Middlebury Game Notes

80th Meeting

Williams College Ephs (1-2)

Vs.

Middlebury College Panthers (3-0)

1:30 PM

Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007

Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium 

Middlebury, VT.

SERIES: Williams leads the series 61-17-1.  The Ephs have won last 6 meetings. Last year at Weston Field the Ephs won 40-9.

The last time the Ephs and Panthers played in Middlebury it was a coming-out party of sorts for then sophomore QB Pat Lucey, who threw for 186 yards and two touchdowns on 14-for-17 passing in his first collegiate start. The Ephs went on to win that game by a score of 39 to 18.

The last Panther win came in 2000 when they shutout the Ephs 7-0 at Weston Field. The last Panther win at Middlebury over the Ephs was in 1987 by a score of 17-7 in the first game of the season.  

COACHES: The Ephs' Mike Whalen (21-6) is in his fourth year as the Williams head coach. Whalen was previously the Ephs' head wrestling coach from 1996 to 2003, and the offensive line coach for the same span, including the last three with years as offensive coordinator. Whalen is 3-0 vs. Middlebury.

Whalen guided the 2006 Ephs to the sixth perfect season in Williams history, extending the Eph win streak to 14 and earning NESCAC Coach of the Year honors. He was also the only New England coach to finish in the top 25 in Liberty Mutual's Coach of the Year program among coaches in all divisions of college football.

Whalen, a 1983 graduate of Wesleyan University, captained both the football and wrestling teams while earning All-New England and All-American honors three times. Whalen's football coaching resume also includes stops at Springfield, Penn, Lafayette, and Colgate.

Middlebury's Bob Ritter is in his seventh year as head coach of the Panthers and has compiled a record of 28-23. He is a 1982 graduate of Middlebury and previously served the Panthers as an assistant football and lacrosse coach, before assuming the head lacrosse and assistant football positions at Tufts from the fall of 1988 tthrough the spring of 1996. Ritter returned to Middlebury in the fall of 1996 as an assistant football and lacrosse coach. Ritter is 0-6 vs. the Ephs.

RADIO: The Williams College student station, WCFM (91.9 FM) will air the game live. To hear the game on the Internet on WCFM go to www.shoutcast.com and type in WCFM. Choose one of the streams based on the quality you want (56kbps for a dial up modem, 128kbps recommended overall for stability/fidelity), which will be opened in a music player like Winamp (recommended) or iTunes.

Middlebury is also offering the game for free as an audio/video webcast at this address: http://www.middlebury.edu/athletics/news/webcasts

TEAMLINE: TEAMLINE is a pay to listen service. You can listen over your telephone or over the Internet to the game. To listen on the Internet go to the Williams Athletics web site at -- http://williams.prestosports.com/landing/index and click on the TEAMLINE logo at the bottom of the page. The Eph access code is: 0126.

To listen on your telephone dial 1-800-846-4700 and follow the prompts. The Eph access code is 0126.
 
STREAKS: Williams currently has a 6-game win streak over Middlebury.

The Ephs enter today's game after winning their first game of the year last week vs. Bates. After opening the season with road losses at Bowdoin (24-14), and last week at Trinity, 46-40 3 OT. Williams came back from a 20-6 first half deficit to beat the Bobcats 31-26.

Middlebury is undefeated so far this season, beating Wesleyan on the road (24-10), Colby at home (41-0), and Amherst on the road last week (19-16).

BY THE NUMBERS ...

1992 -- Last time Middlebury opened a season with four wins, the fourth being a 3-0 victory at Weston Field over the Ephs.

1987 -- Last time Middlebury defeated Williams at Middlebury, 17-7

297/355 -- Rushing Defense for Middlebury/Williams

468/977 -- Passing Offense for Middlebury/Williams

314.3/174.7 -- Total offense per game Ephs' Lucey/Panthers' Donald McKillop

312 -- Career completions for Ephs Pat Lucey, second only to Joe Reardon '04 (499)

521/648 -- Passing Defense for Middlebury/Williams

125/143 -- Rushing Attempts for Willilams/Middlebury

319/140 -- Receiving Yards for Williams' Ryan Powell/Panthers' Andrew Matson

428/591 -- Rushing Offense for Williams/Middlebury

276 -- All-purpose yards last week against Bates for Ephs' Kevin Flynn (NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week)

33.3/8.7 -- Points allowed per game Ephs/Panthers 

28/9 -- Catches this season for Ephs' Powell/Panthers' Timothy Dillon

0 - Number of interceptions thrown in a 19-16 win over Amherst by Rookie of the Week Donald McKillop, the Panther QB.

Starting Lineups