• The Apprentice School will hit the road for the second time this season to take on Moravian Saturday at Rocco Calvo Field.

• The Builders won their road opener for the fifth straight season last week. The last time Apprentice lost a road opener was September 9, 2017, at Ferrum, 40-20.

• Apprentice has won its last three games inside the Keystone State, dating back to a win over Williamson College of Trades in 2016. The last loss in Pennsylvania for the Builders came on September 7, 2013, at Muhlenburg, 59-6.

• This will be the first game for Moravian against a team from Virginia since the 1988 season, where Moravian fell to Ferrum in the second round of the NCAA playoffs.

• The Apprentice School football team bounced back on the road as they grinded out a 37-23 win over Buffalo State. The Builders tallied up 396 yards of offense, including 269 through the air as Mason Tatum finished the day going 20-for-32 with two scores.

• The Bengals were the first to score after Apprentice fumbled the ball on their opening offensive play, scampering in from 27 yards out to take the early 7-0 lead. The Builders responded on the ensuing drive, going 85 yards on eight plays to tie the game up on a Curtis Green 1-yard push. The Builders took the lead right before the end of the first quarter on a Lawrence Reed 3-yard run that resulted in a touchdown.

• After a Bengal pick-six tied the game up, the Builders responded right before the halftime whistle with a Tatum rushing touchdown from a yard out. Apprentice extended its lead in the third as Ta’Kevion Petty caught a pass down the sidelines and tiptoed his way in for six more, putting the Builders up, 27-14. After Jeremiah Morgan pushed the lead to 16 on a 25-yard chip shot, the Bengals responded with a quick nine play drive that resulted in an 11-yard touchdown as the third quarter expired to cut the lead to 30-20.

• After a BSU 30-yard field goal with 12:02 left in the fourth, Ricardo Corpus iced the game with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Tatum to get to the final score. Tatum finished as the leading rusher on the day with 59 yards on the ground, while Petty’s 87 yards receiving led six Builders in catching. Defensively, the Builders forced three turnovers, all fumbles, with Jasiah Beacham and Chase Gayness leading the way with seven tackles each.

• The Moravian University football squad fell to Utica University, 35-20, in non-conference action as the schools met for the first time on the gridiron.

• Utica fumbled a punt early in the first, and freshman defensive back Anderson Louis Jeune jumped on the ball for Moravian. The Hounds offense used the miscue to march down the field and take a 6-0 lead on a 12-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Jared Jenkins to senior wide receiver Jordan Bingham.

• Utica converted a turnover into a six-play, 80-yard drive that finished with a 30-yard touchdown pass as the Pioneers took a 7-6 edge with 7:41 left in the second quarter. The Pioneers scored again with just 1:04 left in the opening half on a one-yard touchdown run to head to the locker room with a 14-6 advantage.

• Moravian opened the second half with an 11-play drive that culminated with senior running back Nate Boyle scoring on a five-yard run. Jenkins’ two-point conversion pass failed again as the Greyhounds cut the deficit to 14-12. After each team punted once, Utica scored on a 17-yard touchdown pass to make the lead 21-12 with 3:30 left on the clock in the third quarter.

• Moravian converted the turnover into a 10-play, 43-yard drive with Jenkins finding Bingham for a one-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-goal. Jenkins scampered into the end zone on a broken two-point conversion play as the Greyhounds cut the deficit to a point at 21-20 with 12:11 remaining in the contest Both squads punted on their next possession before Utica found the end zone on a 17-yard touchdown pass with 6:21 to go. The Pioneers added the final score on a four-yard touchdown run with 51 seconds remaining to set the final at 35-20.

• This will be the first ever meeting between Moravian and The Apprentice School.

• The two teams are scheduled to play again in Newport News on September 19, 2026.