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2020 Wesley Wolverines Football Team
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The 2020 Wesley Wolverines football team represented Wesley College in the 2020–21 NCAA Division III football season. They were led by third-year head coach Chip Knapp and played their home games at Drass Field at Scott D. Miller Stadium. They were a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) and finished with a record of 2–1, placing second in the conference. It was the school's final season, as the college was sold to Delaware State University following the year. Schedule References Wesley Wesley Wolverines football seasons Wesley Wolverines football Wesley Wolverines football The Wesley Wolverines football program was the intercollegiate American football team for Wesley College (Delaware), Wesley College located in Dover, Delaware. The team last competed in the NCAA Division III and were members of the New Jersey Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey Athletic Conference
The New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), formerly the New Jersey State Athletic Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. All of its full members are public universities in New Jersey. Affiliate members (track-only, men's tennis-only, or football-only) are located in Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. History Chronological timeline * 1957 - In 1957, the NJAC was founded as the New Jersey State Athletic Conference (NJSAC). Charter members included Glassboro State College (now Rowan University), Montclair State College (now Montclair State University), Jersey City State College (now New Jersey City University), Newark State College (now Kean University), Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey), and William Paterson College (now William Paterson University), effective beginning the 1957-58 academic year. * 1976 - Ramapo College of New Jersey joined the NJSAC, effective in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Knapp
Chip Knapp (born 1964/1965) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Dover High School. He previously coached for 30 seasons at Wesley College, the final three as head football coach before the program was shut down. He played quarterback in college for Cornell. Playing career Knapp played college football for Cornell under head coach Maxie Baughan from 1985–1986. He earned the starting quarterback position as a junior in 1985, but was sidelined for part of the season due to a knee injury. He played in six games the following year, but the "fine play of Marty Stallone" kept him off the field for most of the time. Coaching career After graduating in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in economics, Knapp was hired by Cornell as the freshmen quarterbacks coach. He left before the season started to join the Kansas Jayhawks as an offensive assistant. He spent the 1987 and 1988 seasons there. He left after a promised stipend from Kansas was no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drass Field At Scott D
Drass may refer to Places *Drass, Ladakh; a town in India *Drass river, Drass valley; a river in India * Drass Field at Scott D. Miller Stadium, Wesley College, Delaware, USA Other uses *Drass (company), an Italian submarine and swimmer delivery vehicle manufacturer *Mike Drass Mike Drass (March 15, 1961 – May 14, 2018) was an American football coach. He was the head football coach at Wesley College in Dover, Delaware from 1993 until his death in 2018. Head coaching record College Se ... (1961–2018), American football coach See also * * Dras (other) {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley College (Delaware)
Wesley College was a private liberal arts college in Dover, Delaware. It was acquired by Delaware State University in 2021 and is now the DSU Downtown campus. History The institution was founded in 1873 as Wilmington Conference Academy, a prep school. During this period Annie Jump Cannon, a prominent astronomer who pioneered stellar classification, graduated valedictorian from Wilmington Conference Academy in 1880. It became a two-year college in 1918 and renamed the Wesley Collegiate Institute. It was renamed again in 1941 as Wesley Junior College, and again in 1958 as Wesley College. The institution conferred its first four-year degrees in 1978. In its last decades, the college experienced significant financial challenges and relied on state funding and grants. At one point in 2019, had the state not given Wesley $3 million, students would have lost access to federal financial aid and salaries would have been at risk. In early 2021, members of the college faculty voted "no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 NCAA Division III Football Season
The 2020–21 NCAA Division III football season was the component of the 2020 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only a few games were played during the traditional fall season, including the annual Secretaries Cup between Coast Guard and Merchant Marine on November 14, 2020. For other teams that chose to play during the 2020–21 school year, the regular season began on February 6, 2021 and culminated on May 1. The season concluded with the end of the regular season, as the playoffs and championship game were not held due to the pandemic. Conference changes and new programs Membership changes Conference standings Conferences that did not play The following conferences did not hold a football season in fall 2020 or spring 2021. *Centennial Conference – announced on December 10, 2020, that fall and winter sports would not be held during their respective seasons or during the spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware State University
