2023 DuPage Chaparrals football team

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 uner Rahn.^[1][2]

2023 DuPage Chaparrals football
NJCAA Division III national champion
Red Grange Bowl, W 33–29 vs. Rochester C&T
Conference	Independent
Record	11–1
Head coach	Matt Rahn (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Beard (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Trevor Cipriano (4th season)
Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 NJCAA Division III independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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
^ – Red Grange Bowl participate Rankings from NJCAA Division III poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
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	Bob MacDougall Field Glen Ellyn, IL	W 45–0	[5]
September 16	at No. 2 NDSCS	Wahpeton, ND	W 38–31	[6]
September 23	No. 4 (D-I) Iowa Central	Bob MacDougall Field Glen Ellyn, IL	L 14–41	[7][8]
September 30	Erie	Bob MacDougall Field Glen Ellyn, IL	W 56–2	[9]
October 7	at Community Christian (MI)	Renaissance High School Detroit, MI	W 17–6	[10]
October 15	Aurora JV	Bob MacDougall Field Glen Ellyn, IL	W 48–19	[11]
October 21	at Hocking	Nelsonville, OH	W 39–6	[12]
October 28	Community Christian (MI)	Bob MacDougall Field Glen Ellyn, IL	W 56–16	[13]
November 4	Georgia Military	Bob MacDougall Field Glen Ellyn, IL	W 37–21	[14]
December 2	Rochester C&T	Bob MacDougall Field Glen Ellyn, IL (Red Grange Bowl)	W 33–29	[15][1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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