Football Recap: O'connor Piles Up the Points Against Stevens

O'Connor won the last time they faced Stevens and things went their way on Saturday too. The Panthers took their matchup with ease, bagging a 38-6 win over the Falcons. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 24 points or more this season.

Wyatt McKenzie

Rushing Yards

11/01/25 @ Stevens	201
10/23/25 vs Holmes	138
10/17/25 @ Marshall	105
09/19/25 vs Sotomayor	86
09/13/25 @ Warren	99
+ 2 more games

Wyatt McKenzie continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 201 yards and three scores while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 113.7 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Jake Garza, who rushed for 48 yards.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something O'Connor proved: they limited Stevens to a paltry 1.2 yards per carry. The team can thank Ian Merrill for the heroic effort on defense: he. O'Connor's run defense has been on the up-and-up: they allowed 4.3 yards per carry earlier this season, but they've only allowed 6.03 on average over their last five games.

The victory was the third in a row for O'Connor, bringing their record up to 4-5. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.7 points on average over those games. As for Stevens, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7.

O'Connor has already played their next game, a 46-32 loss against Taft on the 8th. As for Stevens, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 34-0 victory against Marshall on the 8th.