Football

College calls off 2017 football season following homecoming game cancellation

President Jonathan Veitch emailed the Occidental community at 7:40 p.m. Oct. 17 announcing his decision to cancel the rest of the 2017 football season....

Manning to Broncos a slippery slope for NFL

Author: Jack McHenry (Sports Columnist) For a moment, it looked like the NFC West was going to be the most exciting division in football. Peyton Manning,...

Sports in Brief – Week of Sep 17

Author: Ryan Whalen Cross CountryThe Occidental men's and women's cross country teams kicked off the season with the UC Irvine Invite on Sept. 7. Despite the...

Football beats La Verne to secure winning season

Author: Tim O'Donnell Though the Occidental football team celebrated Senior Day for its final game of the season, it was a first-year that led the Tigers...

Tiger Athletics goes all out for homecoming weekend

Author: Ryan Graff|Alex Nieves Homecoming 2013 // !function(a){var b="embedly-platform",c="script";if(!a.getElementById(b)){var d=a.createElement(c);d.id=b,d.src=("https:"===document.location.protocol?"https":"http")+"://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js";var e=document.getElementsByTagName(c);e.parentNode.insertBefore(d,e)}}(document); // From Friday night’s Athletics parade and Hall of Fame induction ceremony to the highly anticipated Tigers football...

Sports in Brief Issue 12

Author: Tim O'Donnell Athletics at Division III colleges like Occidental may not have the luxuries of world-class facilities or ESPN coverage that are available to many...

From the field to the hill, Jack Kemp ’57

Author: Dylan Bordonaro On a typical fall Saturday evening, Occidental students trickle into Jack Kemp Stadium to watch the Tigers take on their SCIAC foes on...

NFL Rule Changes Draw Mixed Emotions From Football Faithful

Author: Jack McHenry The summer of 2011 left many football fans uncertain as a 132-day-long labor dispute dredged into August and threatened to shorten or cancel...

Tigers leap over Sagehens on Homecoming weekend

Author: Alex Nieves The Occidental football team, behind quarterback Tommy Edwards (junior), won a nail-biting game against Pomona-Pitzer in the teams' 114th meeting of their annual rivalry...

Sports in Brief Oct. 30

Author: Ryan Whalen Football (3-3 overall, 2-2 SCIAC) Coming off of a homecoming loss to Chapman, the Occidental football team (3-3 overall, 2-2 SCIAC) redeemed itself against...

Stivers leads tigers to victory in home opener

Author: Gregory Feiner When both of Occidental's starting quarterbacks went down with injuries last Saturday, Tom Stivers got his unlikely chance to lead the Tiger offense...

Football drops home opener to Pacific, 41-23

Author: Ryan Whalen The Occidental football team (1-1 overall, 0-0 SCIAC) ended non-conference play in a back and forth game against Pacific University Saturday at Jack...