Merrimack Warriors

1-3

Ugh, no.

Merrimack Warriors lost to the Tarleton State Texans

1-3 20 – 45

4-0

Final · Sat, Sep 19

Game Details

Tarleton Memorial Stadium (Stephenville) · 24,612 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Anderson leads Tarleton State's aerial attack with 3 TDs in 45-20 win over Merrimack

Kaden Anderson threw for a career high 407 yards and three touchdowns and Tarleton State pulled away from Merrimack for a 45-20 win on Saturday night.

Recap via ESPN

1:18 Merrimack Warriors vs. Tarleton Texans: Full Highlights

0:23 Chris Robinson crosses goal line for 0-yard defensive touchdown

0:37 Chris Robinson crosses goal line for 0-yard defensive touchdown

0:08 Alejandro De La Poza makes 36-yard field goal

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MRMK	0	14	0	6	20
TAR	10	7	21	7	45

Win Probability · Merrimack Warriors

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Game Leaders

Merrimack Warriors

AJ Hairston Jr · 17/32, 214 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
ML Matthias Latham · 13 CAR, 86 YDSRushing Yards
AP Austin Palmer · 7 REC, 95 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
WC Will Claude · 1Sacks
BP Bertin Placide · 6Tackles

Tarleton State Texans

Kaden Anderson · 23/32, 407 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Bryce Green · 11 CAR, 74 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Marquis Willis · 7 REC, 87 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Kaleb Brown · 1Sacks
Chris Robinson · 7Tackles

2026 FCS Independents Standings

Team
Merrimack
Chicago State

2026 United Athletic Conference Standings

Team
Austin Peay
North Alabama
Abilene Christian
West Florida
Tarleton State
West Georgia
Central Arkansas
Eastern Kentucky

Scoring

Q4 6:34

TD Danny Joiner 13 Yd pass from Kaden Anderson (Alejandro De La Poza Kick)20–45

Q4 12:26

TD Cooper Lehman 22 Yd pass from AJ Hairston Jr (AJ Hairston Jr Run for Two-Point Conversion)20–38

Q3 1:38

TD Cydd Ford 42 Yd pass from Kaden Anderson (Alejandro De La Poza Kick)14–38

Q3 7:09

TD Bryce Green 29 Yd Run (Alejandro De La Poza Kick)14–31

Q3 11:31

TD Marquis Willis 32 Yd pass from Kaden Anderson (Alejandro De La Poza Kick)14–24

Q2 0:02

TD Austin Palmer 7 Yd pass from AJ Hairston Jr (Guytano Bartolomeo Kick)14–17

Q2 3:13

TD Austin Palmer 24 Yd pass from AJ Hairston Jr (Guytano Bartolomeo Kick)7–17

Q2 7:25

TD James Paige 3 Yd Run (Alejandro De La Poza Kick)0–17

Q1 7:02

FG Alejandro De La Poza 36 Yd Field Goal 0–10

Q1 10:21

TD Chris Robinson 77 Yd Fumble Return (Alejandro De La Poza Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Merrimack WarriorsTarleton State Texans

Offense

379 Total Yards 513

224 Passing Yards 413

155 Rushing Yards 100

24 First Downs 21

Efficiency

5-13 3rd Down 3-10

0-0 4th Down 1-1

19/34 Completions 24/33

Turnovers & Clock

3 Turnovers 0

5-53 Penalties 10-103

29:44 Possession 30:16

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
AJ Hairston Jr	17/32	214	6.7	3	1
Cole Meehan	2/2	10	5.0	0	0
Team	19/34	224	6.6	3	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Matthias Latham	13	86	6.6	32
Galamama Mulbah	7	42	6.0	23
Cooper Lehman	0	14	0.0	14
Michael Robinson	1	11	11.0	10
Kenyon Massey	1	3	3.0	3
DeMarcus McElroy	2	2	1.0	3
AJ Hairston Jr	9	-3	-0.3	20
Team	33	155	4.7	32

