Saturday's Contest: Saturday's contest is the final game of a 3-game home stand to open ONU's 2018 season. ONU is 533-492-36 in 124 seasons of play, a winning percentage of .518. ONU is riding a modest 4-game winning streak, which includes the final two games of the 2017 season.
ONU Head Coach Dean Paul: Paul is in his 15th season at ONU with a 98-48 record. Paul is ONU's all-time winningest coach in ONU football history. He is 137-60 in 18 seasons overall and is 14-0 against WC.
WC head coach Bryan Moore: Moore is in his 2nd season at WC with a 3-8 record. He is 0-1 against ONU.
ONU Last Week: QB Anthony McFadden ran for a career-high 112 yards and threw for 223 yards and 2 TDs to lead Ohio Northern to a 42-14 victory over Muskingum at Dial-Roberson Stadium. The Polar Bears also got 81 yards rushing and a touchdown from RB A.J. Marks and 44 yards rushing and three touchdowns from RB Brock Martin. ONU led 21-7 at halftime and 28-7 after three periods. ONU out-gained MU 459-422 in total offense. Northern stopped MU on three of its trips to the red zone, forcing a missed field goal and stopped the Muskies twice on downs on back-to-back possessions in the third quarter. LB David Haseleu had a career-high 12 tackles and LB Mark Niles had 11 tackles for ONU.
ONU Leaders: The ONU running game is led by QB Anthony McFadden (22 att, 180 yards), RB A.J. Marks (18 att, 129 yards, 1 TD) and RB Brock Martin (29 att, 120 yards, 5 TDs). QB Anthony McFadden is 27-of-46 passing for 355 yards and 4 TDs. WR Chad Rex (13 rec, 128 yards, 2 TDs) and WR Caleb Saalfeld (5 rec, 113 yards, 1 TD) lead the receiving corps. LB Mark Niles, LB David Haseleu and S Andrew Valenti lead the defense with 26, 22 and 17 tackles, respectively.
