2006 News

  • Former Wittenberg Football Standouts Sign With Professional Indoor Team
    March 29, 2007
    As it turns out, former Wittenberg University football standouts Tim Funke, class of 2007 from Indianapolis, Ind., and Tristan Murray, class of 2006 from New Carlisle, Ohio, are not done with their football careers.
  • Ninth Annual Wittenberg Football Golf Outing Set For June 9
    March 21, 2007
    For the ninth consecutive year, the Wittenberg University football program will host a golf outing to raise funds for the program. This year's event is scheduled for a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 9, at Reid Memorial Golf Course in Springfield. Lunch and registration begin at noon.
  • Tiger Football Players Earn Regional, National Honors
    January 29, 2007
    After a solid football season that included the university's eighth NCAC title in 17 years in the league and the program's 12th berth in the 34-year history of the NCAA Division III Tournament, Wittenberg placed four different players on postseason all-region and All-America award lists.
  • Press Release: Ted Londot Selected To Participate In 2006 Aztec Bowl
    November 27, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University offensive tackle Ted Londot, class of 2007 from Utica, Ohio, has been selected to play for the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III All-Star team that will represent the United States against a Mexican National All-Star Team in the 2006 Aztec Bowl at 7 p.m. (CST) Saturday, Dec. 16, in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
  • Thirty-Six Student-Athletes, Coaches Earn Fall All-Conference Awards
    November 22, 2006
    One of the most successful fall sports seasons in Wittenberg history was capped by a tremendous haul of postseason awards from the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC).
  • Press Release: Tristan Murray, Joe Fincham and Aaron Huffman Earn Special Awards To Highlight All-NCAC Selections
    November 22, 2006
    CLEVELAND, Ohio – Wittenberg senior Tristan Murray and Wabash junior Adrian Pynenberg have been honored for outstanding seasons by being named North Coast Athletic Conference Players of the Year. Murray receives the Mike Gregory Award as the NCAC's Offensive Player of the Year. The award is presented by Richard Gregory of Columbus, in honor of his father, a multi-sport standout at Denison in the 1920s. Pynenberg, meanwhile, is the Defensive Player of the Year for the first time and receives the Hank Critchfield Award, commemorating the 1927 Wooster graduate
  • Press Release: Tristan Murray Named Finalist For Prestigious Gagliardi Trophy
    November 21, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The stream of postseason awards for Wittenberg University football standout Tristan Murray, class of 2006 from New Carlisle, Ohio, continued Tuesday. News releases announcing that Murray had been named 2006 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Offensive Player of the Year and one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Gagliardi Trophy came within two hours of one another.
  • Tigers Can't Hold Early Lead, Fall To Capital In NCAA First Round
    November 18, 2006
    On a day when many Central Ohio football fans were looking ahead to the historic match-up across town, the Wittenberg Tigers did their best to make things memorable at Capital University's Bernlohr Stadium as well.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Capital, Nov. 18, 2006
    November 15, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — For the first time since 2002, the Wittenberg Tigers have postseason life. Overcoming a slow start, the Tigers won seven of their last eight games to claim a share of the North Coast Athletic Conference title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Wittenberg has a tall task ahead, however, as the NCAA Division III Football Tournament Committee chose to pair the Tigers opposite Central Ohio rival Capital in the first round.
  • Wittenberg Tops Hiram, 35-0, To Claim Share Of NCAC Title
    November 11, 2006
    The Wittenberg Tigers had every reason to celebrate in the muck and mire of Hiram College's Henry Field following Saturday's 35-0 victory.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Hiram, Nov. 11, 2006
    November 07, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The regular season ride is about to come to a stop, but the Wittenberg Tigers have a chance for another spin for the first time in four years. The only thing standing between the Tigers and the program's eighth North Coast Athletic Conference championship in 17 years as a league member is last-place Hiram.
  • Tigers Run Past Allegheny On Senior Recognition Day
    November 04, 2006
    The Wittenberg Tigers saved their best for almost last in the 2006 regular season, capturing a 39-21 victory over Allegheny on Senior Recognition Day at Edwards-Maurer Field.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Allegheny, Nov. 1, 2006
    November 01, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The 2006 season is officially in the home stretch, and the Wittenberg Tigers are in an enviable situation. Win their last two regular season games and a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament is the Tigers' reward. If Wittenberg slips up against either Allegheny or Hiram, the season will come to a less than satisfying end.
  • Tigers Top Oberlin To Keep Pace Atop NCAC
    October 28, 2006
    If the Wittenberg Tigers make a return to the top of the North Coast Athletic Conference standings in 2006, it will be a resurgent defense that made it possible.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Oberlin, Oct. 24, 2006
    October 24, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The time is now for the Wittenberg Tigers. After a four-game win streak was snapped at Ohio Wesleyan last Saturday, the Tigers now must win their remaining three games to capture an eighth North Coast Athletic Conference championship in 17 years in the league, starting with a road trip to Oberlin this weekend. The Tigers and Yeomen are two of five NCAC teams with just one conference loss heading into the home stretch of the 2006 season.
