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• #8 Grand Valley State will hit the road for a GLIAC road tilt at Northern Michigan Saturday (Oct. 11). The Lakers claimed a 37-14 victory over Davenport last week, while NMU dropped a 47-25 decision at Saginaw Valley State. 
 
• Grand Valley State leads the all-time series with Northern Michigan by a 28-17-1 margin, having won nine consecutive and 20-of-the-last-21. The Grand Valley State-Northern Michigan series has gone in cycles over the years. NMU won 12-of-the-first-13 meetings between the schools, but the Lakers' rebounded and went 7-1-1 from 1989-1997. The Wildcats won three straight meetings (1998-2000) prior to the Lakers' 11-game winning streak from 2001-2011. GVSU averaging 45.3 points in the last 18 meetings, while yielding 11.8. GVSU is 27-5-1 vs. NMU since 1989. 
 
• GVSU claimed a 37-14 victory over Davenport. Sophomore QB Brady Drogosh rushed 71 yards and three touchdowns on eight carries, while QB Andrew Schuster completed 11-of-23 passes for 124 yards and one TD. LB Anthony Cardamone led the defense with 10 tackles and fellow LB Jimmy Downs chipped in nine tackles, 1.5 TFL and a QB sack. 
   
Grand Valley State is under the direction of third-year head football coach Scott Wooster. Wooster has led the Lakers to a 25-5 mark, including two NCAA Division II playoff appearances and a GLIAC title his first two years.

• Sophomore QB Brady Drogosh toted the ball eight times for 71 yards and three touchdowns vs. Davenport. 

• The Laker rushing game was able to get back on track versus Davenport with 254 yards and four rushig TDs on 38 carries between the QB, WR and RB. The Lakers averaged 6.7 yards per rush. Seven rushed for 20 yards or more

• 10 different receivers caught passes vs. Davenport, led by Sean Byrd's three receptions for 48 yards and a touchdown. 

• Senior punter Trace Hrgich is averaging a nation's best 48.9 yards per punt. He has punted 11 times, with five of 50 yards or more and five inside the 20 yard line.

• Riley Simpson set a GVSU record with his 96-yard fumble return for a touchdown at Pitt State, breaking the mark of 95 held by Scott Mackey vs. Findlay in 2002. 

• PK Mathew Bacik is 19-for-19 in PATs this season. 

• Kellen Reed is nearing the 2,000-yard all-purpose yard mark. Entering the contest at Northern Michigan Reed has 1,273 kickoff return yards, 551 receiving yards and 172 rushing yards for 1,996 all-purpose yards. 

• Other than the opening drive of the game and a 1-play, 75-yard touchdown on the first play late in the second quarter, the Laker defense limited Davenport to 152 yards of total offense on nine drives.

• Davenport completed 4-of-19 passes for 109 yards, 75 of which came on one play. 

• LB Anthony Cardamone recorded a team-high 10 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a QB sack at Pitt State.

• LB Torian Wyatt notched a career-high eight stops, a TFL and a QB sack at Pitt State. 

• DB Quin Wills recorded a career-high seven tackles at Pitt State.

• DL Jamari Buddin tallied six tackles, 2.0 TFL and a QB sack at Pitt State.

• DT Khamani Potts registered four tackles, 2.5 TFL and two QB hurries at Pitt State.

• GVSU Offense vs. Black Hills State...
   - 7 scoring drives under 2:39
   - 6 scoring drives with 5 plays or less
   - 4 scoring drives of 65 yards or more

• GVSU tallied 18 plays of 10 yards or more vs. Black Hills State, including eight explosive plays of 20 yards or more.

• The Lakers recorded 436 yards of total offense on 56 plays vs. Black Hills State for an average of 7.8 yards per play.

• GVSU recorded four scoring plays of 27 (37, 55, 27, 33) yards or more and five of 14 yards or more, averaging 33.2 yards per scoring play vs. Black Hills State. 

• The Laker passing game averaged 11.5 yards per attempt and 17.0 yards per completion vs. Black Hills State.

• Grand Valley State redshirt freshman quarterback Andrew Schuster was named the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week. Schuster completed 22-of-32 passes for 391 yards and four touchdowns in the Lakers' 48-36 victory over Black Hills State. The 391 passing yards is a GVSU freshman record and tied for ninth on the list of all-time, single-game passing yards list. Schuster completed passes to 10 different receivers, tallied seven completions of 30 yards or more and he engineered seven scoring drives that did not eclipse 2:39. In addition, five touchdown drives were 65 yards or more. 
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Schuster has completed 64-of-103 passes for 916 yards and eight touchdowns in his first four collegiate starts. 

• Senior LB Anthony Cardamone surpassed the 200-tackle (222), 31.5 tackles for loss (30.5) and 16 QB sacks mark for his career. 

• GVSU has led the nation in total attendance for 13 consecutive years and 2025 is off to another outstanding start. The Lakers have drawn 41,160 through two home games (13,720 pg).

• The Laker defense tallied 11.0 tackles for loss (-53) and 4.0 QB sacks (-25) vs. Black Hills State. 

• The Laker offense has produced 13 plays of 20 or more through the first two games, including six that have gone for touchdowns. 

• GVSU defense vs. Lincoln...
  - 5 drives of three and out
  - 7 drives of 5 plays or less
  - 6 drives of 6 yards or less
  - 8 drives of less than 2:30 in possession

• The GVSU offense was efficient, producing seven scoring drives and 10 possessions that ended with a kick. The Lakers picked up 26 first downs total. 

• RS freshman QB Andrw Schuster completed a freshman, single-game record 80.9 percent (17-of-21) of his passes vs. Lincoln. In addition, he completed passes to seven different players and completed three passes of 30 yards or more. 

• Junior LB Jimmy Downs tallied eight tackles, 2.0 TFL (-8), 1.0 QB sack (-8) and two QB hurries vs. Lincoln. 

• The Laker defense tallied 9.0 tackles for loss (-25) and picked off three passes vs. Lincoln, followed by an 11.0 (-53) TFL and 4.0 QB sack outing vs. Black Hills State.

• GVSU is the all-time winningest DII football program in terms of winning percentage for teams that have played over 500 games with a record of 456-153-3 (.748).  

• GVSU has now been ranked in the top 10 of a national preseason poll 21 times since 2002 (24 polls), including 18 top five rankings and 14 top three rankings.

• Grand Valley State has won 10 or more games 20 times in the 53-year history of the program, including 18 times since 2001.

• GVSU has won a total of four national championships (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) in program history.

• The Lakers have made six NCAA championship appearances (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009) in program history.