1960.10.29 - Otterbein 44 vs Marietta 20 - NO GAME FILM CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
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OTTERBEIN 44 at MARIETTA 20
(No Films Currently Available)
Saturday, October 29, 1960, 2:00 PM
Don Drumm Stadium, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio
Weather: drizzling rain
Film #1: NO FILM AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
The Otterbein Cardinals travel to southeastern Ohio to meet the Pioneers of Marietta College. Unfortunately, there is no game film available currently.
For the past few weeks, the Cardinals were regularly tying, and breaking, league records. This week looks like it will be no different as they are on the verge of setting a few more. Against Hiram, the week before this game, Otterbein quarterback Larry Cline threw four touchdown passes to increase his total to 36, eclipsing the old record of 33 set by Oberlin’s Kerney O’Connor from 1948-50. Senior end Ron Jones broke his own career TD reception mark by adding two more scores for a total of 19. Otterbein also has thrown 20 touchdown passes this season, tying Capital’s total from the 1952 season, and tied the single game touchdown pass record of six established by Baldwin-Wallace in 1948.
From the first kickoff the Cardinals looked like they were well on their way to their sixth victory of the season. Halfback Gene Kidwell too the kick on the Otterbein 10-yard line and ran straight up the middle for their first touchdown. Cline completed a two-point conversion passing to Jones. At the half the score was Otterbein 17, Marietta 6.
Marietta gained a little momentum in the third quarter, but that was thwarted by Otterbein’s Clyde Bartlett who intercepted a Pioneer pass at the Marietta 47. From then on, it was all Otterbein. Gene Kidwell, Cards’ halfback, had three touchdown runs of 83, 23, and 15 yards. He was also the game’s leading ground gainer with 163 yards in 14 attempts.
MARIETTA College
Location: Marietta, Ohio
Colors – Navy Blue and White
Conference: Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC, 1926)
Coach: Kenneth A. Mead, 3rd year, 5-4-0 (’49 Otterbein graduate; 1957-1963, 7 years, 24-29-1, .454)
Nickname – Pioneers, the mascot is “Putnam the Pio.” Known in the early years Marietta’s athletic teams were the “Blue and Whites.” In the late 1920s the college decided to embrace their reputation as the first seat of higher education in the Northwest Territory and adopted Pioneers as their mascot.
University Background – Marietta College began as the Muskingum Academy in 1797, the first institute of higher education in the Northwest Territory. It became the Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers’ Seminary in 1833, leading to Marietta College two years later in 1835.
OTTERBEIN College
Location: Westerville, Ohio
Colors: Tan and Cardinal
Conference: Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC)
Coach: Robert “Moe” Agler: 6th season, 8-1-0 (1955-1965 & 1970-1974, 16-years [11-years + 5-years]: 73-63-5, .539)
Nickname: Cardinals, the mascot is “Cardy.” Initially, as with most other universities, the athletic teams were referred to by their colors. In Otterbein’s case it was either the Tans or the Cardinals. When the State of Ohio officially adopted the cardinal as the state bird the term Cardinals started catching on. It wasn’t until after WWII that the nickname Cardinals became prevalent through the efforts of coach and athletic director Robert “Moe” Agler. However, there has been a long battle between using the term Cardinals or changing the nickname “Otters,” which is unique by any institution in the NCAA. The media frequently uses “Otters” so as not to be confused with other local teams using the Cardinal nickname. Both nicknames are used interchangeably.
University Background: Founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Otterbein University is named for United Brethren founder the Rev. Philip William Otterbein. After the merger of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church, in 1968, Otterbein has been associated with the United Methodist Church. It was Otterbein University from 1847 to 1917, when it changed to Otterbein College. In 2010, with the increase in courses and graduate degrees it reverted to its original name, Otterbein University.
1960 Otterbein Football Results (8-1-0)
09/17 A 45 Findlay 7
09/24 H 55 Defiance 18
10/01 H 6 Heidelberg 7
10/08 H 55 Kenyon (Dad’s Day) 21
10/15 A 22 Oberlin 21
10/22 H 54 Hiram (HC) 34
10/29 A 44 Marietta 20
11/05 A 21 Ashland 0
11/12 A 50 Capital 12
352 140
Game Date
Fall 10-29-1960
Game Score
Otterbein 44 at Marietta 20
Coaches
Marietta Coach: Kenneth A. Mead, 3rd year, 5-4-0 (’49 Otterbein graduate; 1957-1963, 7 years, 24-29-1, .454)
Otterbein Coach: Robert “Moe” Agler: 6th season, 8-1-0 (1955-1965 & 1970-1974, 16-years [11-years + 5-years]: 73-63-5, .539)
Game Location
Don Drumm Stadium, Marietta College, Marietta, OH
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Rusty, "1960.10.29 - Otterbein 44 vs Marietta 20 - NO GAME FILM CURRENTLY AVAILABLE" (1960). 1960 Sports Films. 2.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/sports_films_1960/2
Keywords
College Football, Football Programs, Football Films
Comments
For the past few weeks, the Cardinals were regularly tying, and breaking, league records. This week looks like it will be no different as they are on the verge of setting a few more. Against Hiram, the week before this game, Otterbein quarterback Larry Cline threw four touchdown passes to increase his total to 36, eclipsing the old record of 33 set by Oberlin’s Kerney O’Connor from 1948-50. Senior end Ron Jones broke his own career TD reception mark by adding two more scores for a total of 19. Otterbein also has thrown 20 touchdown passes this season, tying Capital’s total from the 1952 season, and tied the single game touchdown pass record of six established by Baldwin-Wallace in 1948.
From the first kickoff the Cardinals looked like they were well on their way to their sixth victory of the season. Halfback Gene Kidwell too the kick on the Otterbein 10-yard line and ran straight up the middle for their first touchdown. Cline completed a two-point conversion passing to Jones. At the half the score was Otterbein 17, Marietta 6.
Marietta gained a little momentum in the third quarter, but that was thwarted by Otterbein’s Clyde Bartlett who intercepted a Pioneer pass at the Marietta 47. From then on, it was all Otterbein. Gene Kidwell, Cards’ halfback, had three touchdown runs of 83, 23, and 15 yards. He was also the game’s leading ground gainer with 163 yards in 14 attempts.