Adonis Hernandez (No. 26) and his Wooster teammates sprint across the track and onto the field moments before the first-ever night game at John P. Papp Stadium kicked off.
Here’s an overview of 4,500-seat John P. Papp Stadium at dusk during the game’s initial drive.
Another overview of the stadium during Case Western Reserve’s opening drive of the game.
Injured offensive lineman Max Plevyak looks for a good viewing spot of Saturday night’s game between northeast Ohio rivals Case Western Reserve and Wooster.
Former head coach Jack Lengyel was the centerpiece of the Fighting Scots’ football reunion. Lengyel guided Wooster to a 24-21 record from 1966-70 before moving on to resurrect the program at Marshall University after a plane crash killed most of its team Nov. 14, 1970. That story was immortalized in the 2006 movie “We Are Marshall.”
Two of the team captains, Storm Tropea (No. 60) and Matt DeGrand (No. 40), lead the Fighting Scots on to the field for pre-game warm-ups.
A wide-ranging age of Fighting Scot football alums lineup behind the current team, which takes a knee on top of the hill before being led to the field by the bagpipers.
Nate Gemberling-Johnson helps get the football team fired up as it prepares for the entrance down the hill.
Wooster’s bagpipers begin to lead the Fighting Scots down the hill Saturday night. Note the members from the 1966-70 teams who returned are also locked arm-in-arm behind the current day Scots.
Wooster running back Robert Flagg looks for an opening. The versatile Flagg would end up amassing 206 all-purpose yards – 68 rushing, a team-high 61 receiving, and 77 on kickoff returns – on the night.
Defensive end Chris Wade (No. 93) wrestles down the Spartans’ Dan Whalen for a five-yard sack in the first quarter.
Brian Swan is distressed, as the Spartans’ Tim Cowdrick hauled in a bomb on a 3rd-and-30 play and took it down the left sideline for a 94-yard touchdown.
Austin Holter cocks his arm before airing the ball out during the first half of Saturday night’s game. In a match-up of two of the better quarterbacks in the NCAA Div. III North Region, Holter accounted himself very well, combining for 309 yards of total offense – 221 passing and 88 rushing.
The crowd, which was 4,500-plus strong gets fired up as the Scots take the lead during the third quarter. It marked the first time in two years that Case Western Reserve had been behind during a regular season game.
As the temperature dipped into the lower 40s, steam formed off many of the players, including Wooster’s Chris Moore.
With Wooster’s offense on the field, senior outside linebacker Matt DeGrand takes a break and listens to the coach’s adjustments while steam rises off his head.
The Fighting Scot marching band files into the stands prior to the game’s opening kickoff.
Wooster tight end Cameron Daniels attempts to hurdle Case Western Reserve’s Dan Calabrese in an attempt to gain an extra yard.
Cameron Daniels ended up being sandwiched by a couple of Spartan defenders, but his extra effort resulted in a 21-yard reception early in the third quarter.
One all-American candidate, Wooster linebacker Matt DeGrand, levels another, Case Western Reserve quarterback Dan Whalen, late in the second quarter in a photograph taken with a slow-shutter speed.
Another look of Matt DeGrand’s tackle of Dan Whalen in slow-shutter speed.
John Obery, the squad’s starting left tackle, expresses the disappointment felt throughout the team as the Scots huddled for their postgame talk.
Another offensive lineman, senior right tackle Todd Spillman, reflects on the night’s events during the postgame huddle.