Bates Game Notes

20th Meeting

Williams College Ephs (0-2)

Vs.

Bates College Bobcats (0-2)

1:00 PM

Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005

Weston Field

Williamstown, Mass.

SERIES: Began in 1988. Williams leads the series 18-1.  The Ephs had won all 15 meetings prior to the 2003 match-up on Weston Field, when the Bobcats pulled off a 10-7 upset. Last year in Lewiston, Maine the Ephs rallied from a 7-3 halftime deficit to win 27-7.

The last time the Ephs and Bobcats played on Weston Field it was in a torrential downpour and the Ephs got a 5-yard TD pass from QB Pat Lucey to TE Jim O'leary with 10:05 to play to overcome Bates 8-7. The game marked Pat Lucey's first collegiate start. Despite the conditions Lucey finished the game hitting on eight of 12 passes for 91 yards and one TD.

COACHES: The Ephs' Mike Whalen (20-6) is in his fourth year as the Williams head coach. Whalen was previously the Ephs' head wrestling coach from 1996 to 2003, and the offensive line coach for the same span, including the last three with years as offensive coordinator. Whalen is 3-0 vs. Bates.

Whalen guided the 2006 Ephs to the sixth perfect season in Williams history, extending the Eph win streak to 14 and earning NESCAC Coach of the Year honors. He was also the only New England coach to finish in the top 25 in Liberty Mutual's Coach of the Year program among coaches in all divisions of college football.

Whalen, a 1983 graduate of Wesleyan University, captained both the football and wrestling teams while earning All-New England and All-American honors three times. Whalen’s football coaching resume also includes stops at Springfield, Penn, Lafayette, and Colgate.

Bates' Mark Harriman is in his 10th year as head coach of the Bobcats and sports a record of 17-57. 2003 marked Harriman's first win over the Ephs. His career mark against Williams is 1-8 

RADIO: The Williams College student station, WCFM (91.9 FM) will air the game live. To hear the game on the Internet on WCFM go to www.shoutcast.com and type in WCFM. Choose one of the streams based on the quality you want (56kbps for a dial up modem, 128kbps recommended overall for stability/fidelity), which will be opened in a music player like Winamp (recommended) or iTunes.

TEAMLINE: TEAMLINE is a pay to listen service. You can listen over your telephone or over the Internet to the game. To listen on the Internet go to the Williams Athletics web site at -- http://williams.prestosports.com/landing/index and click on the TEAMLINE logo at the bottom of the page. The Eph access code is: 0126.

To listen on your telephone dial 1-800-846-4700 and follow the prompts. The Eph access code is 0126.
 
STREAKS: Williams currently has a 3-game win streak over Bates. The Ephs enter today's game on a two-game losing streak. After opening the season with road losses at Bowdoin (24-14), and last week at Trinity, 46-40 3 OT.

Bates has also lost both games to open the 2007 season. The Bobcats lost to Amherst 24-0 in their opener and lost last week 35-20 to Tufts.

BY THE NUMBERS ...

1987 -- Last time Williams started a season 0-3

406/234 -- Rushing Defense for Bates/Williams

362 -- Career completions for Bates' Brandon Colon a Bobcat record

330/629 -- Passing Offense for Bates/Williams

309.5/148.5 -- Total offense per game Ephs' Lucey/Bobcats' Colon

281 -- Career completions for Ephs Pat Lucey

241/476 -- Passing Defense for Bates/Williams

82/54 -- Rushing Attempts for Willilams/Bates

267/94 -- Receiving Yards for Williams' Ryan Powell/Bates' Matt Gregg

246/71 -- Rushing Offense for Williams/Bates

124 -- Yards rushing last week at Trinity for Ephs' Brian Morrissey

37.0/29.5 -- Points allowed per game Ephs/Bobcats 

21/8 -- Catches this season for Ephs' Powell/Bates' Matt Gregg

20/18 -- Tackles by Bobcats' Ron DiGravio, Coleman Peeke and Todd Wilcox/Ephs' Trevor Powers 

14 -- Tackles by Bates' Coleman Peeke last week vs. Tufts 

3 -- Interceptions this season by the Bobcats Kyle McAllister 

Starting Lineups