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Brazos Gadler
1 Brazos Gadler
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Houston, Texas
  • High School:
    Cypress Creek
  • Position:
    WR
  • Major:
    Business Economics
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    926
  • yds/g
    92.6
  • td
    12
Bio

2024: Elevated to first-team All-NCAC as a receiver after logging one of the top seasons in program history … Caught 57 passes for 926 yards and 12 touchdowns … Logged the third-most receiving touchdowns in single-season program history, had the fourth-most single-season yards, and had the fifth-most single-season receptions … Ended career third all-time in program history with 2,456 receiving yards and 24 touchdowns despite only playing three seasons … Tied single-game program record with four touchdown receptions in career finale against Wittenberg (Nov. 16) … Averaged 29.3 yards per kickoff return with a long of 85 … Helped Wooster finish as one of the Div. III leaders in kickoff return average … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week following win over Oberlin (Oct. 26) … Ran opening kickoff back 85 yards for a touchdown at Oberlin and had a trio of receiving touchdowns ... Set new career-highs with 11 receptions and 163 yards in win at Oberlin with receptions tied for the seventh-most in program history … Upped career-high in receiving yards to 169 against Wittenberg, averaging 28.2 yards over six catches in that game … Tallied five 100-yard receiving games on the year.

2023: Earned first-team All-NCAC honors as a returner and second-team All-NCAC honors as a wide receiver … Ranked second in the NCAC in all-purpose yards at 146 per game and led the conference with 557 kickoff return yards and 23 returns … Third league-wide with 24.2 yards per kickoff return … Ranked second in the NCAC with 821 receiving yards and was in the top-eight league-wide in receptions (49) and yards per catch (16.8) … Became the 10th player in program history to surpass 1,500 career receiving yards and logged the ninth-most yards in single-season program history … Also had the ninth-most all-purpose yards in a season in program history … Logged four 100-yard receiving games … Went for a season-high 146 yards on four receptions in lid-lifter at Wilmington (Sept. 2) … Recorded an 88-yard touchdown reception at Wilmington and a 79-yard one at Ohio Wesleyan (Sept. 16) … Turned seven receptions into 130 yards at Ohio Wesleyan … Other 100-yard games came at Wabash (Oct. 7) and versus Oberlin (Nov. 4) … Logged 50-plus-yard kickoff returns against Olivet (Sept. 9) and Ohio Wesleyan … Logged a 75-yard touchdown at Denison (Oct. 21).

2022: Wooster’s No. 1 wideout … Started all 10 games … Tops on the team with 709 yards and eight touchdowns … Logged 32 receptions on the year … Third in the NCAC in touchdowns and sixth in yards … Big weapon against Kenyon (Oct. 15) with career-high 154 yards and three touchdowns on six catches … Went for 119 yards and three touchdowns on five receptions in season finale at Oberlin (Nov. 12) … Logged first 100-yard game at Hiram (Sept. 10), turning seven receptions in to 135 stripes … Caught a 56-yard touchdown pass against Ohio Wesleyan (Oct. 1).

Prior to Wooster: Played one year at Howard Payne University … Logged five receptions for 60 yards over eight games … Blocked a kick and had nine tackles on special teams … Prior to that, was part of Cypress Creek High School’s state quarterfinals team as a junior and sophomore … Two-time all-district wide receiver, two-time all-district return specialist, and three-time all-district baseball outfielder … Credited with over 1,000 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior … Prepped for Greg McCaig.

