2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team

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2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders football
OAC champion
NCAA Division III Championship, L 21–31 vs. Wisconsin–Whitewater
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Ranking
D3Football.comNo. 2
2007 record14–1 (9–0 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMount Union Stadium
(capacity: 5,600)
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Mount Union $^   9 – 0     14 – 1  
No. 13 Capital ^   7 – 2     8 – 3  
Ohio Northern   6 – 3     7 – 3  
Baldwin–Wallace   5 – 4     6 – 4  
John Carroll   5 – 4     6 – 4  
Otterbein   5 – 4     5 – 5  
Heidelberg   3 – 6     4 – 6  
Marietta   3 – 6     3 – 7  
Wilmington (OH)   2 – 7     2 – 8  
Muskingum   0 – 9     0 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com

The 2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders Football team represented the University of Mount Union in the 2007 NCAA Division III football season. Led by veteran head coach Larry Kehres, with future NFL wide receivers Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III,[1] The Raiders completed their second consecutive undefeated regular season. The Raiders battled to the Stagg Bowl National Championship for the third consecutive year, but unlike the previous two years, the Raiders were defeated by UW-Whitewater. After the season, Garçon was be drafted in the sixth round of the NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts, for whom he started in Super Bowl XLIV, before being traded to the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers. Shorts entered the NFL in 2011 for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 11:00 p.m.Averett*No. 1
W 75–73,632
September 157:00 p.m.OtterbeinNo. 1
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH
W 58–144,372
September 227:00 p.m.MuskingumNo. 1
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH
W 62–05,672
September 291:30 p.m.at HeidelbergNo. 1
W 62–31,200
October 61:30 p.m.No. 9 Ohio NorthernNo. 1
W 44–05,177
October 131:30 p.m.Wilmington (OH)No. 1
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH
W 59–03,132
October 201:30 p.m.Baldwin–WallaceNo. 1
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH
W 35–06,322
October 271:30 p.m.at No. 12 CapitalNo. 1
W 37–03,147
November 31:30 p.m.at John CarrollNo. 1
W 53–03,312
November 101:30 p.m.MariettaNo. 1
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH
W 57–04,132
November 1712:00 p.m.Ithaca*No. 1
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III First Round)
W 42–182,082
November 2412:00 p.m.No. 21 TCNJ*No. 1
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III Second Round)
W 59–72,593
December 112:00 p.m.No. 5 St. John Fisher*No. 1
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III Quarterfinal)
W 52–102,678
December 812:00 p.m.No. 5 Bethel (MN)*No. 1
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III Semifinal)
W 62–142,791
December 154:09 p.m.vs. No. 2 Wisconsin–Whitewater*No. 1
L 21–315,099
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References[]

  1. ^ "Mount Union in the NFL". Mount Union. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "2007 Mount Union College Football". Mount Union. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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