2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team
Date Opponent Site Result
September 1 Averett Mount Union Stadium Alliance , Ohio W 75-7
September 15 Otterbein Mount Union Stadium Alliance , Ohio W 58-14
September 22 Muskingum Mount Union Stadium Alliance , Ohio W 62-0
September 29 at Heidelberg Frost-Kalnow Stadium Tiffin , OH W 62-3
October 13 Wilmington Mount Union Stadium Alliance , Ohio W 59-0
October 20 Baldwin Wallace Mount Union Stadium Alliance , Ohio W 35-0
October 27 at Capital Bernlohr Stadium Columbus , Ohio W 37-0
November 3 John Carroll University Don Shula Stadium University Heights , Ohio W 53-0
November 10 Marietta Mount Union Stadium Alliance , Ohio W 57-0
November 17 Ithaca Mount Union Stadium Alliance , Ohio ( NCAA Division III Playoffs - First Round ) W 42-18
November 24 College of New Jersey Mount Union Stadium Alliance , Ohio ( NCAA Division III Playoffs - Second Round ) W 59-7
December 1 St. John Fisher Mount Union Stadium Alliance , Ohio ( NCAA Division III Playoffs - Quarterfinals ) W 52-10
December 8 Bethel Mount Union Stadium Alliance , Ohio ( NCAA Division III Playoffs - Semifinals ) W 62-14
December 15 Wisconsin-Whitewater Salem Football Stadium Salem Virginia ( NCAA Division III Football Championship - Stagg Bowl ) L 21-31
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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, 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 would be drafted in the sixth round of the NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts, for whom he would start in Super Bowl XLIV, eventually being traded to the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers. Shorts would enter the NFL, as well in 2011 for the Jacksonville Jaguars.