NEWPORT NEWS — Of the 241 football teams in Division III, only eight are undefeated as the calendar flips to the first weekend of November. Each has been around for at least half a century.

Well, except for one.

Christopher Newport University is 7-0 and ranked 14th nationally by d3football.com, 13th in the coaches’ poll. The Captains didn’t play their first season until 2001, and they immediately made history … but we’ll get to that.

Saturday at TowneBank Stadium, the inaugural team will receive well-deserved recognition. Two of its players will serve as honorary captains for the coin toss prior to CNU’s 1 p.m. game against Montclair State. The team will be honored on the field at halftime.

The older guy beaming like the proud papa he is will be Matt Kelchner, whose footprints are all

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