Knights of the Gridiron
Subtitle: a history of Carleton College football 1883-2005
By: by Bob Sullivan
Publisher: The Author
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Northfield, Minn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Football; History; College sports; Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.)
Notes: Head football coach at Carleton from 1979 to 2000, Bob Sullivan retired with 102 wins, more than any Carleton football coach. He took over a struggling program and led the Knights to the 1979 Midwest Conference title game in his first season. When Carleton jumped to the more competitive Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 1983, Sullivan again re-tooled the program and led the Knights to five straight upper division finishes from 1986 to 1990. His banner season came in 1992, when the Sullivan-led Knights captured their first MIAC crown of the modern era. That squad also earned Carleton's first NCAA Playoff bid and Sullivan was named MIAC Coach of the Year.