2003 News
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Wittenberg Football, Golf Programs Announce Coaching Staff Changes
January 07, 2004Wittenberg University Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell has never been one to back away from a challenge. -
Wittenberg Football Offensive Linemen Earn All-America Honors
December 18, 2003Senior 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.
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Thirty-Four Wittenberg Student-Athletes Earn 2003 Fall Sport Postseason Awards
November 25, 2003Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 34 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams.
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All-NCAC Teams Include Twelve Tigers
November 24, 2003A dozen Wittenberg football players have been honored as all-league by the North Coast Athletic Conference coaches.
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Round Up: Tigers Take Close Win Over Rival, Wooster
November 15, 2003The 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.
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Wittenberg Slugs It Out Before Prevailing 35-31 Over NCAC Rival Wooster
November 15, 2003The 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.
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2003 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Game 10 vs. College of Wooster Fighting Scots
November 15, 2003The 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.
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Football Student-Athletes Named First-Team Academic All-District
November 13, 2003Two members of the Wittenberg football team have been selected to the 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-District IV College Division Football Team.
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Wittenberg Football to Appear on Time Warner Cable This Week
November 13, 2003Time 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.
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Round Up: Long Road Trip Pays Off With a Win For the Tigers
November 08, 2003The 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.
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Wittenberg Picks Up 45-21 Win at Huntingdon
November 08, 2003The 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.
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2003 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Game 9 vs. Huntingdon College
November 08, 2003The 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.
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Round Up: Tigers Take a Loss to Allegheny
November 01, 2003The Wittenberg University football team put forth a gallant effort in the mud at Allegheny College Saturday but fell short 27-21.
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Wittenberg Drops Hard-Fought 27-21 Decision at Allegheny
November 01, 2003The 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.
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2003 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Game 8 vs. Allegheny College Gators
November 01, 2003Two 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.
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Wittenberg Football Posts Surprisingly Easy 63-0 Homecoming Win Over Ohio Wesleyan
October 25, 2003In 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.
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2003 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Game 7 vs. Ohio Wesleyan University Battling Bishops
October 25, 2003For 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.
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Round Up: Tigers Dominate Hiram, Making Up for the Loss to Wabash
October 18, 2003The Wittenberg football team, ranked 25th in the nation, is in a must-win situation every time out the rest of the season.
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Wittenberg Posts First Shutout of 2003 Season With 66-0 Win Over Hiram
October 18, 2003Sticking 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.
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2003 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Game 6 vs. Hiram College Terriers
October 18, 2003The 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.
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Round Up: Tigers Lose to Wabash
October 11, 2003It was nothing short of a stunner. Wabash defeated the Tigers 41-14 to hand Wittenberg its first NCAC road loss since 1997.
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Wittenberg Stunned by Wabash, 41-14
October 11, 2003It 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.
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2003 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Game 5 vs. Wabash College Little Giants
October 11, 2003The 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.
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Round Up: Tigers Hand Denison a Crushing Defeat
October 04, 2003Wittenberg 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.
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Another Big Day for Wittenberg as Tigers Route Denison 60-7
October 04, 2003The 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.
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2003 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Game 4 vs. Denison University Big Red
October 04, 2003The 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.
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Round Up: Tigers Beat Thomas More, 56-28
September 27, 2003The Tigers turned to the big play to defeat visiting Thomas More College 56-28 at Edwards-Maurer Field on Saturday.
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Big Plays Propel Wittenberg to 56-28 Win Over Thomas More
September 27, 2003Traditionally, 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.
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2003 Wittenberg Football Game Notes Game 3 vs. Thomas More College Saints
September 27, 2003The 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.
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Wittenberg's 1973 National Football Championship Team Celebrates 30th Anniversary This Weekend
September 26, 2003Thirty 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.
