Wesleyan Game Notes; Webcast info

Vs.

Wesleyan University (4-2)

1:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007

Corwin Stadium at Andrus Field

Middletown, CT

SERIES: Began in 1881 and features the first game ever played by the Ephs. This series is tied with Amherst vs. Wesleyan and Hampden-Sydney vs. Randolph-Macon for the seventh most played rivalry in Div. III.

Williams won last year's match-up at Weston Field on homecoming, 51-21. The most recent Wesleyan win came in 1999, in Middletown, 33-28.

COACHES: The Ephs' Mike Whalen (24-6) 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. Wesleyan.

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.

Frank Hauser, also a Wesleyan graduate, is in his 16th year as the head coach of the Wesleyan Cardinals and sports an overall record of 64-62 and he is 2-13 vs. Williams.

LITTLE THREE: The Little Three is the nation's oldest conference championship without a membership change and dates back to 1910. Williams has won 44 outright Little Three football titles -- Amherst 28 and Wesleyan 12. The Cardinals have already dropped a 28-9 decision to Amherst, two weekends ago in Amherst, MA.

This is the Ephs' first Little Three contest of the 2006 season, as Amherst will come to Weston Field next weekend for the season finale.

Last outright Little Three title:

Williams: 2006

Wesleyan: 1970

AUDIO/VIDEO WEBCAST: Wesleyan is providing an audio/video webcast of Saturday's game for free. Go to the Wesleyan Athletics homepage for details. Look in the right hand column for the link to the football game under the heading of Webcasts. Link to Wesleyan Athletics website. 

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.

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: The Ephs enter the game riding a 4-game win streak (after starting the season 0-2); defeating Bates at home 31-26, downing previously undefeated Middlebury on the road 30-22, beating also previously undefeated Tufts at home 34-13, and dismantling Hamilton last week in a downpour at Weston Field, 34-9.

Wesleyan won last week over Bowdoin for their fourth win, and has already surpassed their win total from a year ago when they went 3-5.

NESCAC LEADERS: Eph running back Brian Morrissey '09 is leading the NESCAC with 116.0 rushing yards/game; David Randolph of Middlebury is in second with 81.2.

Wesleyan QB Zach Librizzi '08 leads the conference in total offense with 273.0 yards/game.

Eph WR Ryan Powell is tops in the NESCAC in receptions/game (7.17) and receiving yards/game (96.7).

Williams players make up three of the top four NESCAC leaders in all-purpose yards (Kevin Flynn '08, Brian Morrissey '09, and Ryan Powell '09).

CLIMBING THE CHARTS:

Eph QB Pat Lucey is hitting on 64% of his passes this season and he entered the season with a completion % of .687 all but assuring him of the top spot on the Eph passing list ahead of Mike Bajakian '96 (.619). Bajakian is currently the offensive coordinator and QB coach at Central Michigan University.

Lucey (361) is only the 2nd Eph QB to have 300 completions in a career. Joe Reardon '04 tops the list with 499.

With 223 yards passing last week, Lucey (4,231) moved ahead of Sean Keenan '00 (4,192) into 2nd on the all-time Eph passing yards list.

Lucey trails only Joe Reardon (817) in pass attempts with 544.

Lucey is now tied with Keenan for second all-time in TD passes at 34. Reardon leads with 38.

Season records within reach of Lucey are:

Most completions one season - 149 by Joe Reardon; Lucey has 135.

Pass attempts one season - 265 by Sean Keenan; Lucey has 215.

BY THE NUMBERS ...

989 - Games played by Williams in football

601 - All-time wins by Williams (601-341-47, .631), 5th best all time in Div. III

429.8/347.0 - Total Offense per game Ephs/Cardinals

349.3/325.3 - Total Defense per game Ephs/Cardinals

251.2/236.5 - Passing yards per game Ephs Pat Lucey/Cardinals Zach Librizzi

150.8/244.7 - Passing yards allowed per game Cardinals/Ephs

134.3/94.0 - All purpose yards per game Ephs Kevin Flynn/Cardinals Shea Dwyer

167.5/110.5 - Rushing yards per game Ephs/Cardinals

104.7/174.5 - Rushing Defense per game Ephs/Cardinals

116.0/58.5 - Rushing yards per game for Ephs Brian Morrissey/Cardinals Shea Dwyer

59/65 - Tackles by Ephs Trevor Powers/Cardinals Vinny Colangelo

24.0/18.3 - Scoring Defense per game Ephs/Cardinals

12/12 - Sacks by Cardinals/sacks by Williams

7.2/5.3 - Catches per game Ephs Ryan Powell/Cardinals Kevin Leamy

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