2008 PRINCIPIA COLLEGE PANTHERS FOOTBALL (currently in action!)

Principia, as reported last year, left the UMAC along with several other teams.  From now on, they'll be competing in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.  Just to give you an idea how great the SLIAC is, the preseason favorites are Huntingdon and Greenville.  Both finished 2007 with 5-5 records.

Two of Principia's new conference foes, Huntingdon and LaGrange, play in the GSAC in every other sport.  Their out-of-conference slate is beyond the pale.  Is this finally the year Principia wins multiple games again?

Let it be noted in advance that the alumni game will not count toward Principia's final record.  Besides, they actually managed to lose it last year, and the fact there's no score reported for this year is a bad sign.

As always, here's their football homepage.  Links will go to a box score once the game is over.


Date
Opponent
Final Score
Game Notes
Sept. 6 Lewis & Clark College 43-7 L&C breaks a 27-game losing skid
in D-3, holding Principia to 7 points
and 181 total yards of offense.
Sept. 13 at Whittier College 44-6 The Purple and Gold Poets haven't
had a winning season in a decade,
but they still stomp on Principia.
Sept. 20 at Crown College 40-0 Panthers head into their first SLIAC
battle the wrong way, fresh off giving
Crown their first shutout in 19 games.
Sept. 27 at Greenville (IL) Coll.* 59-0 LaGrange and Greenville flipped on
the schedule for unknown reasons.
Greenville outgained Principia 515-75.
Oct. 4 at Westminster (MO)* 48-6 Blue Jays go up 35-0 halfway through
the 2nd quarter, then show mercy.
Principia finally scores with 0:40 left.
Oct. 11 at Blackburn College* 14-0  Not as close as the score appears -
Beavers had 306 rushing yards, and
Principia had 6 INTs on 9/30 passing.
Oct. 18 Eureka College* 47-19  Eureka puts it away with 26 points in
the 4th.  The Red Devils also had an
obscene 699 yards of offense.
Oct. 25 LaGrange College* 59-13  The Panthers continue their amazing
turnaround, going from 20 straight
losses to a 7-1 season so far.
Nov. 1 at Huntingdon College* 76-0  Principia does the unthinkable and
actually finishes with negative yards.
Nov. 8 MacMurray College*   MacMurray is the 3rd team to play
against Principia that was 0-10 last
year.  They were outscored 448-91.

* -- SLIAC Conference game.