Valparaiso University had seven players selected to the All-Pioneer Football League Teams as the league announced its annual year-end awards today.  Ryan Kozey (Waterford, Wis./Union H.S.) earned First Team All-PFL accolades while Andrew Mack (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle H.S.) and Ryan Koepke (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead H.S.) each earned Second Team accolades.  Kyle Himmelwright (Coplay, Pa./Whitehall H.S.), Steve Ogden (Wauwatosa, Wis./West H.S.), John Popper (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman H.S.), and Adam Rundh (Aalborg, Denmark/Orjanskolan H.S. [Sweden]) were all Honorable Mention picks....Full Story

Valparaiso saw its 2007 football season come to a close on Saturday afternoon, dropping a 44-6 decision to Davidson in Davidson, N.C....Full Story

Valparaiso University had three football players named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V First Team as voted upon by CoSIDA.  Matt Watkins (Mason, Ohio/Mason H.S.), Ryan Koepke (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead H.S.), and Adam Rundh (Aalborg, Denmark/Ojanskolan [Sweden] H.S.) all earned the accolades for the Crusaders....Full Story

Valparaiso wraps up the 2007 season on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders head to Davidson, N.C. to battle Davidson College, looking to finish the season over .500 for the first time since 2003. Valpo can finish as high as fourth place in the PFL standings with a victory coupled with a Drake loss to Dayton....Full Story

Mozelle McHenry (Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park H.S.) scored from two yards out with 1:45 remaining as Valparaiso rallied from a 10-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat Jacksonville 29-27 on Saturday afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Valparaiso heads to the Sunshine State on Saturday as the Crusaders begin their season-ending road trip at Jacksonville. Valpo is trying to snap a two-game losing skid while looking to move back to the .500 mark....Full Story

Steve Ogden (Wauwatosa, Wis./West H.S.) had two touchdown receptions and more than 200 yards worth of catches for Valparaiso on Saturday afternoon, but it was not enough as Mason Webb kicked a 24-yard field goal with 1:40 left to lift Morehead State to a 16-14 victory over the Crusaders at Brown Field....Full Story

Valparaiso is set to wrap up the home portion of the 2007 football season on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders host Morehead State on Senior Day. Valpo is looking to finish the season over .500 at home as well as move above the .500 mark on the season....Full Story

Dayton scored on the first possession of the game and jumped out to a 27-7 lead at halftime on Saturday afternoon on its way to a 33-7 victory over Valparaiso at Brown Field....Full Story

Following a victory in the Battle for the Hoosier Helmet last weekend, Valparaiso returns to Brown Field again this Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders host Dayton. Valpo is looking to move up in the Pioneer Football League standings while the Flyers are looking to keep pace in the race for the top spot in the league....Full Story

Steve Ogden (Wauwatosa, Wis./West H.S.) had 13 catches for 196 yards, including three touchdowns and Valparaiso rallied from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit with 28 points in the final 15 minutes as the Crusaders brought the Hoosier Helmet back to Valparaiso with a 42-37 victory over Butler on Saturday afternoon at Brown Field....Full Story

The Battle for the Hoosier Helmet will take place Saturday at Brown Field as Valparaiso entertains Butler with both schools looking for their first Pioneer Football League victory of the season. The Crusaders are looking to move back above the .500 mark for the season as well....Full Story

Valparaiso University’s John Popper (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman H.S.) has been named the Pioneer Football League’s Special Teams Player of the Week following the Crusaders’ game Saturday against San Diego....Full Story

Valparaiso turned in a valiant Homecoming effort on Saturday afternoon, going toe-to-toe with NCAA I-FCS mid-major #1 San Diego for 60 minute before falling 41-27 at Brown Field....Full Story

Valparaiso returns to Brown Field for the first time in over a month on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders entertain San Diego in the annual Homecoming game. Valpo will play its next four games at home throughout the month of October....Full Story

