St. Norbert Green Knights football
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{{Infobox college football team
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| TeamName = St. Norbert Green Knights football
| Image = St norbert snc athletics logo.png
| ImageSize = 150
| FirstYear = {{Start date and age|1931}}
| AthleticDirector = Cam Fuller
| HeadCoach = Dan McCarty
| HeadCoachYear = 10th
| HCWins = 67
| HCLosses = 27
| Stadium = Schneider Stadium
| StadCapacity = 2,454
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| Location = De Pere, Wisconsin
| NCAAdivision = III
| Conference = NACC
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| ConfTitles = 19
(2 Midlands Conference, 17 Midwest Conference)
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| WebsiteName = athletics.snc.edu
| WebsiteURL = https://athletics.snc.edu/sports/football?path=football
|PlayoffApps=13 (NCAA Div. III)
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The St. Norbert Green Knights football program is the intercollegiate American football team for St. Norbert College, located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The team competes in the NCAA Division III and is a member of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC). St. Norbert's first football team was fielded in 1931. The team plays its home games at the 2,454-seat Schneider Stadium in De Pere, Wisconsin.{{cite web| title=St. Norbert Green Knights|publisher=d3football.com| url=http://www.d3football.com/teams/St._Norbert/index|accessdate=February 1, 2013}}
The Green Knights have been coached by Dan McCarty since 2015. He was the defensive coordinator until the previous Green Knights coach elected to resign from his position. McCarty previously coached the defense at the University of Wisconsin–Stout.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
Coaching history
St. Norbert has had 11 head coaches in their history. No teams were fielded in 1943, 1944, or 1945 due to World War II. Additionally, no team was fielded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |title=About Football |url=https://athletics.snc.edu/sports/2020/12/9/about-st-norbert-college-football.aspx |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=St. Norbert College |language=en}}
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|+ ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Coach ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Seasons ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Term ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Wins ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Losses ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Ties ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Win % |
| Jack Malevich
|3 |1931–1933 |4 |9 |3 |{{Winning percentage|4|9|3}} |
| Mickey McCormick
|9 |1934–1942 |32 |26 |8 |{{Winning percentage|32|26|8}} |
| Tom Hearden
|7 |1946–1952 |40 |14 |0 |.741 |
| Mel Nicks
|7 |1953–1959 |28 |26 |3 |{{Winning percentage|28|26|3}} |
| Howard Kolstad
|19 |1960–1978 |96 |76 |5 |{{Winning percentage|96|76|5}} |
| Larry Van Alstine
|4 |1979–1982 |10 |28 |0 |{{Winning percentage|10|28|0}} |
| Don LaViolette
|11 |1983–1993 |59 |43 |1 |{{Winning percentage|59|43|1}} |
| Greg Quick
|5 |1994–1998 |21 |25 |0 |{{Winning percentage|21|25|0}} |
| Jim Purtill
|15 |1999–2013 |130 |30 |0 |{{Winning percentage|130|30|0}} |
| Steve Opgenorth
|1 |2014 |6 |4 |0 |{{Winning percentage|6|4|0}} |
| Dan McCarty
|9 |2015–present |67 |27 |0 |.713 |
Conference affiliation
- Independent (1931–1946)
- Midlands Conference (1947–1953)
- Independent (1954–1983)
- Midwest Conference (1984–2020)
- Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (2021–present)
Championships
= Conference championships =
The Green Knights have won 19 conference championships (15 outright, 4 shared), despite being an Independent for 43 seasons. St. Norbert was a member of the Midlands Conference from 1947–1953, winning two championships in that time, which was tied for the most with Loras College before the conference disbanded. During a 36 season stint in the Midwest Conference, the Green Knights won the championship 17 times.
