacDonald	3	36	12.0	0	15
Dylan Evans	2	31	15.5	0	28
Amare Lattimore	3	31	10.3	0	26
Jason Woods	2	29	14.5	0	18
Byron Cardwell	2	17	8.5	0	15
Malte Feil	1	16	16.0	0	16
Evan Van Dyke	1	6	6.0	0	6
Sha'lik Hampton	1	2	2.0	1	2

Youngstown State

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Antuan Gardner	2	52	26.0	0	46
Bryan Hunt	4	41	10.3	1	27
Lynn Wyche-El	6	41	6.8	1	11
Jaden Gilbert	2	31	15.5	1	23
Dorian Williams	2	29	14.5	0	23
Jeremiah Sanders	1	14	14.0	0	14
Alex McDonald	1	12	12.0	0	12
Roger Walters	1	7	7.0	0	7
Austin Bray	1	5	5.0	0	5

Fumbles

Mercyhurst

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Team	1	0	0
Ethan Holbrook	1	0	0

Defensive

Mercyhurst

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Braylon Beckwith	11	9	0	0	0
Teddy McDuffie Jr.	7	4	1.5	1.5	0
Anez Jordan	7	3	0	0	0
Jayonn Saunders	7	2	0	0	0
Jeff Leavell	6	2	0	0	0
Jacob Miller	4	2	0	0	0
Adonis Marshall	3	3	0	0	0
Shanard Lo-Ray	3	2	0	0	0
Ramon McAndrews	3	1	0	0	0
Camariyon Bridges	2	2	0	0	0
Nicholas Williams	2	2	0	0	1
Zacchaeus Dixon	2	0	0	0	0
Jean-Christophe Vital Cloutier	2	0	0.5	0.5	0
Jaiden Allos	2	0	0	0	0
Lucien Griffin	1	1	1	1	0
Wakeem Page	1	1	0	0	0
Ethen Knox	1	1	0	0	0
Khalil Jackson	1	1	0	0	0
Gavin Burt	1	1	0	0	0
Sawyer Prementine	1	1	0	0	0
Matias Ortiz Jr.	1	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Platz	0	0	0	0	1

Youngstown State

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Carston Marshall	7	3	0	1	0	0
Cam Smith	5	0	0	0.5	0	0
Darvens Tunis	4	4	0	0	0	0
Michael Wells	4	2	0	2.5	0	1
Connor Johannesen	4	1	0	1.5	0	0
Jussiah Williams-West	4	1	0	0	0	0
Ross Davidson	3	2	0	0	0	0
Bryant Holland-Snowden	3	1	0	0	0	0
Dominic Julius	2	2	0	0	1	0
Danny Nittoli	2	2	0	0	0	0
Graydon Rollins	2	1	0	0	0	0
Ebony Curry Jr.	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Thomas Jolly	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Roderick Owens Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0
Julius Jackson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Aidan Fischer	1	1	1	1	0	0
Michael Wright Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Devaon Holman	1	0	0	0	2	0
Jordan Pritchard-Sewell	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Brandon Chambers Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Baron White	1	0	0	0	0	0
AJ Snyder	1	0	0	0	0	0
Raleigh Collins III	0	0	0	0	2	0
Aidan Stephens	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tyris Davis	0	0	0	0	1	0

Interceptions

Mercyhurst

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jaiden Allos	1	1	0

Youngstown State

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Darvens Tunis	1	16	0
Roderick Owens Jr.	1	0	0

Kick returns

Mercyhurst

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jason Woods	3	53	17.7	20	0
Ethan Holbrook	1	7	7.0	7	0

Youngstown State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Donald Barksdale	2	45	22.5	26	0
Zion Neal	1	2	2.0	2	0

Punt returns

Mercyhurst

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Ethan Holbrook	1	1	1.0	1	0
Kaleb Platz	1	0	0.0	0	0

Youngstown State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Roger Walters	1	19	19.0	19	0

Kicking

Mercyhurst

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Rocco Marcantonio	1/1	100.0	24	1/1	4

Youngstown State

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Andrew Lastovka	0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5

Punting

Mercyhurst

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Thomas O'Neill	4	166	41.5	0	2	47

