Wisconsin–Stout Blue Devils football


The Wisconsin–Stout Blue Devils football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Wisconsin–Stout located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The team competes at the NCAA Division III level as a member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Blue Devils play home games at Don and Nona Williams Stadium in Menomonie, Wisconsin. The stadium opened in 2001 and seats 4,500 people. The team's head coach is Clayt Birmingham, who has served in that position in 2010.

Championships

Conference championships

Wisconsin–Stout has won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship 5 times.
YearCoachOverall recordWIAC record
1921George F. Miller5–0–23–0
1941†Ray C. Johnson5–23–1
1949†Tony Storti6–24–2
1965Max Sparger7–1–16–0
2000Ed Meierkort10–17–0

† Co-champions

Undefeated regular seasons

Wisconsin–Stout has completed the regular season undefeated twice, once in 1921, and again in 2000 before losing in the playoffs.
YearCoachRegular season recordFinal record
1921George F. Miller5–0–25–0–2
2000Ed Meierkort10–010–1

Ranked teams

Starting in 1999 the American Football Coaches Association began publishing rankings for Division III football. In 2003, D3football.com started publishing its own rankings for Division III football. Since the inception of both polls, Wisconsin–Stout has been ranked one time in the AFCA Coaches Poll and has never been ranked in the D3football.com poll to end the season. Additionally, while not being ranked in the Top 25 to end the season, the Blue Devils have received votes three times in the AFCA Coaches Poll, and three times in the D3football.com poll.
YearD3AFCARecord
2000N/A910–1
2001N/ARV6–3
2002N/ARV7–3
2009RVRV8–2
2024RVNR6–5
2025RVNR6–5

Border Battle

From 1984 to 2000 the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, home to the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Golden Gophers, hosted games in November between WIAC teams and Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference teams at the NCAA Division II level in what came to be known as the "Border Battle". The Blue Devils played at the Metrodome six times, and had a 3–3 record.
DateOpponentResult
November 18, 1984Northern StateW 24–23
November 21, 1987Bemidji StateW 45–6
November 12, 1994Southwest Minnesota StateL 14–35
November 17, 1996Winona StateW 50–43
November 16, 1997Southwest Minnesota StateL 21–30
November 14, 1999Southwest Minnesota StateL 23–43
November 11, 2000Minnesota DuluthW 17–15

Notable players

Other former players