Football: #21 Baldwin Wallace (7-1 Overall, 6-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (4-4 Overall, 3-4 OAC)
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, 1:30 pm - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Contest: Today's contest marks the ninth game of ONU's 2021 campaign. It is ONU's fifth home game of the season and is the 13th game for the Polar Bears in calendar year 2021. ONU is 551-506-36 in 127 seasons of play, a winning pct. of .521.
ONU Head Coach Dean Paul: Paul is in his 18th season at ONU with a 114-62 record, a winning percentage of .648. Paul is ONU's all-time winningest coach in ONU football history. He is 154-74 in 23 seasons overall and is 6-10 vs. BWU.
BWU head coach Jim Hilvert: Hilvert is in his fifth season at BWU with an 28-12 overall record. He is 1-2 vs. ONU.
Last Meeting: Ohio Northern scored on its first 3 possessions, then got a key 4th quarter stop to hang on for a 35-28 home victory in 2019. QB Anthony McFadden completed 12-of-17 passes for 155 yards and 3 TDs and ran 16 times for 52 yards and a TD to lead the ONU offense. All-American RB Christiaan Williams ran 22 times for 118 yards and a TD, making him just the second player in Ohio Northern history to eclipse the 4,000-yard mark in his career. LB David Haseleu tied his career-high with 13 tackles to lead the ONU defense. BW out-gained ONU 429-328 in total offense.
ONU Last Week: #4 Mt Union scored with 2:14 left to edge ONU 42-35 in Alliance. ONU scored 3 consecutive TDs to rally from a 20-7 deficit. QB Brody Hahn hit WR Chase Rose on an 18-yard TD pass to get ONU within 20-14 at halftime. All-America RB Brock Martin banged in from 1 yard out to give Northern a 21-20 lead with 4:39 gone in the period. Hahn then hit WR Austin Eick on a 9-yard TD pass to make it 28-20 with 5:06 left in the third. ONU out-gained MtU 539-385 in total offense.
ONU Leaders: The Ohio Northern running game is led by All-American RB Brock Martin (120 att, 533 yards, 5 TDs) and QB Brody Hahn (77 att, 284 yards, 4 TDs). QB Brody Hahn is 168-of-289 passing for a school record 2,583 yards and 27 TDs. WR Austin Eick (55 rec, 949 yards, 11 TDs), WR Chase Rose (41 rec, 799 yards, 9 TDs) and WR Jack DiMario (21 rec, 333 yards, 1 TD) lead the receivers. LB Johnny Rupp, LB Peyton Wilson and DL Josh Bever lead the defense with 60, 54, and 47 tackles, respectively. DL Josh Bever also leads the defense with 5.0 TFL and 4 sacks.
BWU Last Week: #23 BW rallied from a 14-0 deficit to edge Marietta 24-21. QB Reese Wamer completed 11-of-15 passes for 69 yards and a TD and rushed for a career-high 139 yards on 23 carries. RB Jon Murray ran for 130 yards and a TD. BWU out-gained Marietta in total offense 333-232.
BWU Leaders: The Baldwin Wallace running game is led by RB Jon Murray (177 att, 981 yards, 16 TDs) and RB Kegan Armitage (53 att, 199 yards, 3 TDs). QB Kegan Armitage is 69-of-108 passing for 856 yards and 6 TDs. WR Darius Stokes (27 rec, 441 yards, 5 TDs) and WR Andrew Cregan (15 rec, 98 yards, 1 TD) lead the receivers. LB Nick Pankow, LB Mason Levasseur and LB Dillon O'Donoghue lead the defense with 72, 50 and 40 tackles, respectively. DL Sekou Imani leads BWU with 8 sacks.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Rushing Yds. |
Passing Yds. |
Receiving Yds. |
Tackles | Sacks | ||||||||||||||
1. | Martin | 533 | 1. | Hahn | 2,583 | 1. | Eick | 949 | 1. | Rupp | 60 | 1. | Bever | 4.0 | ||||
2. | Hahn | 284 | 2. | Rose | 799 | 2. | Wilson | 54 | 2. | Sitton | 3.0 | |||||||
3. | Nunley | 141 | 3. | DiMario | 333 | 3. | Bever | 47 | 3. | Johnson | 2.0 | |||||||
Irigoyen | 2.0 |
All-Time Series: BWU leads the series between the two schools by a 30-14-1 margin. BWU is 12-10 in Ada, but ONU holds a 5-3 advantage at Dial-Roberson Stadium.