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#7 GVSU Football drops tight “Battle of the Valleys” decision to Saginaw Valley State

Oct 20, 2025 | 1:44 PM

For the first time since the National Championship-winning 2003 season, the Grand Valley State Football team dropped a “Battle of the Valleys” contest at home to the rival Saginaw Valley State Cardinals as the visitors scored its lone touchdown late in the fourth quarter and stopped a potential GVSU game-winning two-point conversion with a minute to go to hold on to a 20-19 victory inside Lubbers Stadium.

With the loss, the Lakers fall to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the GLIAC, while the Cardinals improve to 4-3 overall and 3-0 in GLIAC play with following the big road win.

Below are some of the GVSU highlights from the tough setback:

The Lakers, now ranked #18 in the AFCA (Coaches) and #25 in the D2Football (Media) national polls, now set their sights on the annual Anchor-Bone showdown this Saturday afternoon up in Big Rapids as they get set to battle the #1-ranked Ferris State Bulldogs (7-0, 3-0 GLIAC).

Live coverage from Top Taggart Field begins at 11:30 am, kickoff is at 1 pm, on Classic Rock 97 LAV (96.9 FM and wlav.com), The Ticket West Michigan (106.1 FM, 1340 AM, and theticketmi.com), and Classic Hits 98.3 WLCS (98.3 FM and 983wlcs.com).

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