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 (WIAC). 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.

Head coaches No coach—club sport 1911 1–1 Earl Quigley 1912–1914 7–8 Parks Bailey 1915–1916 1–7 Student coaches 1917 2–2No team1918 George F. Miller 1919–1927 20–27–6 Sylvester E. Paulus 1928–1929 2–10–2 Earl Burbridge 1930–1934 6–26–1 Mush Crawford 1935–1937 1–17–2 Ray C. Johnson 1938–1947 15–29–8 Tony Storti 1948–1951 20–9–2 Jack Wink 1952–1955 6–23–3 Joe Gerlach 1956–1957 4–11–1 Bob Bostwick 1958–1962 12–25–3 Max Sparger 1962–1969 22–38–3 Sten Pierce 1970–1976 19–50 Lyle Eidsness 1977–1979 15–15 Bob Kamish 1980–1985 28–36–1 Rich Lawrence 1986–1992 24–46–1 Ed Meierkort 1993–2003 55–55 Todd Strop 2004–2006 14–15 Duey Naatz 2007–2009 17–13 Clayt Birmingham 2010–present 66–85

Championships

Conference championships Wisconsin–Stout has won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship 5 times. 1921 George F. Miller 5–0–2 3–0 1941† Ray C. Johnson 5–2 3–1 1949† Tony Storti 6–2 4–2 1965 Max Sparger 7–1–1 6–0 2000 Ed Meierkort 10–1 7–0 † 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. 1921George F. Miller5–0–25–0–22000Ed Meierkort10–010–1

Postseason

NCAA Division III playoffs 2000 First Round Saint John's (MN) L 19–26 10–1

Bowl games 2024 Isthmus Bowl Clayt Birmingham Wheaton (IL) L 32–35 6–5 2025 Washington University W 31–23 6–5

Ranked teams Starting in 1999 the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) 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 (RV) three times in the AFCA Coaches Poll, and three times in the D3football.com poll. 2000N/A910–12001N/ARV6–32002N/ARV7–32009RVRV8–22024RVNR6–52025RVNR6–5

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 (NSIC) 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. November 18, 1984Northern StateW 24–23November 21, 1987Bemidji StateW 45–6November 12, 1994Southwest Minnesota StateL 14–35November 17, 1996Winona StateW 50–43November 16, 1997Southwest Minnesota StateL 21–30November 14, 1999Southwest Minnesota StateL 23–43November 11, 2000Minnesota DuluthW 17–15

Notable players NFL draftees 1967724183Dick EricksonKansas City ChiefsC19701313325Gary InskeepNew York GiantsT19711224310Reggie HolmesMinnesota VikingsDB2002417115Tony BeckhamTennessee TitansDB

Other former players Frank Haege Jeff Hazuga Bob McRoberts Bob Raczek Dustin Tervelt

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