Davidson Wildcats @ Elon Phoenix

0-2, 0-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Davidson DAV	0	0	7	0	7
Elon ELON	10	31	7	7	55

Elon PhoenixElonELON

1-1, 1-0 Home

Landen Clark accounts for 4 TDs, Elon beats Davidson 55-7

Sep 7, 2025, 04:24 am

ELON, N.C. -- — Landen Clark threw three touchdown passes and ran for another TD and Elon scored 31 second-quarter points on Saturday night as the Phoenix beat Davidson 55-7.

Clark opened the scoring with a 1-yard TD run about 3 1/2 minutes into the game, then hit Landyn Backey for scoring strikes of 22 and 44 yards to make it 24-0 with 8:04 left in the first half.

TJ Thomas Jr. ran for a 5-yard touchdown, Luke Barnes — who made a 27-yard field goal in the first quarter — kicked a 38-yarder, and Isaiah Fuhrmann caught a 20-yard TD pass from Clark with 44 seconds left in the second quarter that made it 41-0 at halftime.

Coulter Cleland threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Ivan Hoyt early in the third quarter for Davidson (0-2).

Jimmyll Williams and Dan Frederick each added a touchdown run for Elon (1-1), which finished with 289 yards rushing. The Phoenix had 30 first downs and 547 total yards.

Davidson converted 3 of 14 third downs and finished with 158 total yards.

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Game Information

Elon, NC

FCS

Pioneer Football League	CONF	OVR
Drake	7-1	8-4
Presbyterian	6-2	10-2
San Diego	6-2	8-4
Dayton	5-3	7-4
St. Thomas-Minnesota	5-3	7-5
Morehead State	4-4	6-6
Butler	4-4	6-6
Marist	3-5	5-7
Stetson	2-6	3-9
Davidson	1-7	2-10
Valparaiso	1-7	2-10

Coastal Athletic Association	CONF	OVR
Rhode Island	8-0	11-3
Villanova	7-1	12-3
New Hampshire	6-2	8-5
Monmouth	6-2	9-3
William & Mary	6-2	7-5
Maine	5-3	6-6
Elon	4-4	6-6
Stony Brook	4-4	6-6
Towson	4-4	6-6
North Carolina A&T	2-6	2-10
Campbell	2-6	2-10
Bryant	1-7	3-9
UAlbany	1-7	2-10
Hampton	0-8	2-10

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