Delaware State University (DSU or Del State) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses: one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown. The university encompasses four colleges and a diverse population of undergraduate and advanced-degree students. Delaware State University is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". History The Delaware College for Colored Students was established on May 15, 1891, by the Delaware General Assembly. The name was changed to the State College for Colored Students by state legislative action in 1893 to eliminate confusion with Delaware College, which was attended by whites in Newark, Delaware. It first awarded degrees in 1898. In 1945, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education awarded the college provisional accreditation. Three years later, the institution became Delaware State College by legislative action. Although its accreditation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dover, Delaware
Dover () is the capital and second-largest city of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County and the principal city of the Dover, DE, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia– Wilmington–Camden, PA– NJ–DE– MD, Combined Statistical Area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn for Dover in Kent, England (for which Kent County is named). As of 2010, the city had a population of 36,047. Etymology The city is named after Dover, Kent, in England. First recorded in its Latinised form of '' Portus Dubris'', the name derives from the Brythonic word for waters (''dwfr'' in Middle Welsh). The same element is present in the town's French (Douvres) and Modern Welsh (Dofr) forms. History Dover was founded as the court town for newly established Kent County in 1683 by William Penn, the proprietor of the territory generally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprague Field
Sprague Field is a multi-purpose stadium located on the campus of Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. The stadium is located on the Normal Avenue side of the campus adjacent to the university's major indoor sporting venue, the Panzer Athletic Center, and is within walking distance of the Montclair Heights rail station. Sprague Field is one of several athletic venues on campus and plays host to the Montclair State Red Hawks football team, its field hockey team, and its lacrosse teams. At various times, it played host to the baseball, track, and soccer squads as well. The soccer team now plays at MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field while the baseball team, which called Pittser home before its conversion, play at Yogi Berra Stadium on the opposite side of the campus. History Sprague Field was the site of the first ever college football game in New Jersey to be played at night, which took place on October 3, 1941 and pitted the Red Hawks, then known as the Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair () is a Township (New Jersey), township in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a wealthy and diverse commuter town and suburb of New York City within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the township's population was 40,921, reflecting an increase of 3,234 (+8.5%) from the 37,687 counted in the 2010 United States census, 2010 Census. As of 2010, it was the List of municipalities in New Jersey, 60th-most-populous municipality in New Jersey. Montclair was first formed as a Township (New Jersey), township on April 15, 1868, from portions of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Bloomfield Township, so that a second railroad could be built to Montclair. After a referendum held on February 21, 1894, Montclair was reincorporated as a Town (New Jersey), town, effective February 24, 1894.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TowneBank Stadium
TowneBank Stadium is located in Newport News, Virginia, and has served as the home stadium for Lionsbridge FC of the USL League Two since 2018 and the Christopher Newport Captains football team since their inaugural 2001 season.Christopher Newport Captains 2008 Football Media Guide "POMOCO Stadium," Christopher Newport University, 2008. p. 46. Accessed 2008-12-30 The stadium opened in 2001 without the now-present permanent concession stands, restrooms, lights, press box or video board. The concession stands, restrooms and press box were added in 2003. Lights were added in 2011. The 312 square foot video board debuted in 2015. It was previously known as Pomoco Stadium, until it was renamed in 2019, five years after |
Newport News, Virginia
Newport News () is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the 5th most populous city in Virginia and 140th most populous city in the United States. Newport News is included in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the northern shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News Point on the harbor of Hampton Roads. The area now known as Newport News was once a part of Warwick County. Warwick County was one of the eight original shires of Virginia, formed by the House of Burgesses in the British Colony of Virginia by order of King Charles I in 1634. In 1881, fifteen years of rapid development began under the leadership of Collis P. Huntington, whose new Peninsula Extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from Richmond o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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