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Braden Black
15 Braden Black
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    220
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Battle Creek
  • High School:
    Harper Creek
  • Position:
    QB
  • gp
    11
  • yds
    2198
  • td
    19
  • yds/g
    199.8

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 15 at Albion W, 31-14
Oct 22 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 54-48
Oct 29 Alma W, 36-30
Nov 5 at Adrian W, 44-37
Nov 12 Trine (Ind.) W, 44-27
Nov 19 at John Carroll (Ohio) L, 37-12
  Total Conference
Completions 170 94
Attempts 272 150
Completion % 62.5% 62.7%
Yards 2198 1251
Yards per game 199.8 208.5
Yards per attempt 8.1 8.3
Touchdowns 19 12
Interceptions 8 4
Sacks 27 20
Yards lost 173 126
Pass Efficiency 147.5 153.8

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 3 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 52-10 19 31 61.3% 213 6.9 1 2 3 15
Sep 10 Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 27-13 11 28 39.3% 153 5.5 3 1 0 0
Sep 17 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 30-7 15 23 65.2% 250 10.9 0 1 3 24
Oct 1 at Hope W, 15-13 15 21 71.4% 204 9.7 0 1 4 12
Oct 8 Kalamazoo W, 35-6 25 35 71.4% 260 7.4 3 0 3 13
Oct 15 at Albion W, 31-14 11 25 44.0% 139 5.6 1 0 3 15
Oct 22 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 54-48 29 38 76.3% 329 8.7 3 0 1 8
Oct 29 Alma W, 36-30 17 21 81.0% 279 13.3 4 1 3 32
Nov 5 at Adrian W, 44-37 17 32 53.1% 194 6.1 1 1 5 35
Nov 12 Trine (Ind.) W, 44-27 9 16 56.3% 175 10.9 3 1 2 19
Nov 19 at John Carroll (Ohio) L, 37-12 2 2 100.0% 2 1.0 0 0 0 0

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 52-10 7 -2 -0.3 7 0 - -
Sep 10 Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 27-13 5 10 2.0 8 0 - -
Sep 17 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 30-7 14 65 4.6 23 2 1 1
Oct 1 at Hope W, 15-13 15 50 3.3 16 0 - -
Oct 8 Kalamazoo W, 35-6 9 20 2.2 8 0 - -
Oct 15 at Albion W, 31-14 11 6 0.5 10 0 - -
Oct 22 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 54-48 15 69 4.6 11 1 - -
Oct 29 Alma W, 36-30 7 -21 -3.0 5 0 - -
Nov 5 at Adrian W, 44-37 9 3 0.3 20 0 - -
Nov 12 Trine (Ind.) W, 44-27 5 2 0.4 18 0 - -
Nov 19 at John Carroll (Ohio) L, 37-12 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 52-10 - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 27-13 - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 30-7 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 1 at Hope W, 15-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 8 Kalamazoo W, 35-6 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Albion W, 31-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 54-48 - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Alma W, 36-30 - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Adrian W, 44-37 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Trine (Ind.) W, 44-27 - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at John Carroll (Ohio) L, 37-12 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 3 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 52-10 - - - - - 0
Sep 10 Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 27-13 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 30-7 - - - - - 0
Oct 1 at Hope W, 15-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 Kalamazoo W, 35-6 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 at Albion W, 31-14 - - - 0 0 0
Oct 22 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 54-48 - - - - - 0
Oct 29 Alma W, 36-30 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 at Adrian W, 44-37 - - - - - 0
Nov 12 Trine (Ind.) W, 44-27 - - - 0 0 0
Nov 19 at John Carroll (Ohio) L, 37-12 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 3 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 52-10 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 27-13 2 85 42.5 43 1 0 1 0
Sep 17 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 30-7 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Hope W, 15-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 Kalamazoo W, 35-6 1 39 39.0 39 0 0 1 0
Oct 15 at Albion W, 31-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 54-48 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Alma W, 36-30 1 45 45.0 45 1 0 0 0
Nov 5 at Adrian W, 44-37 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 0 0
Nov 12 Trine (Ind.) W, 44-27 1 38 38.0 38 1 0 0 0
Nov 19 at John Carroll (Ohio) L, 37-12 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 3 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 52-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 27-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 30-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Hope W, 15-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 Kalamazoo W, 35-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Albion W, 31-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 54-48 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Alma W, 36-30 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Adrian W, 44-37 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Trine (Ind.) W, 44-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at John Carroll (Ohio) L, 37-12 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 3 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 52-10 1 -2 - - - -2
Sep 10 Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 27-13 1 10 - - - 10
Sep 17 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 30-7 1 65 - - - 65
Oct 1 at Hope W, 15-13 1 50 - - - 50
Oct 8 Kalamazoo W, 35-6 1 20 - - - 20
Oct 15 at Albion W, 31-14 1 6 - - - 6
Oct 22 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 54-48 1 69 - - - 69
Oct 29 Alma W, 36-30 1 -21 - - - -21
Nov 5 at Adrian W, 44-37 1 3 - - - 3
Nov 12 Trine (Ind.) W, 44-27 1 2 - - - 2
Nov 19 at John Carroll (Ohio) L, 37-12 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 3 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 52-10 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 10 Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 27-13 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 17 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 30-7 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 1 at Hope W, 15-13 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 8 Kalamazoo W, 35-6 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 15 at Albion W, 31-14 0 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0 0
Oct 22 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 54-48 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 29 Alma W, 36-30 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 5 at Adrian W, 44-37 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 12 Trine (Ind.) W, 44-27 0 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0 0
Nov 19 at John Carroll (Ohio) L, 37-12 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 3 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 52-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 27-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 30-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Hope W, 15-13 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 Kalamazoo W, 35-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Albion W, 31-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 54-48 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Alma W, 36-30 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Adrian W, 44-37 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Trine (Ind.) W, 44-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at John Carroll (Ohio) L, 37-12 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2012-13 3 9 23 39.1% 97 32.3 4.2 0 1 26 65.9
2013-14 10 191 308 62.0% 2527 252.7 8.2 20 12 80 144.6
2014-15 10 214 345 62.0% 2503 250.3 7.3 21 15 81 134.4
2015-16 10 174 254 68.5% 2151 215.1 8.5 23 6 83 164.8
2016-17 11 170 272 62.5% 2198 199.8 8.1 19 8 83 147.5
Total 44 758 1202 63.1% 9476 215.4 7.9 83 42 83 145.1

