DePauw Tigers football

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DePauw Tigers football
First season 1884; 141 years ago
Athletic directorStevie Baker-Watson
Head coach Brett Dietz
6th season, 41–7 (.854)
StadiumBlackstock Stadium
(capacity: 3,000)
FieldNick Mourouzis Field
Year built1941
Field surfaceAstroTurf
Location Greencastle, Indiana
NCAA division Division III
Conference NCAC
Past conferences SAA
SCAC
HCAC
ICC
All-time record59249440 (.544)
Conference titles13
ColorsBlack and old gold [1]
   

The DePauw Tigers football team is the American football program for DePauw University, which began in 1884. [2] DePauw has the 20th most victories in Division III history. [3] The Tigers have been the co-champions of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference four times (2000, 2005, 2009 and 2010). [4] In addition, they won two championships (1990, 1996) during their membership in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and five titles (1928, 1930, 1931, 1933 and 1943) in the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference.

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In 1933, head coach Ray Neal led the DePauw Tigers football team to an unbeaten, untied, and unscored opening season. The Tigers compiled a 7–0 record and outscored their opponents 136–0. [5] Neal nearly duplicated this feat in 1943, but DePauw, 5–0–1, finished the season with one scoreless tie and six points allowed in a different game. The only points surrendered that season were in a 39–6 victory over Indiana State and the only non-win was a 0–0 tie against Oberlin. The Tigers outscored their opponents, 206–6.

The Tigers have a blood feud with "nearby" Wabash College. Its most visible clash is the annual Monon Bell game.

Playoff appearances

NCAA Division III

The Tigers have made six appearances in the NCAA Division III playoffs, with a combined record of 2–6.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2009 First Round Thomas More L, 39–49
2010 First Round Trine L, 35–45
2021 First Round
Second Round
Rose–Hulman
Wisconsin–Whitewater
W, 26–21
L, 0–45
2022 First Round Carnegie Mellon L, 14–45
2023 First Round Alma L, 17–32
2024 Second Round
Third Round
Maryville (TN)
Johns Hopkins
W, 45–20
L, 9–14

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References

  1. DePauw University Visual Identity System (PDF). Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. "DePauw Football Year-by-Year Records". DePauw Athletics. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. "Division III Football Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2017.
  4. https://www.scacsports.com/inside_athletics/record_book_files/2018-19/2018_Fall_Record_Book.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  5. DePauw University News, "A Perfect Season in Every Way: DePauw Unbeaten, Untied and Unscored Upon", DePauw University, retrieved October 14, 2008.