The 2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders Football team represented the University of Mount Union in the 2007 NCAA Division III football season. Led by veteran head coach Larry Kehres, with future NFL wide receivers Pierre Garçon and Cecil Shorts III,[1] The Raiders completed their second consecutive undefeated regular season. The Raiders battled to the Stagg Bowl National Championship for the third consecutive year, but unlike the previous two years, the Raiders were defeated by UW-Whitewater. After the season, Garçon was drafted in the sixth round of the NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts, for whom he started in Super Bowl XLIV, before being traded to the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers. Shorts entered the NFL in 2011 for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
| 2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders football | |
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OAC champion | |
NCAA Division III Championship, L 21–31 vs. Wisconsin–Whitewater | |
| Conference | Ohio Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| D3Football.com | No. 2 |
| Record | 14–1 (9–0 OAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jason Candle (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Vince Kehres (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Mount Union Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Mount Union $^ | 9 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Capital ^ | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Northern | 6 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baldwin–Wallace | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Carroll | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Otterbein | 5 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heidelberg | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marietta | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilmington (OH) | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muskingum | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 1:00 p.m. | Averett* | No. 1 |
| W 75–7 | 3,632 |
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Otterbein | No. 1 |
| W 58–14 | 4,372 |
| September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Muskingum | No. 1 |
| W 62–0 | 5,672 |
| September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | at Heidelberg | No. 1 |
| W 62–3 | 1,200 |
| October 6 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 9 Ohio Northern | No. 1 | W 44–0 | 5,177 | |
| October 13 | 1:30 p.m. | Wilmington (OH) | No. 1 |
| W 59–0 | 3,132 |
| October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | Baldwin–Wallace | No. 1 |
| W 35–0 | 6,322 |
| October 27 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 12 Capital | No. 1 | W 37–0 | 3,147 | |
| November 3 | 1:30 p.m. | at John Carroll | No. 1 | W 53–0 | 3,312 | |
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | Marietta | No. 1 |
| W 57–0 | 4,132 |
| November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Ithaca* | No. 1 |
| W 42–18 | 2,082 |
| November 24 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 TCNJ* | No. 1 |
| W 59–7 | 2,593 |
| December 1 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 5 St. John Fisher* | No. 1 |
| W 52–10 | 2,678 |
| December 8 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 5 Bethel (MN)* | No. 1 |
| W 62–14 | 2,791 |
| December 15 | 4:09 p.m. | vs. No. 2 Wisconsin–Whitewater* | No. 1 |
| L 21–31 | 5,099 |
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References
edit- ^ "Mount Union in the NFL". Mount Union. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ "2007 Mount Union College Football". Mount Union. Retrieved September 20, 2018.