2009 Football News

Season
Five Yellow Jackets Honored by National Football Federation

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame recently announced its 2010 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is made up of collegiate football players from all divisions of play who maintained a grade-point average of 3.2 or higher.

June 15, 2010

DC Graduate Named Defensive Coordinator of Denver Broncos

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Former Defiance College football player and student coach, Don Martindale, was recently named as the defensive coordinator of the National Football League’s Denver Broncos.

February 10, 2010

D3football.com Names Longsdorf to All-North Region Team

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Just days after being named NCAA Division III All-Ohio by OhioCollegeFootball.com, Defiance College’s Kyle Longsdorf has been named D3football.com Third-Team All-North Region.

December 15, 2009

DC's Foos and Longsdorf Honored by OhioCollegeFootball.com

DEFIANCE, Ohio – OhioCollegeFootball.com officials recently announced the 2009 NCAA Division III All-Ohio Teams, with Defiance College’s Tom Foos and Kyle Longsdorf each being honored by the website. Foos garnered First-Team honors, with Longsdorf being named Third-Team All-Ohio.

December 11, 2009

DC Football Places Nine on All-HCAC Squad

GREENWOOD, Ind. – The 2009 All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Team was announced by the HCAC league office on Wednesday, as voted on by the conference’s eight head coaches. Defiance College placed nine student-athletes among the 91 athletes to receive the award. [HCAC Release]

November 18, 2009

Longsdorf Tackles HCAC Weekly Honor

GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has selected Kyle Longsdorf as its Defensive Player of the Week, after he racked up 22 tackles in Defiance’s 35-0 victory against Bluffton on Saturday at Coressel Stadium.

November 16, 2009

Defiance Blasts Bluffton, 35-0, for Senior Day Victory

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College sent its 18-man senior class out in style on Saturday by scoring a lopsided, 35-0, win against Bluffton on Senior Day. The 35-point margin of victory was DC’s highest against the Beavers since joining the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2000.

November 14, 2009

GAMEDAY CENTRAL - Defiance vs. Bluffton - Game Ten

DEFIANCE, Ohio - Saturday will mark the final collegiate contest in the careers of Defiance College’s 18 seniors. The Yellow Jackets will recognize each of those 18 student-athletes before taking the field to clash with the Bluffton Beavers.

November 12, 2009

Comeback Bid Falls Short for DC Football at No. 27 MSJ

CINCINNATI, Ohio – A strong third quarter nearly allowed Defiance to erase a 14-0 halftime deficit at the 27th-ranked Lions of Mount St. Joseph on Saturday, but the Mount held off the rally and escaped with a 24-16 win over the Yellow Jackets.

November 07, 2009

Hanover Stuns Jackets on Gridiron

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Hanover Panthers won for only the second time this season and snapped DC’s two-game win streak with a 30-27 victory over the Yellow Jackets at Justin F. Coressel Stadium on Saturday. The loss also snapped a four-game win streak by Defiance against the Panthers on the gridiron.

October 31, 2009

GAMEDAY CENTRAL - Defiance vs. Hanover - Week Eight

DEFIANCE, Ohio - Defiance will be hoping to earn its third-straight victory overall and its fifth-straight against Hanover when it hosts the Panthers at Justin F. Coressel Stadium in Saturday’s 1:30 pm game. Fans can follow the action online by viewing the free webcast or following the live stats.

October 29, 2009

Sierra Repeats D3football.com Team of the Week Award

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College’s Anthony Sierra has been named to the D3football.com National Team of the Week for the second-straight time. The freshman corner was selected to the team from more than 70 nominated student-athletes from around the nation.

October 28, 2009

HCAC Tabs DC's Sierra and Bonilla for Weekly Honors

DEFIANCE, Ohio – For the second week in a row, the Defiance College football team claimed a pair of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Week awards after Anthony Sierra and Alex Bonilla led stout performances from the defense and special teams in DC’s 20-7 win at Anderson. [HCAC Release]

October 26, 2009

DC Makes it Five-Straight Wins Against Anderson on Gridiron

ANDERSON, Ind. – On a night which saw offense come at a premium, Defiance College turned to a stingy defensive effort and a clutch special teams performance to move into fourth place in the Heartland Conference standings with a 20-7 victory at Anderson.

October 24, 2009

D3football.com Names Sierra to National Team of the Week

DEFIANCE, Ohio ? Just one day after being named as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week, Defiance College?s freshman cornerback, Anthony Sierra, was selected to D3football.com?s 26-man National Team of the Week.

October 21, 2009

Sierra, Foos Earn HCAC Weekly Honors

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Anthony Sierra and Tom Foos played major parts in lifting Defiance to a 28-21 conference victory at Rose-Hulman and have both garnered Player-of-the-Week accolades from the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

October 19, 2009