2010 Football News
DC's Longsdorf Seals Senior Bowl Victory with Interception
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Defiance College’s Kyle Longsdorf capped a competitive 2011 Ohio Army National Guard Senior Bowl victory for his North Team by intercepting a pass in the end zone with 26 seconds left in the game to preserve a 19-16 victory on Saturday. [Box Score]
April 27, 2011
Longsdorf and Foos to Play in Ohio National Guard Senior Bowl
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College seniors Kyle Longsdorf and Tom Foos have been selected to play in the second-annual Ohio National Guard Senior Bowl. The game will be presented by OhioCollegeFootball.com on Saturday, April 23 at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
April 13, 2011
Longsdorf Becomes DC's 49th All-American on the Gridiron
MINNEAPOLIS – Defiance College’s senior free safety, Kyle Longsdorf, added an exclamation point to his outstanding 2010 season by becoming the 49th All-American in the history of the DC football program with his D3football.com Third-Team All-American selection. [D3football.com Release]
December 22, 2010
Longsdorf, Foos and Hedderly Earn All-Region Honors
MINNEAPOLIS – Three Defiance College seniors were named to the D3football.com 2010 All-North Region Team recently, with Kyle Longsdorf earning First-Team honors, Tom Foos making the Second-Team and Austin Hedderly garnering a Third-Team selection. [D3football.com Release]
December 13, 2010
DC Trio Recognized by OhioCollegeFootball.com
DEFIANCE, Ohio – OhioCollegeFootball.com unveiled its 2010 NCAA Division III All-Ohio Teams on Tuesday, with Defiance College’s Kyle Longsdorf, Tom Foos and Brian Baumgart each making the list. Longsdorf was named the OCF D-III Co-Defensive Player of the Year, while Foos and Baumgart were each Second-Team All-Ohio nods. [OhioCollegeFootball.com Release]
December 07, 2010
Defiance Puts 20 on Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC Team
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced its fall honorees for the Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC Team with Defiance placing 20 student-athletes on the list. The 20 award winners give DC five more than its 2009 total and seven more than 2008. [HCAC Release]
December 02, 2010
Black Honored with DC's SAAC Sportsmanship Award
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Ryan Black has been voted by the Defiance College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as the winner of the SAAC Sportsmanship Award for November. The award is part of the NCAA’s Respect Campaign and is announced throughout the year.
November 22, 2010
Longsdorf and Foos Leads 13 Jackets on All-HCAC Squad
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference released its 2010 Football All-HCAC Team on Wednesday, with 13 Yellow Jackets garnering an all-conference nod. Kyle Longsdorf was voted the HCAC Defensive Most Valuable Player and Tom Foos claimed the HCAC Special Teams MVP to lead the way for Defiance. [HCAC Release]
November 17, 2010
Jackets Plagued By Turnovers in Season-Ending Defeat
BLUFFTON, Ohio – Defiance College turned the ball over five times at Bluffton on Saturday afternoon and could not overcome a 21-0 deficit. The eventual 21-16 loss to close the 2010 season snapped a five-game win streak for the Jackets and a two game streak over the Beavers.
November 13, 2010
DC's McDonald Lands on D3football.com Team of the Week
MINNEAPOLIS – Defiance College’s Patrick McDonald has become the fourth member of the Yellow Jacket football team to earn a spot on the D3football.com National Team of the Week, after helping DC post its fifth-straight victory with a 10-7 triumph at Manchester. [D3football.com Release]
November 10, 2010
HCAC Touts Longsdorf as Defensive Player of the Week
GREENWOOD, Ind. – For the fourth time in the past five weeks, Defiance College’s Kyle Longsdorf has been selected as the Defensive Player of the Week in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference after the senior free safety led the Jackets to a 10-7 win at Manchester. [HCAC Release]
November 08, 2010
Taylor Becomes DC's All-Time Wins Leader in 10-7 Victory
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – A Kyle Longsdorf interception in the end zone in the final minute preserved a 10-7 victory for Defiance at Manchester on Saturday and helped make Rob Taylor the all-time wins leader on the sidelines for DC with his 37th victory as the head coach of the Purple and Gold.
November 06, 2010
Ricky Sherrer Named ESPN Academic All-District IV
ITHACA, N.Y. – Defiance College earned its second ESPN Academic All-District IV award of the fall season, as Ricky Sherrer was named ESPN Second-Team Academic All-District IV on the heels of Matt Johnson’s Third-Team selection earlier this week.
November 05, 2010
DC's Foos Honored with Fred Mitchell Award for October
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College’s Tom Foos has been honored as one of 42 place-kickers from around the nation to be given with the Fred Mitchell Award for the month of October, marking the second-straight month that Foos has received the accolade [Fred Mitchell Award Release]
November 03, 2010
DC's Powell and Foos Selected as HCAC Players of the Week
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced on Monday that DC’s Rick Powell and Tom Foos had been honored as HCAC Players of the Week after leading Defiance to a 41-21 Senior Day victory over Rose-Hulman. [HCAC Release]
November 01, 2010
Defiance Blasts Engineers, 41-21, for Senior Day Triumph
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College bolted to a 27-0 lead over Rose-Hulman on Saturday and cruised to its fourth-straight victory on the gridiron with a 41-21 victory over the Engineers on Senior Day. The win moved the Jackets to 5-1 in conference play for the first time since 2001.
October 30, 2010