Calvin is under the direction of head coach Trent Figg who guides his 116-member roster into year two this fall. 

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

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

The Heidelberg University live stream broadcast can be found online at: Calvin-Heidelberg Live Stream Broadcast.  It is a pay-per-view broadcast through FloCollege Sports. 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/Heidelberg Live Stats

• The Lead-Up – Calvin heads into season two under head coach Trent Figg. The Knights are off to a 2-0 start after wins over Oberlin (88-6) and Concordia of Wisconsin (34-7), marking the first time that Calvin has strung together back-to-back wins. Calvin faces its first Ohio Athletic Conference opponent on Saturday in Heidelberg. Heidelberg is 1-1 on the young season, having defeated Hiram 65-27 on September 4 in its season opener and falling to league rival Ohio Northern 33-13 last Saturday. Calvin is paced on offense by sophomore running back Hunter Hogan who has 334 yards rushing (7.1 rpc) and four touchdowns. Hogan has also snared eight catches for 45 yards. Sophomore quarterback Thomas Vaccaro has connected on 31 of 50 pass attempts for 321 yards and five touchdowns. He has been intercepted once. Sophomores Luke Michmerhuizen and Jude Klunder have been his top receiving targets. Michmerhuizen has eight catches, 113 yards and three touchdown receptions. Klunder has eight grabs for 96 yards and two touchdowns. On defense, sophomore Carson Schnurstein has 28 tackles (16 solo) including nine tackles for loss. Sophomore Caden Kolanowski has nine tackles. Sophomore Caiden Bolduc has nine tackles and has returned one interception for a touchdown. Sophomore Trevor Martens has eight tackles. Sophomore Sal Ruffino is 4 of 5 on field goals with a long of 35. Martens and Ruffino were members of the 2024 All-MIAA Second Team. Sophomore Drew Miller leads the Heidelberg ground game with 115 yards on 30 carries. Senior quarterback Senior Ty Poorman is in year two for Heidelberg after spending his first two campaigns at UW-Whitewater. He is 32 of 62 passing for 399 yards and four touchdowns. He has also rushed for three touchdowns and run for 60 yards. Sophomore Aiden Bradshaw has five catches for 75 yards and two touchdowns. Junior Dimitry Peters has six catches for 73 yards and a touchdown. Junior Mason Villarreal has 18 tackles (11 solo) while junior Tai Peterson has 15 tackles (11 solo). Senior wide receiver Solomon Sandoval is a player to watch. He was named to the All-OAC First Team in 2024 as a special teams ace. Senior linebacker Trey Farris has 11 tackles on the young season. He was Honorable Mention All-OAC in 2024 as was Drew Miller.  
   
• Battle at the Castle – Saturday's game is billed as The Battle at the Castle with Calvin's nickname the Knights and Heidelberg's nickname the Student Princes.
   
• Week One Rewinds – Calvin rolled to a 34-7 victory over Concordia (Wis.) last Saturday at Calvin Soccer Stadium in the first on-campus contest for the Knights. Hunter Hogan rushed for 215 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Jude Klunder caught eight balls for 82 yards and two touchdowns. Thomas Vaccaro 14 of 24 passing for 132 yards and two scores along with one interception. Sophomore Carson Schnurstein had 14 tackles (7 solo) including two for loss. Heidelberg opened its OAC campaign last Saturday at rival Ohio Northern and fell 33-13 in the Bendo Bowl. Heidelberg was limited to 277 yards of total offense including just 55 on the ground. Ty Poorman was 19 of 39 passing for Heidelberg for 222 yards, a touchdown and one interception. Tai Peterson and Mason Villarreal had 11 tackles each.
   
• The Calvin Coach-Head coach Trent Figg was hired on January 6, 2023. He has a career won-loss record of 4-8 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 Heidelberg Coach – Heidelberg is in his 10^th year as head coach of the Heidelberg program and his 22^nd year overall with the program. He is 54-32 as head coach at Heidelberg which includes seven winning campaigns and two .500 seasons. He began as a graduate assistant at Heidelberg and was later promoted to defensive coordinator before assuming the reins as head coach in the spring of 2015. He is a graduate of Brockport State University (NY) where he was an outside linebacker on the football team, helping the Eagles reach the NCAA III playoffs three times.
   
• OAC Preseason Poll – Heidelberg was picked to finish fourth in the nine-team Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) pre-season conference poll. Mount Union was picked as the preseason favorite. 2025 OAC Preseason Poll: 1. Mt. Union, 2. Baldwin-Wallace, 3. Marietta, 4. Heidelberg, 5 Ohio Northern. 6. Muskingum. 7. Capital, 8. Wilmington, 9. Otterbein.
   
• 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.
   
• MIAA Weekly Honors – Hunter Hogan was named the MIAA Offensive Player of the Week this past Monday for his role in leading Calvin to a 34-7 win over Concordia last Saturday. Hogan posted 215 rushing yards on a career-high 34 carries while scoring two touchdowns. He also caught four passes for 40 yards and recovered a muffed Concordia punt on special teams. Hogan leads the MIAA in total rushing yards with 334 yards through two games. He collected 119 rushing yards and two touchdowns in Calvin's 88-6 season-opening win at Oberlin on September 6.
   
• National Honors – Sophomore linebacker Carson Schnurstein was named to the D3football.com National Team of the Week this past Tuesday for his play in Calvin's 34-7 win over Concordia last Saturday. Schnurstein came up with 14 tackles (7 solo) in the win. He leads the MIAA in total tackles (28).
   
• NCAA III Stat Leaders – Calvin's Hunter Hogan is ranked fifth in Division III in total rushing yards (334) and sixth in rushing yards per game (167.0). Carson Schnurstein is ranked fourth in total tackles (28) and fourth in solo tackles (16).  
   
• 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 redshirt sophomore Sal Ruffino out of Cadillac, Michigan backed up by 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 return home to host Kalamazoo on September 27 under the lights for a 7 p.m. contest that will serve as Calvin's homecoming game and be presented by the DeNooyer Automotive Family. Other home contests include Adrian (Oct. 18), Trine (Oct. 25) and Olivet (Nov. 1).