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2008 Football Program (PDF, 5.29 mb)
Ravens open 2008 season on Saturday
The regular season will begin on August 30 when
the Ravens host Navarro College at 7 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The Bulldogs will enter with the #6 ranking in the pre-season NJCAA
poll. Coffeyville enters the game #23, but showed flashes of
excellent play during August 22's scrimmage win over NEO. Tickets
for the game are $8 for reserved, $6 for adult general admission, and $3
for student general admission. CCC students are admitted free with
student ID.
Butler-Coffeyville game to be televised
The Butler-Coffeyville football rivalry has hit a
new level in 2008. The September 27 game at Veterans Memorial
Stadium in Coffeyville will be televised on Kansas Now 22, a Cox
Communications station available to 400,000 Cox Communications
subscribers in Kansas. The game will begin at 7 p.m.
Additional details about the broadcast start time will be available once
they are known.
CCC offering DVDs of football games from 1975 to
current
Are
you a former player or a diehard Red Raven football fan who would love
to access footage from favorite games or seasons? If you are, then you
are in luck.
Coffeyville Community College is offering for sale
DVDs of any football game since 1975, according to athletic director
Jeff Leiker. The DVDs are produced from converting the old reel type
film or VHS tape of original game tape footage to DVD format. Each game
will cost $25 and the fee covers the cost of converting the footage to
DVD.
To order a game or several games, please contact Jeff Leiker at
620-252-7147 or via email at
jeffl@coffeyville.edu and detail the games you wish to
receive. Coach Leiker will get back in touch with you to verify the
order and to arrange payment.
Former
Raven Devin Thomas selected in second round of NFL draft
Picture: Devin Thomas avoiding a tackle against Dodge City in a
game played at Veterans Memorial Stadium on September 17, 2005.
Former Red Raven wide receiver Devin Thomas was selected in the
second round of the NFL draft by the Washington Redskins on April 26.
Thomas, after being redshirted in 2004 at Coffeyville, led the Ravens
with 33 receptions for 674 yards in 2005. Thomas also returned 15
kickoffs for a 22.6 yard average as a Raven in 2005. He
transferred to Michigan State and after playing sparingly his sophomore
season in 2006, lit up the Big Ten in 2007.
The second-team
All-Big Ten Conference choice set
the school single-season record with
79 receptions in 2007. He started
all 13 games at flanker, as his
1,260 yards receiving rank third on
MSU's annual record list. He had
eight touchdown grabs, rushed 27
times for 177 yards (6.6 avg) and
averaged 2.6 yards on seven punt
returns. He attempted one pass and
set a Big Ten single-season record
with 1,135 yards on 39 kickoff
returns (29.1 avg), as his 2,590
all-purpose yards set a school
record.
Five
Ravens sign with four-year schools
Entire List of 2007 Raven
Players Who Have Signed with Four-Year Schools
Five Red
Raven players inked letters-of-intent with four-year institutions during
a signing ceremony Wednesday, February 6, in the Graham Library at
Coffeyville Community College. [more]
Former
Raven Brandon Jacobs key player for Giants in Super Bowl
Few prognosticators gave the New York Giants much of a chance
against the undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII on February 3,
but the Giants pulled off a huge upset. The Giants' win made a
Super Bowl Champion of former Red Raven running back Brandon Jacobs. Jacobs, who played for the Ravens in
2001 and 2002, rushed for 1,009 yards in 12 regular season games for the
Giants in 2007. Jacobs rushed for an
additional 155 yards in three playoff games and ran for 42 yards in the
Super Bowl victory. Jacobs had a stellar career at CCC. A
two-year starter for the Ravens, Jacobs rushed for 1,151 yards in 2001
and for 1,881 yards in 2002. He scored 36 career touchdowns at CCC.
Jacobs played at Auburn in 2003 before transferring to Southern Illinois
University for his senior season in 2004. He was a fifth round
draft pick by the Giants in the 2005 NFL draft.
Several Ravens sign with four-year schools following
2007 season
Several players from the 2007 Red Raven
football team have signed with 4-year schools at the conclusion of the
football season including Nate Guillory with Iowa, Troy Epps with Florida,
Larry Ford with West Virginia, and Melvin Williams with North Carolina.
The complete list is available
at this link.
Three Ravens named to All-American team
Three Red Raven football players were named to the NJCAA All-American
team. Running back Nate Guillory, defensive lineman Troy Epps, and
defensive back Melvin Williams were each named as honorable mention
selections. The entire NJCAA All-American list can be viewed on
the
NJCAA web site.
Fourteen Ravens selected to all-conference teams
Fourteen Red Raven football players received all-conference honors
for the 2007 season. Those selected for the first team included:
- James Carpenter, OT
- Troy Epps, DT
- Dominique Roulack, LB
- Melvin Williams, S
[more]
Story of the Raven
Legend has it that Melvin Drake, a sports reporter for The Coffeyville
Journal in 1925, called the football team the “Ravens” because they were so
lean in their winnings. Later, Shorty Crone, Journal sports editor, said
the Ravens were red faced over their losses. Thus, the name Red Ravens.
True or not, no one seems to know for sure, but the College Dial, a former
CCC magazine, vouched for the story in two different editions in 1948 and
1956. The official Red Raven used today was drawn in 1946 by CCC alumnus
Dale Misch, who now lives in Fort Worth, Texas. |


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