Calvin is under the direction of head coach Trent Figg who guides his 115-member roster into year two this fall. 

Tickets - Tickets to Saturday's game can be purchased online through the Alma Ticket Office at: Calvin-Alma Football Tickets.

How to Watch/Listen:  Saturday's game can be followed by Live stream, live audio and live stats.

The Alma College live stream broadcast can be found online at: Calvin-Alma Live Stream Broadcast.  The game will also air on Grand Rapids radio Station 96.1 FM The Game iHeart Radio at: 96.1 The Game iHeart Radio. An audio stream will also be available through Michigan Sports Radio (Michigansportsradio.com).

The live statistics of the game will be produced at: Calvin/Alma Live Stats

• The Lead-Up – Calvin heads into season two under head coach Trent Figg. The Knights are off to a 4-0 start after wins over Oberlin (88-6), Concordia of Wisconsin (34-7), Heidelberg (40-37 OT) and Kalamazoo (24-16), marking the first time that Calvin has strung together a four-game win streak. Calvin faces its second MIAA conference opponent on Saturday in Alma. Alma is 2-2 on the year. Calvin is paced on offense by sophomore running back Hunter Hogan who has 682 yards rushing (5.9 ypc) and seven touchdowns. Hogan has also hauled in 14 catches for 98 yards. Sophomore quarterback Thomas Vaccaro has connected 75 of 112 pass attempts (.669) for 798 yards and 10 touchdowns. He has been intercepted once. Sophomores Luke Michmerhuizen and Jude Klunder have been his top receiving targets. Michmerhuizen has 24 catches, 349 yards and five touchdown receptions. Klunder has 16 grabs for 167 yards and three touchdowns. Sophomore Seth Anderson has seven catches for 100 yards and one touchdown. On defense, sophomore Carson Schnurstein has 54 tackles (26 solo) including 12.5 tackles for loss. Sophomore Caiden Bolduc has 28 tackles, five sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss and has returned one interception for a touchdown. Alma is led by preseason All-American quarterback Carter St. John. St. John has connected on 67 of 110 pass attempts for eight touchdowns and four interceptions. He has rushed 26 times for 118 yards. Senior running back Eddie Williams has 519 yards rushing on 82 carries and six touchdowns. Earlier this season, he became Alma's career rushing yards leader. He has 3,001 career rushing yards heading into Saturday with 29 career touchdowns. Senior wide out Zach Poff has been the primary receiving target of St. John, collecting 17 catches for 335 yards and four touchdowns. Senior center J.B. Couch – son of Alma head coach Jason Couch – is a preseason All-American selection and anchors the Alma offensive line. Senior linebacker Jett King leads the Scots in tackles with 33. Lineman Ryan Kugelman has 25 tackles with defensive back Brock Beaudrie close behind with 21 tackles.
   
• Last Year's Meeting – Alma handed Calvin a 73-13 defeat to spoil Calvin's first-ever football homecoming game. The contest was played at Eagles Stadium on the campus of Grand Rapids Christian High School. Alma rolled up 786 yards of total offense (404 passing/387 rushing). Carter St. John was 21 of 31 for 390 yards and four touchdown passes. Eddie Williams had 13 carries for 105 yards and three touchdowns. Chase Bradman was 17 of 30 passing for Calvin for 151 yards but was sacked three times. Jaier Harden rushed 11 times for 110 yards and two touchdowns for the Knights.  
   
• Calvin Week Four Rewind – Calvin downed Kalamazoo 24-16 in front of more than 2,300 Calvin Homecoming fans at Calvin Soccer Stadium last Saturday. The win was Calvin's first-ever MIAA conference win. The Calvin defense limited Kalamazoo to six second half points with sophomore Hunter Hogan scoring a fourth-quarter touchdown to give the Knights sufficient breathing room to pick up the win. Sophomore quarterback Thomas Vaccaro was 26 of 31 for 235 yards and two touchdowns. Hogan carried the ball 28 times for 115 yards and a score. Luke Michmerhuizen and Kaleb Dubowski had six catches apiece with Michmerhuizen netting 73 yards and Dubowski 68 yards. Sophomore Carson Schnurstein had 10 tackles and a sack. Junior Alex Minnehan had nine tackles. Three other Knights had eight tackles apiece.
   
• Alma Week Four Rewind – Alma claimed a 29-26 overtime win at Hope in a much-talked about contest at Hope's Ray and Sue Smith Stadium. Alma scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime on a two-yard jump pass from St. John to Miles Haggart. Alma was outgained by nearly 100 yards of total offense but used key plays and Hope turnovers to gain the win. St. John was 17 of 24 for 173 yards and two touchdowns. Williams carried the ball 20 times for 100 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Mar'Sean Massenberg and Jack Anderson had seven tackles apiece for the Scots.
   
