West Chester Football Travels to Gannon to Put a Lid on the 2026 Campaign

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ERIE, PA - West Chester returns to Erie, Pa., to conclude the 2026 campaign with a non-conference tilt against Gannon University at McConnell Family Stadium at 12 p.m. The Golden Rams defeated Edinboro in the second game of the season in its previous trip to Erie, Pa.

West Chester (5-5) enters Saturday's finale looking to finish above .500 for the first time in head coach Duke Greco's tenure along the Golden Rams' sideline. West Chester is coming off a dominating, 44-10, blistering of Shippensburg last Saturday on Senior Day at Farrell Stadium. Gannon (1-9) dropped its final two conference matches each of the past two weeks to IUP and Cal. The Golden Knights are looking for their first win since a 31-14 win at Edinboro on Oct. 24.
 
R-Jr., WR, Dylan McKenzie was named the offensive athlete of the week in the Eastern Division when the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) released its weekly winners on Monday afternoon.
 
McKenzie hit season highs with seven catches for 123 yards and a touchdown in West Chester's win over Shippensburg on Saturday. It was his first 100-yard receiving game of the year. He caught a 25-yard TD pass that gave the Golden Rams a 23-0 lead at the time. He has now caught a TD pass in three of West Chester's last four games. 
 
McKenzie eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards in his career two weeks ago at Bloomsburg. He has 47 receptions on the season for 653 yards and three TDs. All three are career highs and leave him fifth in the PSAC in receiving this fall. He has 1,153 career receiving yards and four career touchdowns.
 
Last week, The Golden Rams' defense held Shippensburg's offense to minus-14 rushing yards, recorded eight sacks and forced three turnovers in a dominating effort in the final home game of the  2026 campaign. Shippensburg ran 79 plays and held the ball for more than 38 minutes in the contest, but only mustered 247 yards of total offense.
 
Meanwhile, West Chester finished the game with 430 yards of total offense, including 192 on the ground culminating in four rushing TDs. West Chester's defense also recorded a safety when Shippensburg punter, Wilson Ingerski, kicked the ball off one of his up-men while punting out of the back of his own end zone. The Raiders jumped on the loose ball to prevent the touchdown, but that was all they could do.
 
West Chester recorded three sacks, an interception and a safety in the first five minutes of the game, and Shippensburg could not recover from the slow start. The Golden Rams finished with eight sacks on the day – the most in a single game for WCU since 2021.
 
Mikhail Johnson's 93-yard TD run in the fourth quarter was the second-longest rush from scrimmage in a game in school history, behind only the late-Randy Wynnings' 94-yard TD run against Kutztown in 1971.