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[[Category:Carleton Knights football|*]] |
Revision as of 01:06, 6 November 2017
Carleton Knights football | |
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First season | 1883 |
Head coach | Bob Pagel |
Stadium | Laird Stadium (capacity: 7,500) |
Location | Northfield, Minnesota |
NCAA division | Division III |
Conference | MIAC (1983–present) |
Past conferences | MIAC (1920–1924) MWC (1922–1982) |
All-time record | 474–468–25[1] (.503) |
Playoff appearances | 1 |
Playoff record | 0–1 |
Conference titles | 11 (2 MIAC, 9 MWC) |
Colors | Blue and maize[2] |
Website | Official website |
The Carleton Knights football team represents Carleton College in American football. The program was started in 1883 and was very successful through the early 1960’s, winning 20 conference championships from 1905 to 1956.
Since 1983, Carleton has played in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Knights won the conference title in 1992 with an 9–1 record overall, earning entry into the NCAA Division III Football Championship, although losing in the first round.
History
1883–1904
Carleton played its first game against the University of Minnesota in 1883, making it the tenth-oldest football program in Division III.[3] Carleton insisted that a member of the faculty be allowed to play and that the game would be rugby style football. Minnesota's coach Thomas Peebles preferred the soccer style of play, but agreed to the conditions as long as he could act as the referee.[4] Carleton won the game 4–2.[5]: 10
The college officially sanctioned the team in 1891 and hired a paid coach in 1898.[6][7]
Minnesota and Carleton played every year from 1896 to 1904 under the intercollegiate football rules of the time. Minnesota won all nine games, by a total score of 337–17.[5]: 113
1905–1919
From 1905 to 1917, Carleton won 10 championships in 13 years.[8]
Claude J. Hunt became the head coach in 1913 and compiled an incredible record through 1916. Hunt's teams were undefeated over those four years, allowing only three touchdowns and outscoring opponents 1,196 to 20.[9] In the 1915 season, Carleton outscored Stout, Cornell, Grinnell, Macalester, Beloit, and Hamline by a combined score of 323-0. [7]
In the first game of the 1916 season, Carleton traveled to Chicago and beat the Chicago Maroons, 7–0, in a shocking upset.[10] Chicago was coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg and was a member of the Western Conference at the time.[11] Stagg said Carleton's 1916 team "will always be remembered as the first to demonstrate to the football world that Carleton produces teams of the first class, worthy to be placed on par with any team in the country."[6]
Hunt left for Washington in 1917, but returned to coach Carleton from 1920 to 1931, during which Carleton won five conference titles. His overall record was 76-22-4.[9]
1920–1978
Carleton was a founding member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 1920. It was also a founding member of the Midwest Conference (MWC) in 1921. Carleton football participated in both conferences in 1922, 1923, and 1924; winning the MWC title in 1923 and the MIAC title in 1924. After the 1924 season, Carleton left the MIAC, playing in the MWC through 1982.[12]
Carleton won six MWC championships from 1925 to 1940.[13]
Year | Opponent | Opp. score | Carleton |
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1916 | Chicago | 0 | 7 |
1922 | Wisconsin | 41 | 0 |
1925 | Northwestern | 17 | 0 |
1926 | Northwestern | 31 | 3 |
1928 | Army | 32 | 7 |
1930 | Wisconsin | 28 | 0 |
1932 | Army | 57 | 0 |
1936 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
From 1922 to 1936, Carleton played seven games versus major college teams, losing all seven. After a loss at Army in 1932, Herbert Hoover invited the Knights to tour the White House.[14]
From 1905 to 1963, Carleton had only one occurrence of back-to-back losing seasons (1952–1953).[a] Then the 1954 team bounced back to go 8–0 and win the Midwest Conference championship.[15] However, the Knights experienced a long stretch of losing seasons from 1964 to 1978, during which Carleton's record was 33–89–2.[16]
Carleton hosted the only NCAA-sponsored metric football game in 1977. The game was dubbed the "Liter Bowl" as all measurements were in meters instead of yards. The field was 100 meters long and 50 meters wide (109.36 and 54.68 yards, respectively) and the football used was 29 centimeters long.[17] The Knights lost to St. Olaf, 43–0. Drawing around 10,000 fans, the event was the last to fill Laird Stadium.[18][19]
1979–present
In 1979, Carleton hired Bob Sullivan as head football coach. Sullivan turned the program around and posted several winning seasons in the Midwest Conference through 1982. Carleton left the Midwest and rejoined the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1983. The first few seasons in the MIAC were difficult, but Carleton consistently posted winning seasons from 1986 to 1993.