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2012-13 3 12 25 8.3 2.1 1 21 - -
2013-14 10 103 370 37.0 3.6 7 30 3 1
2014-15 10 74 222 22.2 3.0 9 28 2 1
2015-16 10 109 474 47.4 4.3 7 29 3 0
2016-17 11 97 202 18.4 2.1 3 23 1 1
Total 44 395 1293 29.4 3.3 27 30 9 3

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2012-13 3 - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 - - - - - - -
2016-17 11 - - - - - - -
Total 44 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2012-13 3 - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2016-17 11 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Total 44 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2012-13 3 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 1
2014-15 10 3 117 39.0 44 2 0 1 0
2015-16 10 4 149 37.3 45 2 0 2 0
2016-17 11 6 213 35.5 45 3 0 2 0
Total 44 13 479 36.8 45 7 0 5 1

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2012-13 - - - - - - - - - -
2013-14 - - - - - - - - - -
2014-15 - - - - - - - - - -
2015-16 - - - - - - - - - -
2016-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2012-13 3 25 - - - 25 8.3
2013-14 10 370 - - - 370 37.0
2014-15 10 222 - - - 222 22.2
2015-16 10 474 - - - 474 47.4
2016-17 11 202 - - - 202 18.4
Total 44 1293 - - - 1293 29.4

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2012-13 6 2.0 1 - - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 42 4.2 7 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2014-15 54 5.4 9 - - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 42 4.2 7 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2016-17 18 1.6 3 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Total 162 3.7 27 - - - - - 0 - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2012-13 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 1 1 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 3 0 3.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2016-17 11 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 44 5 1 6.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 11 170 272 62.5% 2198 199.8 8.1 19 8 83 147.5
Conference 6 94 150 62.7% 1251 208.5 8.3 12 4 83 153.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 91 138 65.9% 1196 239.2 8.7 16 3 83 172.7
Away 6 79 134 59.0% 1002 167.0 7.5 3 5 62 121.7
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 9 149 239 62.3% 1983 220.3 8.3 18 6 83 151.9
Losses 2 21 33 63.6% 215 107.5 6.5 1 2 25 116.2
Month                      
September 3 45 82 54.9% 616 205.3 7.5 4 4 62 124.3
October 5 97 140 69.3% 1211 242.2 8.7 11 2 83 165.0
November 3 28 50 56.0% 371 123.7 7.4 4 2 38 136.7

