2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team

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 would be drafted in the sixth round of the NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts, for whom he would start in Super Bowl XLIV, eventually being traded to the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers. Shorts would enter the NFL, as well in 2011 for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
2007 record14–1 (9–0 OAC)
Head coachLarry Kehres (22nd season)
Home stadiumMount Union Stadium (Capacity 5,600)

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
September 1Averett
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, Ohio
W 75–7
September 15Otterbein
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, Ohio
W 58–14
September 22Muskingum
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, Ohio
W 62–0
September 29at Heidelberg
  • Frost-Kalnow Stadium
  • Tiffin, OH
W 62–3
October 13Wilmington
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, Ohio
W 59–0
October 20Baldwin Wallace
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, Ohio
W 35–0
October 27at Capital
  • Bernlohr Stadium
  • Columbus, Ohio
W 37–0
November 3John Carroll University
  • Don Shula Stadium
  • University Heights, Ohio
W 53–0
November 10Marietta
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, Ohio
W 57–0
November 17Ithaca
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, Ohio (NCAA Division III Playoffs - First Round)
W 42–18
November 24College of New Jersey
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, Ohio (NCAA Division III Playoffs - Second Round)
W 59–7
December 1St. John Fisher
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, Ohio (NCAA Division III Playoffs - Quarterfinals)
W 52–10
December 8Bethel
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, Ohio (NCAA Division III Playoffs - Semifinals)
W 62–14
December 15Wisconsin–Whitewater
L 21–31
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References
  1. "Mount Union in the NFL". Mount Union. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  2. "2007 Mount Union College Football". Mount Union. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
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