The Knights went 8–1 in the MIAC and were crowned conference champions in 1992.[20] The team was 9–1 overall and was selected to play in the Division III playoffs that year, but lost 20–8 at Central College (Iowa) in the first round.[21]
Since 1994, the Knights have had only one winning season, posting a 59–168 record through 2016.[22]
Laird Stadium
Laird Athletic Field opened with a covered grandstand in 1902.[8]
Laird Stadium was built in 1927 with 7,500 seats in one grandstand, as the college was considering joining the Big Ten.[17] It is the third-largest Division III stadium west of the Mississippi River.[1]
St. Olaf rivalry
The Knights' biggest rival is St. Olaf College, located on the other side of Northfield, Minnesota. Carleton and St. Olaf first played an official game in 1918 and have played each other every year except during World War II and after the blizzard in 1991, when St. Olaf refused to reschedule the game. Each year the winner receives the Goat Trophy, which was first awarded in 1931.[23] Sports Illustrated wrote about St. Olaf vs. Carleton’s undefeated 1954 team and covered the 1962 St. Olaf at Carleton game.[15][24] St. Olaf leads the series 53–44–1.[25]
See also
- Carleton Knights
- Walter Hass (head coach from 1938 to 1955)
Notes
- ^ The 1918 and 1919 season records are not confirmed, but due to the dominance the team exhibited before and after, it is unlikely both were losing seasons. The streak may go back to the founding of the program in 1883, but single season records have not been confirmed before 1905.
References
- ^ a b "Division III Football Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2017.
- ^ "Carleton College Identity Guidelines" (PDF). Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ "About the Program". Carleton College. May 16, 2006.
- ^ Papas Jr., Al (1990). Gopher Sketchbook. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Nodin Press.
- ^ a b "Football at Minnesota: The Story of Thirty Years' Contests on the Gridiron". Minnesota Alumni Weekly. XIV (9). General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota. November 9, 1914 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Carleton College and Academy Football Team - 1893 Season". Carleton College.
- ^ a b Hill, Fred B. (December 2015). "A Review of Carleton's Athletic Record". The Alumni Magazine. VI (3). Carleton College Alumni Association: 108–113.
- ^ a b "Timeline: 1892-1916". Carleton College.
- ^ a b "C.J. Hunt". Carleton College.
- ^ "CARLETON, 'EASY TEAM,' SHOCKS MAROONS 7 TO 0". Chicago Tribune. October 8, 2016. Text included in "100 Years Ago: Carleton Upsets Chicago"
- ^ "100 Years Ago: Carleton Upsets Chicago". Carleton College.
- ^ "MIAC Football Recordbook". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
- ^ "MWC Football Championship History". Midwest Conference.
- ^ "Knights of the Gridiron" (Press release). Carleton College. May 16, 2006.
- ^ a b "A Slumbering Midget Woke Up". Sports Illustrated. September 19, 1966.
- ^ "Past Football Seasons". Midwest Conference.
- ^ a b Fliss, Tanner. "Laird Stadium". NorthfieldHistorical.
- ^ Wagner, Kyle (October 10, 2013). "The Liter Bowl: The First NCAA Football Game To Use The Metric System". Deadspin.
- ^ Emery, Ariel (December 2, 2008). "Historical oddities rest unseen in local archives". Northfield News. WebCite. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
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- ^ "1992 playoffs". D3fooball.com.
- ^ "MIAC Football Archives". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
- ^ "Carleton Football Report - Week Four" (PDF) (Press release). Carleton College Athletics. October 4, 2008. p. 5. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ^ "Small Package of Fun". Sports Illustrated. No. September 24, 1962.
- ^ Koenig, Roy (October 23, 2017). "St. Olaf Hangs on Against Carleton and Holds onto Goat Trophy". KRFO.
Further reading
- Sullivan, Bob (2006). Knights of the Gridiron: a History of Carleton College Football 1883-2005. Carleton College.