• The Calvin Coach-Head coach Trent Figg was hired on January 6, 2023. He has a career won-loss record of 6-8 heading into Saturday. Figg is a native of Chillicothe, Missouri, located an hour-and-a-half from Kansas City. He is a 2008 graduate of William Jewell College where he was a four-year member of the football program as a special teams ace and defensive back. He later earned his master's degree from Northwest Missouri State in 2013. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at (then NAIA) William Jewell and later had stints as the special teams coordinator and defensive coordinator at D2 Southern Arkansas, defensive coordinator at William Jewell and special teams coordinator at Missouri State. He later spent two years (2019-21) at the University of Hawaii, serving as chief of staff of the football program and later associate head coach. In 2022, he served as the lead offensive analyst for the University of Oregon football program under head coach Dan Lanning. Figg and Lanning are former teammates and roommates at William Jewell College and stood up for each other at their respective weddings.
   
• A Look at the Alma Coach – Alma is led by Jason Couch who is in his eighth year as head coach of the Scots. Couch is a 1997 Alma College graduate. He was a four-year letterwinner on the football team, starting for three years at center, earning First Team All-MIAA and Honorable Mention All-America honors as a senior in 1996. He is 47-24 as Alma's head coach heading into Saturday. He led Alma to MIAA titles in 2022 and 2023 with its 2022 team going 11-1 and reaching the second round of the NCAA III playoffs while its 2023 team finished 13-1 overall and reached the third round of the NCAA III playoffs. Alma is coming off an 8-2 campaign last fall. Couch has been named AFCA Division III Regional Coach of the Year twice (2022 & 2023). Prior to Alma, Couch served as co-head coach at Romeo High School for 15 seasons as well as offensive coordinator. He led Romeo High School to the MHSAA Division I state title in 2015.
   
• More on Hunter Hogan – Calvin sophomore running back Hunter Hogan has strung together four straight 100-yard rushing games, going for 119 yards against Oberlin, 215 against Concordia, 233 at Heidelberg and 115 last week against Kalamazoo. He now has 703 career rushing yards 12 total career touchdowns (7 rushing, 5 receiving).
   
• More on Carter St. John – Carter St. Johnn is an MIAA legacy player as his father Steve St. John was a former point guard in men's basketball at Kalamazoo College. He has received D3football.com Fourth Team All-America honors in 2023. He is a three-time First Team All-MIAA selection, throwing for 9,735 career passing yards and 104 career touchdown passes. In 2024, he started a non-profit organization called Quarterbacks for Cancer, raising money for cancer research.
   
• National Poll Points – Calvin and Alma are both receiving votes in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III Top 25 poll this week. Neither is in the top 25 but Alma has received 30 votes while Calvin is receiving four votes. Alma is also receiving votes in the D3football.com Top 25 poll.
   
• MIAA Preseason Poll – Calvin was picked to finish seventh out of eight teams in the 2025 MIAA preseason poll with champion Alma selected as the MIAA's pre-season favorite and defending MIAA champion Hope picked a close second. 2025 MIAA Preseason Poll: 1. Alma, 2. Hope, 3. Adrian, 4. Trine, 5. Albion, 6. Olivet, 7. Calvin, 8. Kalamazoo.
   
• NCAA III Statistics Top 10 – Hunter Hogan is ranked second in the latest NCAA III statistics in rushing yards (682), trailing only Harrison Hensley of Coast Guard who has 5695. He is ranked fifth nationally in rushing yards per game (170.5) and seventh in rushing touchdowns (7).  He is ranked third in all-purpose yardage (218.00). Carson Schnurstein is ranked fifth nationally in total tackles (54) and eighth in solo tackles (26). As a team, Calvin has the 11th-ranked rushing offense (281.0 RYPG) and is ranked ninth in scoring offense (46.5).
   
• MIAA Weekly Honors – Carson Schnurstein was named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week on Monday for his 10-tackle performance in Calvin's win over Kalamazoo last Saturday. Luke Michmerhuizen was named the MIAA Offensive Player of the Week and Caiden Bolduc named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week on September 22 for their efforts in Calvin's victory at Heidelberg. Hunter Hogan was named MIAA Offensive Player of the Week in week two for the Knights.
   
• National Honors – Sophomore linebacker Caiden Bolduc was named to the D3football.com National Team of the Week on Sept. 23 for his play in Calvin's win at Heidelberg in week three. It marked the second straight week a Calvin linebacker has received the honor as Carson Schnurstein was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week for week two.
   
• A Look at Calvin – Once again, Calvin features one of the younger rosters in America this fall as the Knights feature 38 freshmen and 67 sophomores as part of their 116-man roster. 13 players feature from other states including Illinois (4), Texas (2),  California (1), Louisiana (1), Tennessee (1), North Carolina (1), Florida (1), New Mexico (1) and New York (1) with the remaining 103 coming from Michigan.
   
• The Calvin Offense by the Numbers – (58 total) - Quarterbacks (4), Running Backs (8), Wide Receivers (14), Tight Ends (5), Offensive Lineman (27).
   
• The Calvin Defense by the Numbers – (55 total)-  Defensive Linemen (18), Linebackers (18), Defensive Backs (19).
   
