2023 DuPage Chaparrals football team
American college football season
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The 2023 DuPage Chaparrals football team was an American football team that represented the College of DuPage (COD) during the 2023 junior college football season. In their third year under head coach Matt Rahn, the Chaparrals compiled an 11–1 record, defeated Rochester C&T in the Red Grange Bowl, and won the NJCA Division III national championship. It was DuPage's third consecutive national championship under Rahn.[1][2]
ConferenceIndependent
Record11–1
Headcoach
- Matt Rahn (3rd season)
OffensivecoordinatorJoel Beard (1st season)
| 2023 DuPage Chaparrals football | |
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NJCAA Division III national champion | |
Red Grange Bowl, W 33–29 vs. Rochester C&T | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 11–1 |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joel Beard (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Trevor Cipriano (4th season) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 DuPage ^ | – | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Louisburg | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hudson Valley | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nassau | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Erie | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hocking | – | 0 | – | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| August 24 | at Ellsworth | Iowa Falls, IA | W 17–10 | [3] | ||
| September 2 | at No. 4 Rochester C&T | Rochester, MN | W 24–21 | [4] | ||
| September 9 | Hocking |
| W 45–0 | [5] | ||
| September 16 | at No. 2 NDSCS | Wahpeton, ND | W 38–31 | [6] | ||
| September 23 | No. 4 (D-I) Iowa Central |
| L 14–41 | [7][8] | ||
| September 30 | Erie |
| W 56–2 | [9] | ||
| October 7 | at Community Christian (MI) | W 17–6 | [10] | |||
| October 15 | Aurora JV |
| W 48–19 | [11] | ||
| October 21 | at Hocking | Nelsonville, OH | W 39–6 | [12] | ||
| October 28 | Community Christian (MI) |
| W 56–16 | [13] | ||
| November 4 | Georgia Military |
| W 37–21 | [14] | ||
| December 2 | Rochester C&T |
| W 33–29 | [15][1] | ||
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