2007 Saint Francis Cougars football team

The 2007 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2007 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 10th year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished in 2nd place in the MSFA MEL division, but they received an at-large bid to the 2007 postseason NAIA playoffs.

2007 Saint Francis Cougars football
NAIA Playoff Semifinalist
Conference	Mid-States Football Association
	Mideast League
2007 record	11–2 (6–1 MSFA (MEL))
Head coach	Kevin Donley (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Donley, Trevor Miller (4th, 2nd season)
Home stadium	Bishop John M. D'Arcy Stadium (Capacity: 3,500 )

2007 Mid-States Football Association standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mideast League
No. 6 Ohio Dominican x^		7	–	0					12	–	1
No. 4 Saint Francis (IN) ^		6	–	1					11	–	2
No. 8 Saint Xavier ^		5	–	2					10	–	3
No. 25 Malone		4	–	3					8	–	4
Urbana		3	–	4					6	–	5
Walsh		2	–	5					5	–	6
Marian (IN)		1	–	6					1	–	9
Taylor		0	–	7					2	–	9
Midwest League
No. 10 St. Ambrose x^		7	–	0					8	–	3
McKendree		5	–	2					6	–	4
Olivet Nazarene		5	–	2					5	–	5
Quincy		4	–	3					6	–	5
William Penn		3	–	4					5	–	6
St. Francis (IL)		3	–	4					3	–	8
Trinity International		1	–	6					2	–	9
Iowa Wesleyan		0	–	7					0	–	11
x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

Schedule

On September 29, 2007, the Saint Francis loss to Ohio Dominican snapped a 54-game regular season winning streak dating back to 2001.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 8	Noon	William Penn*	No. 2	Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	W 71–7
September 15	1:30pm	at Pikeville*	No. 2	Pikeville, KY	W 55–3
September 22	2:00pm	at No. 15 St. Ambrose*	No. 2	Davenport, IA	W 20–7
September 29	12:30pm	at No. 6 Ohio Dominican	No. 2	Columbus, OH	L 20–30
October 6	Noon	Marian	No. 6	Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	W 57–7
October 13	Noon	Taylor	No. 5	Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	W 69–29
October 20	Noon	at Walsh	No. 5	North Canton, OH	W 42–14
October 27	Noon	No. 31 Urbana	No. 5	Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	W 42–16
November 3	4:00pm	at No. 18 Malone	No. 5	Canton, OH	W 31–17
November 10	Noon	No. 6 Saint Xavier	No. 5	Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	W 42–13
November 17	Noon	No. 12 Lindenwood*	No. 5	Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN (NAIA First Round)	W 35–14
November 24	3:30pm (FW time)	at No. 4 Bethel*	No. 5	McKenzie, TN (NAIA Quarterfinal)	W 30–27
December 1	2:07pm (FW time)	at No. 2 Carroll*	No. 5	Helena, MT (NAIA Semifinal)	L 7–23
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
NAIA Coaches' Poll	2	2	2	2	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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