• The Quarterback Room – Sophomore transfer Thomas Vaccaro has been selected to start at quarterback on Saturday with sophomore Drake Irwin his backup. Vaccaro is a transfer from Samford University (Ala.) where he spent two years which included a redshirt season. He is a graduate of Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. Vaccaro was Irwin is a local product out of Rockford High School. He appeared in five games in 2024, completing 7 of 9 passes with one touchdown. At Rockford High School, he led the Rams to a Division I District Title his senior year. Also listed at quarterback are true freshmen Beau Harris and Amari Powell.
   
• Receiving Unit – The Calvin starting receiver unit features a strong West Michigan flavor as Luke Michmherhuizen (Holland Christian), Seth Anderson (Rockford) and Jude Klunder (Grand Rapids Christian HS) are listed as starters today. Sophomore Hunter Hogan (Ravenna HS) will also see receiving looks out of the backfield. Sophomores Shamar White (East Kentwood HS) and McCoy Baxter (Rockford HS) are listed as key backups.The 6-7 Michmerhuizen is the second member of his immediate family to be a Calvin varsity athlete as his older sister Nicole was a multiple All-American for the Calvin women's track and field team including a national champion in the 10,000 meter run in 2013.
   
• OK-Red Flavor – The Calvin football team has a strong representation from the Ottawa-Kent (OK) Red Conference as Rockford (Seth Anderson, Drake Irwin, Mike Liggett, Jonah Carlson, McCoy Baxter, Gavin Currie), Jenison (Zaiden Chirco, Rowan Stewart, Colin Diekman, Trevor Martens) and East Kentwood (KJ Harp, ShaMar White, Breylon Cox, Kenji Nou, Gabe Wolf), Grand Haven (Logan Minier) and Grandville (Aven Kaat) are all represented on the Calvin roster with a total of 17 O K Red alumni.
   
• Cousin Connection – Sophomore quarterback Drake Irwin and sophomore wide receiver Jude Klunder are first cousins.
   
• Classroom Distinction – The 2025 Calvin football team features 17 individuals were named to the 2024-25 MIAA Academic Honor Roll for maintaining a 3.50 grade point average or above for the entire academic year while earning a varsity letter. Those 17 individuals include: Paul Bouma, Peter DeKruyter, Colin Diekman, Tate Dohm, Ben Ernstes, Noah Funk, Andrew Helmus, Drake Irwin, Brady Jacobs, Caden Kolanowski, Peter Markvluwer, Trevor Martens, Luke Michmerhuizen, Micah Pobursky, Hayden Slegers, Conner Smits and Brayden Steinbacher.
   
• Transfer Portal – Calvin has nine players that have transferred over from other collegiate football programs. Those nine individuals are senior Jair Nowlin (Greenville University), senior Charlie Garbowski (Finlandia University), junior Alex Minnehan (Grand Valley State), junior C.J. Sheets (Davenport University), junior Sam Gallo (Concordia, Mich.), sophomore Wyatt Young (Saginaw Valley State University), sophomore Thomas Vaccaro (Samford University), sophomore Tyler Porte (Central Michigan University) and sophomore Carter Bylsma (Dordt University).
   
• Just for Kicks – Calvin's lead kicker is sophomore Logan Nap from Lawton, Michigan. Nap is also the lead punter and is backed up by sophomore Drake Irwin.
   
• Traveling from Out-of-State – Calvin features 13 players from outside Michigan. Those players include senior Jair Nowlin (Sugarhill, Georgia), junior Alexander Minneham (Lakeville, New York), sophomore Tripp  Moore (Millsap, Texas), sophomore Hayden Slegers (Ontario, California), sophomore Thomas Vaccaro (Franklin, Tenn.), sophomore Kai Hanog (Weatherford, Texas), sophomore Max Lenters (Palos Heights, Illinois), freshman Hudson Shoup (Charlotte, N.C.), junior C.J. Sheets (Longwood, Fla..), freshman Christian Flutman (Orland Park, Il.), freshman Chase Sytsma (Orland Park, Il..), freshman Ryan Ramirez (Albuquerque, N.M.), freshman Edward Van Dellen (Evergreen Park, Ill.).
   
• Whitehall Claims First Dibs – The first recruit to commit to the Calvin University football program was redshirt freshman Winton Napier who is slated to start at left tackle. Napier is one of four graduates of Whitehall High School on the Calvin roster joined by sophomore linebacker Trenton TenBrock, sophomore linebacker Jackson Cook and freshman offensive lineman Connor Nash.
   
• High Schools Represented – The high schools with the most represented players are: Hudsonville Unity Christian (7), Rockford (6), Holland Christian (5), East Kentwood (5), Grand Rapids Christian (4) and Jenison High School (4).
   
• A Look Ahead – The Knights will have a bye week for Oct. 11 and then open up a three-game homestand that includes games against Adrian (Oct. 18), Trine (Oct. 25) and Olivet (Nov. 1).