1970 Otterbein vs Denison (Parent\u27s Day) Football Film (1 of 2)

Otterbein is in dark jerseys and white helmets; Denison is in light jerseys and helmets. It’s Parent’s Day for Otterbein and the first part of Reel #1 (1:19) shows players and their parents being introduced during pre-game. This is a football tradition which currently is not celebrated by many institutions. Otterbein University is a private university in Westerville, Ohio. The university was founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and 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. Colors: Tan and Cardinal. Mascot: Cardinals Denison University is a private liberal arts college in Granville, Ohio. One of the earliest colleges established in the former Northwest Territory, Denison University was founded in 1831. The college was first called the Granville Literary and Theological Institution, later took the name Granville College, and, in the mid-1850s, was renamed Denison University, in honor of a key benefactor, William S. Denison, a Muskingum County farmer, who pledged $10,000 toward the college\u27s endowment. John Pratt, the college\u27s first president and a graduate of Brown University, inaugurated classes at the Granville Literary and Theological Institution. It was the second Baptist college west of the Allegheny mountains after Georgetown College, which was founded in 1829. Colors: Red and White. Mascot: Big Red. (One of the few colleges that have a mascot based on their colors. In the 1920s the Denison basketball team was large for the time and wore all red uniforms, prompting a Columbus, Ohio, sportswriter to coin the nickname “The Big Red.” During the 1970s the school temporarily used a native American as a mascot but that quickly disappeared and the school reverted to the use of the school color.)https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/sports_films_1970s_01/1001/thumbnail.jp