2024 Aurora Spartans football team

2024 Aurora Spartans football
2024 Aurora Spartans football
NACC champion
NCAA Division III Second Round, L 21–49 vs. Hope
Conference	Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Ranking
AFCA	No. 13
D3Football.com	No. 15
Record	9–2 (8–0 NACC)
Head coach	Don Beebe (6th season);
Co-offensive coordinators	Don Beebe (6th season); Ryan Gehlert (4th season);
Defensive coordinator	J. T. Zimmerman (3rd season)
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Aurora Spartans football team represent Aurora University as a member of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) during the 2024 NCAA Division III football season. The Spartans, led by sixth-year head coach Don Beebe, played their home games at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	6:00 p.m.	Dubuque*	No. 15	Chalmers Field Dubuque, IA		W 33–21	1,535	^[1]
September 14	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 North Central (IL)*	No. 14	Spartan Athletic Park Montgomery, IL		L 21–48	3,743	^[2]^[3]
September 21	1:00 p.m.	St. Norbert	No. 19	Spartan Athletic Park Montgomery, IL		W 49–0	1,953	^[4]
September 28	1:00 p.m.	Concordia (IL)	No. 22	Spartan Athletic Park Montgomery, IL		W 72–6	2,024	^[5]
October 5	1:00 p.m.	at Wisconsin Lutheran	No. 20	Raabe Stadium Wauwatosa, WI		W 45–14	436	^[6]
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Concordia (WI)	No. 19	Tomasini Stadium Mequon, WI		W 42–14	501	^[7]
October 19	1:00 p.m.	Rockford	No. 17	Spartan Athletic Park Montgomery, IL		W 69–0	1,153	^[8]^[9]
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at Lakeland	No. 16	Taylor Field Plymouth, WI		W 49–14	495	^[10]
November 2	1:00 p.m.	Benedictine (IL)	No. 15	Spartan Athletic Park Montgomery, IL		W 56–20	2,134	^[11]
November 9	6:00 p.m.	at Eureka	No. 14	Pete FioRito Stadium Eureka, IL		W 56–0	100	^[12]
November 30	12:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Hope*	No. 15	Holland Municipal Stadium Holland, MI (NCAA Division III Second Round)	ESPN+	L 21–49	1,811	^[13]^[14]^[15]
*Non-conference game Rankings from D3 Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Schedule

2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 Aurora $^	8	–	0	9	–	2
St. Norbert	7	–	1	8	–	3
Wisconsin Lutheran	6	–	2	7	–	3
Concordia (WI)	5	–	3	6	–	3
Lakeland	4	–	4	4	–	5
Benedictine (IL)	3	–	5	5	–	5
Rockford	2	–	6	4	–	6
Concordia (IL)	1	–	7	2	–	8
Eureka	0	–	8	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3Football.com