2026 Trinity vs Sewanee: Tigers Rout Sewanee 76-17 After a Fast Start by the Visitors

Final Score: Trinity 76, Sewanee 17
Location: Trinity Stadium, San Antonio, TX
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2026
Conferences: Trinity and Sewanee both compete in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA), D-III
Game Recap: Alfredo Vazquez
Versión en español, Aquí

Trinity 76, Sewanee 17 — Week 9, 2026 Season

Sewanee came to San Antonio fired up. On its first three drives it scored two touchdowns and a field goal, and led 17-14. It looked like Trinity’s final home game was going to be a long fight. It wasn’t. From that moment, Trinity scored 62 straight points and closed with a 76-17 rout.

The setup

The Trinity Tigers (6-1 overall, 3-1 in the SAA) hosted the Sewanee Tigers (1-6, 0-4) at Trinity Stadium, in their last regular-season home game. Trinity is listed at No. 15 on its own athletics site. Trinity won at Sewanee last year, and this year the Battle of the Tigers was played in San Antonio.

What decided the game

The opening minutes were a back-and-forth. Barton Mixon opened with a 2-yard run for Sewanee. Trinity answered in two plays: Hondo Franklin hit Maddox Morkovsky on a 68-yard pass. Cam Beasley put Sewanee back in front with a 48-yard run, and Franklin tied it again with a 58-yard pass to Alejandro Tavarez. Then Levi Dorsey kicked a 38-yard field goal for a 17-14 Sewanee lead.

That was Sewanee’s last score. Luke Sams went in from 5 yards for 21-17, and Trinity never slowed down. In the second quarter it scored four more times, including three touchdown passes from Welker Horn (to Tavarez, Chase Ravain, and Tyson Hancock) and a 1-yard run by Hunter Pavlicek, to lead 48-17 at halftime. The 48 first-half points are the most in a half in Trinity’s modern era, according to the school.

The second half brought more touchdowns: a 3-yard run by Horn and a 1-yard run by Jack Kayser. In the fourth quarter, Davis Roup threw two more touchdowns, to Gianni Pisano and Blake Burdine. Three Trinity quarterbacks threw touchdown passes (Franklin, Horn, and Roup), for seven in total.

The numbers behind the story

Trinity: 646 total yards, a season best, with 402 through the air, the most by a Trinity team since 2023. Hondo Franklin — 6-of-10, 192 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. Welker Horn — 7-of-9, 90 yards, 3 passing TD and 1 rushing TD. Davis Roup — 8-of-11, 106 yards, 2 TD. Alejandro Tavarez — 5 receptions, 115 yards, 2 TD. Maddox Morkovsky — 2 receptions, 82 yards, 1 TD. Jack Kayser — 7 carries, 77 yards, 1 TD. On defense, TJ Scannell — 10 tackles, 1 sack, and a fumble recovery; Diego Davila — 6 tackles, 1 sack, and 2 forced fumbles. Anthony Njoku, Dorien Hill, and Joshua Hanson each had an interception. Kicker Jackson Runyan made 8 of 9 extra points, one shy of the school record for a single game.

Sewanee: Barton Mixon — 17 carries, 131 yards, 1 TD. Cam Beasley — 58 rushing yards and a 48-yard TD. Maddox Franklin — 13-of-28, 145 yards, 2 INT. Dallas Grooms — 10 tackles and a blocked extra point. Sewanee piled up 397 yards, 252 on the ground, but committed 5 turnovers (3 interceptions and 2 lost fumbles) and 10 penalties for 70 yards. Trinity had just one turnover.

Looking ahead

Trinity (7-1, 4-1 in the SAA) closes the regular season on the road: Saturday, November 7 at Centre College (1:00 p.m. ET) and November 14 at Rhodes College. Sewanee (1-7, 0-5) hosts Rhodes on November 7 for Homecoming.