21st Meeting

Williams College Ephs (1-1)

vs.

Bates College Bobcats (0-2)

1:00 pm

Saturday, October 4th

Garcelon Field

Lewiston, ME

SERIES: Began in 1988. Williams leads the series 19-1. The Ephs had won all 15 meetings prior to the 2003 match-up on Weston Field, when the Bobcats pulled off a 10-7 upset. Last year at Weston Field Williams came back from a shocking 20-0 deficit in the second quarter to win 31-26. The Ephs would rattle off five in a row after that to finish the season 6-2 after an 0-2 start.

The last time these teams played each other in Lewiston, Maine (2006) the Ephs rallied from a 7-3 halftime deficit to win 27-7.

COACHES: The Ephs' Mike Whalen (25-7) 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

Bates' Mark Harriman is in his 11th year as head coach of the Bobcats and sports a record of 18-62. 2003 marked Harriman's first win over the Ephs. His career mark against Williams is 1-9. 

WATCH GAME on the INTERNET: Bates is providing a live video webcast of the game here.

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.
 
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.

STREAKS: Williams currently owns a 4-game winning streak over Bates but had their 7-game winning streak dating back to last year snapped by Trinity last weekend in a 20-17 home loss.  Bates will also be looking to get back to the win column after losing two straight to start their season.

BY THE NUMBERS ...

22.5/7.0 -- Points per game for Williams and Bates

10.0/25.5 -- Points allowed per game for Williams and Bates

246.0/114.5 -- Passing yards per game Williams and Bates

116.5/187.5 -- Passing yards allowed per game Williams and Bates

116.5/68.5 -- Rushing yards per game Williams and Bates

119.5/174.5 -- Rushing yards allowed per game Williams and Bates

13/6.5 -- Catches/catches per game for Ephs' Nick Caro

10/5.0 -- Catches/catches per game for Bates' Sean Wirth

6/115/1 - Catches, yards, and TDs for Eph receiver Nick Caro against the ‘Cats last year

130/24/1 - Yards, carries, and TDs for Ephs' Brian Morrissey last year against the ‘Cats

3 - Receiving TDs last year against the Ephs' by returning ‘Cats receivers Beaton, Gregg, and Wirth

3 -- Sacks by Ephs Charlie Birns (tops in NESCAC)

Starting Lineups