November 5 - Oberlin football fans will get to watch the Yeomen take on the College of Wooster Fighting Scots during a tape-delay on SportsTime Ohio at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 8. Everyone should note this a change from the originally scheduled 8 p.m. air time.
What: Oberlin College Yeomen (2-6, 2-3 NCAC) vs. The College of Wooster Fighting Scots (6-2, 4-1 NCAC)
When: Saturday, November 8, 1 p.m. EST
Where: Savage Stadium – Oberlin, Ohio
TV: SportsTime Ohio (11/8/08 @ 10:30 p.m. - 11/9/08 @ 5 a.m. - 11/10/08 @ 12 p.m.)
STO Dish Channels: DirecTV - 662/ 662-1* HD, Dish Network 431/ 5431* HD
Radio: AM-1320 WOBL
Web Audio: Listen
Live Stats: Click Here
Extra Coverage: The Jeff Ramsey Show, Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. on AM-1320 WOBL.
Click Here to listen to the webcast.
Series: Oberlin trails in the all-time series 61-22-2.
Last Meeting Against the Fighting Scots: Oberlin lost 20-19 on October 22, 2005 at Savage Stadium.
Last time out for the Yeomen: Lost to Wabash College 60-7 (11.1.2008).
Series Info…
Saturday marks the 86th meeting between Oberlin and Wooster with the first meeting coming back in 1903, the Yeomen’s most recent victory against the Scots came in 2004 in a 14-7 defensive battle ... A year later in the teams' last meeting, current Oberlin assistant coach
Chris Schubert caught four passes for 33 yards, while also throwing for a TD ... In a backup role, quarterback
Greg Mangan entered the game to complete 4-of-10 passes for 80 yards ... However, it was the defense that led the way, forcing four turnovers (3 fumbles, 1 interception), while also getting to the quarterback for a total of six sacks ... Unfortunately, the Scots pulled out a 20-19 victory on a late touchdown.
Scouting the Scots ...
Wooster is coming off 35-21 win over Allegheny and is currently tied for second in the NCAC at 4-1 ... the Scots rank second in the NCAC in total offense at 413.4 yard per game, while their defense ranks third in the league after allowing on 285.8 yard per contest ... the Scots defense is also tops in the league in opponent third down conversions with, allowing its foes to convert just 29.9 percent (32-of-107) of their attempts.
Welcome Back R.V. ...
After missing the last four games with an injury, senior running back
R.V. Carroll returns to the Yeomen lineup in search of a pair of records ... the 2007 NCAC Offensive Player of the Year needs just 32 yards to surpass Ron Stevenson (1979-82/3,462 yards) as the all-time yardage leader and just one touchdown to pass Alan Spiegelberg (1959-62/249 points) as the all-time scoring king.
Rolling in the Red Zone ...
The Yeomen are top ranked red zone offense in the NCAC cashing in 18 of their 21 attempts inside the 20 so far this season for an 85.7-percent success rate ... 16 of those conversions have gone for touchdowns, while the other two have resulted in
Zach Richard field goals.