UW-Stevens Point Announces 2005 Schedule
2005 Pointer Football
Schedule
Nobody will accuse
the UW-Stevens Point football team of dodging any top-notch opponents in the
upcoming 2005 season as the Pointers will play four ranked teams among their
first five contests, including non-conference games against two national
powers that went undefeated in last year�s regular season.
The Pointers open
the season with a home game against Hardin-Simmons (Texas) on Sept. 3 and
then play at defending national champion Linfield (Ore.) on Sept. 17.
Hardin-Simmons went 10-0 last year before losing to eventual national
runner-up Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) in the second round of the playoffs,
while Linfield went 13-0 and captured the national title last year.
Hardin-Simmons
ended the year No. 4 in the final national rankings and will also host the
Pointers in Abilene, Texas in 2006. Linfield returns national Player of the
Year Brett Elliott at quarterback and was given one of its toughest tests of
the season last year at UW-Stevens Point, rallying from a 10-point fourth
quarter deficit for a 46-35 victory. This year�s game will be the Wildcats�
home opener in McMinnville, Ore.
The Pointers will
host Waldorf (Iowa) in the annual Spud Bowl on Sept. 24 before opening
conference play with the top two teams in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference from last season. The Pointers play UW-La Crosse in
their WIAC opener for the third straight year on Oct. 1 at La Crosse and
then host UW-Whitewater for homecoming on Oct. 8. UW-La Crosse was ranked
13th in last year�s final poll and UW-Whitewater finished 25th.
The schedule
concludes with five WIAC games, including home games on Oct. 15 against
UW-River Falls, Oct. 29 against UW-Eau Claire and Nov. 12 against UW-Stout. |
