Football: Muskingum (1-5 Overall, 1-4 OAC) at Ohio Northern (3-3 Overall, 2-3 OAC)
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, 7 pm, Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Today's game is the first night game in Dial-Roberson Stadium history and is also the first night game played on campus in ONU history ... The two teams have played at night three times before, with all of the games in New Concord. ONU won 38-14 in 2001 and 37-34 in 2009 and MU won 21-7 in 1985 ... The ONU running game is led by Justin Magazine (99 att, 423 yards, 1 TD) and Patrick Angle (81 att, 320 yards, 6 TDs) ... Angle has completed 125 of 199 passes for 1,508 yards and 14 TDs ... Devon Price (48 rec., 624 yards, 6 TDs), Reed Allen (20 rec, 376 yards, 5 TDs) and Shaile Chamberlain (13 rec, 127 yards, 3 TDs) lead the ONU receivers ... ONU has won 8 of its last 9 road night games against Division III opponents, dating to the 1986 season ... Northern has played in 103 night games in school history, going all the way back to a 6-0 win at Findlay in 1942. ONU is 58-43-2 under the lights all-time, including a 33-18-2 mark in home games, all of which were played at War Memorial Stadium ... Ohio Northern is 98-21 against unranked Division III schools since 1999, a winning percentage of .824 ... ONU won 35-14 on the road at John Carroll in 2010 in its last night contest ... The MU running game is led by Melvin Smith (83 att., 432 yards, 2 TDs) and Cody Williams (61 att, 199 yards, 4 TDs) ... Williams is 27 of 66 passing for 332 yards and 2 TDs .... WR Marvin Morris (12 rec., 224 yards) leads the MU receivers.
ONU Statistical Leaders
Rushing Yds. |
Passing Yds. |
Receiving Yds. |
Tackles | Sacks | |||||||||||||||
1. | Magazine | 423 | 1. | Angle |
1,508 | 1. | Price | 624 | 1. | Kwiat | 52 |
1. | Simpson | 1.0 |
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2. | Angle | 320 | 2. |
Allen |
376 |
2. | Hostetler | 44 | |||||||||||
3. |
Price |
156 |
3. |
Craven | 153 |
3. |
Eller |
42 |
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All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 26-23-2 margin. ONU leads the series 14-11-2 in games played in Ada ... ONU has won four of the last five meetings, including a 49-7 win at New Concord in 2013.
Head Coach Dean Paul: Paul in his 11th season at ONU with a 71-37 record ... He is 111-49 in 15 seasons overall and is 8-2 against MU.