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Mount Union Purple Raiders Football Seasons
The Mount Union Purple Raiders football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in NCAA Division III, Division III, representing the University of Mount Union in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Mount Union plays their home games at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio since 1913. The program has won 13 NCAA Division III Football Championships and eight runner-ups. With more than 800 wins, the Purple Raiders rank in the top 20 in List of NCAA football teams by wins, most wins in NCAA history, and the most of any team in Division III. From 1893 until 1913, Mount Union played as an independent, then joining the OAC in 1914, has remained their ever since. From October 22, 2005 until December 12, 2016, the Purple Raiders won 112 consecutive games, the most in NCAA History. Seasons References {{Mount Union Purple Raiders football navbox Lists of college football seasons, Mount Union Mount Union Purple Raiders football seasons, * Ohio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Union Purple Raiders Football
The Mount Union Purple Raiders football program represents the University of Mount Union in college football at the NCAA Division III level as members of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Mount Union have played their home games at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio since 1913, which makes it the oldest college football stadium in Ohio. The Purple Raiders have claimed 13 NCAA Division III Football Championship and 30 OAC titles and have 12 undefeated seasons. Mount Union's first game was an 18–0 loss at home to Kenyon College, from Gambier, Ohio, on November 7, 1893. The first program victory came 11 days later in a 20–0 win over Salem University in Salem, West Virginia. The team competed as an independent from 1893 until 1913, and joined the OAC in 1914. The Purple Raiders played in the OAC for 71 years before winning their first conference title, which came in 1985 under coach Ken Wable. Since then, the program has won 30 titles in 35 years, including a 24-year streak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Dawson (American Football)
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1997 Mount Union Purple Raiders Football Team
The 1997 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mount Union in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1997 NCAA Division III football season. In their 12th year under head coach Larry Kehres, the Purple Raiders compiled a perfect 14–0 record, won the OAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 752 to 112. They qualified for the NCAA Division III playoffs and advanced to the national championship game, defeating . Mount Union's 1997 season was part of a record 54-game winning streak that spanned four seasons, commencing on September 14, 1996, and continuing through December 6, 1998. The team played its home games at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio. Schedule References {{NCAA Division III football national champion navbox Mount Union Mount Union Purple Raiders football seasons NCAA Division III Football Champions Ohio Athletic Conference football champion seasons College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Mount Union Purple Raiders Football Team
The 1996 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mount Union in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1996 NCAA Division III football season. In their 11th year under head coach Larry Kehres, the Purple Raiders compiled a perfect 14–0 record, won the OAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 669 to 184. They qualified for the NCAA Division III playoffs and advanced to the national championship team, where they defeated , 5-–24. Junior quarterback Bill Borchert completed 250 of 374 passes (66%) for 4,035 yards and 55 touchdowns, including 505 yards and seven touchdowns in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. He was selected by the American Football Coaches Association as the first-team quarterback on its Division III All-America team and won the Melberger Award as the outstanding player in Division III. Mount Union's 1996 season was the start of a record 54-game winning streak that spanned fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Mount Union Purple Raiders Football Team
The 1993 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mount Union in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1993 NCAA Division III football season. In their eighth year under head coach Larry Kehres, the Purple Raiders compiled a perfect 14–0 record, won the OAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 582 to 120. They qualified for the NCAA Division III playoffs and advanced to the national championship team where they defeated , 34–24. The team was led on offense by quarterback Jim Ballard who set NCAA Division III records for touchdown passes in a season (54) and in a game (eight vs. St. John's in the semifinals). He finished the season with 4,555 passing yards and 54 touchdowns and won the 1993 Gagliardi Trophy as the best player in Division III football. The team played its home games at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio. Ballard threw eight touchdown passes in the semifinal game agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Kehres
Larry Kehres (born September 7, 1949) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Mount Union—formerly known as Mount Union College—in Alliance, Ohio for 27 seasons, from 1986 to 2012. Kehres retired from coaching in May 2013 with a record of 332–24–3 as head coach of the Mount Union Purple Raiders football team, and a winning percentage of , the highest in college football history. Kehres also has the most national titles (11: 1993, 1996–1998, 2000–2002, 2005–2006, 2008, 2012), conference titles (23), and unbeaten regular seasons (21) of any coach in college football history. His Purple Raiders set the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football record for most consecutive victories with 55, running from 2000 to 2003. He was succeeded as head football coach by his son, Vince. The elder Kehres was also the athletic director at Mount Union from 1985 to 2020. He was induc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Wable
Kenneth Wable (August 22, 1927 – September 6, 2018) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mount Union University The University of Mount Union is a private university in Alliance, Ohio. Founded in 1846, the university was affiliated with the Methodist Church until the spring of 2019. In the fall of 2020, Mount Union had an enrollment of 1,958 undergraduat ... in Alliance, Ohio from 1962 to 1985. Beginning in 1979, Wable began a streak of consecutive winning seasons that persists to this day. Head coaching record College References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wable, Ken 1927 births 2018 deaths Cornell Big Red football coaches Mount Union Purple Raiders football coaches Muskingum Fighting Muskies football players Muskingum Fighting Muskies football coaches Wake Forest Demon Deacons football coaches High school football coaches in Ohio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Barret
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Nelson Jones (American Football Coach)
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Pete Pederson
Willard Merrill "Pete" Pederson (October 28, 1910 – September 8, 1982) was an American college football and basketball coach as well as professional basketball player. Professionally, he played in the National Basketball League for the Oshkosh All-Stars and Toledo Jim White Chevrolets and averaged 3.1 points per game for his career. In 1939–40 he served as player-coach for the All-Stars before resuming full-time head coaching duties in 1940–41. His collegiate basketball coaching experience includes a stint at his alma mater, Western State College of Colorado—now known as Western Colorado University, from 1935 to 1939. Pederson played football at Western State in addition to basketball. In his post-professional basketball life, he became the head football coach for University of Mount Union, Marshall University Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Geltz
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John M
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