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|+ ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Year ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Conference ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Coach ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Overall Record ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Conference Record |
| 1950
| rowspan="2" |Midlands Conference | rowspan="2" |Tom Hearden |7–0 |4–0 |
| 1952
|6–0 |4–0 |
| 1985†
| rowspan="17" |Midwest Conference | rowspan="4" |Don LaViolette |6–2–1 |6–1 |
| 1987
|7–3 |6–1 |
| 1988
|8–2 |6–0 |
| 1989
|8–3 |6–0 |
| 1999
| rowspan="11" |Jim Purtill |9–2 |9–0 |
| 2000
|10–1 |9–0 |
| 2001†
|8–2 |7–1 |
| 2002†
|9–1 |8–1 |
| 2003
|11–1 |9–0 |
| 2004
|9–2 |9–0 |
| 2006
|10–1 |9–0 |
| 2007
|10–1 |9–0 |
| 2010
|7–4 |7–2 |
| 2012†
|8–3 |8–1 |
| 2013
|8–3 |8–1 |
| 2015
| rowspan="2" |Dan McCarty |10–1 |5–0 |
| 2018
|10–2 |5–0 |
† Co-champions
= Undefeated regular seasons =
St. Norbert has finished the regular season undefeated nine times. Of the undefeated seasons, four (1946, 1950, 1952, 1957) were before there was a postseason to determine a champion. In the playoff era, the Green Knights finished the regular season undefeated five times (2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2015) before ultimately losing a game in the playoffs. In 1946, St. Norbert received votes in the final AP Poll to finish the season ranked #29 in all of college football, right behind Northwestern and just ahead of Kentucky.{{Cite web |title=1946 Final Football Polls {{!}} College Poll Archive |url=https://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1946 |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=collegepollarchive.com}}
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! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Year ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Coach ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Regular season record ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Final record |
| 1946
| rowspan="3" |Tom Hearden |8–0 |8–0 |
| 1950
|7–0 |7–0 |
| 1952
|6–0 |6–0 |
| 1957
|Mel Nicks |8–0 |8–0 |
| 2000
| rowspan="4" |Jim Purtill |10–0 |10–1 |
| 2003
|10–0 |11–1 |
| 2006
|10–0 |10–1 |
| 2007
|10–0 |10–1 |
| 2015
|Dan McCarty |10–0 |10–1 |
Postseason games
= NCAA Division III playoffs =
St. Norbert has made the NCAA Division III playoff 13 times, with the first appearance being in 1989. The Green Knights have advanced to the second round on two occasions, the first time in 2003 after a double overtime victory over Simpson College by a score of 26–20, and most recently in 2018 after a 31–7 win over Trine University.
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|+ ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Year ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Round ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Opponent ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Result ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Record |
| 1989
|First Round |L, 7–55 |8–3 |
| 1999
|First Round |L, 32–39 |9–2 |
| 2000
|First Round |Central (IA) |L, 14–28 |10–1 |
| 2001
|First Round |L, 20–27 |8–2 |
| rowspan="2" |2003
|First Round |W, 26–20 {{sup|2OT}} | rowspan="2" |11–1 |
| Second Round
|Saint John's (MN) |L, 13–38 |
| 2004
|First Round |L, 23–37 |9–2 |
| 2006
|First Round |L, 17–59 |10–1 |
| 2007
|First Round |L, 20–24 |10–1 |
| 2010
|First Round |L, 7–57 |7–4 |
| 2012
|First Round |L, 17–48 |8–3 |
| 2013
|First Round |Wisconsin–Whitewater |L, 7–31 |8–3 |
| 2015
|First Round |Wisconsin–Whitewater |L, 0–48 |10–1 |
| rowspan="2" |2018
|First Round |W, 31–7 | rowspan="2" |10–2 |
| Second Round
|Wisconsin–Whitewater |L, 21–54 |
= Bowl games =
St. Norbert has twice played in the Lakefront Bowl, which features the teams from the Midwest Conference (MWC) and the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) that places highest in each conference's standings and does not qualify for the NCAA Division III playoffs. St. Norbert has a record of 1–1 in this bowl game.{{Cite web |title=Cousin's Subs Lakefront Bowl |url=https://www.lakefrontbowl.com/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=www.lakefrontbowl.com}}
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|+ ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Year ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Bowl ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Coach ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Opponent ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Result ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Norbert Green Knights|color=white|border=0}}" | Record |
| 2023
|rowspan="2"|Lakefront Bowl |rowspan="2"|Dan McCarty |rowspan="2"|Monmouth (IL) |L 14–21 |7–4 |
| 2024
|W 20–14 |8–3 |
Facilities
St. Norbert has hosted the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League for their preseason training camp since 1958, the longest partnership between a professional team and a college in NFL history. During the Covid–19 Pandemic this relationship was put on hold, but the hope for both parties is to have it resume in the near future.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-28 |title=A long standing Packers training camp tradition could return next season |url=https://www.nbc26.com/news/local-news/in-your-neighborhood/de-pere/a-long-standing-packers-training-camp-tradition-could-return-next-season |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=WGBA NBC 26 in Green Bay |language=en}} In the 1980s and 1990s as many as five other NFL teams used campuses across Wisconsin and Minnesota for training camp in what was known as the Cheese League.
Lambeau Field games
In 1982 and 1983, St. Norbert hosted Fordham, Vince Lombardi's alma mater, in two tilts, benefiting the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation at Lambeau Field.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/sports/ncaafootball/lambeau-field-gives-college-football-a-try.html|title=Lambeau Field Gives Football the Old College Try|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=September 1, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=September 2, 2016}} The first was held on November 20, 1982 and the second on November 19, 1983. The first game, a 14–10 St. Norbert win, drew 5,119 people. The second game, an 18–9 St. Norbert win, drew 842 people.
References
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External links
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