DATE | Sept. 20, 2025
TIME | 3:30 PM ET
LOCATION | Kalamazoo
VENUE | Stafford-Smith Field at Waldo Stadium
TV | ESPN+
RADIO | Bronco Media Network
LIVE STATS | WMUBroncos.com

THIS WEEK
Western Michigan opens Mid-American Conference play on Saturday, hosting Toledo for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff. The game can be watched live on ESPN+ and heard live on the Bronco Media Network.

TICKETS
Tickets are on-sale at www.wmubroncos.com/tickets.

THE SERIES
Western Michigan trails Toledo in the all-time series 46-32. The last meeting between the teams came in Toledo for the 2023 MAC-opener. The Rockets took the game 49-31. The last meeting in Kalamazoo was at the end of the 2022 season. The Broncos wrapped up the year with a 20-14 win.

SCOUTING THE ROCKETS
Saturday is also the MAC-opener for Toledo (2-1, 0-0 MAC), currently winners of its last two after dropping its first game of the season at Kentucky, 24-16. Saturday's game will be the Rockets' second road contest of the season. 

UT comes to Kalamazoo with the MAC's top scoring offense and defense. Through three games Toledo has scored 40.3 points per game and allowed just 15.0. 

Toledo's offense is led by sixth-year quarterback Tucker Gleason. As a team, the Rockets lead in the MAC in passing yards and Gleason is second, individually, with 599 yards on 43-of-69 (62.3) passing. He also has four touchdowns through the air and one on the ground. Senior Junior Vandervoss III has been Gleason's favorite target, catching a team-best 18 balls for 255 yards and four touchdowns. His catch total is more than double anyone else on the team. Senior Chip Trayanum leads the team in rushing with 248 yards on 39 carries (6.4 ypa) and four touchdowns. 

Linebacker K'Von Sherman leads the team in total tackles with 23 and tackles for loss with 4.0. He is one of five different Rockets to record a sack so far this season. The UT defense has also produced five turnovers in the three games. 

RELIABLE HAVOC
Through three games, the Western Michigan defense has reliably been creating havoc in the backfield. The Broncos have combined for 9.0 sacks and 19.0 tackles for loss. The 3.0 sacks per game ranks second in the MAC and 16th in the nation.

Creating the most havoc has been defensive ends Nadame Tucker, Rodney McGraw and Kershawn Fisher. Tucker and McGraw each have 2.50 sacks, while Tucker leads the team in TFLs with 4.5 for 30 yards lost. Fisher has yet to record a sack this season, but leads the team in quarterback hurries with two and also has two pass breakups, both of which came in the backfield.

BALL SECURITY
Through three games this season, Western Michigan has committed just one turnover. The last time that has happened was the 2020 COVID-19 shortened season. The last time the Broncos had one or fewer turnovers through the first three games of a non-shortened season was in 2016, when they had zero against Northwestern, North Carolina Central and Iowa. That team did not commit a turnover until seventh game of the season.

SUPER SEFA
Graduate transfer linebacker Sefa Saipaia Jr. sits tied with Tate Hallock for the team lead with 18 total tackles so far this season. The former two-time National Champion at Ferris State only joined the Broncos in the Summer and immediately worked his way into the linebacker rotation, starting all three games. Saipaia Jr. has had six tackles in each of the three games, including a sack in the season-opener against Michigan State.