Bowdoin Game Notes

69th Meeting
Williams College Ephs (0-0)
vs.
Bowdoin College Polar Bears (0-0)
1:00 PM
Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007
Whittier Field
Brunswick, ME

SERIES: Began in 1890 and Williams leads 48-15-5.

The Ephs have won 15 consecutive games against the Polar Bears. The last Williams win came in 2006 in Williamstown, 27-0.

Bowdoin's last win was 7-0 in 1979 on Weston Field.

COACHES: Mike Whalen (20-4) 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 guided the 2006 Ephs to the sixth perfect season in Williams history, extending the current 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.

Bowdoin's Dave Caputi (12-44) is in his eighth season as the Polar Bears' head coach. Caputi, a 1981 Middlebury graduate, joined the Bowdoin staff in 2000 after serving as the offensive coordinator at Williams under former Eph head coach Dick Farley. He also coached the Eph softball team during his 13 years in Williamstown. Prior to coaching at Williams, Caputi coached at both Tufts and Amherst.

STREAKS: Bowdoin enters the 2007 season opener with a two-game win streak having closed out the 2006 season with wins over Bates and Colby to win the CBB title.

Williams enters the season opener riding a 14-game win streak and fresh off the sixth perfect season in Williams history in 2006. The Ephs won the 2006 NESCAC and Little Three titles.

The Ephs own a 15-game win streak vs. the Polar Bears.

RADIO - INTERNET: 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 Eph Sports Info web site at -- www.williams.edu/athletics 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.

BY THE NUMBERS …

8-0/2-6 -- Last year’s final record for the Ephs/Polar Bears

544/486 – Yards rushing for Bowdoin's Jeff Smith/Ephs' Brian Morrissey (2006)

263.2/130.0 -- Passing offense average for the Ephs/Polar Bears (2006)

146.4/178.0 -- Passing defense for Ephs/Polar Bears (2006)

148.4/82.9 -- Rushing offense for Ephs/Polar Bears (2006)

61.4/159.0 – Rushing defense of Ephs/Polar Bears (2006)

51/9 – Catches in 2006 by Ephs Jon Drenckhahn '07/catches by starting Eph receivers: Ryan Powell (6), Craig Sundberg (3) and Jeff Egizi (injured) in 2006

34.6/6.1 – Scoring offense of Ephs/Polar Bears (2006)

9.2/18.9 – Scoring defense for Ephs/Polar Bears (2006)

4.0 -- Sacks by Ephs Charlie Birns & Andrew DeSalvo (2006)

Starting Lineups