Finlandia Lions

Schedule

Overall record: 0-10 - Conference: 0-6
All times Eastern   (* Conference; • D-III opponent)
9/3 vs. Benedictine • L, 52-7 BX
9/10 at Concordia-Chicago • L, 45-7 BX RC
9/17 at Iowa Wesleyan L, 55-0 BX
9/24 at Adrian • L, 73-13 BX
10/1 vs. Northwestern (Minn.) * • L, 30-0 BX
10/8 at Minnesota-Morris * • L, 28-12 BX
10/15 at Martin Luther * • L, 34-0
10/22 vs. Crown * • L, 40-14 BX
10/29 vs. Westminster (Mo.) * • L, 16-12 BX
11/5 at Greenville * • L, 45-7 BX

Previous seasons

loki/standings
Year Overall Conf
2022 0-0, 0-0 UMAC
2021 0-9, 0-5 UMAC
2020 0-0, 0-0 MIAA
2019 0-10, 0-7 MIAA
2018 0-10, 0-7 MIAA
2017 1-3, 0-0 IND
2016 1-7, 0-0 IND
2015 3-7, 0-0 IND

Team Info

Finlandia

Lions

Coach: Mike DuFrane
Conference: UMAC
Enrollment: 367
Location: Hancock, MI
Colors: Blue, Black
Stadium: McAfee Field (1000)
Surface: Turf
Link to official site

News Releases

October 20, 2022 Building a program in the U.P. Mike DuFrane is the fourth coach to try to kick-start the football program at Finlandia, which started in 2015 and has won just five games. In his second year, DuFrane, who won a Stagg Bowl as a Warhawk defensive lineman, is beginning to see the growth at D-III's smallest school with a football program.
March 4, 2021 DuFrane gets next crack at kick-starting Finlandia The young program at Finlandia has almost had more head coaches than wins in its five-season tenure, but the fourth head coach in the program's history is Mike DuFrane, who started on a national title team at Whitewater and has coached at Carthage, Dubuque and Marietta among others.
October 2, 2020 UMAC adds Finlandia for 2021 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.
September 12, 2018 Smallest school still trying to build team Typically schools in their fourth year of football get to celebrate a large senior class and often experience a lot of success. But Finlandia played just four countable games last year, has had constant roster turnover and went through two coaches this offseason alone. Brian Lester catches up with a work in progress.
April 20, 2018 Finlandia changes head coach again Finlandia, which has struggled to get its Division III football program off the ground, has changed coaches for the second time this offseason, as Robert Boss is out and Travis Wiltzius has been named to the role on an interim basis.
November 8, 2017 Meet the new Boss at Finlandia Rob Boss will be the head coach at Finlandia next season when the Lions move into the MIAA for football.
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