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WHEELING – October has seen the Wheeling University Football team (4-4, 3-2) go on the road for four of it’s five weekends, with the Cardinals going 2-2 during the month. On Saturday, the road portion of the 2026 schedule comes to an end as the team heads to Concord for a Halloween match-up, with kick-off at 1 p.m.. The Cardinals are looking to end the month on a high note as they continue their race for the first Mountain East Conference (MEC) title in program history.
The Cardinals are coming off a strong bounce back effort when they traveled to Frostburg State a week ago and won 27-24 to get back to .500 on the season.
While he did not get in the end zone on the afternoon, it was a big showing for senior wide receiver Solo Love. Love would set a new career-high, pulling in nine catches for 160 yards on the afternoon, falling just 17 yards shy of the single-game receiving record.
Another key piece to the offensive success was Dawaun Green, who continued to lead the Cardinals running game. The redshirt junior would carry the ball 17 times on the day for 88 yards and a touchdown.
As they enter the final three-week stretch of the regular season, the Cardinals remain within striking distance for the program’s first-ever MEC title. Wheeling currently sits fourth in the MEC at 3-2 in conference play, finding themselves just two games behind conference leading West Liberty. The Cardinals will have a chance to climb even further up the standings, with two of their remaining three games against teams that currently sit above them in the conference standings, including their week eight match-up against Concord. Wheeling set a new program-best when they tied for third in the conference a season ago, and Wheeling looks to keep on climbing the conference standings in 2026.
The Cardinals and Mountain Lions are meeting for the seventh time in program history, with Wheeling leading the all-time series at 5-1. The Cardinals are 2-1 in previous trips to Athens, West Virginia, while holding a perfect 3-0 record on their home field. It has been a high-scoring series overall, with Wheeling averaging 32.17 points per game and scoring 30 or more points in three of the six match-ups in the series.
The last meeting between the two teams came on November 1, 2025, in a game that Wheeling won 26-21.
Kick-off for Saturday’s game is scheduled or 1 PM inside Callaghan Stadium on the campus of Concord University.