Personal: Parents are Tanya and Trey Gadler … Business economics major.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Oct 5 Wabash L, 55-19
Oct 12 Denison L, 48-30
Oct 19 Ohio Wesleyan L, 34-22
Oct 26 at Oberlin W, 46-21
Nov 2 at Hiram W, 30-20
Nov 16 Wittenberg L, 48-27
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Receptions 57 46
Yards 926 802
Yards per game 92.6 100.3
Yards per catch 16.2 17.4
Touchdowns 12 12
Game Log - Passing
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 7 Wilmington W, 56-13 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Olivet L, 27-23 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at DePauw L, 51-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Kenyon L, 32-26 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Wabash L, 55-19 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Denison L, 48-30 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Ohio Wesleyan L, 34-22 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Oberlin W, 46-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Hiram W, 30-20 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Wittenberg L, 48-27 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Game Log - Rushing
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 7 Wilmington W, 56-13 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Olivet L, 27-23 - - - - - 1 1
Sep 21 at DePauw L, 51-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Kenyon L, 32-26 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Wabash L, 55-19 - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Denison L, 48-30 - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Ohio Wesleyan L, 34-22 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Oberlin W, 46-21 - - - - - 1 0
Nov 2 at Hiram W, 30-20 - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Wittenberg L, 48-27 - - - - - - -
Game Log - Receiving
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 7 Wilmington W, 56-13 7 77 11.0 39 0 - -
Sep 14 at Olivet L, 27-23 4 47 11.8 13 0 1 1
Sep 21 at DePauw L, 51-14 5 130 26.0 40 1 - -
Sep 28 at Kenyon L, 32-26 1 8 8.0 8 0 - -
Oct 5 Wabash L, 55-19 3 41 13.7 16 0 - -
Oct 12 Denison L, 48-30 8 125 15.6 42 2 - -
Oct 19 Ohio Wesleyan L, 34-22 7 115 16.4 51 1 - -
Oct 26 at Oberlin W, 46-21 11 163 14.8 51 3 1 0
Nov 2 at Hiram W, 30-20 5 51 10.2 38 1 - -
Nov 16 Wittenberg L, 48-27 6 169 28.2 65 4 - -
Game Log - Kicking
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 7 Wilmington W, 56-13 - - - - - 0
Sep 14 at Olivet L, 27-23 - - - - - 0
Sep 21 at DePauw L, 51-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 28 at Kenyon L, 32-26 - - - - - 0
Oct 5 Wabash L, 55-19 - - - - - 0
Oct 12 Denison L, 48-30 - - - - - 0
Oct 19 Ohio Wesleyan L, 34-22 - - - - - 0
Oct 26 at Oberlin W, 46-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 2 at Hiram W, 30-20 - - - - - 0
Nov 16 Wittenberg L, 48-27 - - - - - 0
Game Log - Punting
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 7 Wilmington W, 56-13 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Olivet L, 27-23 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at DePauw L, 51-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Kenyon L, 32-26 - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Wabash L, 55-19 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Denison L, 48-30 - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Ohio Wesleyan L, 34-22 - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Oberlin W, 46-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Hiram W, 30-20 - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Wittenberg L, 48-27 - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Returns
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 7 Wilmington W, 56-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Olivet L, 27-23 3 67 22.3 28 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Sep 21 at DePauw L, 51-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Kenyon L, 32-26 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Wabash L, 55-19 2 31 15.5 16 0 - - - - -
Oct 12 Denison L, 48-30 3 70 23.3 24 0 - - - - -
Oct 19 Ohio Wesleyan L, 34-22 1 87 87.0 67 0 - - - - -
Oct 26 at Oberlin W, 46-21 1 85 85.0 85 1 - - - - -
Nov 2 at Hiram W, 30-20 2 44 22.0 28 0 - - - - -
Nov 16 Wittenberg L, 48-27 3 56 18.7 23 0 - - - - -
Game Log - All-Purpose
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 7 Wilmington W, 56-13 1 - 77 - - 77
Sep 14 at Olivet L, 27-23 1 - 47 0 67 114
Sep 21 at DePauw L, 51-14 1 - 130 - - 130
Sep 28 at Kenyon L, 32-26 1 - 8 - - 8
Oct 5 Wabash L, 55-19 1 - 41 - 31 72
Oct 12 Denison L, 48-30 1 - 125 - 70 195
Oct 19 Ohio Wesleyan L, 34-22 1 - 115 - 87 202
Oct 26 at Oberlin W, 46-21 1 - 163 - 85 248
Nov 2 at Hiram W, 30-20 1 - 51 - 44 95
Nov 16 Wittenberg L, 48-27 1 - 169 - 56 225
Game Log - Scoring
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 7 Wilmington W, 56-13 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 14 at Olivet L, 27-23 0 - 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Sep 21 at DePauw L, 51-14 6 - 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 28 at Kenyon L, 32-26 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 5 Wabash L, 55-19 0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 12 Denison L, 48-30 12 - 2 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 19 Ohio Wesleyan L, 34-22 6 - 1 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 26 at Oberlin W, 46-21 24 - 3 1 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 2 at Hiram W, 30-20 6 - 1 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Nov 16 Wittenberg L, 48-27 24 - 4 0 - - - - - 0 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 7 Wilmington W, 56-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Olivet L, 27-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at DePauw L, 51-14 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 28 at Kenyon L, 32-26 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Wabash L, 55-19 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Denison L, 48-30 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 19 Ohio Wesleyan L, 34-22 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 26 at Oberlin W, 46-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Hiram W, 30-20 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 16 Wittenberg L, 48-27 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2024-25 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 30 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Career Stats: Passing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2022-23 10 - - - - - - 1 0
2023-24 10 4 47 4.7 11.8 0 37 2 1
2024-25 10 - - - - - - 2 1
Total 30 4 47 1.6 11.8 0 37 5 2

