2007 Saint Francis Cougars football team

2007 Saint Francis Cougars football
Conference Mid-States Football Association
Division Mideast League
2007 record 11–2 (6–1 MSFA (MEL))
Head coach Kevin Donley (10th season)
Offensive coordinator Patrick Donley, Trevor Miller (4th, 2nd season)
Home stadium Bishop John M. D'Arcy Stadium
(Capacity: 3,500 )
2007 Mid-States Football Association standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mideast League
No. 6 Ohio Dominican $^  7 –0     12 –1  
No. 4 Saint Francis (IN) ^  6 –1     11 –2  
No. 8 Saint Xavier ^  5 –2     10 –3  
No.25 Malone  4 –3     8 –4  
Urbana  3 –4     6 –5  
Walsh  2 –5     5 –6  
Marian (IN)  1 –6     1 –9  
Taylor  0 –7     2 –9  
Midwest League
No. 10 St. Ambrose $^  7 –0     8 –3  
McKendree  5 –2     6 –4  
Olivet Nazarene  5 –2     5 –5  
Quincy  4 –3     6 –5  
William Penn  3 –4     5 –6  
St. Francis (IL)  3 –4     3 –8  
Trinity International  1 –6     2 –9  
Iowa Wesleyan  0 –7     0 –11  
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll[1][2]

The 2007 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2007 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 10th year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished in 2nd place in the MSFA MEL division, but they received an at-large bid to the 2007 postseason NAIA playoffs.

Schedule

On September 29, 2007, the Saint Francis loss to Ohio Dominican snapped a 54-game regular season winning streak dating back to 2001.[3]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 8 Noon William Penn* No. 2 Bishop D'Arcy Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN W 71–7  
September 15 1:30pm at Pikeville* No. 2 Pikeville, KY W 55–3  
September 22 2:00pm at No. 15 St. Ambrose* No. 2 Davenport, IA W 20–7  
September 29 12:30pm at No. 6 Ohio Dominican No. 2 Columbus, OH L 20–30  
October 6 Noon Marian No. 6 Bishop D'Arcy Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN W 57–7  
October 13 Noon Taylordagger No. 5 Bishop D'Arcy Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN W 69–29  
October 20 Noon at Walsh No. 5 North Canton, OH W 42–14  
October 27 Noon No. 31 Urbana No. 5 Bishop D'Arcy Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN W 42–16  
November 3 4:00pm at No. 18 Malone No. 5 Canton, OH W 31–17  
November 10 Noon No. 6 Saint Xavier No. 5 Bishop D'Arcy Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN W 42–13  
November 17 Noon No. 12 Lindenwood* No. 5 Bishop D'Arcy Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN (NAIA First Round) W 35–14  
November 24 3:30pm (FW time) at No. 4 Bethel* No. 5 McKenzie, TN (NAIA Quarterfinal) W 30–27  
December 1 2:07pm (FW time) at No. 2 Carroll* No. 5 Helena, MT (NAIA Semifinal) L 7–23  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final 
NAIA Coaches' Poll 2 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4

References

  1. ↑ "Football Week-by-Week Coaches' Polls (Since 1999)" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017-2018 Mid-States Football Association Press Guide, pp.46-49" (PDF). Mid-States Football Association. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
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