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The Tigers, ranked 14th in the D3Football.com poll , opened the season with a 34-21 victory over Westminster on Sept. 1 at Edwards-Maurer Field. The season resumes at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Oberlin.
Wittenberg has won 19 straight games against Oberlin since 1990. The Yeomen last beat the Tigers in 1954. Oberlin lost 24-7 at Kalamazoo in its opener and won 35-24 at Kenyon last week.
While some familiar names produced big numbers for Wittenberg in the opener — Jake Kennedy throwing for three touchdowns and Bryce Bailey, Thaddeus Snodgrass and Jeff Tiffner leading the receivers — there were some new names in the box score.
“I thought there were multiple guys on our defensive line that got snaps for the first time that all made pretty good contributions,” Fincham said.
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Wittenberg also had some new faces in the running game. With returning starter DeShawn Sarley sidelined for the season after tearing his Achilles tendon in the second week of preseason practices, the Tigers will lean on Nick Kendall and Sam Kayser, who’s moving from wide receiver to running back.
Those two combined for 12 carries and 24 yards against Westminster. Tristan Davis, Troy Clay and Jaheem Washington also got the ball. Fincham expects it to be running back by committee this season.
As a whole, the running back struggled in the first game, averaging 1.2 yards on 32 carries. Fincham isn’t sure Sarley would have made much of a difference had he been available.
“Our problems were somewhat inexperience on the offensive line,” Fincham said, “but at the same time, they really loaded the box and made it hard on us.”
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