Pointers Release 2016 Football Schedule

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Head coach Tom Journell and the UW-Stevens Point football team have released the Pointers’ schedule for the 2016 season, which includes four games against teams that made the 2015 Division III Football Championship.Full ScheduleUW-Stevens Point opens the season on Sept. 3 at St. Norbert College in the first meeting between the two programs since 1989. The Green Knights made their 11th NCAA appearance in the last 17 years last season and finished the season 10-1 after a first-round loss.The Pointers open their home slate the following week on Sept. 10 by hosting Albion at 6 p.m., which also lost in the first round of the NCAA playoffs. UW-Stevens Point and the Britons will take the field for the third consecutive season and fifth time in the last seven years.After a bye week, UW-Stevens Point concludes its three-game non-conference schedule with its first-ever meeting with Adrian on the road at 4 p.m. ET. The Pointers’ three non-conference opponents combined to go 26-6 (.813) last season.”You want to play really good people in the non-conference because it gets you ready for the strong WIAC, which we call the SEC of Division III,” head coach Tom Journell said of the team’s schedule. “When you have Albion and St. Norbert, who both went to the Division III playoffs and then Adrian, who usually goes to the Division III playoffs, it really tests you and allows you to work on things to get you ready for the WIAC. We want to schedule high-caliber teams and this year is no exception.”The Pointers begin Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play at UW-Eau Claire on Oct. 1 and will play four of their seven conference games away from home. UW-Stevens Point’s home conference opener falls on Oct. 8 when UW-Platteville visits Community Stadium at Goerke Park, which will also be the team’s Pink Game.The following week, UWSP hosts 2015 NCAA quarterfinalist UW-Oshkosh on Homecoming before heading to NCAA semifinalist UW-Whitewater on Oct. 22. For the second straight season, the Pointers will face UW-Platteville, UW-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater in successive weeks.UW-Stevens Point concludes its regular-season schedule with games at UW-La Crosse and UW-River Falls sandwiched around a home date with UW-Stout. The home game against the Blue Devils on Nov. 5 will be Senior Day for the Pointers.