Fri, Aug 28, 2026Duane StadiumNorth Andover, MA
The Story
Rhode Island rolls past Merrimack 34–7.
SeriesRhode Island leads 3–0 · Rhode Island won the last meeting, 42–14 · 2019
ClosingClosing Rhode Island −20.5 · O/U 47.5 · final margin 27Rhode Island covered · Under hit
BOX SCORE
Week 0 · 2026| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
| Merrimack | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
PLAYER STATS
Week 0 · 2026Passing
| Rhode IslandRhode Island | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Budge | 13/29 | 128 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex McClelland | 0/2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 13/31 | 128 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 |
| MerrimackMerrimack | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Hairston | 12/23 | 145 | 6.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Cole Meehan | 12/17 | 116 | 6.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 24/40 | 261 | 6.5 | 0 | 2 |
Rushing
| Rhode IslandRhode Island | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendon Barrow | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 0 | 16 |
| Tyler Budge | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 24 |
| Terrence Campbell | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Alvarez Baker | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Alex McClelland | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals | 30 | 169 | 5.6 | 2 | 24 |
| MerrimackMerrimack | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeMarcus McElroy | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Galamama Mulbah | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 17 |
| Cole Meehan | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Matthias Latham | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 1 | 3 |
| Tafari Corsen-James | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| AJ Hairston | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Stephon Patrick | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 94 | 2.8 | 1 | 17 |
Receiving
| Rhode IslandRhode Island | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquis Buchanan | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 1 | 17 |
| Aboraa Kwarteng | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 21 |
| Jamall Mensah | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Will Dixon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brendon Barrow | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Alvarez Baker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 13 | 128 | 9.8 | 1 | 21 |
| MerrimackMerrimack | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Goulet | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | 27 |
| Stephon Patrick | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | 42 |
| Austin Palmer | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Andrew Korkosz | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Kenyon Massey | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ethan Crite | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 10 |
| Dennis Morgan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| DeMarcus McElroy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ty Yocum | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Matthias Latham | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Galamama Mulbah | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 24 | 261 | 10.9 | 0 | 42 |
Fumbles
| Rhode IslandRhode Island | FUM | LOST | REC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Yang | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gage Hinkley | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MerrimackMerrimack | FUM | LOST | REC |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Hairston | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryce Goulet | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Interceptions
| Rhode IslandRhode Island | INT | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Meus | 1 | 49 | 1 |
| Andre DePina-Gray | 1 | 75 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 124 | 1 |
Kick Returns
| Rhode IslandRhode Island | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendon Barrow | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| MerrimackMerrimack | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Anemelechi-Ford | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Michael Robinson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 |
Punt Returns
| Rhode IslandRhode Island | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Combs III | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| MerrimackMerrimack | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Goulet | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| Rhode IslandRhode Island | FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Groff | 2/2 | 100.0 | 33 | 4/4 | 10 |
| MerrimackMerrimack | FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guytano Bartolomeo | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
Punting
| Rhode IslandRhode Island | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Leavitt | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| MerrimackMerrimack | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Araujo | 3 | 143 | 47.7 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
Defense
| Rhode IslandRhode Island | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HUR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohan Davy | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Picariello | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre DePina-Gray | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan McCann-Carter | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Grimm | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moses Meus | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Yang | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chaas McCoy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Cureton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toddrick Brewton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Ukeje | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquese Avery | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Lubin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Hinkley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermel Bynum | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rian Black | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tremel States-Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Morgan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Ali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artin Balidemaj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Garner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 50 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| MerrimackMerrimack | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HUR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah Green | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Simms | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Claude | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajahn Cooper | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Warrick | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamden Wyatt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Ricks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bertin Placide | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Markeith Hogan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Paul Methodius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen McDonald | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juice Ricks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justyce Hathaway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garret Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Graham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corday Bethel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Frazier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Rhode Island vs Merrimack Team StatsRhode Island vs Merrimack Team Stats
Week 0 · 2026| Rhode IslandURI | MerrimackMRMK | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1ST DOWNS | 20 |
| 5-13 | 3RD DOWN | 4-14 |
| 0-0 | 4TH DOWN | 1-3 |
| 297 | TOTAL YDS | 355 |
| 128 | PASS YDS | 261 |
| 13-31 | COMP/ATT | 24-40 |
| 4.1 | YDS/PASS | 6.5 |
| 169 | RUSH YDS | 94 |
| 30 | RUSH ATT | 34 |
| 5.6 | YDS/RUSH | 2.8 |
| 7-55 | PENALTIES | 5-41 |
| 0 | TURNOVERS | 4 |
| 0 | FUMBLES LOST | 2 |
| 0 | INT THROWN | 2 |
| 23:59 | POSSESSION | 36:01 |
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