2007 Saint Francis Cougars football team

2007 Saint Francis Cougars football
ConferenceMid-States Football Association
DivisionMideast League
Record11–2 (6–1 MSFA (MEL))
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Donley, Trevor Miller (4th, 2nd season)
Home stadiumBishop John M. D'Arcy Stadium
2007 Mid-States Football Association standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mideast League
No. 6 Ohio Dominican x^   7 – 0     12 – 1  
No. 4 ^   6 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 8 Saint Xavier ^   5 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 25 Malone   4 – 3     8 – 4  
Urbana   3 – 4     6 – 5  
Walsh   2 – 5     5 – 6  
Marian (IN)   1 – 6     1 – 9  
Taylor   0 – 7     2 – 9  
Midwest League
No. 10 St. Ambrose x^   7 – 0     8 – 3  
McKendree   5 – 2     6 – 4  
Olivet Nazarene   5 – 2     5 – 5  
Quincy   4 – 3     6 – 5  
William Penn   3 – 4     5 – 6  
St. Francis (IL)   3 – 4     3 – 8  
Trinity International   1 – 6     2 – 9  
Iowa Wesleyan   0 – 7     0 – 11  
  • x – League champion/co-champions
    ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

The 2007 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2007 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 10th year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished in 2nd place in the MSFA MEL division, but they received an at-large bid to the 2007 postseason NAIA playoffs.

Schedule

On September 29, 2007, the Saint Francis loss to Ohio Dominican snapped a 54-game regular season winning streak dating back to 2001.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResult
September 8NoonWilliam Penn*No. 2
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
W 71–7
September 151:30pmat Pikeville*No. 2Pikeville, KYW 55–3
September 222:00pmat No. 15 St. Ambrose*No. 2Davenport, IAW 20–7
September 2912:30pmat No. 6 Ohio DominicanNo. 2Columbus, OHL 20–30
October 6NoonMarianNo. 6
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
W 57–7
October 13NoonTaylorNo. 5
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
W 69–29
October 20Noonat WalshNo. 5North Canton, OHW 42–14
October 27NoonNo. 31 UrbanaNo. 5
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
W 42–16
November 34:00pmat No. 18 MaloneNo. 5Canton, OHW 31–17
November 10NoonNo. 6 Saint XavierNo. 5
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
W 42–13
November 17NoonNo. 12 Lindenwood*No. 5
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN (NAIA First Round)
W 35–14
November 243:30pm (FW time)at No. 4 Bethel*No. 5McKenzie, TN (NAIA Quarterfinal)W 30–27
December 12:07pm (FW time)at No. 2 Carroll*No. 5Helena, MT (NAIA Semifinal)L 7–23

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
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References

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