Pearl River Community College Football: Here's Everything You Need To Know To Get Ready For Your Wildcats Season

POPLARVILLE, Miss. (THN News) — Thirty one days remain until the 2025 Pearl River football season begins, and the Wildcats are excited to announce their schedule. After spending the last two seasons heavily on the road, the Wildcats will have five home games in 2025.

The Wildcats open the first two weeks of the 2025 campaign in the friendly confines of Dobie Holden Stadium, hosting reigning MACCC Champion Northwest Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. and Itawamba Sept. 4 at 7 p.m.

Pearl River goes on the road to start South Division play, traveling to Summit Sept. 11 to square off with Southwest. Another two-game home stand follows as East Central makes the trip to Poplarville Sept.18, and archrival Gulf Coast comes to town Sept. 25. The contest against the Bulldogs will serve as Pearl River's Sophomore Day.

The bye week returns for a second straight season and will take place Oct. 2. PRCC heads to Wesson Oct. 9 to take on Copiah-Lincoln before making its first trip to Scooba since 2019 to take on the Lions Oct. 16.

The Wildcats will wrap up the 2025 home slate by welcoming Hinds to Dobie Holden Stadium for Homecoming on Oct. 23. Pearl River closes out the season on the road against rival Jones College Oct. 30.

ABOUT THE WILDCATS

The 2025 season will be the sixth under the direction of head coach Seth Smith. The team took major strides on offense last season, improving from 257 yards per game to 328.9 yards per game. The Wildcats also averaged 19.4 points per game — nearly a six-point improvement from the previous year.

The Wildcats return a large portion of a defensive unit that racked up 11 sacks, 64 tackles for loss, 10 fumble recoveries and six interceptions a season ago.

TICKETS

Season ticket holders should have received an email to renew their tickets. Additional ticketing information will be announced soon and will be available at PRCCAthletics.com/Tickets.

HOW TO WATCH

The Wildcats livestream all games for FREE at PRCCMedia.com/Gold. Fans who have Roku, Amazon Fire or Apple TV devices can also watch the Wildcat broadcasts by downloading the "Pearl River CC" channel from their app stores.

All games will also be available at WRJWRadio.com.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

The Wildcat football program has re-launched the Golden Gridiron Club for the 2025 season. The club offers a variety of sponsorship opportunities for any organization or fan who wants to support the PRCC football program.

For more information, visit PRCCAthletics.com/GoldenGridironClub or email DLSmith@prcc.edu.