Youngstown State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Evan Anderson	1	43	43.0	0	0	43
Team	1	21	21.0	0	0	21

Efficiency and impact

Advanced stats

MercyhurstYoungstown State

Total predicted points added

Plays: 23; 46
Overall · Total: -4.9; 27.8
Overall · Q1: 0.8; 9.6
Overall · Q2: -5.7; 12
Overall · Q3: —; 6.2
Overall · Q4: 0; 0
Passing · Total: -0.2; 10.2
Passing · Q1: 3.2; -0.1
Passing · Q2: -3.4; 4.7
Passing · Q3: —; 5.7
Passing · Q4: 0; 0
Rushing · Total: -4; 17.4
Rushing · Q1: -2.4; 9.6
Rushing · Q2: -1.6; 7.3
Rushing · Q3: —; 0.5
Rushing · Q4: 0; 0

Explosiveness

Overall · Total: 1.17; 1.2
Overall · Q1: 1.13; 1.04
Overall · Q2: 1.35; 1.22
Overall · Q3: —; 1.46
Overall · Q4: 0; 0

Field position

Average starting field position: 74.3; 71.4
Average starting predicted points: 1.04; 1.32

Havoc

Total: 13%; 78.3%
Front Seven: 6.5%; 43.5%
Defensive backs: 6.5%; 34.8%

Predicted points added per play

Plays: 23; 46
Overall · Total: -0.21; 0.6
Overall · Q1: 0.06; 0.64
Overall · Q2: -0.63; 0.57
Overall · Q3: —; 0.62
Overall · Q4: 0; 0
Passing · Total: -0.02; 0.49
Passing · Q1: 0.53; -0.03
Passing · Q2: -0.67; 0.43
Passing · Q3: —; 0.95
Passing · Q4: 0; 0
Rushing · Total: -0.36; 0.73
Rushing · Q1: -0.3; 0.96
Rushing · Q2: -0.54; 0.73
Rushing · Q3: —; 0.13
Rushing · Q4: 0; 0

Rushing profile

Power Success: 0%; 66.7%
Stuff Rate: 45.5%; 8.3%
Line Yards: 15; 115
Line Yards Average: 1.4; 4.8
Second Level Yards: 10; 53
Second Level Yards Average: 0.9; 2.2
Open Field Yards: 7; 76
Open Field Yards Average: 0.6; 3.2

Scoring opportunities

Opportunities: 4; 7
Points: 10; 42
Points Per Opportunity: 2.5; 6

Success rates

Overall · Total: 26.1%; 65.2%
Overall · Q1: 35.7%; 80%
Overall · Q2: 11.1%; 57.1%
Overall · Q3: —; 60%
Overall · Q4: —; —
Standard Downs · Total: 26.7%; 63.9%
Standard Downs · Q1: 33.3%; 83.3%
Standard Downs · Q2: 16.7%; 53.3%
Standard Downs · Q3: —; 55.6%
Standard Downs · Q4: —; —
Passing Downs · Total: 25%; 70%
Passing Downs · Q1: 40%; 66.7%
Passing Downs · Q2: 0%; 66.7%
Passing Downs · Q3: —; 100%
Passing Downs · Q4: —; —

Advanced player metrics

Player usage

Mercyhurst

Player	Pos	Total	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Rush	Pass
Byron Cardwell	RB	13%	21.4%	0%	0%	0%	27.3%	0%
Christian MacDonald	WR	4.3%	0%	11.1%	0%	0%	0%	9.1%
Alex Gevaudan	QB	47.8%	42.9%	55.6%	0%	0%	0%	100%
Amare Lattimore	WR	13%	0%	33.3%	0%	0%	0%	27.3%
Camden Lewis	TE	17.4%	28.6%	0%	0%	0%	9.1%	27.3%
Jameir Gamble	RB	30.4%	35.7%	22.2%	0%	0%	54.5%	9.1%
Ethan Holbrook	WR	4.3%	7.1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	9.1%

