114th Meeting

Williams College Ephs (4-2)

vs.

Wesleyan University Cardinals (1-5)

1:00 pm

Saturday, November 1st

Weston Field

Williamstown, MA

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 leads the all-time series 71-37-5.

Williams won last year's match-up in Middletown, 33-13. The most recent Wesleyan win came in 1999, in Middletown, 33-28.

COACHES: The Ephs' Mike Whalen (30-8) is in his fifth year as the Williams head coach, during which time his teams have never finished worse than 6-2. 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 years as offensive coordinator.

In 2007 Whalen guided the Ephs to a 6-2 record after the Ephs dropped two heartbreakers to open the season.  He also led the 2006 Ephs to the sixth perfect season in Williams history, extending the Eph win streak at the time 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. Whalen is 4-0 against Wesleyan.

Frank Hauser, also a Wesleyan graduate, is in his 17th year as the head coach of the Wesleyan Cardinals and sports an overall record of 65-69.  He is 2-14 vs. Williams.

RADIO - INTERNET:  The Williams College student station, WCFM (91.9 FM) will air each game live. To hear the game on the Internet on WCFM go to 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 by contacting TEAMLINE.

WATCH GAME on INTERNET: You can access the live video webcast on D3cast.com here.

LISTEN to the GAME on INTERNET: go to the Eph football page on TEAMLINE.
 
The Eph access code is: 0126.
 
Telephone: dial 1-800-846-4700 and follow the prompts. The Eph access code is 0126.

LIVE STATS: You can view Live Stats of this game on Saturday by clicking here.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS:

Brian Morrissey is now 3^rd all-time in scoring for the Ephs since 1973 with 166 points.  He trails Fred Storz '01 in second (200 points) and Mark Kossick '97 in first (268 points).

With his 201 yard day last week agains Hamilton, Morrissey is also now second in Williams history in rushing since 1973 when Div. III  play began.  He now trails Fred Storz '01 by 186 yards.

Fred Storz ‘01 -- 2,644

Brian Morrissey '09 -- 2,458

BY THE NUMBERS ...

23.8/13.8-- Points per game for Ephs and Cardinals 

17.2/15.3-- Points allowed per game for Ephs and Cardinals (2^nd in NESCAC)

217/183-- Passing yards per game for Ephs and Cardinals

168/162-- Passing yards allowed per game for Ephs (2^nd in NESCAC) and Cardinals (1^st in NESCAC)

148/79-- Rushing yards per game Ephs (1^st in NESCAC) and Cardinals

106/175-- Rushing yards allowed per game for Ephs and Cardinals

+6/-7 -- Turnover margin for Ephs (1st in NESCAC) and Cardinals (Last in NESCAC)

6.67 - Receptions per game for Cardinals' Kevin Leamy (2nd in NESCAC)

129 -- Yards rushing per game for Ephs' Brian Morrissey (1st in NESCAC)  

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