2002 News
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25th Annual Hewlett Packard Division III All-America Football Team Announced
December 18, 2002A total of 115 players from 69 schools, including three from Wittenberg, were named to the 2002 Hewlett Packard Division III All-America Football Team on Wednesday. -
Football Gazette All-North Region Awards [PDF]
December 17, 2002Five Tiger football players received All-North Region honors last week. All-America awards are scheduled to be distributed from several organizations in the next two weeks.
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Five Tigers Receive All-North Region Honors
December 17, 2002Five Tiger football players received All-North Region honors last week. All-America awards are scheduled to be distributed from several organizations in the next two weeks.
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2002 Season In Review
December 14, 2002The Wittenberg University Tigers had another great season in 2002, finishing with a regular season record of 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference, which was good for second place behind first-time champion Wabash College. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Division III Playoffs for a fifth consecutive year despite missing out on a sixth straight conference championship. In the postseason, Wittenberg played a pair of thrilling games, defeating Hanover 34-33 on the road on Nov. 23 before falling to Wabash 25-14 on the road on Nov. 30.
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Thirty-Three Wittenberg University Athletes Earn Fall Postseason Honors
December 05, 2002Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 33 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams. In addition, several Tiger athletes received regional and national recognition from various organizations, including three first-team All-America selections to date.
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Hauser Chosen To Participate In Annual Aztec Bowl
December 01, 2002Wittenberg senior defensive back John Hauser will represent the Red & White in the Aztec Bowl, the annual game between teams composed of college players representing the United States and Mexico.
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Round Up: Tigers Lose to Wabash Thanks to Many Turnovers
November 30, 2002If turnovers are a football coach's worst nightmare then Wittenberg Head Coach Joe Fincham likely has some sleepless night ahead.
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Injuries, Turnovers Combine to Derail Wittenberg's National Title Hopes
November 30, 2002If turnovers are a football coach's worst nightmare then Wittenberg Head Coach Joe Fincham likely has some sleepless night ahead. He will surely be reliving Saturday 25-14 loss at Wabash College in the swirling snow and chilling winds of Byron P. Hollett Stadium for some time to come.
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2002 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Playoff Game 2 vs. Wabash College
November 30, 2002The Wittenberg University Tigers are survivors, but challenges only become more difficult. Two weeks after squeaking into the NCAA Division III Playoffs as one of just three Pool C selections and one week after rallying past Hanover College in the first round of the postseason, the Tigers head to Crawfordsville, Ind. to take on undefeated North Coast Athletic Conference champion Wabash College.
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Goldsbury Leads Tiger All-NCAC Football Awards
November 25, 2002Dustin Goldsbury made it a clean sweep with his fourth first-team appearance on the All-North Coast Athletic Conference squad as announced by the league office.
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Round Up: Tigers Beat Undefeated Hanover
November 23, 2002The Wittenberg University Tigers refused to lose last Saturday at Hanover College and were rewarded for their hard work with a thrilling 34-33 victory in the first round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs.
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Wittenberg wins another first round NCAA Division III Playoff Thriller, Defeat Hanover 34-33
November 23, 2002The Wittenberg University Tigers and their 23 seniors had been in this position before. To coin a phrase, or flat-out steal a cliche, the Tigers refused to lose Saturday at Hanover College, defeating the host Panthers 34-33 in thrilling fashion.
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2002 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Playoff Game 1 vs. Hanover College
November 23, 2002The Wittenberg University Tigers can now exhale. They are in the NCAA Division III Playoffs for a fifth consecutive year. And while they may have snuck into the postseason via one of just three Pool C bids, the Tigers now hope to do some serious damage.
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Wittenberg Football Qualifies for NCAA Division III Playoffs; Sent to Indiana for First Round Game
November 17, 2002The Wittenberg University Tigers were rewarded for their hard work on the gridiron in 2002 with a berth in the NCAA Division III Playoffs. On Sunday, the Tigers learned that they had received one of three Pool C bids into the competition and would hit the road next weekend to play at Hanover College in Hanover, Ind. at noon Saturday, Nov. 23.
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Round Up: Crucial Victory Over Wooster Takes Tigers to NCAA Playoffs
November 16, 2002The Tiger football team lives to play another day. The Tigers received one of three Pool C bids into the NCAA Division III Playoffs.
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Wittenberg Outlasts Wooster, 14-9, to Finish 9-1
November 16, 2002It is said that offense sells tickets, but defense wins games. Just ask the Wittenberg University Tigers. In the cold, rain and mud that enveloped the College of Wooster's John P. Papp Stadium on Saturday afternoon, the Tigers came up with four huge defensive plays with the game - and season - on the line to pull out a crucial 14-9 victory over the host Scots.