Career Stats: Rushing

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2022-23 10 32 3.2 709 70.9 22.2 8 62
2023-24 10 49 4.9 821 82.1 16.8 4 88
2024-25 10 57 5.7 926 92.6 16.2 12 65
Total 30 138 4.6 2456 81.9 17.8 24 88

Career Stats: Receiving

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 30 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats: Kicking

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 30 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats: Punting

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2022-23 8 159 19.9 0 35 3 32 10.7 0 18
2023-24 23 557 24.2 0 57 2 35 17.5 0 19
2024-25 15 440 29.3 1 85 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total 46 1156 25.1 1 85 6 67 11.2 0 19

Career Stats: Returns

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2022-23 10 - 709 32 159 900 90.0
2023-24 10 47 821 35 557 1460 146.0
2024-25 10 - 926 0 440 1366 136.6
Total 30 47 2456 67 1156 3726 124.2

Career Stats: All-Purpose

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2022-23 48 4.8 - 8 0 0 - - - - 0 0
2023-24 24 2.4 0 4 0 0 - - - - 0 0
2024-25 78 7.8 - 12 1 0 - - - - 0 0
Total 150 5.0 0 24 1 0 - - - - 0 0

Career Stats: Scoring

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2022-23 10 2 0 2.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024-25 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 30 4 0 4.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Stats: Defense

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Conference 8 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 7 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Month                      
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Splits Stats: Passing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - 2 1
Conference 8 - - - - - - 1 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - 2 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - 1 0
Losses 7 - - - - - - 1 1
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - 1 1
October 4 - - - - - - 1 0
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats: Rushing

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 57 5.7 926 92.6 16.2 12 65
Conference 8 46 5.8 802 100.3 17.4 12 65
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 31 6.2 527 105.4 17.0 7 65
Away 5 26 5.2 399 79.8 15.3 5 51
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 23 7.7 291 97.0 12.7 4 51
Losses 7 34 4.9 635 90.7 18.7 8 65
Month                
September 4 17 4.3 262 65.5 15.4 1 40
October 4 29 7.3 444 111.0 15.3 6 51
November 2 11 5.5 220 110.0 20.0 5 65

