Welcome to the Football home page. For additional information, please contact our Head Football Coach - Mr. Pat Jennings at patrick.jennings@ignatius.org.

1945 City Co-Champions

Chicago Catholic League Champions
1920, 1939, 1945

Introduction

The Saint Ignatius Wolfpack football program will instill the needed qualities of faith, discipline, determination and commitment in each individual and focus those qualities into a philosophy of selflessness and giving to the school community and team in order to achieve excellence and build a foundation for lifelong success.

The Team

Saint Ignatius football is a Class 7A program that competes in the Chicago Catholic League White Division. All varsity home games will be played at the University of Chicago.

Coaching Staff
Pat Jennings -- Varsity Head Coach
Anthony Magero
Quinn Brennan
Octavius Bond
Michael Brennan
Greg Benaka
Alex Relph
Dave Chocola
Tim Butler
Matt Jandura
Bill Coogan
Deny Callinan

Last Season Recap

2009 marked the 5th season since Saint Ignatius College Prep re-instated varsity football and with a new head coach, Pat Jennings, and a great commitment from the players, a new beginning took place. The final record of 4-5, 3-3 in the CCL White, matched the best record since football was re-instated. The season started with two close losses to CCL powers Bishop McNamara and St. Laurence, but even with those losses a quiet confidence was starting to build and this team was going to be special. Jake Rosner opened the season as the starting QB and took to the role, passing for 1,430 yards in eight games and running the ball for 560 yards. He also rushed for six TDs and threw for another 11. Those numbers led to him being named to the CCL All-Conference team. Jake wasn’t the whole offense as he was surrounded by three All-Conference players - Mike Riordan, 580 yards receiving; John Reynolds, 560 yards receiving; and Jeremiah Sheehy, 650 yards rushing. None of these players would have been successful without an offensive line made up of All-Conference selection Nick Henry, Joe Cunningham, Eddie Kepes, Matt Lizen, Victor Lua, Joe Irwin, Mike Morris, Tim Carroll, Winston Reid and Jim Harney. Eric Bradley, John Hillock and Justin Meier also played major roles in the 2009 offensive turnaround. Defensively big plays hurt the Wolfpack early in the season, but as the players started to gain more confidence, the Wolfpack defense started to dominate and was very instrumental in the team finishing 3-1 in the final four games. The defense was led by seniors Tom Javorski and Jordan Lewis, juniors Bill Boyle, Dan Reardon, J.T. Vilus and Manny Caston and sophomore Buck Dodd. The 2009 Wolfpack team would like to thank everyone for their support. The 2010 football season can’t get here fast enough!!

Information Sheet for the Saint Ignatius Varsity Home Football Games

Where : University of Chicago Stagg Field 56th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue

Spectators : All seating is located on the east side of the field. Spectators are not allowed in any other area of the stadium complex (i.e., tennis courts, track, adjacent grass field, etc.).

Facility Access : Spectators are to enter and exit through the main entrance located at the corner of 56th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.

Parking : A parking facility is available one block east of the stadium at 55th Street and Woodlawn Avenue. On-street parking is also available on the streets surrounding the stadium.

Admission : $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students with an ID for all CCL games.