Division III's greatest basketball rivalry, and perhaps D-III's best rivalry in any sport, will finally be coming to the gridiron, as Calvin University, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is adding football for a future season.
With the fall portion of the 2020-21 Division III football season complete, our honor roll looks back at the top individual performances from October and November in a special edition of the D3football.com Team of the Week.
All four teams playing in October were supposed to take the field within a short drive of each other. Because of the pandemic, that didn't quite happen, but we check in with all four: Adrian, Bluffton, Manchester and Trine. Pat and Keith have that and more in the latest podcast.
Two MIAA rivals staged the first Division III football game of the 2020 calendar year, and Trine came away the victor in a game which included everything, including a socially distant handshake.
Four Division III teams are playing in October, and two of them are slated to take the field Saturday. Here's what's coming up as Adrian, Bluffton, Manchester and Trine suit up for the fall.
With the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference facing the potential loss of its automatic bid, the conference has turned to Finlandia. The program has won just two countable games in the past four seasons, including two winless seasons in the MIAA.
The votes are in, and the 13 semifinalists for the 2018 Gagliardi Trophy will be whittled down to four finalists. Watch at 4 p.m. ET as we reveal those four names.
St. John's rode emotion and an offensive eruption to victory against archrival St. Thomas. Elsewhere No. 23 Muhlenberg and No. 15 Trine won thrillers, and Washington U. made waves in the CCIW race with a win over Wheaton.
We had some great games and some upsets in Saturday's afternoon but things really came alive after dark. Whitworth snapped an 11-game losing streak to Linfield, Wheaton retained the Little Brass Bell with authority, Wittenberg outlasted Denison and Trine claimed an early conference title showdown in Top 25 action.
Trine comes in with the star running back and the playoff pedigree, while Hope is the team looking to make a statement and install itself as the top dog in the conference. Those are the storylines in many places this weekend, but nowhere more than in the MIAA. More from D3football.com's Brian Lester.
Nearly 30 players were nominated, but only 10 get to the semifinal stage. Who are they? Read up on the players, then cast your fan ballot for the top overall student-athlete in Division III football.
The top ten teams played like it in the top-left bracket, while Wartburg had three defensive stands and outlasted Franklin in overtime and Trine found the lightning to go with the thunder in Saturday's first-round playoff action.
Eureka won the UMAC title in its last year in the league and Plymouth State punched its playoff ticket for the first time since 2008 as part of Saturday's Division III action. The full list and more in the national roundup.
Trine improved to 7-0 for the first time since 2010, Franklin & Marshall had a big win in a trophy game in their new stadium, while Union again showed it was ready to contend again for a conference title in Saturday's Division III football contests. More in the national roundup.
ANGOLA, IND. -- Trine University football scored on its first three possessions of the game and quickly jumped out to a 20-0 advantage against Hope (Mich.) College on its way to a 50-14 win against the Flying Dutchmen in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association game at Fred Zollner Athletic Stadium in Angola, Ind.
ALBION, MICH. -- Junior running back Lamar Carswell (Toledo, Ohio/St. Francis de Sales) and junior wide receiver Jeffery Barnett (Fremont, Ohio/Ross) had season-high performances to help lead the Trine University football team to a convincing, 56-21, win against Albion (Mich.) College in Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association action in Albion, Mich.
RIVER FOREST, ILL. -- The Trine defense recorded a school single-game record six interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns, which led to a total of five scores as the Thunder remained unbeaten on the season with a 44-7 win against Concordia (Ill.) University-Chicago in River Forest, Ill.
ANGOLA, IND. -- The Trine University Thunder began the 2017 season in winning fashion with a 35-12 victory against Manchester University in the home opener at Zollner Athletic Stadium.
ANGOLA, Ind. -- Big plays from the Trine defense led the Thunder to a 31-13 victory over Adrian in the Black and Blue Border Brawl Saturday afternoon at Fred Zollner Athletic Stadium.
ANGOLA, Ind.—The Trine football team opened its 2016 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association season off with a 35-16 victory over Albion on Saturday afternoon at Zollner Athletic Stadium.
Hope springs eternal: Calvin adding football
October 28, 2022Division III's greatest basketball rivalry, and perhaps D-III's best rivalry in any sport, will finally be coming to the gridiron, as Calvin University, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is adding football for a future season.
