GROVE CITY, Pa. -- A 10-game gauntlet of Presidents' Athletic Conference opponents awaits the Grove City College football team this fall as the Wolverines play their 129th season of intercollegiate football. After an unbalanced conference schedule in 2022, Grove City will play each of the other 10 teams in the 11-team circuit in 2023.

Grove City opens the season September 2 at home when longtime rival Westminster visits Robert E. Thorn Field for a 1 p.m. kickoff. It will be the first time in 126 years that the Grove City football team faces Westminster in the season opener. In the 1897 lidlifter, head coach "Rags" Brown piloted Grove City to a 6-0 win over Westminster. Grove City also opened the 1892 and 1893 seasons against Westminster.

The last five Grove City-Westminster games have been decided by 20 total points.

The Wolverines will then play consecutive road games, starting with a September 9 trip to Waynesburg University. The teams did not meet in 2022 due to the unbalanced schedule. This will be the third straight meeting between the teams in Greene County, as Grove City won at Waynesburg in 2019 (42-24) and in 2021 (38-0). 

Grove City will visit Case Western Reserve the following Saturday night for a 7 p.m. kickoff in Cleveland. Grove City edged the Spartans, 14-13, on Homecoming at Thorn Field in 2022. 

Grove City returns home for consecutive home games to close out September. Perennial powerhouse Washington & Jefferson visits Thorn Field for the annual night game September 23 at 7 p.m. Seven days later, Grove City hosts defending conference champion Carnegie Mellon at 2 p.m. for Homecoming 2023.

A pair of mid-afternoon starts on the road highlight the first half of the October schedule. The Wolverines visit Geneva for a 3 p.m. kickoff October 7, then play a 4 p.m. game October 14 at Allegheny. Last season, Grove City earned a 44-17 win at Allegheny in the first meeting between the programs as conference rivals.

Grove City closes the home schedule with back-to-back home games on the final two Saturdays of October. Saint Vincent comes to town October 21 for a 1 p.m. kickoff. The Wolverines then host Bethany at 1 p.m. October 28 for Senior Day.

Grove City's open date falls in Week 10, November 4. The Wolverines return to action November 11 by traveling to Thiel for the 39th Mercer County Cup game. Kickoff will be 12 p.m. in Greenville. Grove City has retained possession of the coveted Cup since 2017. The Wolverines lead the Cup series, 26-12.

Eighth-year head coach Andrew DiDonato and staff will welcome approximately 125 hopefuls to campus August 8 for the start of preseason camp. 

This is the first season since 2017 in which Grove City will have five home games and five road games in the regular season.