Pioneers Lose in Season Finale

On a perfect fall day for football, the host Beloit Bucs beat the visiting Pioneers from Grinnell 41-7. For only the second time all season, we were out of the game in the 4th quarter, and considering where this program has been over the last few years, that is a major improvement. It's not at all where we want to be ultimately, but it provides us with some comfort knowing that in 8 of our 10 games, we are competitive until the end and are just a few plays shy of winning a lot of those games.

We now turn our focus as a program and as a coaching staff to the 2010 season and beyond. We open next season at home against Macalester College on September 4th, 2010 and we can't wait to be on the field and start a new season. But first we must put all our efforts into the recruiting process and trying to find a class of student-athletes that can help get us to that next level!

Road Trip!

We are leaving within the hour for our second overnight trip this fall, this time to Jacksonville, Illinois, home of the Illinois College Blueboys. After a four-plus hour bus ride, we'll get some dinner at the Olive Garden, go to the hotel where we'll meet briefly and then get a good night's sleep before tomorrow's game. It should be a good contest, and another challenge for us as defensively we face a pretty good aerial attack and will start our freshman quarterback for the second straight game.

For those of you who don't regularly check the links on the right side of this page, please check out Chris Jarmon's personal blog about being a Division III football player. He started the blog when he was a player at Colorado College and has continued writing about his experiences since transferring to Grinnell this year. He's a great writer and offers up a great perspective on the game at this level.

Grinnell Takes on Knox!

For the second consecutive week, the Pioneers travel to west central Illinois to battle a conference foe. Beyond that, things figure to be much different this week as the Knox College Prairie Fire are winless on the year and run the triple option as opposed to Monmouth's undefeated spread out attack.

We've had a great week of practice and are excited for the opportunity to rebound and prove that we are still a very good football team. Knox is one of our biggest rivals and they will be a great foe by which we will measure our progress.

Go Pioneers!

Pioneers Travel to Carroll!

We leave today for our first road game of the 2009 season at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin. After last Saturday's heartbreaking loss to St. Norbert, the team is anxious and excited to get back on the field and get that elusive first win.

Carroll figures to be a formative opponent and a hungry one as well. They have lost their first two games of '09 as well and tomorrow will be their home opener. We are convinced we will see their best football and in order to come out on top we will have to match their level of play!

Check us out on MWC-TV, the game broadcasts are free of charge!