2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team

American college football season

2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders football

OAC champion

NCAA Division III Championship, L 21–31 vs. Wisconsin–Whitewater

Conference| Ohio Athletic Conference
Ranking
D3Football.com| No. 2
Record| 14–1 (9–0 OAC)
Head coach|

* Larry Kehres (22nd season)

Offensive coordinator| Jason Candle (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Vince Kehres (3rd season)
Home stadium| Mount Union Stadium

Seasons

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2008 ->

2007 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

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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 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

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance

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September 1| 1:00 p.m.| Averett*| No. 1|

* Mount Union Stadium
* Alliance, OH

| W 75–7| 3,632
September 15| 7:00 p.m.| Otterbein| No. 1|

* Mount Union Stadium
* Alliance, OH

| W 58–14| 4,372
September 22| 7:00 p.m.| Muskingum| No. 1|

* Mount Union Stadium
* Alliance, OH

| W 62–0| 5,672
September 29| 1:30 p.m.| at Heidelberg| No. 1|

* Frost-Kalnow Stadium
* Tiffin, OH

| W 62–3| 1,200
October 6| 1:30 p.m.| No. 9 Ohio Northern| No. 1|

* Dial–Roberson Stadium
* Ada, Ohio

| W 44–0| 5,177
October 13| 1:30 p.m.| Wilmington (OH)| No. 1|

* Mount Union Stadium
* Alliance, OH

| W 59–0| 3,132
October 20| 1:30 p.m.| Baldwin–Wallace| No. 1|

* Mount Union Stadium
* Alliance, OH

| W 35–0| 6,322
October 27| 1:30 p.m.| at No. 12 Capital| No. 1|

* Bernlohr Stadium
* Columbus, OH

| W 37–0| 3,147
November 3| 1:30 p.m.| at John Carroll| No. 1|

* Don Shula Stadium
* University Heights, OH

| W 53–0| 3,312
November 10| 1:30 p.m.| Marietta| No. 1|

* Mount Union Stadium
* Alliance, OH

| W 57–0| 4,132
November 17| 12:00 p.m.| Ithaca*| No. 1|

* Mount Union Stadium
* Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III First Round)

| W 42–18| 2,082
November 24| 12:00 p.m.| No. 21 TCNJ*| No. 1|

* Mount Union Stadium
* Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III Second Round)

| W 59–7| 2,593
December 1| 12:00 p.m.| No. 5 St. John Fisher*| No. 1|

* Mount Union Stadium
* Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III Quarterfinal)

| W 52–10| 2,678
December 8| 12:00 p.m.| No. 5 Bethel (MN)*| No. 1|

* Mount Union Stadium
* Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III Semifinal)

| W 62–14| 2,791
December 15| 4:09 p.m.| vs. No. 2 Wisconsin–Whitewater*| No. 1|

* Salem Football Stadium
* Salem, VA (NCAA Division III Championship—Stagg Bowl)

| L 21–31| 5,099

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from D3football.com Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

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## References

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

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