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After St. Norbert College fell to UW-Whitewater in the opening round of the NCAA
Jim Purtill
Division 3 football playoffs on Saturday, Green Knights head coach Jim Purtill announced that he is resigning his position after 15 years at the school.
Purtill led the Green Knights to a 130-30 record, 11 Midwest Conference Championships and 10 trips to the NCAA Division III playoffs.
St. Norbert College (8-2) will face the University of St. Thomas (10-0) in the
Coach Jim Purtill
first round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs on Saturday (noon) in St. Paul.
The Green Knights will make their 10th overall NCAA Division III Playoffs appearance and ninth in the last 14 years. The Green Knights are 1-9 all-time in the playoffs, and have won 14 Midwest Conference football titles since joining the league for football in 1984. [Read more…]
John Carroll University scored 27 points in the second quarter and rolled to a 40-3 victory over St. Norbert College in the Global
Coach Jim Purtill
Ireland Football Tournament on Friday.
John Carroll quarterback Mark Myers, who transferred from the University of Pittsburgh, set a school record with 457 passing yards in his first appearance with the Blue Streaks. Myers completed 30 of 43 passes with five touchdowns and one interception.
St. Norbert managed to lead 3-0 after the 1st quarter, following Randy Hill’s 39-yard field goal. But that’s all Jim Purtill’s Green Knights would manage to score offensively. The Knights tallied just 90 yards of total offense on 59 plays. QB James Tringali made his first collegiate start, completing 12 of 25 for 48 yards and one interception.
Friday’s game was the first NCAA Division III regular-season game played in Europe since 1992.
St. Norbert College head coach Jim Purtill address his players after practice
The St. Norbert College Green Knights get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Ireland this week to play football. We’re not talking about the European version of football either, also known as “soccer” in the U.S., but American football. They will compete against Ohio’s John Carroll University this Friday at 1:30 pm CDT in South Dublin at the Donnybrook Stadium.
This game along with six other games, including Navy vs Notre Dame on Saturday are part of a huge weekend of American football in Ireland which, according to Green Knight’s head coach Jim Purtill, is being promoted and treated like the Superbowl. [Read more…]