For the second time in three weeks a Valparaiso University defender has been named to the Pioneer Football League Defensive Player of the Week.  Sean Dillon (Oak Lawn, Ill./Mount Carmel H.S.) earned the honor this week for his play Saturday at Drake....Full Story

Drake scored touchdowns on its first two possessions Saturday afternoon against Valparaiso and went on to down the Crusaders at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, 48-20.  The game marked the start of the 2007 Pioneer Football League slate for both teams....Full Story

Valparaiso wraps up its four-game road trip on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders head to Des Moines, Iowa to battle Drake in the Pioneer Football League opener for both schools. The Crusaders have won two straight and four of its last five contests dating back to the end of the 2006 season....Full Story

After begin shutout over the first half, Valparaiso rallied in the final 30 minutes to record a 21-13 victory over Marian (Ind.) on Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis, Ind. as the Crusaders improved to 3-1 on the season....Full Story

After starting the season with a 2-1 record for the third time in four years, Valparaiso looks to continue its winning ways with game three of its current four-game road trip on Saturday as the Crusaders head to Indianapolis, Ind. to battle Marian (Ind.)....Full Story

Valparaiso University’s Kyle Himmelwright (Coplay, Pa./Whitehall H.S.) has been named the Pioneer Football League’s Defensive Player of the Week after helping lead the Crusaders to a 38-24 victory at Kalamazoo on Saturday afternoon....Full Story

Valparaiso rallied from a one-point deficit heading into the fourth quarter, scoring a pair of touchdowns in the final 15 minutes to defeat Kalamazoo 38-24 on Saturday afternoon in Kalamazoo, Mich....Full Story

Valparaiso continues its current road trip, playing game two of a four-game stretch away from Brown Field, this Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders head to Kalamazoo to battle the Hornets....Full Story

Valparaiso University’s Matt Watkins (Mason, Ohio/Mason H.S.) is among 11 NCAA FCS, II, II, and NAIA football players selected to the American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team....Full Story

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After winning the season opener, Valparaiso takes to the road for the first time in 2007 on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders head to Deerfield, Ill. to face Trinity International. Valpo has won its last two games dating back to the finale last year....Full Story

Jeff Horton (Saint Louis, Mo./Lutheran North H.S.) and Warren Arnold  (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein H.S.) combined to rush for 339 yards and four touchdowns as Valparaiso opened the 2007 season with a 28-21 victory over Saint Francis (Ill.) at Brown Field on Saturday afternoon....Full Story

The 87th season of Valparaiso University football kicks off on Saturday afternoon as the Brown and Gold hosts Saint Francis (Ill.) in the season opener at Brown Field. This marks the first time since the 2002 season that the Crusaders will open the new year at home....Full Story

The 2007 Valparaiso University football season is set to get underway for the Crusaders and the Brown and Gold look to prove the so-called experts wrong this year....Full Story

Valparaiso University’s football team has been predicted to finish in eighth place in the Pioneer Football League this season according to the preseason balloting done by the league’s head coaches.

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Valparaiso head coach Stacy Adams has announced the addition of two more student-athletes to his 2007 recruiting class....Full Story

Valparaiso University head coach Stacy Adams has announced the addition of 39 freshmen that will join the Crusader football program in the fall as members of the 2007 recruiting class. Offensively, Adams has brought in 19 new players with 18 players coming in on the defensive side of the ball. Two kickers round out the recruiting class....Full Story

Valparaiso will play four straight games at Brown Field in the month of October as head coach Stacy Adams announced his 2007 football schedule....Full Story

Coca-Cola North America and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) today announced that Valparaiso University's Ryan Koepke (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead H.S.) is one of seven recipients of the 2006-07 Coca-Cola Community All-American award. The Coca-Cola Community All-Americans program recognizes, celebrates and applauds student-athletes who are making a difference in their communities....Full Story

Valparaiso University will be holding its annual spring football game on Saturday afternoon, April 28, beginning at 12:30 p.m. at Brown Field....Full Story

