• The 2025 schedule features seven home games and four road contests. SVSU drew three-straight at home (Northeastern State, Ganon, Northwood) to begin the season before making its only trip out of the state of Michigan las week against New Haven in Connecticut. The Cardinals open GLIAC play this week for homecoming against Northern Michigan before hosting Roosevelt the following week. Saginaw Valley then makes the first of two trips to Grand Rapids with a game at Grand Valley State for week seven before hosting Wayne State the next weekend. The second trip to Grand Rapids comes in week nine against Davenport. SVSU hosts Ferris State for the final home game of the season in week 10. It is the first time the Bulldogs have visited Saginaw Valley since the 2022 season. The season wraps with a trip to Houghton for a game against the Michigan Tech Huskies.

 

• Mason McKenzie leads the team with 1,295 passing yards and 618 rushing yards this season. McKenzie moved up in three career record categories. He jumped to seventh in completions with 271 and eighth in both pass attempts (471) and passing yards (3,510). He stayed put at ninth all-time in touchdowns with 24. He currently ranks 10th in NCAA DII, 1st in the GLIAC, in rushing yards per carry (7.27), 24th in total offense (273.3) and 25th in rushing yards (618).

 

• Tylor McCoon is tied for 6th all-time in career average yards per punt with 39.0. Jaquan Howard remains 4th in all-time kick return yards (985). He is 106 yards short of moving into the top three of that chart. Adom LeDuc is tied for 17th in sacks with 15.0. He is a half-sack short of advancing to 15th all-time. Terrence Brown Jr. is just 30 kick return yards outside of the career top 10 list.

 

• Christian Boivin leads the defense with 63.0 tackles. He has compiled 1.5 sacks, three tackles for loss, one interception, and four pass breakups through the first seven games of the season.

 

• Junyoung Chung has 42 tackles, second-most on the team, with 20 solo stops. He has 1.5 tackles for loss and two breakups to his credit as well.

 

• Adom LeDuc helps lead the Cardinal pass rush with 3.5 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss. He ties Chung with 42 tackles and has one forced fumble and a pass breakup.

 

• James McDonald is fourth on the team in tackles with 38. He has a fumble recovery and is one of five Cardinals with an interception this season. He recorded a career-high 12 tackles in the win over GVSU last week. It was the second time in his career that he recorded 10+ stops in a game, both occasions happened this season.

 

• Kicker Teagen Lenderink was named Player of the Week by the GLIAC and D2Football.com after his performance last week. Lenderink accounted for 10 of SVSU's 20 points in the 20-19 win over No. 7 Grand Valley State. He was a perfect 3-for-3 in field goals with a career-long 53 yarder. His second field goal was from 49 yards out, with the third being from 25-yards deep.

 

• The Cardinals are tied with Ferris State for the top spot in the conference with a 3-0 start in league play.