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 11 97 202 18.4 2.1 3 23 1 1
Conference 6 56 60 10.0 1.1 0 20 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 41 80 16.0 2.0 1 18 - -
Away 6 56 122 20.3 2.2 2 23 1 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 9 90 204 22.7 2.3 3 23 1 1
Losses 2 7 -2 -1.0 -0.3 0 7 - -
Month                  
September 3 26 73 24.3 2.8 2 23 1 1
October 5 57 124 24.8 2.2 1 16 - -
November 3 14 5 1.7 0.4 0 20 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 11 - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 9 - - - - - - -
Losses 2 - - - - - - -
Month                
September 3 - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 11 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 6 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 6 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 9 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Losses 2 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
November 3 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 11 6 213 35.5 45 3 0 2 0
Conference 6 4 128 32.0 45 2 0 1 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 5 207 41.4 45 3 0 2 0
Away 6 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 9 6 213 35.5 45 3 0 2 0
Losses 2 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 3 2 85 42.5 43 1 0 1 0
October 5 2 84 42.0 45 1 0 1 0
November 3 2 44 22.0 38 1 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 11 202 - - - 202 18.4
Conference 6 60 - - - 60 10.0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 80 - - - 80 16.0
Away 6 122 - - - 122 20.3
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 9 204 - - - 204 22.7
Losses 2 -2 - - - -2 -1.0
Month              
September 3 73 - - - 73 24.3
October 5 124 - - - 124 24.8
November 3 5 - - - 5 1.7

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 18 1.6 3 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Conference 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 6 1.2 1 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Away 12 2.0 2 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 18 2.0 3 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Month                        
September 12 4.0 2 - - - - - - - - 0
October 6 1.2 1 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
November 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 11 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 9 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
September 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 5 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

News Mentions

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Trio selected to D3football.com All-North Region teams

Olivet College seniors Ryan Anderson, Justin Madar and Braden Black have been selected to the 2016 D3football.com All-North Region teams. Anderson...

December 6, 2016

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Football team travels to play John Carroll in NCAA DIII Playoffs

The Olivet College football team travels to play John Carroll (Ohio) University in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Division III National...

November 18, 2016

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Black and Madar headline 15 All-MIAA selections for football team

Seniors Braden Black and Justin Madar headline 15 All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) selections for the Olivet College...

November 14, 2016

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Football team claims outright MIAA title with 44-27 win over Trine

The Olivet College football team claimed an outright Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association title with a 44-27 win over (MIAA) Trine (Ind.)...

November 12, 2016

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Football team clinches share of MIAA title with 44-37 win at Adrian

The Olivet College football team clinched a share of the 2016 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) championship with a 44-37 win...

November 5, 2016

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Football team defeats Alma, 36-30, to stay undefeated in MIAA play

Senior Braden Black was 17-of-21 passing for 279 yards and four touchdowns to help the Olivet College football team defeat Alma College, 36-30,...

October 29, 2016

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Black to Mojet touchdown pass selected as D3football.com Play of the Week

Olivet College senior Braden Black's touchdown pass to freshman Tyler Mojet has been selected as the D3football.com Play of the Week.

October 24, 2016

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Black named MIAA Football Offensive Player of the Week

Olivet College senior quarterback Braden Black has named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Football Offensive Player of the...

October 24, 2016

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Football team wins overtime thriller against Benedictine, 54-48

Senior Braden Black threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Andre Houston in overtime to lead the Olivet College football team to a...

October 22, 2016

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Football team improves to 5-1 with 31-14 win at Albion

The Olivet College football team rolled up 343 yards of offense and allowed eight net rushing yards to beat Albion College, 31-14, this afternoon...

October 15, 2016

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Black selected MIAA Offensive Player of the Week for football

Olivet College senior quarterback Braden Black has been tabbed the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Offensive Player of the...

October 10, 2016

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Football team beats Kalamazoo, 35-6, to stay unbeaten in MIAA play

Senior Braden Black threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns, and the defense allowed negative five rushing yards to help the Olivet College...

October 8, 2016

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Football team escapes Hope with 15-13 win in MIAA-opener

The Olivet College football team escaped Hope College with a 15-13 win in its Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association opener this evening at...

October 1, 2016

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Football team defeats Wisconsin Lutheran, 30-7

The Olivet College football team scored 30 unanswered points to beat Wisconsin Lutheran College, 30-7, this afternoon at Raabe Field in Milwaukee,...

September 17, 2016

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Black’s three touchdown passes lead football team to 27-13 win over Elmhurst

Senior Braden Black threw three touchdown passes to three different receivers to lead the Olivet College football team to a 27-13 win over...

September 10, 2016

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Football team loses to St. John Fisher, 52-10, in season-opener

The Olivet College football team started its 2016 campaign with a 52-10 loss to St. John Fisher (N.Y.) College at Growney Stadium in Pittsford,...

September 3, 2016

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Olivet College tied for second in MIAA preseason football poll

The Olivet College football team received one first-place vote and 13 total points to be tied for second-place in the 2016 Michigan Intercollegiat...

August 15, 2016