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2002 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Week 10 vs. College of Wooster
November 16, 2002The Wittenberg University Tigers and the College of Wooster Fighting Scots will lay their respective seasons on the line this weekend at John P. Papp Stadium in Wooster, Ohio. Both teams are 8-1 overall and 5-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference, tied for second place behind newly crowned champion, Wabash. While neither team can gain even a share of the conference title, they both have a tremendous amount to play for.
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Round Up: Tigers Trounce Kenyon, 79-0
November 09, 2002It looked like a mismatch on paper, and by game's end, it was exactly that.
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Everyone Gets Into the Act as Wittenberg Demolishes Kenyon, 79-0
November 09, 2002It looked like a mismatch on paper, and by game's end, it was exactly that. The Wittenberg University Tigers, ranked No. 12 in the nation but only No. 2 in the North Coast Athletic Conference, scored at will and emptied the bench in the process of demolishing Kenyon 79-0.
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2002 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Week 9 vs. Kenyon College
November 09, 2002With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the pressure continues to mount for the Wittenberg University Tigers. Since the Oct. 12 overtime loss to Wabash College that put the Tigers behind the eight-ball, however, they have been nothing short of outstanding, putting together three outstanding games with the season on the line each time.
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Round Up: Tigers Defeat Rival, Allegheny, by Unprecedented Margins
November 02, 2002The Tiger football team continued to play with a purpose and a passion last Saturday, walloping visiting Allegheny College to the tune of 49-3.
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Wittenberg Looks Strong Again In 49-3 Win Over Allegheny
November 02, 2002The Wittenberg University Tigers continued to play with a purpose and a passion on Saturday, walloping visiting Allegheny College to the tune of 49-3. It was the biggest margin of victory in the 14-game history of this normally intense North Coast Athletic Conference rivalry, and it was Allegheny's worst regular season loss since 1953.
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2002 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Week 8 vs. Allegheny College
November 02, 2002Two weeks after suffering a crushing loss to Wabash, the Wittenberg University Tigers appear to be back on track after a 77-0 win over Hiram and a 58-17 victory over Ohio Wesleyan. But this weekend, the Tigers will get a much greater challenge as one of the best rivalries in the North Coast Athletic Conference is renewed when Allegheny College comes calling.
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Round Up: Tigers Defense Leads to Lop-sided Win Against Ohio Wesleyan
October 26, 2002On Saturday, the Tiger football team defeated Ohio Wesleyan, 58-17, in a surprisingly lop-sided game made possible by a tremendous defensive effort spearheaded by senior defensive end Jim Lackmeyer (Cincinnati, Ohio/Purcell Marian) and a potent aerial attack led by senior quarterback Greg Cornett (Franklin, Ohio/Franklin).
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Wittenberg Keeps Postseason Hopes Alive with 58-17 win at Ohio Wesleyan
October 26, 2002Since losing a North Coast Athletic Conference game for the first time in nearly five years two weeks ago, the Wittenberg Tigers have been painfully aware of the fact that every week is do-or-die, back-against-the-wall, etc. Pick a clich, and it works.
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2002 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Week 7 vs. Ohio Wesleyan University
October 26, 2002Back in form? That's what the Wittenberg University Tigers are hoping after last week's 77-0 trouncing of Hiram College, a victory that spoiled the Terriers' Homecoming a week after the Tigers had their Homecoming interrupted by an overtime loss to Wabash College. Back up to 12th in the latest American Football Coaches Association poll - but more importantly situated in third place in the North Coast Athletic Conference - Wittenberg must now concentrate on taking care of its business while keeping one eye on the scoreboard and the latest scores from around the conference and the nation.
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Round Up: Tigers Decimate Hiram, 77-0
October 19, 2002One week after the Wittenberg University Tigers were shocked at home on Homecoming Weekend in Springfield, the five-time defending North Coast Athletic Conference champions proved they weren't going to roll over just yet, pummeling Hiram 77-0.
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Tigers Rebound In Style, Crush Hiram 77-0
October 19, 2002One week after the Wittenberg University Tigers were shocked at home on Homecoming Weekend in Springfield, the five-time defending North Coast Athletic Conference champions proved they weren't going to roll over just yet, pummeling host Hiram College, 77-0, to spoil the Terriers' Homecoming.
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2002 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Week 6 vs. Hiram College
October 19, 2002The Wittenberg University Tigers are licking their wounds this week after a rare in-season defeat at the hands of North Coast Athletic Conference rival Wabash College last Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field. The Tigers, who dropped to 16th in the latest American Football Coaches Association poll after the 46-43 overtime defeat against Wabash, will try to get things back on track this Saturday when they travel to Hiram College to take on the 0-5 Terriers.
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Round Up: Two Tiger Streaks Come to an End With a Loss To Wabash
October 12, 2002All good things must come to an end. On a perfect afternoon for football, that's exactly what happened.