Splits Stats: Receiving

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats: Kicking

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats: Punting

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total 15 440 29.3 1 85 1 0 0.0 0 0
Conference 12 373 31.1 1 85 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home 9 244 27.1 0 67 - - - - -
Away 6 196 32.7 1 85 1 0 0.0 0 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins 3 129 43.0 1 85 - - - - -
Losses 12 311 25.9 0 67 1 0 0.0 0 0
Month                    
September 3 67 22.3 0 28 1 0 0.0 0 0
October 7 273 39.0 1 85 - - - - -
November 5 100 20.0 0 28 - - - - -

Splits Stats: Returns

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 - 926 0 440 1366 136.6
Conference 8 - 802 - 373 1175 146.9
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 - 527 - 244 771 154.2
Away 5 - 399 0 196 595 119.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 3 - 291 - 129 420 140.0
Losses 7 - 635 0 311 946 135.1
Month              
September 4 - 262 0 67 329 82.3
October 4 - 444 - 273 717 179.3
November 2 - 220 - 100 320 160.0

Splits Stats: All-Purpose

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 78 7.8 - 12 1 0 - - - - 0 0
Conference 78 9.8 - 12 1 - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 42 8.4 - 7 0 - - - - - 0 0
Away 36 7.2 - 5 1 0 - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 30 10.0 - 4 1 - - - - - 0 0
Losses 48 6.9 - 8 0 0 - - - - 0 0
Month                        
September 6 1.5 - 1 0 0 - - - - 0 0
October 42 10.5 - 6 1 - - - - - 0 0
November 30 15.0 - 5 0 - - - - - 0 0

Splits Stats: Scoring

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 8 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 1 0 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 7 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month                                
September 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 1 0 1.0 .5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats: Defense

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Gadler Named Third-Team D3football.com All-Region 4

Senior wideout had one of the best seasons in program history at position

December 11, 2024

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Wooster Collects Seven All-NCAC Football Honors

Balassy and Gadler first-team honorees

December 2, 2024

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Gadler Ties Single-Game Program Record in Finale

Senior had four touchdown receptions

November 16, 2024

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Woo-Witt the Season Finale (Football Game Notes)

Kickoff set for 1 p.m. on Saturday at John P. Papp Stadium

November 11, 2024

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Mims Jr., Wooster Run Past Hiram, 30-20

Junior logs program's first 200-yard rushing game in a decade

November 2, 2024

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Career Day Vaults Gadler to NCAC Weekly Honor

Senior had 248 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns on Saturday

October 29, 2024

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Wooster Heads to Hiram on Saturday (Football Game Notes)

Kickoff set for noon

October 28, 2024

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Opening Kickoff Return Touchdown Sets Tone in 46-21 Wooster Win

Gadler continues to dominate when playing Oberlin

October 26, 2024

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Wooster at Oberlin on Saturday (Football Game Notes)

Kickoff at noon

October 21, 2024

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Sacks Result in Third-Quarter Safety for Wooster

Wooster falls to Ohio Wesleyan, 34-22

October 19, 2024

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Homecoming Week is Here (Football Game Notes)

Wooster hosting Ohio Wesleyan at 7 p.m. on Saturday

October 14, 2024

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Big Plays Hurt Scots in Saturday Loss to Big Red

Denison retains Old Red Lantern with 48-30 win

October 12, 2024

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Scots Open Conference Play (Football Game Notes)

Wooster plays at DePauw at 1 p.m. on Saturday

September 16, 2024

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Wooster Tripped Up in Michigan, 27-23

Scots' line does not allow a sack for second straight week

September 14, 2024

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Big-Play Scots Roll Past Wilmington, 56-13

Wooster opens year with 90-yard kickoff return touchdown

September 7, 2024

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Scots Host Wilmington to Open Season (Football Game Notes)

Kickoff on Saturday set for 2 p.m.

September 2, 2024

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Excitement High as Scots Poised for Big Fall

Wooster opens season on September 7 against Wilmington

August 15, 2024