Gardner-Webb Runnin Bulldogs @ Western Illinois Leathernecks — Nov 14, 2026

NCAA Division FCS·Round 1 November 14, 2026
Runnin Bulldogs Gardner-Webb GWB 2-4, 1-3 Away
November 14, 2026 7:00 pm
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Leathernecks Western Illinois WIU 3-3, 3-1 Home
Key Players
Gardner-Webb
C. Pennington QB
1196 PASS
-26 RUSH
0 REC
K. Jones
0 PASS
0 RUSH
428 REC
C. Vann
0 PASS
227 RUSH
28 REC
Western Illinois
K. McGill
1115 PASS
517 RUSH
0 REC
EJ
E. Jackson-Anderson RB
0 PASS
167 RUSH
177 REC
C. Anaya WR
64 PASS
2 RUSH
152 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
Gardner-Webb
Western Illinois
Scoring 1–2
16.5 119th
Points
24th 33.7
20.0 21st
Opp Points
60th 25.2
-3.5 79th
Point Diff
23rd 8.5
Offense 3–2
74.2 67th
Total Yds
101st 0.0
199.3 48th
Pass Yds
31st 219.8
61.8 115th
Rush Yds
37th 137.7
7.2 42nd
1st Downs
102nd 0.0
43.8 38th
3rd Down%
102nd 0.0
0.0 81st
Red Zone%
81st 0.0
Kicking & Discipline 1–0
71.4 59th
FG%
62nd 66.7
0.0 1st
Turnovers
1st 0.0
0.0 1st
Penalties
1st 0.0
0.0 1st
Penalty Yds
1st 0.0
Recent Form
Gardner-Webb
L @ UTM 6-17
L vs EIL 7-21
W @ CCH 12-10
L @ MRSH 35-36
W vs NCC 44-20
Western Illinois
W vs UTM 55-24
L @ SEMO 30-40
W vs TNST 28-21
L @ NAL 20-23
W vs MOR 59-2
Form Comparison
Gardner-Webb vs Western Illinois
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FCS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 14, 2026
Time
7:00 pm