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- 11/16/2009
Chad CowardBy Tim Glon
ADA — Ohio Northern sophomore safety Chad Coward was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Football Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in ONU's 52-14 victory at Wilmington on Saturday.
Coward blocked a punt and returned it 13 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter, giving the Polar Bears a 21-0 lead.
He also recorded six tackles in the contest.
This season, Coward was second on the team with 73 tackles. He also had two interceptions, three PBUs, 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
- 11/15/2009
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern football team remained at No. 13 in the 11th weekly D3Football.com poll on Sunday despite being left out of the NCAA Division III Playoffs earlier in the day.
Northern also cracked into the American Football Coaches Association poll for the first time this season at No. 21 last Monday.
The Polar Bears (8-2 overall, 7-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) were ranked No. 13 in the D3Football.com poll last week and wrapped up their season with a 52-14 victory at Wilmington on Saturday.
- 11/15/2009
By Steven Wright
ADA - The Ohio Northern football did not earn an at-large bid to compete in the 2009 NCAA Division III Football Championship as announced on ESPNews Sunday afternoon.
The Polar Bears ended the season ranked No. 13 in the D3Football.com poll and No. 21 in the American Football Coaches Association poll.
In the Ohio Athletic Conference, Northern finished the season with a 7-2 record and in a tie for second place with Otterbein.
ONU won its final seven games of the season to finish with an 8-2 overall record.
Football Highlights
• Ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in 2009
• 14 consecutive upper division finishes in the Ohio Athletic Conference
• 1 of only 11 teams to be nationally ranked in 6 consecutive seasons
• Nationally ranked in 8 of the past 11 seasons
• 37 All-Americans
• 8 Academic All-Americans
• 113 First Team All-OAC honorees
• 75 First Team Academic All-OAC honorees
• 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, 2000, 1999
• ONU is 34-16 in 5 seasons under head coach Dean Paul, finishing 3rd or higher 4 times in 5 years
• 3 players currently playing professional football
• Jason Trusnik is in his third season as a linebacker with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns
• Jamal Robertson is in his second season as a running back with the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts
• 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
• J.R. Cipra is in his first season as a kicker with the Baltimore Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association
• Cipra is in his 5th season in the AIFL, as he has also kicked for the Erie Freeze, the Canton Legends and the Erie River Rats