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No. 11 Football gets first win of season, first win in nation over UW-River Falls
09/02/2010
Brent Donley
By Monique Bowman
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ADA -- No. 11-ranked Ohio Northern set the tone for the 2010 football season by hosting the first NCAA Division III contest in the nation this year Thursday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears also tallied the first win of the 2010 football season with a 35-21 victory over Wisconsin-River Falls.
Ohio Northern to offer free admission, Red Cross fund raising drive for Football opener
08/31/2010
By Tim Glon
ADA — Ohio Northern director of athletics Tom Simmons has announced that admission will be free for the Polar Bears' football opener against Wisconsin-River Falls Thursday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
No. 11-ranked ONU will face River Falls at 3 pm Thursday in the first game nationally of the NCAA Division III season.
The game can be seen live on a pay-per-view basis for just $10 on OhioCollegeFootball.com.
Football to be featured in SportsTime Ohio’s OAC preview showcase
08/24/2010
By Monique Bowman
In preparation of the first kickoff of 2010, SportsTime Ohio will debut its OAC Football Preview show tonight, Tuesday, Aug. 24 at 11:30 p.m.
The half-hour program will feature all ten conference football teams. Representing Ohio Northern on the preview show will be head coach Dean Paul, as well as senior quarterback Kyle Simmons and senior running back Brent Donley.
The show will also be broadcast Aug. 26 at 8 a.m., Aug. 28 at 2:30 p.m. and Sept. 1 at 12 p.m.
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- 9/2 H v WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS W, 35-21
- 9/18 at Otterbein* 1:30 pm
- 9/25 H v MUSKINGUM* 1:30 pm
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Football Highlights
• Ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in 2009
• Finished 2009 season ranked No. 13 nationally
• 14 consecutive upper division finishes in the Ohio Athletic Conference
• 1 of only 11 teams to be nationally ranked in 7 consecutive seasons
• Nationally ranked in 9 of the past 11 seasons
• 37 All-Americans
• 8 Academic All-Americans
• 119 First Team All-OAC honorees
• 77 First Team Academic All-OAC honorees
• Defeated a team of Italian All-Stars 63-6 in an exhibition game on May 29, 2010 in Pontremoli, Italy
• Defeated the Bavarian All-Stars 77-0 in an exhibition game on May 27, 2007 in Furstenfeldbruck, Germany
• Team ranked in national polls in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2000, 1999
• ONU is 42-18 in 6 seasons under head coach Dean Paul, finishing 3rd or higher 5 times in 6 years
• 3 players currently playing professional football
• Jason Trusnik is in his fourth season as a linebacker with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns
• Jamal Robertson is in his first season as a running back with the CFL’s B.C. Lions
• Robertson also spent 5 seasons in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers, the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons, and was the NFL Europe MVP in 2002 with the Rhine Fire
• Robertson ran for 1,031 yards, 9 TDs in 2009 with Toronto Argonauts
• J.R. Cipra is in his third season as a kicker with the Baltimore Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association
• Cipra is in his 7th season in the AIFL, as he has also kicked for the Erie Freeze, the Canton Legends and the Erie River Rats