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Austin Palmer	7	95	13.6	2	24
Stephon Patrick	5	73	14.6	0	22
Cooper Lehman	1	22	22.0	1	22
Kenyon Massey	2	15	7.5	0	11
Matthias Latham	1	12	12.0	0	12
Dennis Morgan	1	5	5.0	0	5
Ethan Crite	1	1	1.0	0	1
Andrew Korkosz	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	19	224	11.8	3	24

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
AJ Hairston Jr	1	1
Bryce Goulet	1	1
Ethan Crite	1	0
Emmanuel Dankwa	1	0
Team	4	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Bertin Placide	6	5	0	0	0	0
Danny Simms	5	4	0	0	0	0
Micah Green	5	2	0	1.5	0	1
Will Claude	4	3	1	1.5	0	0
Rajahn Cooper	4	2	0	0	0	0
Markeith Hogan	4	1	0	0	0	0
Shaheed Armstrong	3	1	0	0	0	0
Bryce Ricks	3	0	0	0.5	0	0
Juice Ricks	2	2	0	0	1	0
Adrian Rufo	2	2	0	0	0	0
Garret Jackson	2	1	0	0.5	0	0
Dwayne Green Jr	2	1	0	0	0	0
Logan Graham	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jerrium Berry Jr	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lakeem Steele	1	1	0	0	0	0
Justin Wallace	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kasir Hicks	1	1	0	0	0	0
Corday Bethel	1	1	0	0	0	0
J.P. Methodius	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kamden Wyatt	1	1	0	0	0	0
Makai Young	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tyler Martinovich	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trent Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bryce Gentry-Warrick	0	0	0	0	0	1
Xavier Maple	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	55	31	1	4	2	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
DeMarcus McElroy	1	18	18.0	18
Emmanuel Dankwa	1	-5	-5.0	0
Team	2	13	6.5	18

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Bryce Goulet	2	9	4.5	9	0
Team	2	9	4.5	9	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Guytano Bartolomeo	0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2
Team	0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Mike Ryan	7	235	33.6	0	2	44
Team	7	235	33.6	0	2	44

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Kaden Anderson	23/32	407	12.7	3
Braedyn Locke	1/1	6	6.0	0
Team	24/33	413	12.5	3

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bryce Green	11	74	6.7	1	29
Aiden Ramos	4	13	3.3	0	9
Miequle Brock	8	12	1.5	0	7
James Paige	1	3	3.0	1	3
Kaden Anderson	2	1	0.5	0	8
Team	3	-3	-1.0	0	0
Team	29	100	3.4	2	29

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Marquis Willis	7	87	12.4	1	32
Miequle Brock	2	80	40.0	0	73
B.J. Fleming	3	79	26.3	0	53
Danny Joiner	4	65	16.3	1	24
Cydd Ford	1	42	42.0	1	42
Bryce Parker	2	28	14.0	0	20
Mike Hodge	1	14	14.0	0	14
Jaxson Lavender	1	6	6.0	0	6
DeAndre Buchannon	1	6	6.0	0	6
Klein Essler	1	4	4.0	0	4
Kyle Thompson	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	24	413	17.2	3	73

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Chris Robinson	0	0	1
Tanner Smith	0	0	1
Team	0	0	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Chris Robinson	7	4	0	0	0	1	1
Roddrick Roberts	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ja'Mareion Gipson	4	4	0	0	0	1	0
Koby Dickens	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
Lance Carson	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Seven Cloud	4	1	0	0.5	0	1	0
Avian Rice	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jadan Aubert	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Brown	3	1	1	1	0	1	0
Stephen Woods Jr.	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gerard Culotta	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Potts	3	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Marius Landsfeld	3	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Kam Robinson	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Fredd Adams	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
O'Shea Miller	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cayden Cutler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Deaubry Hood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Johnson	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Darrion Perry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Hood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	58	28	1	4	1	4	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Kaleb Brown	1	18	0
Team	1	18	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Aiden Ramos	1	9	9.0	9
Kaleb Brown	1	0	0.0	0
Team	2	9	4.5	9

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Alejandro De La Poza	1/3	33.0	36	6/6	9
Team	1/3	33.3	36	6/6	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Charlie Mullen	3	134	44.7	0	2	51
Team	3	134	44.7	0	2	51

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