2003 News

• Football
• October 25, 2003

For the second year in a row, a midseason loss has forced the Wittenberg Tigers into a win-at-all-costs mentality. In 2002, the Tigers responded with five straight wins in the regular season to earn an at-large berth in the NCAA Division III Playoffs.

• Football
• October 18, 2003

The Wittenberg football team, ranked 25th in the nation, is in a must-win situation every time out the rest of the season.

• Football
• October 18, 2003

Sticking to the script established long ago in the series between Wittenberg and Hiram, the 25th-ranked Tigers walloped the visiting Terriers 66-0 Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field. Wittenberg leads the all-time series between the two schools 5-0 and has outscored Hiram by a whopping 330-7 in those five games.

• Football
• October 18, 2003

The Wittenberg Tigers crashed back to earth last week after a 4-0 start to the 2003 season, falling 41-14 at Wabash to fall to 4-1 overall and, more importantly, 1-1 in the suddenly wide open North Coast Athletic Conference. For the second year in a row, a midseason loss to the Little Giants has forced Wittenberg into a win-at-all-costs mentality. In 2002, the Tigers responded with five straight wins in the regular season to earn an at-large berth in the NCAA Division III Playoffs.

• Football
• October 11, 2003

It was nothing short of a stunner. Wabash defeated the Tigers 41-14 to hand Wittenberg its first NCAC road loss since 1997.

• Football
• October 11, 2003

It was nothing short of a stunner. The North Coast Athletic Conference has been Wittenberg's playground for almost a decade, but against Wabash College on Saturday the Tigers were stunned, 41-14.

• Football
• October 11, 2003

The Wittenberg Tigers are off to a 4-0 start to the 2003 season, the sixth time in the last seven years the Tigers have swept their traditional three-game nonconference schedule and opened NCAC action with a win.

• Football
• October 04, 2003

Wittenberg made it look easy again on Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field, scoring the first 38 points of the game en route to a 60-7 victory over Denison.

• Football
• October 04, 2003

The Wittenberg football team made it look easy again on Saturday before a crowd of 2,100 at Edwards-Maurer Field in Springfield, scoring the first 38 points of the game and putting it in cruise control en route to a 60-7 victory over the visiting Denison University Big Red.

• Football
• October 04, 2003

The Wittenberg Tigers are off to a 3-0 start to the 2003 season, the sixth time in the last seven years the Tigers have swept their traditional three-game nonconference schedule. Wins over Albion, Urbana and Thomas More, all by at least 26 points, have prepped the Tigers for the North Coast Athletic Conference schedule, starting with this week's game against Denison.

• Football
• September 27, 2003

The Tigers turned to the big play to defeat visiting Thomas More College 56-28 at Edwards-Maurer Field on Saturday.

• Football
• September 27, 2003

Traditionally, the Wittenberg University football program has been in the three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust mold. It has usually been grind-it-out football behind mammoth offensive lines, passing only to keep the chains moving and winning primarily with defense and ball control.

• Football
• September 27, 2003

The Wittenberg Tiger football program is off to a 2-0 start to the 2003 season, the seventh straight year that Wittenberg has won its first two games. The campaign opened at Albion on Sept. 6 with a 34-7 victory and a 38-12 win over Urbana on Sept. 13.

• Football
• September 26, 2003

Thirty years ago, the Wittenberg University football team set a new standard for all other small colleges to follow. The Tigers won the first NCAA Division III Playoff championship by defeating Juniata 41-0 in Phenix City, Ala., site of the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.

• Football
• September 24, 2003

The 2003-04 academic year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the North Coast Athletic Conference. The NCAC's commitment to equity, its broad base of athletic programs and its unwavering insistence on excellence in academics has served as a basis for success both on and off athletic fields.

• Football
• September 13, 2003

The Wittenberg football program is off to a 2-0 start to the 2003 season, the seventh straight year that Wittenberg has won its first two games.

• Football
• September 13, 2003

After one half of football Saturday night at Edwards-Maurer Field, it appeared that the youthful Wittenberg Tigers were struggling through a bit of a letdown after last week's surprisingly thorough 34-7 romp at Albion College.

• Football
• September 13, 2003

The Wittenberg Tiger football program was thought to be in a rebuilding mode entering the 2003 season. That idea was perhaps put to rest in the first week of the season as the Tigers played a nearly flawless game at Albion in a 34-7 rout. But this is a new week and a new challenge, as the Tiger coaching staff has undoubtedly been reminding its young team this week.

• Football
• September 06, 2003

With just nine starters and 24 letterwinners back in the fold, nothing about the 2003 season was too clear for the Tiger football program when preseason practices began.

• Football
• September 06, 2003

With just nine starters and 24 letterwinners back in the fold, nothing about the 2003 football season was too clear. Things are a great deal clearer for the Tigers after a surprisingly easy 34-7 defeat of Albion College at Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium in Albion, Mich. on Saturday, Sept. 6.

• Football
• September 06, 2003

In college athletics, every program enters an occasional season with significant question marks. It's the transient nature of the business - athletes have just four years of eligibility, thus they are limited in how many years they can strive to achieve their national championship aspirations. But that creates new opportunities for athletes to make their mark, hence the situation facing the 2003 Wittenberg University football program.

• September 05, 2003

Wittenberg University Tiger sports fans have more reason than ever to be excited about the opening kickoff to the 2003-04 school year. Now anyone, anywhere can listen in on all the action - live via a new, state-of-the-art Internet feed made possible by alumni gifts and the university's athletic department.

• Football
• September 05, 2003

Tiger sports fans have more reason than ever to be excited about the opening kickoff to the 2003-04 school year. Now anyone, anywhere can listen in on all the action - live via a new, state-of-the-art Internet feed made possible by alumni gifts and the university's athletic department.

• Football
• August 21, 2003

Wittenberg, the winningest NCAA Division III football program in history with 635 victories, heads into the 2003 season with a lot of question marks. But considering the program's illustrious history, five straight national playoff appearances, Head Coach Joe Fincham and his phenomenal 73-9 overall record and the return of 25 letterwinners, including nine starters, Tiger fans know that it's not a matter of rebuilding but reloading.

• Football
• August 07, 2003

Wittenberg football was picked to finish third in the 2003 league standings by coaches, but edged into second in voting by members of the media as announced by the conference

• Football
• August 07, 2003

Wittenberg’s Casey Donaldson, the premier running back and Wooster’s Seth Duerr, the outstanding linebacker, highlight the North Coast Athletic Conference All-Decade Football Team. They lead a list of 35 players who dominated NCAC football over the past decade, 1993-2002.

• Football
• July 28, 2003

Wittenberg Senior Skip Ivery was named to Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd for his outstanding performance in the 110-Meter Hurdles at the NCAA Division III Championships.

• Football
• April 07, 2003

For the fifth consecutive year, the Wittenberg University football program is hosting a golf outing to raise funds for the program. This year's event is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, at Reid Memorial Golf Course in Springfield. Lunch and registration begin at noon.