Valparaiso University will be conducting a Youth Day Camp from July 16-18 of this coming summer the football program has announced....Full Story

Valparaiso opened its 2007 spring camp on Monday afternoon with the first of 14 workouts leading up to the annual Brown and Gold game to be held at Brown Field on Saturday, April 28....Full Story

Valparaiso University's Jimmy Riker (Tekonsha, Mich./Tekonsha H.S.) has been named to the 2006 Football Gazette Mid-Major All-American Second Team....Full Story

Valparaiso University's Ryan Doerffler (Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia H.S.) and Ryan Koepke (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead H.S.) were both named to the Academic All-Pioneer Football League First Team....Full Story

Valparaiso University's Ryan Koepke (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead H.S.) has been named to the ninth annual Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team....Full Story

Valpo wrapped up its 2006 football season with a victory over Aurora at home, giving the Crusaders a 3-8 record for the campaign. The Brown and Gold finished in a tie for seventh place in the Pioneer Football League standings on the year....Full Story

Valparaiso University head coach Stacy Adams handed out year-end awards to the Crusader football team at the program's season-ending banquet recently....Full Story

Valparaiso University had four football players earn Pioneer Football League honors when the conference announced its year-end awards on Friday....Full Story

Valparaiso University's Jimmy Riker (Tekonsha, Mich./Tekonsha H.S.) has been selected to play in the East Coast Bowl in Petersburg, Va. on November 25.
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Valparaiso University's Mike Krieg (Romeo, Mich./Romeo H.S.) has been named the Pioneer Football League's Special Teams Player of the Week....Full Story

Valparaiso snapped its losing skid on Saturday afternoon and registered its first home victory of the year, closing out the 2006 season with a 20-7 win over Aurora at Brown Field.
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Valpo wraps up the 2006 football season on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders entertain Aurora looking for their first home victory of the season. Saturday is also Senior Day as 10 players will compete for the final time at Brown Field.
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Valparaiso closed out Pioneer Football League play on Saturday afternoon with a 51-7 loss to Dayton in Dayton, Ohio....Full Story

Valpo closes out Pioneer Football League play this Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders travel to Dayton, Ohio to battle the Dayton Flyers. This week's contest also marks the final road game of the season for the Brown and Gold....Full Story

Davidson jumped out to a 27-0 halftime lead on the way to defeating Valparaiso 48-14 on Saturday afternoon at Brown Field....Full Story

Valpo returns to Brown Field for the first time in nearly a month on Saturday as the Crusaders welcome Davidson to town as part of Parents' Weekend....Full Story

The first time Valparaiso and Butler played for the Hoosier Helmet, the Bulldogs emerged victorious, defeating the Crusaders 32-10 on Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis, Ind....Full Story

When Valparaiso and Butler meet for the 65th time in the schools storied rivalry, they will be playing for more than instate bragging rights. This year marks the inaugural “Battle for the Helmet"....Full Story

Valpo continues its storied tradition with instate rival Butler on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders and Bulldogs meet for the 65th time on the gridiron....Full Story

San Diego spoiled Valparaiso's Homecoming West on Saturday evening, as the Toreros defeated the Crusaders 68-7 in San Diego, Calif....Full Story

Valparaiso continues its three-game road trip this weekend as the Crusaders head west to battle nationally-ranked San Diego. The game is part of Valparaiso University's Homecoming West activities on the West Coast and kicks off at 9 p.m. CDT....Full Story

Valparaiso was unable to take advantage of several opportunities early in the game and committed several costly turnovers as the Crusaders fell to Saint Joseph's (Ind.) 43-14 on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field in Rensselaer, Ind....Full Story

Valparaiso begins its longest road trip of the season this weekend as the Crusaders travel down the road to Rensselaer, Ind. to battler region rival Saint Joseph's on Saturday afternoon. The contest is the first of three straight the Brown and Gold will play away from Brown Field....Full Story