  • Tigers Stumble In Loss At Ohio Wesleyan
    October 21, 2006
    As the old saying goes, when you play with fire, you eventually get burned.
  • Press Release: Tristan Murray Named Draddy Trophy Semifinalist
    October 20, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Wittenberg University football standout Tristan Murray, class of 2006 from New Carlisle, Ohio, is more than just the seventh-leading rusher in all of NCAA Division III. He is an outstanding student and a community member who contributes more than touchdowns and textbooks. In recognition of that fact, Murray has been selected as one of 148 semifinalists for the prestigious Draddy Trophy.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Ohio Wesleyan, Oct. 18, 2006
    October 18, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — After a 19-17 victory over Wabash, the Wittenberg Tigers have an equally tall task this week - guarding against a letdown in a key North Coast Athletic Conference game at Ohio Wesleyan University.
  • Tigers Hang On For Heartstopping Win Over Wabash
    October 14, 2006
    After a couple of lean years filled with near misses and could-have-beens, the Wittenberg Tigers did a lot of little things well enough to win 19-17 over Wabash College in the latest installment of a budding rivalry between two of the top teams in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Wabash, Oct. 14, 2006
    October 11, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A few years ago, the Wabash Little Giants were the hunters and the Wittenberg Tigers, winners of five consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference championships between 1997 and 2001, were the hunted. Fast forward four years and the Little Giants have won two of the last four conference titles and beaten Wittenberg four of the last five times in a rivalry that is no longer growing into something special - it has arrived. The stakes are high this week when Wabash comes to Springfield for a battle of NCAC unbeatens.
  • Wittenberg Slips Past Earlham, 28-14
    October 07, 2006
    It wasn't the Homecoming work of art that Wittenberg fans have long been accustomed to, but it was a win nonetheless.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Earlham, Oct. 7, 2006
    October 03, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers have momentum. Now they must build upon it when the dangerous Earlham Quakers visit Edwards-Maurer Field for Wittenberg's 2006 Homecoming game on Oct. 7. Wittenberg evened its record at 2-2 overall last week when the Tigers rallied for a 24-21 win at Wooster. More importantly, the Tigers announced their presence in the 2006 North Coast Athletic Conference title chase with the clutch road victory. Now the Tigers hope to move to 2-0 with a win over Earlham, potentially setting up a clash of conference unbeatens against Wabash at home on Oct. 14.
  • Tigers Open NCAC Action With Clutch Win At Wooster
    September 30, 2006
    A year ago, the Wittenberg Tigers led nine of their 10 games in the second half. In four of those nine games, the end result was something fans of the Red & White disdain more than anything else - a loss.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Wooster, Sept. 30, 2006
    September 28, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Game on. Four weeks into the 2006 football season, things officially become serious for the Wittenberg Tigers when they travel to the College of Wooster for a key North Coast Athletic Conference game.
  • Big Second Half Propels Tigers To 42-24 Win Over Alma
    September 23, 2006
    Trailing visiting Alma College 21-14 late in the second quarter, the Wittenberg Tigers needed a big play on defense.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Alma, Sept. 23, 2006
    September 22, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — While Saturday's game against visiting Alma College is not a must-win for the Wittenberg Tigers, it has that feel. After opening the season with a pair of losses, followed by a week off, the Tigers have just one more opportunity to put a W in the lefthand column before opening the all-important North Coast Athletic Conference schedule on Sept. 30 at Wooster.
  • Wittenberg Falls In Home Opener To Dayton
    September 09, 2006
    The Wittenberg Tigers aren't into moral victories - not with more than 650 wins between the lines in more than 110 years of football - but there certainly were some to be taken from a 35-28 loss to NCAA Division I-AA Dayton Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Dayton, Sept. 9, 2006
    September 08, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Out of the frying pan and into the fire. The Wittenberg Tigers, coming off a 57-7 bruising administered by Capital in last week's season opener, must find a way to rebound as the University of Dayton, one of the top NCAA Division I-AA non-scholarship programs, comes to Springfield.
  • Wittenberg Opens Season With Loss At Capital
    September 02, 2006
    For the third consecutive year, the Wittenberg Tigers will be forced to pick themselves up off the mat after a season-opening loss to Capital.
  • Game Notes: Wittenberg vs. Capital, Sept. 2, 2006
    September 02, 2006
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers open the 2006 season with the same daunting task as the last two years - a date with Capital University, an emerging powerhouse in the always strong Ohio Athletic Conference. While little more than Central Ohio bragging rights are truly on the line in this game, the underlying issue is momentum.
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