Football: #3 Mount Union (4-0 Overall, 3-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (2-2 Overall, 1-2 OAC)
Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, 1:30 pm, Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Saturday's game is the second home game of the year for ONU and is the third consecutive contest for ONU against a nationally-ranked opponent. Northern snapped MtU's 110-game regular season winning streak with a 21-14 victory in 2005 in Alliance and will be gunning to snap MtU's 116-game regular season road winning streak on Sat ... led or was tied for for more than 55 minutes, but a late score lifted John Carroll to a 17-10 football victory on Homecoming Weekend at Dial-Roberson Stadium. Northern scored on its first possession and took a quick 7-0 lead, marching 66 yards in just four plays and got into the end zone on a 19-yard TD pass from QB Patrick Angle to WR Devon Price with 3:19 gone. JCU tied the game at 7-7 on a 3-yard run with 12:14 left in the first half. But ONU answered with a 21-yard field goal by K Andrew DiMario with 57 seconds left in the half to go up 10-7 ... ONU WR Devon Price leads the OAC and is fifth nationally with an average of 212.3 all-purpose yards per game. He also leads the OAC with 31 receptions, 452 receiving yards and 845 all-purpose yards ... ONU P Kyle Bergman leads the OAC with an average of 42.8 yards per kick in 3 OAC games ... The MtU running game is led by RB Bradley Mitchell (38 att., 318 yards, 7 TDs) and RB Brandon Williams (22 att, 235 yards, 5 TDs). QB Kevin Burke is 69 of 96 passing for 1,152 yards and 14 TDs. WR Roman Namdar (20 rec., 420 yards, 5 TDs) leads the MtU receivers. LB Hank Spence leads the MtU defense with 21 tackles.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Rushing Yds. |
Passing Yds. |
Receiving Yds. |
Tackles | Sacks | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Magazine | 305 | 1. | Angle |
1,068 | 1. | Price | 452 | 1. | Kwiat | 36 |
1. | Simpson | 1.0 |
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| 2. | Angle | 285 | 2. |
Allen |
193 |
2. | Hostetler | 31 | |||||||||||
| 3. |
T.Davis |
129 |
3. |
Craven | 153 |
3. |
Eller |
29 |
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All-Time Series: MtU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 16-11 margin. MtU leads the series 21-8 in games played in Ada. MtU has won the last 8 games, including a 58-7 decision in 2013.
Head Coach Dean Paul: Paul in his 11th season at ONU with a 70-36 record. He is 110-48 in 15 seasons overall and is 1-9 against MtU.