Wittenberg Football to Appear on Time Warner Cable This Week

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Time Warner Cable will continue its coverage of Wittenberg University athletic events this weekend with a broadcast of the Tiger football game against the College of Wooster at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Edwards-Maurer Field.

The game will appear on tape delay at 10 p.m. Saturday and again at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19. The programs can be found on Time Warner Cable systems on channel 25 or 69 in Dayton, channel 30 in the Dayton suburbs and channel 59 in communities further north, stretching all the way to Bowling Green. Subscribers are encouraged to check their local listings.

The Tiger football team is playing its final game of the 2003 season against one of its traditional North Coast Athletic Conference rivals. Wittenberg, the winningest football program in NCAA Division III history, brings a 7-2 overall record and a mark of 3-2 in the NCAC into the game, while Wooster is also 7-2 overall and 4-2 in the NCAC. This game, the 38th in a series that dates back to 1912, is for a share of second place in the final conference standings.

The Tigers are first in the conference and fifth in the nation in points per game in 2003, while Wooster is second in scoring and first in rushing in the NCAC. Both teams are averaging more than 40 points per contest. Wittenberg showcases one of the most balanced offensive units in the country, headlined by tailback Raymar Hampshire, who has nearly 900 yards rushing in 2003, and wide receivers Skip Ivery and Jered Glover, who have combined for 170 receptions the last two years.

Time Warner Cable is a division of AOL Time Warner Inc. Time Warner Cable's Western Ohio Division serves more than 400,000 customers in 28 counties.

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