BETHANY, W.Va - The Bethany College football team opened the 2025 season as they fell to Sewanee (Tenn.), The University of the South, in a non-conference game by a final score of 41-6 and celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the 1975 Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Team on Don Ault Field at Bison Stadium.

The 2025 football season marks the 50th anniversary of Bethany's 1975 Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Team. Under the leadership of Hall of Fame head coach Don Ault, the 1975 Bison secured the school's third PAC Championship and the first of Coach Ault's legendary career. The Green and White finished with an overall record of 5-4 and a 5-1 conference record including clinching the outright championship over Washington & Jefferson in the final game of the season by a final score of 24-13. 

Bethany (0-1) hosted Sewanee (1-0) for the first time in program history and played well despite a late third-quarter surge by the visiting Tigers. 

Bethany Leaders

• Offensively for the Bison, All-PAC junior quarterback Brett Phillips (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park) threw the first touchdown pass of the season on a 21-yard strike to junior Jkobe Jones (Seffner, Fla./Seffner Christian) early in the second quarter.
• Freshman wide receiver Charvez Brooks (Gwynn Oak, Md/Forest Park) led the Bison with three receptions for 27 yards. Brooks and Jones were two of seven players to record a catch for the Bison.
• Defensively, the Bison were led by sophomore Devan Colson (Weirton, WV/Weir), junior Cam Bailey (Huntington, WV/Spring Valley), and sophomore Blaike Adams (Parsons, WV/Tucker County), who each recorded seven tackles.

• Sophomore quarterback Cam Beasley was the game-leader in all-purpose yards after throwing for 220 and gaining 109 on the ground
• Sophomore receiver Sean Johnson led the Tigers in receiving with seven receptions for 73 yards
• Freshman quarterback Barton Mixon punched in three touchdowns taking snaps under center and as a back

• 5:42 - Mixon got the scoring started with a two-yard run up the middle (Freshman placekicker Levi Dorsey kick good)

Second Quarter

• 14:55 - Phillips fired the first Bison score of the season on a 21-yard touchdown pass to Jones (Sophomore kicker Caden Langley (Wellsburg, W.Va./Brooke) kick blocked)
• 12:08 - Mixon found the endzone again on an 11-yard rush (Dorsey kick good)

• 7:21 Beasley found senior receiver AJ McLemore in the back of the end zone to extend the Tigers lead (Dorsey kick missed)
• 0:35 - Mixon scored his third of the day for some insurance points for Sewanee (Dorsey kick good)
• 0:22 - The Tigers capitalized on a Bison fumble as junior receiver Dyer Barnes caught a 25-yard touchdown reception (Dorsey kick good)

• 6:21 - Junior defensive back Dallas Grooms (Dorsey kick good)

The Bison are back in action Saturday, September 13 as they travel to Kalamazoo, Michigan to take on Kalamazoo (Mich.) College in a non-conference game at Angell Field at 1 pm.