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College football team

Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers football

First season	1895; 130 years ago (1895)
Head coach	Luke Venne 4th season, 7–33 (.175)
Stadium	Goerke Field (capacity: 4,500)
Year built	1932
Location	Stevens Point, Wisconsin
NCAA division	Division III
Conference	WIAC
All-time record	504–464–44 (.520)
Unclaimed national titles
NAIA Div. II: 1 (1987)
National finalist
NAIA Div. II: 1 (1987)
Playoff appearances
7 (1 NAIA Div. I, 2 NAIA Div. II, 4 NCAA Div. III)
Conference titles
14
Consensus All-Americans	5
Colors	Purple and gold^[1]
Website	athletics.uwsp.edu/football

TheWisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers football program is the intercollegiateAmerican football team for theUniversity of Wisconsin–Stevens Point located in the U.S. state ofWisconsin. Wisconsin–Stevens Point competes at theNCAA Division III level and is a member of theWisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).

Head coaching history

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Wisconsin–Stevens Point has had 35 head coaches in their history.^[2]


Coach	Seasons	Term	Wins	Losses	Ties	Win %	Nat. titles	Conf. titles	Playoff App.
Unknown	1	1894	0	1	0	.000	0	N/A	N/A
Joseph Raycroft	2	1895–1896	6	2	0	.750	0	N/A	N/A
Joseph Marshall Flint	1	1897	2	1	0	.667	0	N/A	N/A
V.E. McCaskill	1	1898	3	2	0	.600	0	N/A	N/A
Walter E. Garrey	1	1899	4	1	0	.800	0	N/A	N/A
Harvey Schofield	2	1900, 1903	2	3	1	.417	0	N/A	N/A
Professor Spindler	1	1901	2	2	0	.500	0	N/A	N/A
James Christiansen	1	1902	1	2	0	.333	0	N/A	N/A
Arnie Lerum	1	1904	1	2	0	.333	0	N/A	N/A
Dr. Smiley	1	1905	0	2	1	.167	0	N/A	N/A
Clarence Mortell	1	1906	5	1	1	.786	0	N/A	N/A
W.F. Lusk	4	1907–1910	9	8	3	.525	0	N/A	N/A
Leonard Schneller	2	1912–1913	0	9	1	.050	0	0	N/A
George Corneal	3	1914–1916	14	7	0	.667	0	0	N/A
Raymond W. Fairchild & Charles F. Watson	2	1917–1918	3	4	1	.438	0	0	N/A
S.A. Tenison	1	1919	2	3	1	.417	0	0	N/A
Joe Swetland	6	1920–1925	13	24	4	.366	0	0	N/A
Walter Hunting	1	1926	1	3	1	.300	0	0	N/A
Carl Eggebrecht	2	1927–1928	7	3	2	.667	0	1	N/A
Mr. Stockdale	2	1929–1930	1	12	1	.107	0	0	N/A
Eddie Kotal	11	1931–1941	37	36	9	.506	0	3	N/A
George Berg	4^	1942–1947	8	13	1	.386	0	1	N/A
Hale Quandt	4	1948–1951	13	12	7	.516	0	1	N/A
John Roberts	5	1952–1956	29	10	1	.738	0	1	0
Duaine Counsell	11	1957–1965, 1967–1968	56	33	4	.624	0	1	0
Bill Burns	1	1966	6	2	0	.750	0	0	0
Pat O'Halloran	3	1969–1971	3	26	1	.117	0	0	0
Monte Charles	4	1972–1975	13	27	0	.325	0	0	0
Ron Steiner	5	1976–1980	28	22	1	.559	0	1	1
D. J. LeRoy	7	1981–1987	34	44	1	.437	1*	2*	2*
John Miech	24	1988–2011	156	83	2	.651	0	4	4
Tom Journell	6	2012–2017	29	31	0	.483	0	0	0
Greg Breitbach	3^	2018–2021	9	21	0	.300	0	0	0
Luke Venne	4	2022–present	7	33	0	.175	0	0	0

^ No team was fielded in 1911. Additionally, no teams were fielded in 1943 and 1944 due toWorld War II, or in 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

* All wins, ties, and championships from the Pointers 1987 season were later vacated due to using two ineligible players. The conference title was retroactively awarded toWisconsin–River Falls andWisconsin–Whitewater as co–champions andPacific Lutheran was retroactively awarded the national title outright.

Championships

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Conference championships

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Wisconsin–Stevens Point has won theWisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship 14 times.^[3]


Year	Coach	Overall record	WIAC record
1928†	Carl Eggebrecht	5–0–1	3–0–1
1933†	Eddie Kotal	7–0–1	4–0–1
1934†		7–1	5–0
1936†		3–3–1	2–1–1
1946†	George Berg	3–2–1	3–1–1
1949†	Hale Quandt	6–1–1	5–1
1955	John Roberts	8–0	6–0
1961	Duaine Counsell	8–1	7–1
1977	Ron Steiner	8–2–1	7–0–1
1986†	D. J. LeRoy	8–4	7–1
1987*	D. J. LeRoy	0–15*	0–8*
1998†	John Miech	7–2	5–2
1999†		9–2	6–1
2001†		8–3	5–2
2008†		9–2	6–1

† Co-champions

National championship

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Year	Coach	Division	Opponent	Result	Record
1987*	D. J. LeRoy	NAIA Division II	Pacific Lutheran	T 16–16	0–15*

* The Pointers had a conference record of 7–1 and an overall record of 12–2–1 at the end of the 1987 season, all wins and ties were later vacated due to using two ineligible players. The conference title was retroactively awarded toWisconsin–River Falls andWisconsin–Whitewater as co–champions andPacific Lutheran was retroactively awarded the national title outright^[4]^[5]

Postseason

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NCAA Division III playoffs

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Wisconsin–Stevens Point has participated in theNCAA Division III playoffs four times and has a 1–4 record.


