Hillsdale College football will play for a national audience this weekend. On Saturday, ESPN3 will broadcast online the Chargers’ home game against the University of Findlay. This will be the first time in school history an ESPN station covers a Hillsdale College football game. Kickoff on Saturday is at 1:00 p.m. The NCAA selected the...
Never in the first 124 seasons of Hillsdale College football had the team exceeded 611 yards of offense in a single game. In year 125, they’ve done it in consecutive weeks. The Chargers’ offense piled up 659 total yards in a 56-0 thumping of conference adversary Kentucky Wesleyan College on homecoming last Saturday. The offensive...
Hillsdale College may not be a nationally known football powerhouse, but there was a time when the Chargers could — and did — defeat The University of Notre Dame. It happened on Thanksgiving Day in 1892, when the Fighting Irish challenged the Chargers to an exhibition match. Already a football giant, Notre Dame expected to...
In a record-setting classic last Saturday, the Hillsdale Chargers lost 45-38 to the No. 14 University of Indianapolis Greyhounds on the road, dropping to 2-2 this season. The Greyhounds remain undefeated and improved to No. 10 in the NCAA’s Division II football rankings after the victory. Indianapolis also narrowed the difference in the all-time series...
How did you settle on Hillsdale when you were choosing a college? “So, I wanted to play football in college and I had a couple of schools recruit me, but they were mostly D-III schools. After my last game my senior year, Hillsdale contacted me and one of the coaches called me up. I met...