The opening kickoff for the 2025 Hancock College football team is approaching.

The Bulldogs will make their 2025 season debut Saturday at home against Orange Coast College. Kickoff time is set for 2 p.m.

Hancock opened against OCC the past two seasons, and the Bulldogs drubbed the Pirates both times. Hancock won 58-29 at Orange Coast College last year.

The Bulldogs finished 6-5 in 2024 and lost 28-7 to Huntington Beach-based Golden West in the Southern California Bowl at Golden West. The Pirates finished 2-8. Hancock and OCC lost all of their main yardage producers in 2024 to graduation.

The Pirates struggled on both sides of the ball last year. They averaged 17.3 points a game and yielded an average of nearly 40.

Quarterback Zach Congalton was the leading Orange Coast College rusher

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