Northwood Moves to 7-1 With Win Road Win

October 25th, 2025 2:30pm

From Northwood sports information:

OVERVIEW – KENTUCKY WESLEYAN

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 49, Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers 14
RECORDS: Northwood 7-1, 5-1 G-MAC | Kentucky Wesleyan 0-8, 0-6 G-MAC
LOCATION: Steele Stadium – Owensboro, Ky.
RECAP: Northwood football improves to 7-1 on the season with a 49-14 road win over Kentucky Wesleyan Saturday afternoon (October 25).

INSIDE THE GAME

Northwood set the tone for a dominant opening half right away, finding the end zone on their first possession of the game. Ethan Hamby found Lake Boos for a four-yard touchdown to make the score 7-0 3:16 into the game.
The Timberwolves special teams made a play to extend the lead at the 8:52 mark of the opening quarter. Carter Minix returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown to put NU on top 14-0.
Just 2:48 later, Northwood made another big play for their third touchdown of the day. Hamby connected with Case Boos for a 61-yard TD.
The Timberwolves made it 28-0 at the 5:42 mark of the second quarter, as Devin Brown found the endzone on a 19-yard rush to make it a four-score game.
NU rounded out the scoring with 38 seconds remaining in the half on a trick play - a halfback pass from Devin Brown found Luke Woodke in the end zone to make the score 35-0 at halftime.
Northwood got the ball to start the second half and went right down and scored. Hamby found Gerry Hanson from 27 yards out for Hanson's first career touchdown. That made the score 42-0 at the 11:35 mark of the third.
Kentucky Wesleyan got on the board at the 4:56 mark of the third quarter with a touchdown that cut the NU lead to 42-7.
Northwood's final touchdown of the day came at the 5:53 mark of the final quarter. AJ Bryan scored from one yard out to put the Timberwolves back up by 42.
KWC scored the last TD of the day with 40 seconds remaining to make the final 49-14.

GAME STATS

FIRST DOWNS: Northwood 25, Kentucky Wesleyan 17
RUSHES-YARDS: Northwood 40-245, Kentucky Wesleyan 30-133
PASSING YARDS: Northwood 200 (17-27, 4 TDs, 0 INTs), Kentucky Wesleyan 124 (14-34, TD, 0 INTs)
TOTAL OFFENSE, PLAYS-YARDS: Northwood 67-445, Kentucky Wesleyan 64-257
TIME OF POSSESSION: Northwood 30:37, Kentucky Wesleyan 29:23

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Brown: 21 carries, 183 yards, TD, passing TD
Hamby: 16-26 passing, 197 yards, 3 TDs
Case Boos: Six receptions, 96 yards, TD
Hanson/Lake Boos/Woodke: TD reception
Bryan: Nine carries, 48 yards, TD
Minix: 109 punt return yards, TD
Cole Simpson: Seven tackles
Jaden Green: Five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss
Jalin Pitchford: Six tackles, sack, 3.0 tackles for loss

NORTHWOOD NOTES

This is Northwood's first 7-1 start since the 2006 season. That year, Northwood made its final of three consecutive NCAA Playoff appearance.
Northwood's seven wins matches its most for a season since the 2006 season. The Timberwolves finished with seven wins in both 2010 and 2017.

UP NEXT

Northwood returns home for a key G-MAC matchup against current conference leader Findlay Saturday (November 1). Kickoff is scheduled for Noon.