CANTON, OH - The 2025 Opendorse Bowl Series match-ups, featuring the ForeverLawn Bowl and Extra Points Bowl, were announced Sunday night. The games will be played on November 22nd at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.
The ForeverLawn Bowl will feature football programs from the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) and the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), while The Extra Points Bowl will be a match-up between programs from the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) and the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC).
The Opendorse Bowl Series schedule will be:
The teams in the Opendorse Bowl Series are determined by each conference based on preset guidelines.
Both games of the Opendorse Bowl Series will be streamed exclusively by
FloSports on its FloCollege platform. More information about the FloSports exclusive broadcasts will be announced this week.
All media inquiries for the Opendorse Bowl Series should be directed to Brian Rose, Presidents’ Athletic Conference Director of Communications at
rose@pacathletics.org / 724-579-8972.
Meet the 2025 Opendorse Bowl Series Teams
After a season that saw the program post its most wins since 2015,
Ohio Northern University earned its spot as the Ohio Athletic Conference's representative in the ForeverLawn Bowl. Second-year head coach
Andy Fries is at the helm for the Polar Bears, who compiled an 8-2 overall record that included a 7-1 mark in OAC contests, good for second in the league. ONU finished the season ranked No. 36 in the final NCAA Division III NPI rankings, and the squad will play its first postseason game since making it to the round of 16 in the 2015 NCAA DIII playoffs.
Quarterback
Sam Feldman (Springboro, OH / Springboro) serves as ONU's field general, and the senior has thrown for 2,184 yards while posting an efficient 18-3 touchdown-to-interception total. Feldman has also helped in the running game, racking up 324 yards and five scores for an offense that averaged 38.8 points and 435.4 yards per game.
Fellow senior, running back
Louie Blasiole (Mantua, OH / Crestwood), has been a force in the backfield, tallying a league-second-best 1,306 yards and an OAC-leading 19 rushing touchdowns. Junior wide receiver
Seth Borondy (Bellbrook, OH / Bellbrook) paces ONU's receiving corps, leading the team with 46 receptions, 738 yards, and six touchdowns, which are all top-five totals in the OAC.
Defensively, the Polar Bears held opponents to 21.7 points per game, good for third in the league. Junior defensive back
Jacob Hershberger (Lima, OH / Allen East) leads the team with 49 total tackles, and four players have 45 or more tackles for the defense. Hershberger and senior DB
A.J. DeSousa (DeBary, FL / University), who has 46 tackles, have each picked off three passes to pace the team.
Myles Aldrich (Lima, OH / Shawnee) and
Kolten Berner (Springfield, OH / Northwestern), a pair of senior linebackers, each secured 4.5 sacks to lead ONU. The duo is also tied with two fumble recoveries apiece, and Aldrich was all over the stat sheet with 48 tackles, two forced fumbles, an interception, and a block.
For the second consecutive year,
Wabash College will represent the North Coast Athletic Conference in the ForeverLawn Bowl. The Little Giants are led by first-year head coach
Jake Gilbert, who guided the team to an 8-2 overall record and a 6-2 mark in NCAC play.
The Wabash offense is led by junior quarterback
Brand Campbell (Palm Beach Gardens, FL/Palm Beach Gardens), who has thrown for 1,924 yards and 20 touchdowns this season. On the ground, senior running back
Xavier Tyler (Evansville, IN/Reitz Memorial) leads the Wabash attack, compiling 563 yards and three touchdowns in the regular season, while Campbell leads the team with six rushing touchdowns and sophomore running back
Cole Dickerson (Lancaster, OH/Lancaster) has five touchdowns on 306 yards. Junior wide receiver
Luke Adams (Sullivan, IN/Sullivan) has produced eight total touchdowns for the Little Giants.
On defense, senior linebacker
Gavin Ruppert (Greenwood, IN/Greenwood) leads Wabash in tackles with a team-high 54, including a team-best 29 solo and 25 assisted tackles. Sophomores, inside linebacker
William Harris (Indianapolis, IN/Park Tudor) and safety
Gage Gulley (Noblesville, IN/Noblesville) have combined for four interceptions, as they each own a pair.
Mount St. Joseph will represent the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC). The Lions are led by ninth-year head coach
Tyler Hopperton, whose team is making its fourth consecutive postseason appearance after ending the regular season with a 6-4 overall record and 5-1 mark in the HCAC.
The potent MSJ offense, which averaged 37.6 points per game, is guided by junior QB
Jaxon Schreiber (Cleves, Ohio/Oak Hill), who threw for 3,271 yards and an NCAA Division III-leading 44 touchdowns. The main receivers for Schrieber are sophomore
Eli Aston (Cincinnati, Ohio/East Central), who hauled in 69 passes for 1,188 yards and 19 TDs, which is second in Division III, and junior
Michael Hunkus (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Bradley), who made 60 receptions for 946 yards and 12 scores.
Mount St. Joseph’s defense, which is coming off a shutout in its regular season finale against Rose-Hulman, has 29 sacks and forced 17 turnovers this year. Junior linebacker
Luke Paff (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) has a team-high 92 tackles, including six tackles-for-loss. Another playmaker is senior
Brady Pierce (Thompson Station, Tenn./Summit), who plays the STAR position, and has 55 tackles and six INTs, with two of those returned for touchdowns in wins over Anderson and Rose-Hulman.
For the second consecutive year,
Westminster College will represent the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in the Extra Points Bowl. The Titans are led by head coach
Scott Benzel and posted a 7-3 overall record this year and 6-2 in the conference. Westminster placed third in the PAC this season and earned their sixth postseason bid in the last seven years.
Offensively, Westminster ranked third in the PAC in scoring with 36.7 points per game and boasted the top rushing attack in the league, averaging 176.0 a contest on the ground. Pacing the Titans was junior
Clayton Cannon Jr. (Parkland, Fla./Marjory Stoneman Douglas) with 671 rushing yards and 11 TDs.
Due to injuries, Westminster played several quarterbacks through the season before freshman
Quentin Goode (Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa) stepped in as the starter for the final five games. He completed 97-of-154 through the air for 1,292 yards and 13 TDs with only three interceptions. The top Titan target this season was sophomore wideout
Brite Cannon (Parkland, Fla./Monarch) with 48 receptions for 848 yards and 10 TDs.
Westminster had a stout defensive side this year, allowing a PAC-low 12.1 points per game with a pair of shutouts. Senior linebacker
Dylan Sleva (Moon Twp., Pa./Moon), who had 16 tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery in last year’s Extra Points Bowl win over Marietta, made a team-leading 98 tackles this season. In the secondary, sophomore defensive back
Lamont Austin (Sharon, Pa./Sharon) made 30 tackles, picked off four passes and broke up another four.
2024 Opendorse Bowl Series Results
Tickets are on sale now at TicketMaster. General admission tickets are $20, while club seats are $45. Club seat ticket holders will be granted exclusive access to the climate-controlled club lounge, where beverages, including alcohol, will be available. The club lounge is the only public area of the stadium to serve alcoholic beverages. Ticket holders have access to both Opendorse Bowl Series games.
Opendorse, the leading NIL company and athlete marketplace, will sponsor the series while also providing year-round NIL services to the participating conferences. In addition to bringing together top teams from each conference in a celebration of Division III football excellence, all student-athletes from each conference will benefit from NIL opportunities and ongoing education.
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