Upcoming Event: Football versus New Hampshire on September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Football
vs New Hampshire
Won the starting job over Mike Fritz coming out of the 2006 preseason only to tear ligaments connecting collarbone to sternum while being tackled late in the opener against Colgate...With Fritz playing well, saw action in only one more game last fall...An elusive runner with a strong arm and a talent for throwing the ball down the field...A playmaker whose statistics won’t always show how well he performed...No. 1 quarterback coming out of spring drills...Consistency will be a key...Strong leg as a placekicker.
2006: Completed 14-of-24 passes for 102 yards against Colgate...Only other appearance coming against Harvard...Handled tooth-and-nail competition for the starting job with class.
2005: Completed 34-of-82 passes for 462 yards and four touchdowns with the jayvee team...Also ran 12 times for 60 yards and three touchdowns...Won the offensive Scout Team Award. 2004: Enjoyed productive freshman season with the jayvees.
High School: Three-year starter at quarterback, throwing for 6,432 yards and 72 touchdowns with 475 completions...All-Southwest Conference quarterback for three consecutive years...All-Connecticut Post first team as a senior...Heisman offensive player-of-the-week once as a junior...honorable mention all-conference in basketball as a junior...Lettered in basketball and baseball.
Personal: Father, Dan Bennewitz, played football and rugby at Princeton...Dreams of being general manager of an NFL team...May pursue investment banking career.
Favorite Quote: Dale Wimbrow : “You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years, and get pats on the back as you pass, but your final reward will be heartaches and tears if you've cheated the guy in the glass.”
Favorite Movie: Top Gun
Favorite Vacation Spot: Florida
Favorite Music: Rap/Hip Hop
Bennewitz' Passing Statistics
Year | Att | Comp | Pct | Yds | Ave | Int | TD |
2006 | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 102 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 |
Bennewitz' Total Offense
Year | Plays | Rush | Pass | Total | Ave | Long | TDR |
2006 | 36 | 14 | 102 | 116 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 |