The St. Thomas Tommies football program represents University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Football began at the university in the late 1890s and the first official varsity intercollegiate games were played in 1904. St. Thomas was a charter member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, formed in 1920. The Tommies also appeared at the 1949 Cigar Bowl. In 2019, the MIAC announced that St. Thomas would be "involuntarily removed" from the conference at the end of the spring 2021 athletic season citing "athletic competitive parity" concerns. St. Thomas received approval from the NCAA to begin competing at the NCAA Division I FCS level as a member of the Pioneer Football League starting with the 2021 season and became the first program to jump from NCAA Division III directly to Division I FCS.

Conference championships 1922† Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference(D-III) Joe Brandy 8–1 4–0 1929 Joe Boland 7–2 4–2 1930† 7–2 5–0 1939 Nic Musty 5–3 4–1 1941 Willie Walsh 7–1 5–0 1942† 8–0 5–0 1946† Frank Deig 4–3 3–1 1947† 4–3 4–0 1948† 7–1–1 5–0 1949 6–2 6–0 1956 8–0 7–0 1973† DuWayne Deitz 9–1 6–1 1979† 6–3 6–2 1983 Mark Dienhart 9–2 9–0 1990† Vic Wallace 8–3–1 7–2 2010 Glenn Caruso 12–1 8–0 2011 13–1 8–0 2012 14–1 8–0 2015 14–1 8–0 2016 12–1 8–0 2017 11–2 8–0 2019† 8–2 7–1 2022* Pioneer Football League(D-I FCS) 10–1 8–0 † Co-champions * Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division III

Postseason appearances NCAA Division III The Tommies made nine appearances in the NCAA Division III football playoffs, with a combined record of 20–9.

1990 First round UW–Whitewater W, 24–23 Quarterfinals Central (IA) L, 32–33 2009 First round Monmouth (IL) W, 43–21 Second round Coe W, 34–7 Quarterfinals Linfield L, 20–31 2010 First round Benedictine (IL) W, 57–10 Second round Linfield W, 24–17 Quarterfinals Bethel (MN) L, 7–12 2011 First round St. Scholastica W, 48–2 Second round Monmouth (IL) W, 38–10 Quarterfinals St. John Fisher W, 45–10 Semifinals UW–Whitewater L, 0–20 2012 First round St. Norbert W, 48–17 Second round Elmhurst W, 24–17 Quarterfinals Hobart W, 47–7 Semifinals UW–Oshkosh W, 28–14 Stagg Bowl Mount Union L, 10–28 2014 First round Wartburg L, 31–37 2015 First round La Verne W, 57–14 Second round St. John's (MN) W, 38–19 Quarterfinals Wabash W, 38–7 Semifinals Linfield W, 38–17 Stagg Bowl Mount Union L, 35–49 2016 First round Northwestern (MN) W, 43–0 Second round Coe W, 55–6 Quarterfinals UW–Oshkosh L, 31–34 2017 First Round Eureka W, 47–8 Second Round Berry (GA) W, 29–13 Quarterfinals Mary Hardin–Baylor L, 10–24

NAIA The Tommies made one appearance in the NAIA playoffs, with a record of 0–1.

1983 Quarterfinals Northwestern (IA) L, 10–17

Notable former players Brady Beeson Al Culver Bud Daugherty DuWayne Deitz Jim Gustafson Walt Kiesling (Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee)

Future non-conference opponents Future non-conference opponents announced as of October 2, 2026.

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