MEQUON, Wis - The Concordia Wisconsin football team closed the 2025 regular season with a 35-0 win over Eureka on Saturday afternoon. The Falcons close the season 8-1 and finished undefeated in the NACC (7-0). The last time the team went undefeated in conference play was during the 2013 season, when they last won the NACC title.
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This is the second straight year that the Falcons have shut out the Red Devils. The Royal Blue and Gray have also one the last six matchups against Eureka and are now 23-5 against them.
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Before kickoff, the Falcons celebrated their senior class. Twenty-two members of the program were honored for their dedication to the CUW football team and the university;
Ashar Thomas (Punta Gorda, Fla.), Mason Knuppel (Jackson, Wis.),
Trevor Cobo (Erie, Ill.),
Jason Leonard (Tampa, Fla.),
Kevin Lunz   (Streamwood, Ill.),
Zane Farra (Pewaukee, Wis.),
Nick Taylor (West Bend, Wis.),
Jordan Garcia (Lockhart, Texas),
Tyson Fish (Algonquin, Ill.)
CJ Green (Madison, Wis.),
Ricky Deleon (Austin, Texas),
Kyle Bortz (Viera, Fla.),
Marquiton Sellers (Winnsboro, La.),
TJ Mitchell (Tampa, Fla.), and
Johnny Kutner (Muskego, Wis.).
Sophomore
Jack Bradley (Tucson, Ariz.) had a career-best day on the field. Bradley finished with 74 rushing yards and 91 receiving yards. The sophomore also scored three of the Falcons' five touchdowns, two on the ground and one in the air.
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The first score of the game was on a quick 48-second drive. After a rush by
Ashar Thomas, Bradley took the spot at running back. On the second play of the drive, Bradley took the ball and went left. The sophomore ran the ball 48 yards down the field to score. The kick by
Cole Martin went straight through the uprights.
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The Falcons returned to the endzone just 39 seconds into the second quarter. With the ball set at the one-yard line, Thomas took the handoff from Clark to score. Another good kick from Martin gave the home team a 14-0 lead.
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During the Red Devils drive following kickoff, junior
Duncan Ireland III (Eagle, Wis.) intercepted the ball and took it 54 yards down the right sideline to score. This is Ireland's first interception of the season and of his career.
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Bradley went on to score the final two touchdowns of the game. The first was with 9:15 left in the second with a 26-yard run. The second was just four minutes into the third period. This scoring play was a 42-yard catch for Bradley from Clark and the only receiving touchdown of the day for the Falcons.
The CUW defense was stellar, only allowing Eureka to have 44 passing yards and 42 rushing yards. Helping lead the defense was sophomore
Jadon Lewis (Milwaukee, Wis.), who finished with three solo tackles and two assisted tackles. Lewis also had two sacks on the day, with both being TFLs for a total of 11 yards. Fellow sophomore,
Max Michonski (Chicago, Ill.), also finished with three solo tackles. Sophomore
Khalil Hargrove-Collins (Katy, Texas) had the second interception against the Red Devils during the contest.
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Justin Clark finished the game with 149 passing yards, going 12-of-19. Clark also finished with 14 rushing yards.
Ashar Thomas had 20 rushing attempts against the Red Devils defense and had 66 rushing yards.
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The Falcons earned the NACC's automatic qualifier bid to the NCAA tournament. The team will learn what their first game of the tournament will be tomorrow during the selection show, which is set to air at 5 p.m. ET tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 15, on
ncaa.com.
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