2018-19 Football News

2018-19 SCIAC All-Academic
221 Panthers honored as SCIAC All-Academic

July 08, 2019

Chapman University’s student-athletes matched their record number with 221 SCIAC All-Academic selections in for the 2018-19 school year. The Panthers had the fourth-most selections of the nine schools in the SCIAC.

Four award winners pictured competing.
2019 Athletics Department Awards announced

May 10, 2019

Chapman University Athletics announced its annual senior departmental awards at the Sports Appreciation Jog-a-Thon earlier this afternoon. The department awarded both male and female Student-Athlete of the Year awards as well as male and female Leadership Awards.

D3football.com Division III All-American Elias Deeb
Deeb earns All-America honors

December 14, 2018

Junior Elias Deeb earned D3football.com All-America Second Team honors this afternoon after a stellar performance this season. The honor comes after the punter was selected to the All-West Region First Team and the All-SCIAC First Team earlier this year.

Nico Ragas returns a kick, Elias Deeb punts a ball.
Special teams stars garner All-Region honors

December 04, 2018

The special teams of the Chapman University football team earned some more recognition from D3football.com with the announcement of its All-Region teams. Sophomore kick returner Nico Ragas and junior punter Elias Deeb were each selected to the All-West Region First Team.

Ten All-SCIAC selections playing football.
Ten Panthers selected to All-SCIAC teams

November 15, 2018

Ten members of the Chapman University football team were selected to All-SCIAC teams earlier this afternoon after helping lead the Panthers to their third consecutive winning record.

Ian Fieber throws the football; Curt Calomeni tackles the running back.
Fieber, Calomeni earn SCIAC weekly awards

November 12, 2018

Two members of the Chapman University football team were honored with SCIAC Athlete of the Week awards earlier this afternoon. Senior Ian Fieber earned the SCIAC Offensive Athlete of the Week while fellow senior Curt Calomeni earned the SCIAC Defensive Athlete of the Week.

The 22 football seniors before the game.
Football sends off seniors with 55-34 win

November 10, 2018

A third consecutive winning season was clinched with another offensive outburst in a 55-34 win for the Chapman University football team over La Verne. The Panthers (5-4, 4-3 SCIAC) sent their 22 seniors out with a win in a high-scoring game featuring big play after big play.

Curt Calomeni celebrates a tackle.
Football falls short at CMS

November 03, 2018

The Chapman University football team fell 16-9 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Saturday. Senior Curt Calomeni had a career-best 17 total tackles in the loss.

Jake Newman gets the ball from Ian Fieber to start a rush.
Late touchdown snaps football's home win streak

October 27, 2018

It all came down to the final seconds again. Last year, the Chapman University football team scored a game-winning touchdown with no time on the clock to win at Pomona-Pitzer. This year, Pomona-Pitzer scored the game-winning TD with just 3.5 seconds left as Chapman fell 24-21.

The football team runs out of the end zone
Football looks to stay unbeaten at home

October 25, 2018

The Panthers look to keep pace in the SCIAC standings when they take on Pomona-Pitzer at 7 p.m. in Chapman Stadium.

Dominic Vaccher scores a touchdown.
Vaccher earns national recognition

October 23, 2018

Senior Dominic Vaccher’s big game at Cal Lutheran has earned him national recognition. The wide receiver was selected to the D3football.com Team of the Week for the first time in his career.

Dominic Vaccher runs the ball.
Vaccher makes school history, earns SCIAC award

October 22, 2018

Senior Dominic Vaccher made school history on Saturday night as the Panthers came from behind to beat Cal Lutheran 33-29, earning this week’s SCIAC Offensive Athlete of the Week.

Dominic Vaccher runs toward the end zone.
Vaccher makes history with game-winning grab

October 20, 2018

The longest touchdown pass in school history gave the Chapman University football team a 33-29 win on the road at Cal Lutheran. Senior Dominic Vaccher hauled in the record-breaking touchdown pass and was just shy of another school record in the win.

Sal Ochoa III is congratulated after an interception.
Football heads to Cal Lutheran for key road game

October 17, 2018

The Panthers head to Thousand Oaks for a battle of 2-1 teams in the SCIAC.

Nico Ragas returns the kickoff for a touchdown.
Ragas goes the distance, earns SCIAC award 

October 15, 2018

ORANGE, Calif. - Sophomore receiver Nico Ragas helped the Panthers to a dominant 62-0 victory over Occidental this past weekend with an opening-play kickoff return for a touchdown, earning him the SCIAC Specialist of the Week award.

Trevor Vill runs the ball.
Football lights up scoreboard for Homecoming shutout win

October 13, 2018

Sophomore Nico Ragas took back the opening kick for a touchdown and the Chapman University football team cruised to a 62-0 Homecoming victory over Occidental. The Panthers (3-2, 2-1 SCIAC) scored in all facets of the game and shutout an opponent for the first time since Homecoming in 2014.