2012 St. Norbert Green Knights football team

College football season February 2026 August 2023 2012 St. Norbert Green Knights football Midwest Conference MWC 8–3 8–1 Jim Purtill 14th Schneider Stadium MWC co-champion NCAA Division III First Round L 17–48 at 2012 St. Thomas Tommies St. Thomas (MN) The 2012 St. Norbert Green Knights football team represented St. Norbert College as a member of the Midwest Conference (MWC) during the 2012 NCAA Division III football season. They were led by 14th-year head coach Jim Purtill and play their home games at Schneider Stadium in De Pere, Wisconsin. The Green Knights compiled and overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 8–1 in conference play, sharing the MWC title with 2012 Lake Forest Foresters Lake Forest. St. Norbert advanced to the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs, where the lost to the 2012 St. Thomas Tommies St. Thomas Tommies in the first round. On August 31, St. Norbert played their season opener against 2012 John Carroll Blue Streaks John Carroll at Donnybrook Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. The game was played as part of the 2012 Global Ireland Football Tournament. It marked the first time in 20 years that an NCAA Division III regular season football game was played in Europe.August 30, 2012 Dublin down in Ireland NCAA https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/weekend-preview/2012-08-29/dublin-down-ireland January 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20121101072942/http://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/weekend-preview/2012-08-29/dublin-down-ireland November 1, 2012 dead August 13, 2012 College football: John Carroll will open its season as part of Global Ireland Football Tournament The News-Herald http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2012/08/13/sports/nh5809338.txt January 12, 2013 August 31, 2012 John Carroll 40, St. Norbert 3: Blue Streaks win big in Ireland The News-Herald http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2012/08/31/sports/nh5928345.txt January 12, 2013 August 28, 2012 John Carroll University opens football season against St. Norbert in Dublin, Ireland The Plain Dealer http://www.cleveland.com/university-heights/index.ssf/2012/08/john_carroll_university_opens.html January 12, 2013 March 9, 2011 John Carroll, St. Norbert to open in Ireland d3football.com http://www.d3football.com/notables/2011/03/jcu-norbert-to-open-2012-in-ireland January 12, 2013 Schedule 2012 NCAA Division III D3football.com Central August 31 1:30 pm l y y 2012 John Carroll Blue Streaks John Carroll Donnybrook Stadium Dublin, Ireland 3–40 September 8 1:00 pm w 2012 Knox Prairie Fire Knox Schneider Stadium De Pere, WI 31–20 September 15 1:00 pm w y 2012 Ripon Red Hawks Ripon Ingalls Field Ripon, WI 35–31 September 22 1:00 pm w 2012 Carroll Pioneers Carroll (WI) Schneider Stadium De Pere, WI 28–21 OT September 29 1:00 pm l y 2012 Monmouth Fighting Scots Monmouth (IL) Monmouth, IL 9–31 October 6 2:00 pm w y 2012 Cornell Rams Cornell Mount Vernon, IA 20–16 October 13 1:00 pm w y 2012 Lawrence Vikings Lawrence Schneider Stadium De Pere, WI 79–7 October 27 1:00 pm w y 2012 Beloit Buccaneers Beloit Beloit, WI 42–7 November 3 1:00 pm w y 2012 Grinnell Pioneers Grinnell Rosenbloom Field Grinnell, IA 20–12 November 10 1:00 pm w 2012 Lake Forest Foresters Lake Forest Schneider Stadium De Pere, WI 20–10 November 17 12:00 pm l y y 2012 St. Thomas Tommies St. Thomas (MN) 4 O'Shaughnessy Stadium Saint Paul, MN NCAA Division III First Round 17–48 References St. Norbert Category:St. Norbert Green Knights football seasons Category:Midwest Conference football champion seasons St. Norbert Green Knights football