Year	Round	Opponent	Result	Record
1986	First Round	Concordia–Moorhead	L 15–24	8–4
1999	First Round	Saint John's (MN)	L 10–23	9–2
2001	First Round	Bethel (MN)	W 37–27	8–3
2001	Second Round	Saint John's (MN)	L 7–9	8–3
2008	First Round	Wartburg	L 21–26	9–2

NAIA Division I playoffs

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Wisconsin–Stevens Point participated in theNAIA Division I playoffs once in 1977, losing in the semifinals.


Year	Round	Opponent	Result	Record
1977	Semifinals	Abilene Christian (TX)	L 7–35	8–2–1

NAIA Division II playoffs

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Wisconsin–Stevens Point has participated in theNAIA Division II playoffs twice, and was named co-champion in1987 withPacific Lutheran after playing to a 16–16 tie in the championship game. Later the Pointers forfeited their 12 wins and their share of the title after it was found they had used two ineligible players.^[6]


Year	Round	Opponent	Result	Record
1987	First Round	Westmar	W 50–24	0–15*
	Quarterfinals	Saint Ambrose	W 30–14
	Semifinals	Geneva	W 48–25
	Championship	Pacific Lutheran	T 16–16
1989	First Round	Wisconsin–La Crosse	L 20–30	8–2–1

*The Pointers had a record of 12–2–1 at the end of the 1987 season, the 0–15 record reflects 13 forfeits due to playing two ineligible players.

Ranked teams

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Starting in 1999 the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) began publishing rankings for Division III football.^[7] In 2003, D3football.com started publishing its own rankings for Division III football.^[8] Since the inception of both polls, Wisconsin–Stevens Point has been ranked at least four times in the AFCA Coaches Poll and two times in the D3football.com poll to end the season. Additionally, while not being ranked in the Top 25 to end the season, the Pointers have received votes (RV) in both polls two additional years.


Year	D3	AFCA	Record
1999	N/A	19	9–2
2001	N/A	13	8–3
2002	N/A	RV	6–4
2003	18	23	8–2
2008	14	16	9–2
2009	RV	RV	7–3
2010	RV	Unknown	7–3

Border Battle

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From 1984 to 2000 theHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, home to theMinnesota Vikings andMinnesota Golden Gophers, hosted games in November between WIAC teams andNorthern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) teams at the NCAA Division II level in what came to be known as the "Border Battle".^[9] The Pointers played at the Metrodome three times, and had a 3–0 record.^[10]


Date	Opponent	Result
November 14, 1998	Southwest Minnesota State	W 28–16
November 20, 1999	Bemidji State	W 35–23
November 11, 2000	Winona State	W 30–25

Facilities

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In 1995 theJacksonville Jaguars of theNational Football League chose the university to host it's inaugural preseason training camp.^[11]^[12] Five other NFL teams used campuses across Wisconsin and Minnesota for training camp, in what was known as theCheese League.

Notable former players

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NFL draftees

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Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	Team	Position
1966	16	14	244	Bob Schultz	Green Bay Packers	DE
1988	12	3	308	Aatron Kenney	Indianapolis Colts	WR
1990	9	22	242	Kirk Baumgartner	Green Bay Packers	QB
1991	10	8	258	Pete Lucas	Atlanta Falcons	T
1992	10	27	279	Barry Rose	Buffalo Bills	WR
1999	6	8	177	Clint Kriewaldt	Detroit Lions	LB
2017	1	32	32	Ryan Ramczyk	New Orleans Saints	OT
2022	2	25	57	Luke Goedeke	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	OT

Other notable former players

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References

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^"Communication Standards Manual"(PDF). RetrievedSeptember 15, 2019.
^"2025 Football Record Book (PDF)"(PDF).University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Athletics. RetrievedNovember 16, 2025.
^"Football Team Champs (PDF) - Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference"(PDF).wiacsports.com. RetrievedNovember 27, 2024.
^"The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, which forfeited its share... - UPI Archives".UPI. RetrievedNovember 27, 2024.
^"Article clipped from The News Tribune".The News Tribune. May 10, 1988. p. 27. RetrievedNovember 27, 2024.
^"The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point announced Monday it was... - UPI Archives".UPI. RetrievedNovember 27, 2024.
^"Polls".AFCA. RetrievedJanuary 6, 2025.
^"D3football.com Top 25 history".{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help)
^"Breaking the five-way tie". November 11, 1999.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help)
^"Football Year By Year Results (PDF) - Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference"(PDF).wiacsports.com. RetrievedMay 10, 2025.
^editor1 (January 28, 2018)."Shoe Column: When the Jacksonville Jaguars came to Point".Point/Plover Metro Wire. RetrievedJanuary 4, 2025.{{cite web}}:|last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"Jacksonville Jaguars Training Camp Locations".Pro-Football-Reference.com. RetrievedJanuary 4, 2025.

External links

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Official website

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Venues	Goerke Field (1932–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

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Teams	WS–Stevens Point Pointers Football
Venues	Goerke Field

Organizations

Northwoods Battalion

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University of Wisconsin System

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v t e Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football
Current teams	Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans Wisconsin–Platteville Pioneers Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers Wisconsin–Stout Blue Devils Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks
Former teams	Milwaukee Panthers (dropped in 1974) Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets (dropped in 1992)
Championships & awards	All-time standings
Seasons	1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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