Senior offensive lineman Chad Thompson and junior offensive lineman Brad Kassner were included in today's announcement of the 26th annual College Sports Information Directors Division III All-America Football Team.
Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 34 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams.
The Wittenberg football team slugged it out with North Coast Athletic Conference rival Wooster in the 2003 season finale at Edwards-Maurer Field on Saturday and came out with a hard-fought 35-31 win.
The Wittenberg University Tigers have won a lot of games by wide margins in the 2003 season, blowing out each of the first five teams to visit Edwards-Maurer Field by at least 26 points. But on Saturday, as expected, the Tigers had to slug it out with a quality conference rival, the College of Wooster Fighting Scots.
The Wittenberg University football team can wrap up another outstanding season with a win against North Coast Athletic Conference rival Wooster Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field in Springfield. The Tigers and Scots are both 7-2 overall in 2003, with the conference records stacking up at 3-2 for Wittenberg and 4-2 for Wooster.
Time Warner Cable will continue its coverage of Wittenberg University athletic events this weekend with a broadcast of the Tiger football game against the College of Wooster at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Edwards-Maurer Field.
The Wittenberg football team made one of the longest in-season road trips in school history and came away with a 45-21 nonconference victory over Huntingdon College on Saturday.
The Wittenberg University Tigers made one of the longest in-season road trips in school history and came away with a 45-21 nonconference victory over the Huntingdon Hawks Saturday.
The Wittenberg University football team finds itself in unfamiliar territory heading into the eighth week of the 2003 season. Losses in the last four weeks to North Coast Athletic Conference rivals Wabash and Allegheny have put the regular season championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs all but out of reach for the first time in six years. But that doesn't mean the Tigers have nothing to play for.
The Wittenberg University football team put forth a gallant effort in the mud at Allegheny College but fell short 27-21. The Tigers fell to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the North Coast Athletic Conference, while Allegheny improved to 5-3 overall and 5-0 in the NCAC and moved within one game of clinching a share of the conference title.
Two down and three to go. That's the scenario for a Wittenberg football team that must win the rest of its games to have an opportunity to advance to the NCAA Division III Playoffs for a sixth straight season. Heading into this weekend's game at league-leading Allegheny, the Tigers have won back-to-back games by shutout over Hiram (66-0) and Ohio Wesleyan (63-0) since falling from the ranks of the unbeaten at Wabash on Oct. 11.
In its long and storied football tradition, Wittenberg University has played Ohio Wesleyan more than any other opponent. It took 79 meetings for the Tigers to finally get things right. Perfect, actually.
For the second year in a row, a midseason loss has forced the Wittenberg Tigers into a win-at-all-costs mentality. In 2002, the Tigers responded with five straight wins in the regular season to earn an at-large berth in the NCAA Division III Playoffs.
Sticking to the script established long ago in the series between Wittenberg and Hiram, the 25th-ranked Tigers walloped the visiting Terriers 66-0 Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field. Wittenberg leads the all-time series between the two schools 5-0 and has outscored Hiram by a whopping 330-7 in those five games.
The Wittenberg Tigers crashed back to earth last week after a 4-0 start to the 2003 season, falling 41-14 at Wabash to fall to 4-1 overall and, more importantly, 1-1 in the suddenly wide open North Coast Athletic Conference. For the second year in a row, a midseason loss to the Little Giants has forced Wittenberg into a win-at-all-costs mentality. In 2002, the Tigers responded with five straight wins in the regular season to earn an at-large berth in the NCAA Division III Playoffs.
It was nothing short of a stunner. The North Coast Athletic Conference has been Wittenberg's playground for almost a decade, but against Wabash College on Saturday the Tigers were stunned, 41-14.
The Wittenberg Tigers are off to a 4-0 start to the 2003 season, the sixth time in the last seven years the Tigers have swept their traditional three-game nonconference schedule and opened NCAC action with a win.
Wittenberg made it look easy again on Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field, scoring the first 38 points of the game en route to a 60-7 victory over Denison.
The Wittenberg football team made it look easy again on Saturday before a crowd of 2,100 at Edwards-Maurer Field in Springfield, scoring the first 38 points of the game and putting it in cruise control en route to a 60-7 victory over the visiting Denison University Big Red.
The Wittenberg Tigers are off to a 3-0 start to the 2003 season, the sixth time in the last seven years the Tigers have swept their traditional three-game nonconference schedule. Wins over Albion, Urbana and Thomas More, all by at least 26 points, have prepped the Tigers for the North Coast Athletic Conference schedule, starting with this week's game against Denison.
Traditionally, the Wittenberg University football program has been in the three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust mold. It has usually been grind-it-out football behind mammoth offensive lines, passing only to keep the chains moving and winning primarily with defense and ball control.
The Wittenberg Tiger football program is off to a 2-0 start to the 2003 season, the seventh straight year that Wittenberg has won its first two games. The campaign opened at Albion on Sept. 6 with a 34-7 victory and a 38-12 win over Urbana on Sept. 13.
Thirty years ago, the Wittenberg University football team set a new standard for all other small colleges to follow. The Tigers won the first NCAA Division III Playoff championship by defeating Juniata 41-0 in Phenix City, Ala., site of the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.