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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Christopher Newport University begins the second half of the regular season on Saturday, as the undefeated Captains entertain Kean University at TowneBank Stadium. The Homecoming weekend battle will kick off at 1:00 p.m. Paul Crowley's Captains are 5-0 for the first time in the 25-year history of the program, and the Captains have won their last ten games dating back to last season. Kean enters play with a 1-4 record, and the Cougars have dropped four straight games.

CNU is ranked 17th in the country in this week's national poll from D3football.com, and the Captains are 16th-ranked in the weekly poll from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).The new ranking is the highest for CNU since the first week of the 2007 season when the Captains were 12th in the nation following a victory over tenth-ranked Rowan. Christopher Newport's highest national ranking was 11th during the 2003 campaign, which was the first year of the D3football.com poll.

The Captains are coming off a 69-7 victory last Saturday in Castleton, Vermont, over the Spartans of Vermont State-Castleton. All ten CNU possessions last week ended in touchdowns, three from senior running back Gunner White, who carried 13 times for 115 yards. White became the first Captain to surpass the 100-yard mark this season and extended his school record of career TDs to 45. The Captains totaled 333 yards on the ground, and freshman Drevyon Tharrignton added 68 yards on five carries, junior Zavier Kennedy 52 on nine rushes, and junior quarterback Cooper Meads 38 on four totes. Tharrington and Kennedy each scored twice, and freshman Melvin Lowe also posted his first career score.

Junior quarterback Connor Barry, who leads the country in passing efficiency this week for the third straight week, completed ten of 13 passes for 138 yards before getting substituted for midway through the third quarter. Barry had touchdown throws to tight ends Fred Cowell and Jayson Viernes. For Cowell, a freshman, it was his first career touchdown. CNU dominated defensively, holding Castleton to 3.8 yards per play and registering 12 tackles for losses. Junior defensive end Connor Estrella had six tackles, 2½ behind the line of scrimmage. Senior cornerback Yassir Geter also contributed six tackles.

Kean University enters Saturday's NJAC battle with a 1-4 overall record and an 0-2 mark in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. The Cougars most recently lost a 38-24 decision last Saturday at Salisbury University. Dan Garrett's squad opened the 2025 season with a 17-14 home win over SUNY Morrisville, but has since lost home games to Western Connecticut State and Montclair State and road battles with Ursinus and Salisbury. The Cougars were 2-8 last season and 2-4 in the NJAC. Saturday's game will be the 11th in the all-time series, and the schools have split their first ten meetings. The Captains have won the last three games against Kean, including a 32-21 triumph last season at Alumni Stadium in Union, N.J.

A limited number of tickets are still available and will go on sale at TowneBank Stadium Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Gates will open at 12:00 p.m. All Captains games are broadcast live on the Home of the Captains, Xtra 99.1 FM and CNUsports.com. The pre-game show Saturday will begin at 12:30 p.m. Links are provided at the top of this story to the live video of the game, as well as the complete CNU game notes package and live stats of the game.