The Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds football program is the intercollegiate

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

team for the

University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire The University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (UW–Eau Claire, UWEC or simply Eau Claire) is a public university in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and offers Bachelor's degree, bachelor's and ...

located in the U.S. state of

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

. Wisconsin–Eau Claire competes at the

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level and is a member of the

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference that competes in the NCAA's Division III. In women's gymnastics, it competes alongside Division I and II members, as the NCAA sponsors a singl ...

(WIAC).

Championships

Conference championships

Wisconsin–Eau Claire has won the

(WIAC) championship 9 times. † Co-champions

Postseason appearances

NCAA Division III playoffs

The Blugolds have made two appearances in the NCAA Division III playoffs, with a combined record of 3–2.

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–Eau Claire has been ranked one time in both the AFCA Coaches Poll and the D3football.com poll to end the season. Additionally, while not being ranked in the Top 25 to end the season, the Blugolds have received votes (RV) in both polls three additional years.

Border Battle

From 1984 to 2000 the

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, home to the

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and

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, hosted games in November between WIAC teams and

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Nine of ...

(NSIC) teams at the NCAA Division II level in what came to be known as the "Border Battle". The Blugolds played at the Metrodome three times, and had a 2–1 record.

Notable former players

Notable alumni include: * Roman Brumm *

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* D. J. LeRoy * Lee Weigel

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds football American football teams established in 1917 1917 establishments in Wisconsin