Youngstown State

Player	Pos	Total	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Rush	Pass
Roger Walters	WR	2.2%	0%	0%	10%	0%	0%	4.8%
Austin Bray	TE	2.2%	0%	4.8%	0%	0%	0%	4.8%
Alex McDonald	TE	4.3%	6.7%	4.8%	0%	0%	0%	9.5%
Beau Brungard	QB	78.3%	60%	85.7%	90%	0%	62.5%	100%
Dorian Williams	WR	4.3%	0%	9.5%	0%	0%	0%	9.5%
Jaden Gilbert	RB	8.7%	20%	4.8%	0%	0%	12.5%	4.8%
Antuan Gardner	RB	4.3%	0%	4.8%	10%	0%	4.2%	4.8%
Tahir Mills	RB	4.3%	6.7%	4.8%	0%	0%	4.2%	4.8%
Jeremiah Sanders	WR	4.3%	6.7%	0%	10%	0%	0%	9.5%
Lynn Wyche-El	WR	13%	13.3%	14.3%	10%	0%	4.2%	23.8%
Bryan Hunt	WR	8.7%	0%	4.8%	30%	0%	0%	19%

Average player PPA

Mercyhurst

Player	Pos	Total	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Rush	Pass
Byron Cardwell	RB	-0.67	-0.67	—	—	—	-0.67	0
Christian MacDonald	WR	0.22	—	0.22	—	—	0	0.22
Alex Gevaudan	QB	-0.02	0.53	-0.67	—	—	0	-0.02
Amare Lattimore	WR	0.23	—	0.23	—	—	0	0.23
Camden Lewis	TE	0.8	0.8	—	—	—	-1	1.4
Jameir Gamble	RB	-0.08	0.06	-0.44	—	—	-0.04	-0.33
Ethan Holbrook	WR	-0.32	-0.32	—	—	—	0	-0.32

Youngstown State

Player	Pos	Total	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Rush	Pass
Roger Walters	WR	1.77	—	—	1.77	—	0	1.77
Austin Bray	TE	0.1	—	0.1	—	—	0	0.1
Alex McDonald	TE	0.26	0.78	-0.27	—	—	0	0.26
Beau Brungard	QB	0.46	0.54	0.35	0.58	—	0.41	0.49
Dorian Williams	WR	0.62	—	0.62	—	—	0	0.62
Jaden Gilbert	RB	0.59	0.87	-0.25	—	—	1.12	-1.01
Antuan Gardner	RB	1.21	—	1.45	0.97	—	0.97	1.45
Tahir Mills	RB	-0.44	0.15	-1.03	—	—	0.15	-1.03
Jeremiah Sanders	WR	-0.84	-0.81	—	-0.87	—	0	-0.84
Lynn Wyche-El	WR	0.96	-0.09	1.24	2.24	—	-1.09	1.37
Bryan Hunt	WR	0.72	—	0.36	0.84	—	0	0.72

Total player PPA

Mercyhurst

Player	Pos	Total	Q1	Q2	Rush	Pass
Byron Cardwell	RB	-2	-2	0	-2	0
Christian MacDonald	WR	0.2	0	0.2	0	0.2
Alex Gevaudan	QB	-0.2	3.2	-3.4	0	-0.2
Amare Lattimore	WR	0.7	0	0.7	0	0.7
Camden Lewis	TE	3.2	3.2	0	-1	4.2
Jameir Gamble	RB	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	-0.2	-0.3
Ethan Holbrook	WR	-0.3	-0.3	0	0	-0.3

Youngstown State

Player	Pos	Total	Q1	Q2	Q3	Rush	Pass
Roger Walters	WR	1.8	0	0	1.8	0	1.8
Austin Bray	TE	0.1	0	0.1	0	0	0.1
Alex McDonald	TE	0.5	0.8	-0.3	0	0	0.5
Beau Brungard	QB	16.4	4.9	6.3	5.2	6.2	10.2
Dorian Williams	WR	1.2	0	1.2	0	0	1.2
Jaden Gilbert	RB	2.3	2.6	-0.3	0	3.4	-1
Antuan Gardner	RB	2.4	0	1.4	1	1	1.4
Tahir Mills	RB	-0.9	0.2	-1	0	0.2	-1
Jeremiah Sanders	WR	-1.7	-0.8	0	-0.9	0	-1.7
Lynn Wyche-El	WR	5.8	-0.2	3.7	2.2	-1.1	6.9
Bryan Hunt	WR	2.9	0	0.4	2.5	0	2.9