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August 2007 News
Posted by Ric 8/26/07
The Sports Information Director's office at Mount Union College has posted some game notes for Saturday's season opener against Averett. You can read them here.
Posted by Ric 8/24/07
Mount Union entertains Washington & Jefferson tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. in a controlled scrimmage at Mount Union Stadium. The event is open to the public.
In addition, we've added the 2007 Team Roster to the site, which you can see here.
Posted by Ric 8/14/07
The 2007 Ohio Athletic Conference Football Media Guide is available on the conference website. You can read or download it here.
Posted by Ric 8/11/07
It begins today, the quest to defend the school's ninth football national championship. Optimism is high in Alliance, Ohio as Mount Union returns 14 starters and 47 letterwinners from last season's title winning team.
The regular season begins three weeks from today at Mount Union Stadium when the Raiders host Averett with kickoff at 1:00 p.m. The Purple & White defeated the Cougars 64-7 in the 2006 season opener.
Your first chance to see Mount Union will come on August 25th at 10:00 a.m. when the team participates in a controlled scrimmage with Washington & Jefferson at Mount Union Stadium. The scrimmage has become an annual event with the Presidents and is open to the public.
Posted by Ric 8/10/07
The Sports Information Director's office at Mount Union College has uploaded the 2007 Football Media Guide to it's website. You can read or download it here.
Posted by Ric 8/9/07
Mount Union College has released the 2007 JV Football Schedule, which you can view here. The junior varsity squad has ten games slated for this year, including five homes contests, with the home opener on September 24th against Washington & Jefferson.
The season begins at Wooster on September 16th. Keep in mind the JV Schedule is subject to change. You should contact the Mount Union College Athletic Department at (330) 823-4880 before to traveling to see a game.
Posted by Ric 8/8/07
Mount Union was picked to win its 16th consecutive conference football championship today at the annual Ohio Athletic Conference Football Media Preview, held this year in Columbus, Ohio. The 18 time OAC football champions were the unanimous choice by all 36 media personnel covering the event and by nine of ten coaches. Head coaches do not vote for their own team.
Capital, Ohio Northern, John Carroll and Baldwin-Wallace were tabbed to join the Purple Raiders in the top half of the conference in each poll, but not in the same order in each poll. You can see the entire results of both polls here.
Posted by Ric 8/6/07
The June/July edition of the Raiders Newsletter is now available here.
Part one of this two-part release takes you back to Perry Bourn's record setting,
six interception performance in the 1968 season opener.
In part two, the Alumni Spotlight visits with past Raider great Ed Bubonics while the current Player Spotlight takes a look at junior running back Justin Wray, plus much, much more. The Raiders Newsletter is written and distributed by players and coaches of the Mount Union football team.