Two Valparaiso turnovers in the third quarter led to a pair of Jacksonville touchdowns as the Dolphins turned a halftime deficit into a 34-17 victory over the Crusaders on Homecoming afternoon Saturday at Brown Field....Full Story

Valparaiso hosts its annual Homecoming game this Saturday afternoon at Brown Field as the Crusaders entertain Jacksonville....Full Story

A late Drake interception returned for a touchdown in the final minute spoiled Valparaiso's chance to tie the game on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders fell 21-7 to the Bulldogs in Pioneer Football League action at Brown Field....Full Story

Valparaiso returns to Brown Field this Saturday to host Drake in a big Pioneer Football League game after the Crusaders posted a thrilling road win at Morehead State last weekend. Saturday is Youth Day with elementary and middle school students receiving free admission with purchase of an adult ticket....Full Story

Ryan Doerffler's (Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia H.S.) 79-yard touchdown pass to Steve Ogden (Wauwatosa, Wis./West H.S.) with 31 seconds remaining gave Valparaiso a 42-35 victory over Morehead State in the Pioneer Football League opener for both schools in Morehead, Ky. on Saturday afternoon....Full Story

Valparaiso University's Ryan Koepke (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead H.S.) is among 11 NCAA 1-AA, II, II, and NAIA football players selected to the American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team....Full Story

Valparaiso opens Pioneer Football League competition on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders head to Morehead State....Full Story

Valparaiso University will be hosting Youth Day on September 23 for the Crusaders football game against Drake....Full Story

Steve Ogden (Wauwatosa, Wis./West H.S.) caught two touchdown passes and Jeff Horton (Saint Louis, Mo./Lutheran North H.S.) added another but it was not enough as Trinity International utilized a 24-point second quarter to defeat Valparaiso 39-20 on Saturday afternoon at Brown Field to spoil the Crusaders' home opener....Full Story

Valparaiso opens the 2006 home campaign on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders entertain Trinity International. The Crusaders are coming off of a 54-0 victory over Wisconsin Lutheran in the season opener last Saturday....Full Story

Valparaiso University's Mike Krieg (Romeo, Mich./Romeo H.S.) has been named the Pioneer Football League's Special Teams Player of the Week after a perfect performance in his collegiate debut on Saturday at Wisconsin Lutheran.
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Jeff Horton (Saint Louis, Mo./Lutheran North H.S.) set Valparaiso's career rushing record while also scoring four touchdowns and Steve Ogden (Wauwatosa, Wis./West H.S.) had more than 200 yards receiving as the Crusaders defeated Wisconsin Lutheran 54-0 on Saturday afternoon in the season opener for both schools in Milwaukee, Wis....Full Story

The 86th season of Valparaiso University football kicks off on Saturday afternoon as the Brown and Gold travel to Milwaukee, Wis. to battle the Warriors of Wisconsin Lutheran. This is the second straight season Valpo and Wisconsin Lutheran have met to open the year....Full Story

As the 2006 football season kicks off for the Valparaiso University Crusaders, the Brown and Gold will look to embark upon their first winning season since 2003. Head coach Stacy Adams now has one full season of experience at the helm of the Valpo program and now appears ready to begin the climb up the Pioneer Football League standings....Full Story

Valparaiso University's football team has been predicted to finish in seventh place in the Pioneer Football League this season according to the preseason balloting done by the league's head coaches....Full Story

Valparaiso University senior running back Jeff Horton (Saint Louis, Mo./Lutheran North H.S.) was named to Don Hansen's Football Gazette 2006 I-AA Mid-Major Preseason All-American Team on Thursday....Full Story

Valparaiso University senior running back Jeff Horton (Saint Louis, Mo./Lutheran North H.S.) was named to The Sports Network's 2006 I-AA Mid-Major Preseason All-American Team on Thursday....Full Story

Valparaiso University head football coach Stacy Adams has released his 2006 football schedule, which will feature five home contests this year....Full Story